Vasquez

Vázquez (or Vásquez, Vásques, Vasquez) is an original Galician surname, in use not only in Galicia but all over Spanish-speaking (and, at a lesser extent, Portuguese-speaking, where Vasco as surname predominates) countries. Vasquez means "[son] of Vasco" and Vasco comes from the pre-Roman latinized name "Velascus" (of uncertain origin and meaning, probably Basque or Iberian), which evolves in Galician-Portuguese Velascu > Veascu > Vaasco > Vasco (Sp.cognate Velasco, surname Velázquez).^[1]

• Dastin Coronel Vasquez, a Crossfire Pro.
• Andres Vasquez, a Peruvian-born Swedish football midfielder.
• Andrew Vasquez, Native American flute player
• Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, treasurer of the United States
• Domingo Vásquez, president of Honduras 1893-08-07 - 1894-02-22
• Eric Vasquez, an American soccer player
• Fabio Vásquez Castaño, a Colombian rebel and revolutionary
• Felix Vasquez, Bronx hero
• Fernando Vázquez, Spanish football manager
• Fran Vázquez, Spanish basketball player
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a Spanish conquistador
• Gabriel Vásquez, a Spanish Jesuit theologian
• Gaddi Vasquez, the 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• Greivis Vasquez (born 1987), Venezuelan basketball player
• Horacio Vásquez, a Dominican general and political figure
• Ian Vásquez, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
• Ignacio Vázquez, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer
• Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball pitcher
• Jennifer Vasquez, contestant in Big Brother 6
• Jhonen Vasquez, cartoonist
• Jorge Vásquez, a major league baseball pitcher
• Jorge Vázquez, a New York Yankees minor league first baseman
• Jorge Vázquez Viaña (1939–1967), Bolivian revolutionary
• Joseph Vásquez, an American independent filmmaker
• Juan Vásquez (composer), a Spanish priest and composer of the renaissance
• Juan T. Vázquez Martín, a Cuban abstract painter
• Juanes, full name Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (Vásquez is his second, or matrilineal, last name), a Colombian rock musician
• Julio César Vásquez, a professional boxer in the super middleweight (168 lb) division
• Junior Vasquez, a New York City club DJ and remixer/producer
• La La Vasquez, Puerto Rican MTV VJ
• Louis Vásquez, a mountain man and trader from Missouri
• Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer
• Manuel Vázquez Gallego, Spanish comic artist and writer
• Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer
• Mario Vazquez, Arista Records' R&B artist of American Idol fame
• Martin Vasquez, Mexican soccer player
• Mona Vasquez, a critic of Scientology
• Orlando Vásquez, a Nicaraguan weightlifter
• Ramón Vázquez, an American baseball player
• Randy Vasquez, an American actor
• Rafael Vásquez, a Peruvian politician and a Congressman
• Rafael Martín Vázquez, a Spanish footballer
• Roberta Vasquez, a Cuban-American model, actress and Playboy playmate
• Roberto Vásquez, a southpaw boxer in the flyweight division
• Sam Vasquez (1972–2007), American MMA fighter
• Tabaré Vázquez, Ex-President of Uruguay
• Tiburcio Vásquez, a Mexican bandit
• Walter Vásquez Vejarano, a Peruvian lawyer, politician and President of the Supreme Court
• Vásquez, a rock band featuring Ricky "the Atomic Elf" Bacchus
• Vazquez, the original and founding bass player of the rock band Damone

Fictional People

• Lt. Vasquez, platoon leader in the USMC 1st Force Recon in the 2007 video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Pvt. J. Vasquez, one of the fictional United States Colonial Marines in the 1986 film Aliens
• Alex Vasquez, one of the major characters of the Totally Spies animated series.
• El tío Vázquez or El malvado Vázquez (uncle Vázquez or Evil Vázquez), a comic character, defaulter and scoundrel, self-parodic of Manfor its not-so-veiled criticism of the Francoist society.
• Dee Vasquez, a character in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
• Sgt. Rico Velasquez, co-main character/hero [ISA Forces] [Killzone 3: Play Station 3]

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