# Pacheco

Pacheco is a Portuguese and Spanish surname deriving from the Latin Paccieaus as well as the Basque Patxi, a variation of Francisco. 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

## In arts and entertainment

* Alexis Mateo Pacheco (born 1979), Puerto Rican drag queen
* Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), Brazilian artist
* Arturo Pacheco Altamirano (1903–1978), Chilean painter
* Carlos Pacheco (1962–2022), Spanish comic book artist
* Fernando Castro Pacheco (1918–2013), Mexican painter
* Fernando González Pacheco (1932–2014), Colombian television presenter
* Francisco Pacheco (1564–1644), Spanish painter and writer on art theory
* Francisco Pacheco (born 1955), Venezuelan singer
* Ivo Pacheco (born 1989), Portuguese musician known professionally as IVVVO
* Johnny Pacheco (1935–2021), Dominican musician, composer, producer and bandleader. Creator of Fania All-Stars. Coined the term "Salsa"
* "Mizzy" Pacheco (21st century), former lead singer of the American alternative rock band Against All Will
* Richard Pacheco (born 1948), American pornographic actor, real name Howie Gordon
* Tom Pacheco, (born 1946) American singer and songwriter
* Joaquín Monserrat (1921–1996), known as Pacheco, Spanish comedian and host of children programs
* María Luisa Pacheco (1919–1982), was a Bolivian painter and mixed-media artist who emigrated to the United States.

## Writers

* Agustín Díaz Pacheco (born 1952), Spanish writer
* Cristina Pacheco (1941–2023), Mexican journalist, writer and television personality
* Ibéyise Pacheco (born 1961), Venezuelan journalist and writer
* Jesús López Pacheco (1930–1997), Spanish-Canadian writer
* José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014), was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer
* Luis Pacheco de Narváez (1570–1640), Spanish writer on fencing
* Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008), Portuguese writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic

## Politicians

* Abel Pacheco (born 1933), Costa Rican politician and former President
* Abel Pacheco Junior (born 1987), American politician
* Bob Pacheco (born 1934), American politician
* Gregorio Pacheco (1823–1899), Bolivian politician and former President
* Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (born 1972), Mexican politician
* Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920–1998), Uruguayan politician and former President
* José Andrés Pacheco de Melo (1779–c. 1820), Argentine statesman and priest
* José Condungua Pacheco (born 1958), Mozambican politician
* José Pacheco Pereira (born 1949), Portuguese politician and historian
* Juan Pacheco (1419–1474), Castilian noble
* Lopo Fernandes Pacheco (died 1349), Portuguese noble
* Luisa Teresa Pacheco (died 2023), Venezuelan politician
* Marc Pacheco (born 1952), American politician
* Nick Pacheco (born 1964), American politician
* Rod Pacheco (born 1958), American politician
* Romualdo Pacheco (1831–1899), American politician
* Rubén Pacheco (Costa Rica), Costa Rican politician
* Rubén Pacheco (Venezuela), Venezuelan diplomat
* Víctor Cervera Pacheco (1936–2004), Mexican politician

## Athletes

* Alex Pacheco (born 1973), Venezuelan baseball player
* Alfredo Pacheco (1982–2015), Salvadoran footballer
* Andrei Pacheco (born 1984), footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
* Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti (born 1976), Uruguayan footballer
* Augusto Pacheco Fraga (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Dani Pacheco (born 1991), Spanish footballer
* Darwin Pacheco (born 1976), Honduran footballer
* Edgar Pacheco (born 1977), Portuguese footballer
* Édgar Pacheco (born 1990), Mexican footballer
* Eduardo Pacheco (Brazilian footballer) (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
* Fábio Pacheco (born 1988), Portuguese footballer
* Ferdie Pacheco (1927–2017), United States boxing physician
* Freddy Pacheco (born 1998), Venezuelan baseball player
* Henrique Pacheco Lima (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Irene Pacheco (born 1971), Colombian boxer
* Isadora Pacheco (born 2005), Brazilian skateboarder
* Isiah Pacheco (born 1999), American football player
* Jaime Pacheco (born 1958), Portuguese football manager
* Maz Pacheco (born 1998), English footballer
* Nilton Pacheco (1920–2013), Brazilian basketball player
* Raúl Pacheco (born 1979), Peruvian long-distance runner
* Rodrigo Pacheco (badminton) (born 1983), Peruvian badminton player
* Rommel Pacheco (born 1986), Mexican diver
* Tony Pacheco (disambiguation), multiple people
* Víctor Pacheco (footballer, born 1974) (born 1974), Colombian footballer
* Vinícius Pacheco (born 1985), Brazilian footballer