Pacheco

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Pacheco
Place of originSpain, Portugal

Pacheco is a Portuguese and Spanish surname deriving from the Latin Paccieaus as well as the Basque Patxi, a variation of Francisco.[1] It may refer to:

General

  • Alex Pacheco (activist) (born 1958), animal rights activist, co-founder of PETA.
  • Ángel Pacheco (general) (1793–1869), Argentine military officer who later became one of the top commanders in the Confederacy during the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas
  • Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713–1785), Spanish cartographer and artist
  • Cosme Pacheco (c.1803–c.1851), Peruvian cavalry officer, in military campaigns for the independence of Peru, 1821-1825
  • Duarte Pacheco Pereira (c. 1460–1533), Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer
  • José Francisco Pacheco (born 1951), Portuguese educator
  • Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco
    (1650–1725), Spanish aristocrat, politician, academician and general
  • María Pacheco Padilla
    (c. 1496–1531), Spanish military defender of the city of Toledo
  • Rafael Pacheco (born 1954), Spanish astronomer
  • Rodrigo Pacheco, 3rd Marquess of Cerralvo (c. 1565–1652), Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy

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