Chico

Chico means small, boy or child in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language.

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

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
 * 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"

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", a 2023 song by Luísa Sonza from the album Escândalo Íntimo

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