The name Sancho is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius.Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold; Löffler, Heinrich; Steger, Hugo; Zgusta, Ladislav: ''Namenforschung/Name Studies/Les noms propres'', Walter de Gruyter, 1 January 1995, p. 74
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Sánchez Sánchez is a Spanish family name. Historical origins "The illustrious Sanchez Family... is descended from one of a number of Gothic knights (caballeros) who in the year 714 escaped from the "barbara furia" of the Mohammedan invasion and took ...

. Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character Sancho Panza.

Kings of Navarre

* Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho IV * Sancho V (also king of Aragon) * Sancho VI * Sancho VII

Kings of León and Castile

* Sancho I (León) * Sancho II (León and Castille) * Sancho III (Castille) * Sancho IV (León and Castille)

Kings of Portugal

* Sancho I, ''o Povoador'' * Sancho II, ''o Capelo''

King of Majorca

* Sancho

Dukes of Gascony

* Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho IV * Sancho V * Sancho VI

Counts of Castille

* Sancho García

Other historical figures

* Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo * Sancho (bishop of Jaca) * Sancho, Count of Provence *

Sancho I of Astarac Sancho I ( flourished 1050–1096/1119) was the count of Astarac from around 1060. He was the only son of William I and inherited the entire county of Astarac, which had been reduced in area by partitioning among heirs in earlier generations. Sanch ...

Sancho Alfónsez Sancho Alfónsez (or Adefónsez) (ca. 1093 – 29 May 1108) was the only son of King Alfonso VI of Castile and León; his mother was the Moorish princess Zaida. Alfonso's heir from May 1107, he eventually co-ruled from Toledo. He predeceased his ...

Sanciolo d'Aragona Vinciguerra d'Aragona was the eldest son of Sanciolo d'Aragona and Lucia Palizzi. His father was an illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily. In 1355 he rebelled against his cousin Frederick III, who in December sent him to Patti as Captain t ...

* Sancho of Aragon (archbishop of Toledo) * Sancho Manoel de Vilhena *

Sancho Nunes de Barbosa {{Infobox noble, type , name = Sancho Nunes de Barbosa , title = Lord of Celanova , image = File:Barbosa.png , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = , s ...

* Sancho Gracia *

Sancho Ramirez The name Sancho is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius.Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold; Löffler, Heinrich; Steger, Hugo; Zgusta, Ladislav: ''Namenforschung/Name Studies/ ...

* Sancho Ramírez of Viguera * Sancho Ramírez, Count of Ribagorza *

Sancho Sánchez Sancho Sánchez ( fl. 1075–1127) was an important magnate of the Kingdom of Aragon in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, during the reigns of Sancho Ramírez, Peter I and Alfonso I. He was governor of the important Navarrese tenancies of ...

Jadon Sancho Jadon Malik Sancho (born 25 March 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Manchester United and the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the best young players in the world, he is known for his ...

Juan Bautista Sancho Joan Batista Sanxo, or Juan Bautista Sancho, composer and scholar (Artà, Majorca, Spain, 1772 or 1776 — Mission San Antonio de Padua, California, 1830). He brought to California some of the first samples of 18th-century European music, including ...

Ignatius Sancho Charles Ignatius Sancho ( – 14 December 1780) was a British abolitionist, writer and composer. Born on a slave ship in the Atlantic, Sancho was sold into slavery in the Spanish colony of New Granada. After his parents died, Sancho's owner t ...

, 18th century British composer, actor, and writer. * 'Sancho', a nickname for philosopher Max Stirner in Marx and Engel's ''The German Ideology''

Fictional

* Sancho Panza

Other

Brent Sancho Brent Sancho CM (born 13 March 1977) is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago. Club career College Born in Port of Spa ...

, a Trinidadian footballer and politician *

Charles Ignatius Sancho Charles Ignatius Sancho ( – 14 December 1780) was a British abolitionist, writer and composer. Born on a slave ship in the Atlantic, Sancho was sold into slavery in the Spanish colony of New Granada. After his parents died, Sancho's owner too ...

, a British abolitionist, writer and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

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, an English footballer *The

War of the Three Sanchos The War of the Three Sanchos ( es, Guerra de los Tres Sanchos) was a brief military conflict between three Spanish kingdoms in 1065–1067. The kingdoms were all ruled by Jiménez kings who were first cousins: Sancho II of Castile, Sancho IV o ...

, an 11th century conflict between the three first cousins Jímenez kings: Sancho II of Castile, Sancho IV of Navarre, and Sancho Ramírez of Aragon, all grandsons of Sancho the Great in Northern Spain.

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