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Paco Wong
Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as ''Pater Communitatis'' (father of the community); hence "Paco" was supposedly obtained by taking the first syllable of each word. People with the nickname Paco include *Paco Alcácer (born 1993), Spanish footballer *Paco Arespacochaga (born 1971), Portuguese singer * Paco Cabanes Pastor (1954–2021), Valencian pilota player * Paco Calderón (born 1959), Mexican political cartoonist * Paco Craig (born 1965), American football player *Paco de Lucía (1947–2014), Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer * Paco Decina (born 1955), Italian choreographer * Francisco Estévez (born 1945), Spanish composer *Francisco Gento (born 1933), Spanish footballer * Paco Godia (1921–1990), Spanish racing driver *Paco González (born 1966), Spanish sport journalist * Paco Herrera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque language, Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan language, Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". "Kiko (given name), Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico (other), Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Jémez
Francisco "Paco" Jémez Martín (born 18 April 1970) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the manager of Iranian club Tractor. Over 11 seasons, he played 269 La Liga matches in representation of three teams, mainly Deportivo and Zaragoza. He appeared for Spain at Euro 2000. Jémez started working as a manager in 2007, going on to work with several clubs. Playing career Club Jémez was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. During his career he played for Córdoba CF, Real Murcia, Rayo Vallecano (first appearing in La Liga and playing all 38 matches of the season), Deportivo de La Coruña (only totalling ten games in his first two seasons as the club achieved two consecutive runner-up spots, being more used afterwards) and Real Zaragoza, which he helped to the 2001 conquest of the Copa del Rey. From January–June 2004 he returned to Rayo, now in the Segunda División. After one year out of football, Jémez returned to active w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patxi
Patxi is a male given name in the Basque language area in northern Spain and south-west France, but more commonly a nickname for those officially named Francisco (or François in the French zone, ultimately cognates of Francis); the original Basque equivalent was Frantzisko, Bekia Padres (in Spanish) but this was rarely chosen as a forename by parents in the modern era, and along with Patxi it was forbidden to be given to babies under the between the 1940s and 1970s, hence the widespread unofficial adoption during that period. Far less common spelling variations include Patxo and Pantxi, while Pacho is used in Latin America – although there |
Pancho
Pancho is a male nickname for the given name Francisco (Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of Francis). The feminine form is Pancha. It is also sometimes used as a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Pancho Barnes (1901–1975), early female American aviator *Pancho Carter (born 1950), American retired race car driver *Pancho Coimbre (1909–1989), Puerto Rican baseball player *Pancho Córdova (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 (1928–1995), American tennis player *Pancho Gonzales (footballer) (1926–2016), Argentine football player, and manager *Pancho Guedes (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 Martin (1925–2012), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Tous
Francisco Martínez Tous (born 1 May 1964), known professionally as Paco Tous, is a Spanish actor. He is best known for his starring roles as Paco in the television series ''Los hombres de Paco'' (2005–2010; 2021) and as Agustín "Moscow" Ramos in the television series ''La casa de papel'', which premiered in 2017. Early life Tous was born in the Spanish city of Seville and raised in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...). Personal life Tous is a member of the Brotherhood of the Virgin of Hope of Macarena. He was awarded the Medal of Andalusia in 2018. He has two children, a boy and a girl. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tous, Paco 1964 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo; on January 11, 1949), also known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT is a Spanish- Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City. He is most widely known as the founder of the ''neopolicial'' genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Biography Taibo has lived in Mexico City since the age of 9, when in 1958 his family fled from Spain to Mexico. Taibo II is an intellectual, historian, professor, journalist, social activist, union organizer, and world-renowned writer. Widely known for his policial novels, he is considered the founder of the neopolicial genre in Latin America and is the president of the International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Ignacio Taibo I
Paco Ignacio Taibo I (19 July 1924 in Gijón, Asturias – 13 November 2008 in Mexico City), was a prolific Spanish- Mexican writer and journalist. Life His birth name Francisco Ignacio Taibo Lavilla González Nava Suárez Vich Manjón. He was the director and founder of the cultural section of '' El Universal''. On November 13, 2008, at age 84, Paco Ignacio Taibo I died in Mexico City from pneumonia. He is the father of writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II, movie producer Carlos Taibo Carlos Taibo Arias (born in Madrid, 12 May 1956) is a writer, editor, and retired professor of political science at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Ideology Carlos Taibo is a staunch advocate of the anti-globalization movement, the deg ..., and writer and poet Benito Taibo. Novels *''Juan M. N.'' (1955) *''Fuga, hierro y fuego'' (1979) *''Para parar las aguas del olvido'' (autobiographical narrative, 1982) *''Siempre Dolores'' (1984) *''Pálidas Banderas'' (1989) *''Flor de la tonter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Stanley
Francisco Jorge Stanley Albaitero (3 July 1942 – 7 June 1999), known by his stage name Paco Stanley, was a Mexican television entertainer who worked for Televisa and TV Azteca. Career In 1966, his first father-in-law paid for his radio and elocution classes. In 1969 he started in radio. From 1974, he participated in television programs like XEW News. For this network, he hosted the show "Smiles and Surprises". He also worked in "Estrellas W". After years of being a sidekick to comedians such as Madaleno, in 1995 he was offered his own show on Televisa, ''¡Ándale!'', with Arlette Garibay and Benito Castro. Later shows were ''Llévatelo'' and ''Pácatelas'' with Mario Bezáres. In 1998, he hosted the show "Un poco de Paco en radio" in its comic version. He left Televisa and signed a contract in 1998 with rival network TV Azteca. On December 15, he started his show Una tras otra co-starring Jorge Gil and Mario Bezares. In 1999, he launched a nighttime show titled "Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Rabanne
Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (born 18 February 1934), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne (; ), is a Spanish fashion designer who became known as an ''enfant terrible'' of the 1960s French fashion world. Early life and education Rabanne was born 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasajes, Gipuzkoa province. His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War. Rabanne's mother was chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga's first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and moved Rabanne's family when he opened Balenciaga in Paris in 1937, due to the Spanish Civil War. In mid-1950s Paris, while studying architecture at l'École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Rabanne earned money making fashion sketches for Dior and Givenchy, and shoe sketches for Charles Jourdan, nevertheless he subsequently took a job with France's foremost developer of reinforced concrete, Auguste Perret, working there for over ten years. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Peña
Paco Peña (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional flamenco players. Biography Born in Córdoba, Spain, as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Peña began learning to play the guitar from his brother at age six and made his first professional appearance at twelve. Encouraged by his family, he left home and began performing throughout Spain as part of a government-sponsored folk music and dance program. This led to calls from professional flamenco companies in Madrid and the Costa Brava, where Peña established himself as a highly regarded accompanist to flamenco dance and singing. However, dissatisfied with life on the coast and seeking a new challenge, he moved to London in the late 1960s to become a soloist. Initially the star attraction in the Restaurante Antonio in Covent Garden, Peña generated so much interest among a British public previously uninitiated in flamenco that he soon found himself shari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Moncayo
Paco Rosendo Moncayo Gallegos (born October 8, 1940, in Quito) is an Ecuadorian politician and retired general who was Metropolitan Mayor of Quito from 2000 to 2009. Career During his military career, he was the Commander in Chief of the Army in the Alto Cenepa War between Ecuador and Perú. He served as a National Deputy from 1998 to 2000 and was a member of both the National Security Council and its Consultative Assembly for Foreign Affairs. In 2000 Paco Moncayo was elected Metropolitan Mayor of Quito on behalf of the Party of the Democratic Left, and he was re-elected for a second term in 2004. He was co-president of United Cities and Local Governments as of November 2007 and was longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award. Between 2009 and 2013 Moncayo was a representative for Pichincha Province in the National Assembly under the Alianza Libertad. He ran for a seat in the Assembly again in the 2013 general election with the Ruptura 25 movement, but failed to win a seat. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco López (footballer)
Francisco José "Paco" López Fernández (born 19 September 1967) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Granada CF. In his playing career, López achieved Segunda División totals of 28 games and three goals for Hércules and Extremadura, but spent most of his years in Segunda División B in service of six clubs. As a manager, he worked mainly in the lower leagues, and spent 3 years in charge of Levante in La Liga. Playing career Born in Silla, Province of Valencia, López graduated from Valencia CF's youth setup. He made his senior debut with Valencia CF Mestalla, the reserves, in Tercera División. In the summer of 1991, López joined Segunda División B club Hércules CF. After appearing regularly in the 1992–93 Segunda División B, 1992–93 season, which ended in promotion, he played his first match as a professional on 19 September 1993, coming on as a second-half Substitute (association football), substit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
