Pancho is a male nickname for the given name

Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...

(Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of

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). The feminine form is Pancha. It is also sometimes used as a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

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 a m ...

(1901–1975), early female American aviator *

Pancho Carter Duane Claude Carter Jr. (born June 11, 1950), nicknamed "Pancho," is an American former open-wheel racing driver. Best known for his participation in Championship car racing, he won the pole position for the 1985 Indianapolis 500, and won the M ...

(born 1950), American race car driver * Pancho Coimbre (1909–1989), Puerto Rican baseball player *

Pancho Córdova Francisco Amado Córdova Ramírez (1916 – 1990) was a Mexican character actor who has appeared in numerous films of United States and Mexico. Personal life He is the grandfather of actress Natalia Cordova-Buckley. Selected filmography Am ...

(1916–1990), Mexican character actor * Pancho Daniel (died 1858), bandit in what is now California * Pancho Fierro (c. 1807/1809–1879), Peruvian painter *

Pancho Gonzales Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 15 major singles titles, including two U.S. National Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 Professi ...

(1928–1995), American tennis player *

Pancho Gonzales (footballer) __NOTOC__ Pancho Gonzales (7 December 1926 – 5 March 2016) was an Argentine footballer. Club career Pancho Gonzales played for Boca Juniors, OGC Nice and FC Nantes. At age 24, he moved to France where he would star for OGC Nice. Managial ca ...

(1926–2016), Argentine football player, and manager *

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, painter, and educator. He is described as one of the earliest post-modernist arc ...

(1925–2015), Portuguese architect, sculptor, and painter * Francisco Guilledo (1901–1925), Filipino world champion boxer * Pancho Herrera (1934–2005), Major League Baseball player * Franklin Huddle (born 1943), American diplomat *

Pancho Magalona Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr. (January 22, 1922 – April 7, 1998), professionally known as Pancho Magalona, was a Filipino actor from the 1940s to the 1970s. Early life Born Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr. in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, he was the ...

(1922–1998), Filipino actor *

Pancho Magno Pancho Angelo Acuña Magno (born October 2, 1986) is a Filipino actor.Glorioso, Bot (December 15, 2014)"Pancho Magno reveals more about himself" ''philstar.com''. He is the oldest son of Redgie Magno, VP for Drama Productions, GMA Network ...

(born 1986), Filipino actor * Pancho Martin (1925–2012), American trainer of thoroughbred racehorses * Pancho Prin (1930–2003), Venezuelan musician, singer, and composer *

Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; né Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking ...

(1927–2006), Hungarian footballer *

Francisco Ramírez (governor) Francisco Ramírez, also known as "Pancho" Ramírez as well as "El Supremo Entrerriano" (1786–1821), was an Argentine governor of Entre Ríos during the Argentine War of Independence. Concepción del Uruguay Francisco Ramírez was born at Co ...

(1786–1821), Argentine provincial governor *

José Francisco Ramírez José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

(born 1976), Honduran footballer *

Pancho Segura Francisco Olegario Segura Cano (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, ...

(1921–2017), Ecuadorian-born American tennis player *

Francisco Varallo Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo (; – ) was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentina national team from 1930 to 1937, also representing the country at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. During his career, Varallo won ...

(1910–2010), Argentine footballer *

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa ( , , ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced ...

(1878–1923), Mexican revolutionary *

Pancho Vladigerov Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; ; 13 March 18998 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He ...

(1899–1978), Bulgarian composer, pianist, and pedagogue

Stage name

Michael Locke (stuntman) Michael Richard Locke (born 13 March 1979), better known as Pancho, is a Welsh professional stuntman and skateboarder. He is best known for MTV UK's '' Dirty Sanchez''. Due to his diminutive size, and knowledge of football, Locke is sometimes ...

(born 1979), a stuntman on the Welsh television programme ''Dirty Sanchez''

Fictional characters

*Pancho, sidekick of

The Cisco Kid The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in ''Everybody's Maga ...

*Pancho, in the Spanish language children's television series ''

Plaza Sésamo ''Plaza Sésamo'' () is the first Sesame Street international co-productions, international co-production of the Educational television, educational Children's television series, children's television series ''Sesame Street''. Its first season p ...

'' *Pancho, character in the

Townes Van Zandt John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter.

song

Pancho and Lefty "Pancho and Lefty", originally "Poncho and Lefty", is a song written by American country singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Perhaps his most well-known song, Van Zandt recorded his original version of this song for his 1972 album ''The Late Great ...

Nickname

* Marcelino Massana (1918–1981), Catalan anarchist guerrilla who went by the ''nom de guerre'' of "Pancho"

Surname

* Cassa Pancho, founder of British ballet company Ballet Black * Pedro Pancho (born 1934), Filipino politician

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