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 (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de Asís was known as '' ...

(Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of

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). 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:

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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 a m ...

(1901–1975), early female American aviator *

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 *

Pancho Coimbre Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre Atiles (29 January 1909 – 4 November 1989), more commonly known as Pancho Coimbre, was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He was born in the municipality of Coamo and moved to Ponce early in his lif ...

(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 Ame ...

(1916–1990), Mexican character actor * Pancho Daniel (died 1858), bandit in what is now California *

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 *

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 Singles Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 P ...

(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 France (), officially the French ...

(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 and painter an educator. He is described as one of the earliest post-modernist ar ...

(1925–2015), Portuguese architect, sculptor, and painter *

Francisco Guilledo Francisco Villaruel Guilledo (August 1, 1901 – July 14, 1925), more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds ...

(1901–1925), Filipino world champion boxer *

Pancho Herrera Juan Francisco Herrera Villavicencio (June 16, 1934 – April 28, 2005), nicknamed "Pancho" and "Frank", was a Cuban-born professional baseball player. He appeared in an even 300 games over all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball f ...

(1934–2005), Major League Baseball player *

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 *

Pancho Martin Frank "Pancho" Martin (December 3, 1925 – July 18, 2012) was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, United States' Hall of Fame Horse trainer, trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. He is often remembered as the trainer of Sham (horse), ...

(1925–2012), trainer of thoroughbred racehorses *

Pancho Prin Pancho Prin (born Francisco de Paula Prin Villegas: April 2, 1930 in Cúa, Venezuela) was a Venezuelan musician, singer, and composer. His better known songs include "El Gavilán pollero," "Canto al Amanecer Tuyero," "La Madrugada llanera," "El ...

(1930–2003), Venezuelan musician, singer, and composer *

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 forward, ...

(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 Con ...

(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 differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(born 1976), Honduran footballer *

Pancho Segura Francisco Olegario Segura (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, but m ...

(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. He represented Argentina at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. During his career, Varallo won ...

(1910–2010), Argentine footballer *

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (,"Villa"
''Collins English Dictionary''. ; ;

(1878–1923), Mexican revolutionary *

Pancho Vladigerov Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; bg, Панчо Хараланов Владигеров ; 13 March 18998 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably ...

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

Stage name

Michael Locke (stuntman) Michael Richard Locke (born 13 March 1979), better known as Pancho, is a Welsh professional stuntman and a member of the '' Dirty Sanchez'' crew. Locke starred in the film ''Dirty Sanchez: The Movie'', released in 2006. He also appeared in the ...

(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 Magaz ...

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

Plaza Sésamo ''Plaza Sésamo'' ( en, Sesame Plaza) is one of the first international co-productions of the first preschool television program ''Sesame Street''. Its first season premiered in México in 1972, and the last season ended in 2018 during the hol ...

'' *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 music singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Often considered his "most enduring and well-known song", Van Zandt first recorded it for his 1972 album ''The Late ...

Surname

Cassa Pancho Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black is a British ballet company. It was founded by Cassa Pancho in 2001 as a response to the lack of professional Black and Asian ballet dancers in the UK. The Company was to provide dancers and students of black and Asian ...

, founder of British ballet company Ballet Black *

Pedro Pancho Pedro M. Pancho (born July 2, 1934) is a Filipino politician. He has been elected to five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 2nd District of Bulacan Bulacan, officially the Province of Bul ...

(born 1934), Filipino politician

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