Sanches is a
Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is
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 to ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Afonso Sanches (1289–1329), Portuguese nobleman
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António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches
António Nunes Ribeiro Sanches (7 March 1699 – 14 October 1783) was an 18th-century Portuguese physician, philosopher and encyclopédiste. He was a '' cristão novo'' of Jewish descent, believed to be secretly a practising Jew.
He studied a ...
(1699–1783), Portuguese physician and philosopher
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Brian Sanches (born 1978), American baseball player
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Francisco Sanches
Francisco Sanches (; ; – November 16, 1623) was a skeptic, philosopher and physician of Sephardi Jewish origin, born possibly in Tui, Spain or probably in Braga, Portugal (where he was baptized and grew up).Elaine Limbrick and Douglas Th ...
(c.1550–1623), Portuguese-Galician philosopher
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Manuel Estêvão Sanches
Manuel Estêvão Fernandes Anjos Sanches, known as Puma (born April 21, 1979) is a Cape Verdean footballer who last played for Alki Larnaca in 2009 and also played for Enosis Neon Paralimni in the Cypriot First Division.
He has also played for Ass ...
(born 1979), Portuguese-Cape Verdean footballer
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Renato Sanches
Renato Júnior Luz Sanches (; born 18 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica, Benfica, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris ...
(born 1997), Portuguese footballer
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Simon Sanches, Dutch navy nurse and laboratory technician who planned to commit a coup d'état in Suriname
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Portuguese patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names