Velasco (also Belasco or Belasko) is a

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. According to the academy of Basque language, it is derived from the Visigothic name 'Vela' (Vigila) and the

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''–sco''.https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/en/ (Onomastics, Belasco) The name also made its way into Portuguese as Vasco. Notable people with the surname include: *The Castilian noble house of Velasco, rulers of the Dukedom of Frías * Alberto Contador Velasco (born 1982), Spanish professional road bicycle racer * Álvaro Velasco (golfer) (born 1981), Spanish professional golfer *

Álvaro Velasco (weightlifter) Álvaro Augusto Velasco Alzate (born March 3, 1971) is a retired male Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter from Colombia, who thrice won a medal for his native South American country at the Pan American Games: in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He twice com ...

(born 1971), Colombian weightlifter * Ana de Velasco y Girón (1585–1607), mother of John IV of Portugal * Andrés Velasco (born 1961), Chilean economist and former Finance Minister *

Camile Velasco Ciara-Camile "Camile" Roque Velasco (born September 1, 1985), known by her stage name Eli-Mac, is a Philippines, Filipino American singer and came in ninth place on the American Idol (season 3), third season of the reality/talent-search televis ...

(born 1985), Filipino–American singer *

Concha Velasco Concepción Velasco Varona (29 November 1939 – 2 December 2023), known professionally as Concha Velasco, also Conchita Velasco, was a Spanish actress, singer, dancer, television presenter, and theatrical producer. She received numerous accolad ...

(1939–2023), Spanish actress * Cris Velasco (born 1980), American film and video game composer * Diablo Velasco (1919–1999), Mexican trainer of professional wrestlers *

Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. ...

(1510–1564), sixth viceroy of Peru * Domingo Antonio Velasco, 18th–century Italian painter * Eleanor Thornton (Eleanor Velasco Thornton; 1880–1915), model for the Rolls–Royce hood ornament, '' Spirit of Ecstasy'' * Epimaco Velasco (1935–2014), Filipino politician * Félix Díaz Velasco (1868–1945), Mexican politician and general * Gabriela Velasco (1941–2019), Chilean actress and television presenter * Gaspar de Borja y Velasco (1580–1645), Spanish Cardinal, metropolitan of Toledo * Iván Velasco (born 1980), Spanish road bicycle racer * Jaime Castillo Velasco (1914–2003), Chilean politician * José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda (1688–1767), Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru *

José María Velasco Gómez José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, ( Temascalcingo, 6 July 1840 Estado de México, 26 August 1912) was a 19th-century Mexican polymath, most famous as a painter who mad ...

(1840–1912), Mexican painter *

José María Velasco Ibarra José María Velasco Ibarra (19 March 1893 – 30 March 1979) was an Ecuadorian politician. He became president of Ecuador five times, in 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968–1972, and only in 1952–1956 he complete ...

(1893–1979), Ecuadorian president, five times elected by popular vote * José María Cervantes y Velasco (c. 1785 – 1856), Mexican army officer *

José Miguel de Velasco José Miguel de Velasco Franco (; 29 September 1795 – 13 October 1859) was a Bolivian Officer (armed forces), military officer and statesman who served as the fourth president of Bolivia on four occasions: 1828, 1829, 1839–1841, and 1848. V ...

(1795–1859), Bolivian president * Jose R. Velasco (1916–2007), Filipino plant physiologist and agricultural chemist *

Juan Velasco Alvarado Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian Army general, general who served as the President of Peru after a successful 1968 Peruvian coup d'état, coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency ...

(1910–1977), Peruvian general, ruler of Peru 1968–1975 * Juan Velasco (footballer) (Juan Velasco Damas, born 1977), Spanish footballer *

Juan de Velasco Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (1727–1792) was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito. He was born in Riobamba to Juan de Velasco y López de Moncayo and to M ...

(1727–1796), Jesuit priest * Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921–2004), Spanish football goalkeeper *

Julio Velasco Julio Velasco (born 9 February 1952) is an Argentine former professional volleyball player and coach. He obtained Italian citizenship in 1992. Velasco was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. He is the head coach of ...

(born 1952), Argentine volleyball coach *

Luís de Velasco Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de Alarcón (1511 – July 31, 1564) was the second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century. Biography Velasco was born in the town of Carrión de los Con ...

(1511–1564), Spanish nobleman, Viceroy of New Spain * Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas del Río Pisuerga (c. 1534 – 1617), Spanish nobleman, Viceroy of New Spain and of Peru *

Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar, 1st Marquess of Belvedere (Valladolid, Spain, 1559 – Dunkirk, Spanish Netherlands (present-day France), 1625) was a Spanish military commander during the French Wars of Religion and the Eighty Year ...

(1559–1625), Spanish nobleman, commander in the Eighty Years' War * Luis Vicente de Velasco (1711–1762), commander in the Royal Spanish Navy * Manuel de Velasco y Tejada, Spanish admiral at the Battle of Vigo Bay (1702) * Manuela Velasco (born 1975), Spanish film actress * María Elena Velasco (1940–2015), Mexican actress and film director * Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 1932), Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist * Omar Apolonio Velasco (born 1997), American singer-songwriter who performs as Omar Apollo * Onyok Velasco (Mansueto Velasco Jr., born 1974), Filipino Olympic silver medalist in boxing * Pedro Donoso Velasco (1944–2001), Chilean chess master * Presbitero Velasco Jr. (born 1948), incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines * Roel Velasco (born 1972), retired Filipino boxer * Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644-1728), Spanish composer based in Peru * Verónica Ruiz de Velasco (born 1968), Mexican painter * Vicente Manuel de Céspedes y Velasco (died 1794), Spanish governor of Santiago de Cuba and of West Florida * Velasco Sánchez (

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1153–1181), Iberian nobleman who held various political and military offices

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