Pancho is a male nickname for the given name Francisco (Spanish and Portuguese equivalent of Francis). The feminine form is Pancha. It is also sometimes used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Pancho Barnes (1901âÂÂ1975), early female American aviator
- Pancho Carter (born 1950), American race car driver
- Pancho Coimbre (1909âÂÂ1989), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Pancho Córdova (1916âÂÂ1990), Mexican character actor
- Pancho Daniel (died 1858), bandit in what is now California
- Pancho Fierro (c. 1807/1809âÂÂ1879), Peruvian painter
- Pancho Gonzales (1928âÂÂ1995), American tennis player
- Pancho Gonzales (footballer) (1926âÂÂ2016), Argentine football player, and manager
- Pancho Guedes (1925âÂÂ2015), Portuguese architect, sculptor, and painter
- Francisco Guilledo (1901âÂÂ1925), Filipino world champion boxer
- Pancho Herrera (1934âÂÂ2005), Major League Baseball player
- Franklin Huddle (born 1943), American diplomat
- Pancho Magalona (1922âÂÂ1998), Filipino actor
- Pancho Magno (born 1986), Filipino actor
- Pancho Martin (1925âÂÂ2012), American trainer of thoroughbred racehorses
- Pancho Prin (1930âÂÂ2003), Venezuelan musician, singer, and composer
- Ferenc Puskás (1927âÂÂ2006), Hungarian footballer
- Francisco RamÃÂrez (governor) (1786âÂÂ1821), Argentine provincial governor
- José Francisco RamÃÂrez (born 1976), Honduran footballer
- Pancho Segura (1921âÂÂ2017), Ecuadorian-born American tennis player
- Francisco Varallo (1910âÂÂ2010), Argentine footballer
- Pancho Villa (1878âÂÂ1923), Mexican revolutionary
- Pancho Vladigerov (1899âÂÂ1978), Bulgarian composer, pianist, and pedagogue
Stage name
Fictional characters
Nickname
- Marcelino Massana (1918âÂÂ1981), Catalan anarchist guerrilla who went by the nom de guerre of "Pancho"
Surname
See also