Pacheco
Pacheco is a Portuguese and Spanish surname deriving from the Latin Paccieaus as well as the Basque Patxi, a variation of Francisco. It may refer to:
General
- Alex Pacheco (activist), animal rights activist, co-founder of PETA.
- Ángel Pacheco (general), Argentine military officer who later became one of the top commanders in the Confederacy during the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas
- Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, Spanish cartographer and artist
- Cosme Pacheco, Peruvian cavalry officer, in military campaigns for the independence of Peru, 1821-1825
- Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer
- José Francisco Pacheco, Portuguese educator
- Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, Spanish aristocrat, politician, academician and general
- María Pacheco Padilla, Spanish military defender of the city of Toledo
- Rafael Pacheco, Spanish astronomer
- Rodrigo Pacheco, 3rd Marquess of Cerralvo, Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy
In arts and entertainment
- Alexis Mateo Pacheco, Puerto Rican drag queen
- Ana Maria Pacheco, Brazilian artist
- Arturo Pacheco Altamirano, Chilean painter
- Carlos Pacheco, Spanish comic book artist
- Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter
- Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian television presenter
- Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter and writer on art theory
- Francisco Pacheco, Venezuelan singer
- Ivo Pacheco, Portuguese musician known professionally as IVVVO
- Johnny Pacheco, Dominican musician, composer, producer and bandleader. Creator of Fania All-Stars. Coined the term "Salsa"
- María Luisa Pacheco, a Bolivian painter and mixed-media artist who emigrated to the United States
- "Mizzy" Pacheco, former lead singer of the American alternative rock band Against All Will
- Richard Pacheco, American pornographic actor, real name Howie Gordon
- Tom Pacheco, American singer and songwriter
- Joaquín Monserrat, known as Pacheco, Spanish comedian and host of children programs
Writers
- Agustín Díaz Pacheco, Spanish writer
- Cristina Pacheco, Mexican journalist, writer and television personality
- Ibéyise Pacheco, Venezuelan journalist and writer
- Jesús López Pacheco, Spanish-Canadian writer
- José Emilio Pacheco, was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer
- Luis Pacheco de Narváez, Spanish writer on fencing
- Luiz Pacheco, Portuguese writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic
- Raquel Pacheco, Brazilian writer
Politicians
- Abel Pacheco, Costa Rican politician and former President
- Abel Pacheco Junior, American politician
- Bob Pacheco, American politician
- Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II, Californio politician, ranchero, and soldier.
- * Pacheco, California is named after him.
- Gregorio Pacheco, Bolivian politician and former President
- Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, Mexican politician
- Jorge Pacheco Areco, Uruguayan politician and former President
- José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest
- José Condungua Pacheco, Mozambican politician
- José Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese politician and historian
- Juan Pacheco, Castilian noble
- Lopo Fernandes Pacheco, Portuguese noble
- Luisa Teresa Pacheco, Venezuelan politician
- Marc Pacheco, American politician
- Nick Pacheco, American politician
- Rod Pacheco, American politician
- Romualdo Pacheco, American politician
- Rubén Pacheco (Costa Rica), Costa Rican politician
- Rubén Pacheco (Venezuela), Venezuelan diplomat
- Víctor Cervera Pacheco, Mexican politician
Athletes
- Abelardo Pacheco, Cuban long jumper
- Alex Pacheco, Venezuelan baseball player
- Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer
- Andrei Pacheco, footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
- Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti, Uruguayan footballer
- Augusto Pacheco Fraga, Brazilian footballer
- Dani Pacheco, Spanish footballer
- Darwin Pacheco, Honduran footballer
- Edgar Pacheco, Portuguese footballer
- Édgar Pacheco, Mexican footballer
- Eduardo Pacheco (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian footballer
- Fábio Pacheco, Portuguese footballer
- Ferdie Pacheco, United States boxing physician
- Freddy Pacheco, Venezuelan baseball player
- Henrique Pacheco Lima, Brazilian footballer
- Irene Pacheco, Colombian boxer
- Isadora Pacheco, Brazilian skateboarder
- Isiah Pacheco, American football player
- Izaac Pacheco, American baseball player
- Jaime Pacheco, Portuguese football manager
- Maz Pacheco, English footballer
- Nilton Pacheco, Brazilian basketball player
- Raúl Pacheco, Peruvian long-distance runner
- Rodrigo Pacheco (badminton), Peruvian badminton player
- Rommel Pacheco, Mexican diver
- Tony Pacheco (disambiguation), multiple people
- Víctor Pacheco (footballer, born 1974), Colombian footballer
- Vinícius Pacheco, Brazilian footballer