# Chico

Chico (Spanish pronunciation:) means small, boy or child in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (Portuguese pronunciation:).
Chico may refer to:

## Places

* Chico, California, a city
* Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community
* Chico, Texas, a town
* Chico, Washington, a census designated place
* Chico Creek, Colorado
* Chico Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation in the US
* Chico River (disambiguation)
* Río Chico (disambiguation)
* Ch'iqu, or Volcán Chico, a volcano in Bolivia

## People
### Nickname

* Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter
* Chico Anysio (1931–2012), Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer
* Francisco Aramburu (1922–1997), Brazilian footballer
* Chico Bouchikhi (born 1954), musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings, later leader of Chico & the Gypsies
* Chico Buarque (born 1944), Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet
* Chico (footballer, born 1922), Brazilian footballer Francisco Aramburu
* Chico (footballer, born 1981), Portuguese footballer Francisco José Castro Fernandes
* Chico (footballer, born February 1987), Brazilian footballer Luis Francisco Grando
* Chico (footballer, born 1988), Portuguese footballer Francisco Miguel Franco Antunes Gomes
* Chico (footballer, born 1991), Angolan footballer Carlos Francisco Diassonama Panzo
* Chico (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer Francisco Hyun-sol Kim
* Chico (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer Francisco Da Costa Aragao
* Chico (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer Francisco Alves da Silva Neto
* Chico César (born 1964), Brazilian singer, composer and songwriter
* Diego Corrales (1977–2007), American professional boxer
* Chico DeBarge (born 1966), American R&B singer
* Chico Díaz (born 1959), Mexican-born Brazilian actor
* Chico Faria (1949–2004), Portuguese footballer
* Chico Flores (born March 1987), Spanish footballer José Manuel Flores Moreno
* Chico Freeman (born 1949), American jazz musician
* Chico Hamilton (1921–2013), American jazz drummer and bandleader
* Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1950), English former footballer
* Chico Hopkins (born 1946), Welsh rugby player
* Francisco "Chico" Lachowski (born 1991), Brazilian model
* Chico Maki (1939–2015), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Chico Marx (1887–1961), American comedian, actor, pianist and bandleader, member of the Marx Brothers, born Leonard Marx
* Chico Mendes (1944–1988), Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. See also Chico Té below.
* Chico Netto (1894–1959), Brazilian footballer
* Washington "Chico" Oliveira (born 1977), half of the Chico & Roberta Brazilian song and dance duo
* Chico Resch (born 1948), Canadian retired National Hockey League goaltender and television sportscaster
* Eduardo Rózsa-Flores (1960–2009), Bolivian-Hungarian soldier, journalist, actor and secret agent
* Chico Salmon (1940–2000), Major League Baseball utility player from Panama
* Chico Serra (born 1957), Brazilian Formula One race car driver
* Chico Slimani (born 1971), British singer
* Chico Walker (born 1957), American former Major League Baseball catcher
* Chico Xavier (1910–2002), Brazilian spiritist medium

### Surname

* Gery Chico (born 1956), American lawyer and politician
* Moraíto Chico II (1956–2011), Spanish Flamenco guitarist
* Mariano Chico (1796–1850), governor of Alta California, Mexico, in 1836
* Matt Chico (born 1983), American former baseball pitcher

### Other people

* Chico Álvarez (singer), American Latin jazz musician Ernesto Peraza
* Chico Té, nom de guerre of, Francisco Mendes (1939–1978), politician and first prime minister of Guinea-Bissau
* Chico Lanete (born 1979), Philippine Basketball Association player
* Chico Science, stage name of Brazilian singer and composer Francisco de Assis França (1966–1997)
* Bryan Alvarez (born 1975), American newsletter editor and professional wrestler under the ring name Chico Alvarez
* Gabriel Campillo (born 1978), Spanish professional boxer known as "Chico Guapo"
* Christopher Amelio (born 1986) American, son in law to Dave Williams

## Entertainment

* Chico Escuela, a recurring character played by Garrett Morris on Saturday Night Live
* Chuck Billy (Chuck Billy 'n' Folks), a character created by Mauricio de Sousa and called Chico Bento in Portuguese
* Chico, a main character in Chico and the Man, a 1970s American television sitcom
* Chico (film), a 2001 film starring Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, based on his life
* Chico (album), a 1977 album by Chico Freeman
* "Chico", a 2004 song by Brant Bjork from the album Local Angel
* "Chico" (Luísa Sonza song), 2023

## Other

* Chico (Amtrak station), a railroad station in Chico, California
* Chico (cat), a cat who is the narrator of an authorized biography of Pope Benedict XVI
* CHICO (construction company), a Chinese construction company based in Henan
* Chico language
* Chico Senior High School, Chico, California
* California State University, Chico
* Volkswagen Chico, a 1992 concept car
* Cheekies, formerly Chicos, an Australian confectionery
* Operation Chico, a 1958 Civil Defense exercise in California