Luiz de Aguiar Costa Pinto (February 6, 1920 – November 1, 2002) was a Brazilian sociologist. In his work, Costa Pinto specialized in race relations in Brazil.^[1] He was one of the authors of the landmark UNESCO statement The Race Question, in 1950.^[2] In the latter part of his career, in Canada, Costa Pinto taught first at Queen's University, and then at the University of Waterloo.

He was a member of the first generation of major contemporary Brazilian sociologists, working with Florestan Fernandes, Roger Bastide, Oracy Nogueira and Thales de Azevedo.^[1] Costa Pinto was born in Salvador, and died in Waterloo, Canada.