Pancho is a male nickname for the given name
Francisco
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...
(Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
* Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Francis (surname)
Places
*Rural ...
). The feminine form is Pancha. It is also sometimes used as a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Pancho Barnes
Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 22, 1901 – March 30, 1975) was a pioneer aviator and a founder of the first movie stunt pilots' union. In 1930, she broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record. Barnes raced in the Women's Air Derby and was ...
(1901–1975), early female American aviator
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Pancho Carter
Duane C. Carter Jr. (born June 11, 1950), nicknamed "Pancho", is a retired American race car driver. He is most famous for his participation in CART Indy car races. He won the pole position for the 1985 Indianapolis 500, finished third in the ...
(born 1950), American retired race car driver
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Pancho Coimbre (1909–1989), Puerto Rican baseball player
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Pancho Córdova (1916–1990), Mexican character actor
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Pancho Daniel (died 1858), bandit in what is now California
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Pancho Fierro
Francisco Fierro Palas, called "Pancho" Fierro (c. 1807/1809, Lima – 28 July 1879, Lima) was a Peruvian painter, known primarily for his costumbrista watercolors, which depict his country's life and customs.
Biography
He was baptized ...
(c. 1807/1809–1879), Peruvian painter
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Pancho Gonzales (1928–1995), American tennis player
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Pancho Gonzales (footballer) (1926–2016), Argentine football player, and manager
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Pancho Guedes
Amâncio d'Alpoim Miranda "Pancho" Guedes (Lisbon, Portugal, 13 May 1925 – Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, 7 November 2015) was a Portuguese architect, sculptor and painter an educator.
He is described as one of the earliest post-modernist ar ...
(1925–2015), Portuguese architect, sculptor, and painter
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Francisco Guilledo (1901–1925), Filipino world champion boxer
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Pancho Herrera (1934–2005), Major League Baseball player
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Franklin Huddle
Franklin Pierce "Frank" Huddle Jr. (born May 9, 1943) is an American diplomat. Huddle has the nickname "Pancho."Block, Zachary.No Resting PlaceArchive. ''Brown University Alumni Magazine''. Accessed January 1, 2010.
Early life and education
A n ...
(born 1943), American diplomat
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Pancho Martin
Frank "Pancho" Martin (December 3, 1925 – July 18, 2012) was a United States' Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. He is often remembered as the trainer of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the ...
(1925–2012), trainer of thoroughbred racehorses
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Pancho Prin (1930–2003), Venezuelan musician, singer, and composer
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Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (, ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forwar ...
(1927–2006), Hungarian footballer
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Francisco Ramírez (governor) (1786–1821), Argentine provincial governor
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José Francisco Ramírez (born 1976), Honduran footballer
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Pancho Segura (1921–2017), Ecuadorian-born American tennis player
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Francisco Varallo (1910–2010), Argentine footballer
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Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...
(1878–1923), Mexican revolutionary
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Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), Bulgarian composer, pianist, and pedagogy
Stage name
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Michael Locke (stuntman) (born 1979), a stuntman on the Welsh television programme ''Dirty Sanchez''
Fictional characters
*Pancho, sidekick of
The Cisco Kid
*Pancho, in the Spanish language children's television series ''
Plaza Sésamo''
*Pancho, character in the
Townes Van Zandt song
Pancho and Lefty
Surname
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Cassa Pancho, founder of British ballet company Ballet Black
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Pedro Pancho (born 1934), Filipino politician
See also
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Pancha (disambiguation) Pancha may refer to:
* Pancha (garment), an item of male clothing worn in South Asia
*A clan of the Bharwad
The Bharwad, also known as gadaria, are a Hindu caste found in the state of Gujarat in India, primarily engaged in herding livestock.
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, female given name
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*{{in title, Pancho
Spanish-language hypocorisms