Pascal (surname)

Pascal is a French and an Italian surname of Romance origin.

Origin of the surname
Pascal is a patronymic surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from Latin Paschalis, which means "relating to Easter". In France Pascal is especially found in the Southern-Eastern area, in Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, while in Italy Pascal is found in Northern-Western area, in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and the variant De Pascal in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

People

 * Adam Pascal (born 1970), American actor and singer
 * Amy Pascal (born 1958), American film producer.
 * André Pascal (1932–2001), French songwriter and composer
 * Andrew Pascal (born 1965), American businessman in the gaming industry.
 * Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher
 * Chris Pascal, Co-director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood
 * Christine Pascal (1953 – 1996), French actress, writer and director
 * Dave Pascal (1918 – 2003), American cartoonist
 * Ernest Pascal (1896 – 1966), English-American writer
 * Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), French judge and amateur scientist, father of Blaise
 * Fabian Pascal, Romanian-American computer scientist
 * Francine Pascal, American author
 * Francoise Pascal, Mauritian actress
 * Gabriel Pascal, Romanian film producer and director
 * Gisèle Pascal, French actress
 * Jacqueline Pascal (1625–1661), the sister of Blaise
 * Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer
 * Jean-Thenistor Pascal, Haitian-Canadian professional boxer
 * John Pascal, American playwright
 * Julia Pascal, British playwright
 * Maite Orsini Pascal, Chilean actress and model
 * Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress
 * Marta Pascal (born 1983), Spanish politician
 * Mary Ann Pascal, American actress
 * Nelon Pascal, West Indian cricketer
 * Olivia Pascal, German actress
 * Paul Pascal (1839 - 1905), French landscape painter
 * Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor
 * Robert A. Pascal, American politician
 * Zach Pascal (born 1994), American football player

Fictional characters

 * Ana Pascal, the love interest of the main character from the film Stranger than Fiction (2006)
 * Mattia Pascal, the main character in The Late Mattia Pascal, novel by Luigi Pirandello
 * Esmée Pascal, a police officer appearing in the second season of Dexter