Vasco may refer to:

People

Given name

Middle Ages

  • Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524), Portuguese explorer
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), Spanish conquistador
  • Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo (1490–1561), Portuguese nobleman and first donatary of the Captaincy of Espírito Santo
  • Vasco Fernandes (artist) (1475–1540), Portuguese painter
  • Vasco de Quiroga (1470/78–1565), Spanish bishop and judge, first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico
  • Vasco Martins de Sousa (1320s–1387), Lord of Mortágua and Chancellor mor under King Peter I of Portugal

Modern world

  • Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973), Portuguese politician
  • Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991), Portuguese politician, Chairman of the Portuguese Parliament
  • Vasco Fernandes (footballer) (born 1986), Portuguese footballer
  • Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and Prime Minister of Portugal from 1974 to 1975
  • Vasco Lopes (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
  • Vasco Modena (1929–2016), Italian racing cyclist
  • Vasco Oliveira (footballer, born 1922), Portuguese deceased footballer
  • Vasco Oliveira (footballer, born 2000), Portuguese footballer
  • Vasco Palmeirim (born 1979), Portuguese radio and television presenter
  • Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991), Italian writer
  • Vasco Rossi (born 1952), Italian singer-songwriter
  • Vasco Santana (1898–1958), Portuguese actor
  • Vasco Sousa (footballer) (born 2003), Portuguese footballer
  • Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (1939–2025), last Portuguese governor (1991–1999) of Macau

Surname

  • André Vasco (born 1984), Brazilian actor and television presenter
  • Giambattista Vasco (1733–1796), Italian economist and abbot
  • María Vasco (born 1975), Spanish race walker
  • Maurizio Vasco (born 1955), American television presenter

Nickname or stage name

  • Vassil Evtimov (born 1977), French-Bulgarian former professional basketball player and head coach nicknamed "Vasco"
  • Bill Stax, South Korean rapper Shin Dong-yeol (born 1980), former stage name Vasco

Sports clubs

  • CR Vasco da Gama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a sports club also known simply as Vasco
  • Vasco da Gama F.C., Cape Town, South Africa, a sports club with roots in the Rio Club, CR Vasco.
  • Vasco Esporte Clube, Sergipe, Brazil, a football club
  • Vasco SC, Goa, India, a sports club

Other uses

  • Basque language, called vasco in Spanish
  • Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco
  • Vasco Road, California, United States
  • Vasco (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos
  • Jane Vasco, the lead character in the Painkiller Jane TV series
  • × Vascostylis or Vasco, an orchid genus
  • Vasco Data Security International, a corporate security firm now known as OneSpan
  • Vietnam Air Services Company, a regional airline in southern Vietnam, a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines

See also

  • Vasco da Gama (disambiguation)
  • Vasko (disambiguation)