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
  • Alonso Pacheco ( 1540s), Spanish conquistador in Yucatan
  • 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
  • Melchor Pacheco ( 1540s), Spanish conquistador in Yucatan
  • 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"
  • María Luisa Pacheco (1919–1982), a Bolivian painter and mixed-media artist who emigrated to the United States
  • "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

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
  • Raquel Pacheco (born 1984), Brazilian writer

Politicians

  • Abel Pacheco (born 1933), Costa Rican politician and former President
  • Abel Pacheco Junior (born 1987), American politician
  • Bob Pacheco (born 1934), American politician
  • Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793–1876), Californio politician, ranchero, and soldier.
  • : Pacheco, California is named after him.
  • 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
  • Víctor Cervera Pacheco (1936–2004), Mexican politician

Athletes

  • Abelardo Pacheco (born 1939), Cuban long jumper
  • Alex Pacheco (born 1973), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Alfredo Pacheco (1982–2015), Salvadoran footballer
  • Andrei Pacheco (born 1984), footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
  • 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
  • Izaac Pacheco (born 2002), American baseball 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
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  • Víctor Pacheco (footballer, born 1974) (born 1974), Colombian footballer
  • Vinícius Pacheco (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

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