Velazquez
Velázquez, also Velazquez, Velásquez or Velasquez, is a surname from Spain. It is a patronymic name, meaning "son of Velasco".
References to "Velazquez" without a first name are often to the Spanish painter, Diego Velázquez.
Notable people with this surname include:
Arts
- Consuelo Velázquez, 20th-century Mexican songwriter, best known for "Bésame Mucho"
- Daniel Velazquez, Puerto Rican rock guitarist
- Diego Velázquez, Spaniard court painter to Philip IV of Spain, most famous for Las Meninas
- Diego Velazquez (actor), American TV and film child actor
- Héctor Velázquez Moreno, Mexican architect
- Valerie Velazquez American singer, philanthropist
- Jaci Velasquez, American contemporary Christian singer
- Lorena Velázquez, Mexican actress
- Mark Velasquez, American photographer
- Nadine Velazquez, Puerto Rican-American actress and model
- Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan actress and model
- Regine Velasquez, Filipina singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer
- Tony Velasquez, Filipino illustrator
Politics
- Andrés Velásquez, Venezuelan politician
- Javier Velásquez, prime minister of Peru
- Jessica Velasquez, American politician
- Luis Velásquez Alvaray, Venezuelan politician and lawyer
- Nydia Velázquez, American politician
- Ramón José Velásquez, ex-president of Venezuela
- Tracy Velazquez, American politician
- Victoria Marina Velásquez, Salvadoran jurist
- Victoria Velasquez, Danish politician
Religion
- David Andrés Álvarez-Velázquez, Bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Rico
- Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, Roman Catholic Bishop
Sports
- Andrew Velazquez, American professional baseball player
- Arly Velásquez, Mexican Paralympic alpine skier
- Alberto Velázquez, Uruguayan cyclist
- Cain Velasquez, Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter
- Carlos Velásquez, Puerto Rican boxer
- Carlos Velázquez (footballer), Mexican footballer
- Carlos Velázquez (baseball), Puerto Rican major league pitcher
- Claudia Velásquez, Peruvian swimmer
- Claudio Velásquez, Argentine football striker
- Cornelio Velásquez, Panamanian jockey
- Édgar Velásquez, Venezuelan boxer
- Emiliano Velázquez, Uruguayan football defender
- Flor Velázquez, Venezuelan judoka
- Francisco Velázquez, former Argentine roller hockey player
- Frank Velásquez, Salvadoran beach footballer
- Freddie Velázquez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- Gilberto Velásquez, Paraguayan footballer
- Guillermo Velasquez (baseball), Mexican baseball player
- Héctor Velásquez, Chilean boxer
- Héctor Velázquez (baseball), Mexican baseball player
- Jorge Velásquez, American horse racing jockey
- José Velásquez (footballer, born 1952), retired football midfielder from Peru
- José David Velásquez, Honduran footballer
- Juan Velásquez, Peruvian footballer
- Julián Velásquez, Argentine fencer
- Juliana Velasquez, Brazilian professional mixed martial artist
- Luis Velásquez, Guatemalan long-distance runner
- Manuel Velazquez, 20th-century anti-boxing activist
- Marco Velásquez, Chilean footballer
- Miguel Velasquez, Spanish boxer
- Nelson Velázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer
- Sebastián Velásquez, Colombian footballer
- Sergio Velasquez, American soccer player
- Víctor Velásquez, Salvadoran footballer
- Vince Velasquez, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wilfred Velásquez, Guatemalan footballer
- Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran football player
Other
- Andrew Velasquez, American civil servant
- Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL–CIO
- Chico Velasquez, Native American leader
- Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador leader of the conquest of Cuba
- Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, 20th-century Mexican union leader
- Héctor Velázquez (physician), Paraguayan ophthalmologist and foreign minister
- José Velásquez (explorer), Spanish explorer
- José Velásquez Bórquez, Chilean general
- Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin, puppet ruler of the Aztec Empire
- Lizzie Velásquez, author and motivational speaker, she is the index case for Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome
- Loreta Janeta Velázquez, writer and alleged soldier
- María Sofía Velásquez, Panamanian beauty pageant winner
- Pablo Medina Velázquez, Paraguayan journalist
- Richard Velazquez, Tech Executive, Community Leader, First Puerto Rican designer for Porsche AG in Germany
- René Velázquez Valenzuela, Mexican suspected hitman
- Ronny Velásquez, Venezuelan anthropologist
- Sonia Velásquez, Colombian journalist