Carrasco is a Spanish, Portuguese and Galician surname. It derives from a Spanish word meaning ‘ holm oak’ (originally from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''cerrus'', from a pre-Roman Celtiberian word). (This book is cited at Ancestry.com’s page for Carrasc

Notable people with the surname include: *

Ada Carrasco Ada Carrasco (14 September 1912 – 5 April 1994) was a Mexican film and television actress. Early life Carrasco was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco, an engineer, and the opera star Ada Navarrete. Career Carrasco s ...

(1912–1994), Mexican actress *

Angela Carrasco Angela may refer to: Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River Fiction * Angel ...

(born 1954), Dominican singer * Berna Carrasco Araya (1914–2013), Chilean chess master * Carlos Carrasco (actor) (born 1948), Panamanian-American actor *

Carlos Carrasco (baseball) Carlos Luis Carrasco (born March 21, 1987), nicknamed "Cookie", is a Venezuelan-born American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Indians in 2009. Listed a ...

(born 1987) American baseball player * D. J. Carrasco (born 1977), American baseball player *

David Carrasco Davíd Lee Carrasco is an American academic historian of religion, anthropologist, and Mesoamericanist scholar. As of 2001 he holds the inaugural appointment as Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of Latin America Studies at the Harvard Divinity Schoo ...

(born 1949), American scholar of Mesoamerican religions *

Eduardo Carrasco Eduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard (born July 2, 1940 in Santiago) is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 t ...

(born 1940), Chilean musician and professor of philosophy * Eduardo Carrasco (footballer) (born 1972), Swiss footballer *

Erik Carrasco Erik "Cachete" Fernando Carrasco Follert (born May 18, 1983), is a Chilean professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Club Deportivo Valdivia club of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, the country's top professional bask ...

(born 1983), Chilean basketball player * Ezequiel Carrasco (born 2002), Canadian soccer player *

Felix Carrasco Félix Carrasco-Córdova (born July 29, 1955) is a Mexican-Austrian conductor. He has performed successfully near a hundred different orchestras around the world and has gained international recognition for his extraordinary performances. His se ...

(born 1955), Mexican-Austrian conductor *

Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz (December 15, 1742 – August 10, 1813) was a Spanish soldier and Royal Governor of Chile. His political relations with Juan Martinez de Rozas and a smuggling scandal involving the frigate ''Scorpion'' des ...

Díaz (1742–1813), Spanish soldier and Royal Governor of Chile *

Francisco José Carrasco Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo (born 6 March 1959) is a Spanish retired football player and manager. Nicknamed Lobo, he played as a winger spending most of his 14-year professional career with Barcelona (11 seasons). He won ten major title ...

(born 1959), Spanish footballer *

Héctor Carrasco Héctor Pacheco Carrasco (born October 22, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He bats and throws right handed. In a twelve-season career, Carrasco has posted a 44–50 record with 19 saves and a 3.99 ERA in 637 relief ap ...

(born 1969), American baseball player *

Hernán Carrasco Vivanco Hernán is a Spanish masculine given name, originating from Germanic Hernan in the Visigoth culture in Spain. It is the Latinized version of the compound name ''Fard-nanth'', which seems to mean "gentle traveler" or "spiritual traveler". The House ...

(1923–2023), Chilean football manager *

Isabel Carrasco Isabel Carrasco Lorenzo (4 March 1955 – 12 May 2014) was a Spanish politician of the People's Party. Carrasco served in the Senate of Spain between 2003 and 2007. At the time of her death, Carrasco was the head of the government in the northw ...

(1955-2014), Spanish politician *

Isaías Carrasco Isaías Carrasco (1964 – March 7, 2008) was a Basque politician, affiliated with the PSE. He was shot dead when he left his house in Tolosa de Mondragón on March 7, 2008, two days ahead of general elections in Spain by Beñat Aginagalde, a mem ...

(1964–2008), Spanish Basque politician murdered by ETA *

Joe Carrasco Joe "King" Carrasco (born December 6, 1953 as Joseph Charles Teutsch) is a Tex-Mex new wave guitarist, vocalist and songwriter currently based in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Biography Joe King Carrasco, who is known as the king of Tex-Mex rock 'n' ro ...

, Tex-Mex "new wave" musician * Jorge Carrasco (born 1982), Chilean footballer * José Carrasco (disambiguation) (multiple people) * Juan Carrasco (disambiguation) (multiple people) * Luis Carrasco (skeleton) (born 1963), Mexican skeleton racer *

Manuel Carrasco Manuel Carrasco Galloso (born January 15, 1981) is a Spanish pop singer (of romani descent) from Isla Cristina (Huelva), Spain. He rose to fame during his participation in the second edition of the reality talent competition ''Operación Tr ...

(born 1981), Spanish singer * María Carrasco (born 1995), Spanish singer * Maruja Carrasco (1944–2018), Spanish botanist * Nancy Carrasco, Mexican physician and molecular biochemist * Nicolás Rodríguez Carrasco (1890–1940), Mexican politician and general *

Pancha Carrasco Pancha Carrasco (8 April 1816 – 31 December 1890), born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez, was Costa Rica's first woman in the military. Carrasco is most famous for joining the defending forces at the Battle of Rivas in 1856 with a rifle and a poc ...

(1816–1890), Costa Rican medic and national heroine *

Pedro Carrasco Pedro Juan Carrasco García (11 July 1943 – 27 January 2001) was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain. Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967. This triu ...

(1943–2001), Spanish professional boxer *

Raimon Carrasco Raimon Carrasco Azemar (17 February 1924 – 20 March 2022) was a Spanish businessman who served as president of FC Barcelona. Biography Carrasco was born in Barcelona, Restoration (Spain), Spain, son of Manuel Carrasco Formiguera and wife Mar� ...

(1924–2022), Spanish Catalan businessman, former president of FC Barcelona * Ricardo Carrasco (born 1965), Chilean photographer *

Rocío Carrasco Rocío Carrasco Mohedano (born 29 April 1977) is a Spanish media personality, television host, model, businesswoman, producer and actress. Carrasco first gained media attention as a daughter of the Spanish world champion boxer Pedro Carrasco and ...

(born 1977), Spanish television presenter and businesswoman *

Servando Carrasco Servando Carrasco (born August 13, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder. Career Carrasco spent his childhood living in Tijuana, Mexico, and attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego, Californ ...

(born 1988), American soccer player *

Yannick Carrasco Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 4 September 1993) is a Belgian footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team as a winger or wing-back. He began his career with Monaco, where he scored 20 goals in 105 ...

(born 1993), Belgian footballer Fictional characters: *Dr. Sanson Carrasco, character in a play within '' Man of La Mancha'' *Juan Carrasco, character in the 1964 film ''

The Outrage ''The Outrage'' is a 1964 American Western film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner. It is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese film ''Rashomon'', based ...

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