Velazquez

Velázquez, also Velazquez, Velásquez or Velasquez, is a surname from Spain. It is a patronymic name, meaning "son of Velasco".

References to "Velazquez" without a first name are often to the Spanish painter, Diego – see below.

Notable people with this surname include:

Arts

 * Consuelo Velázquez, 20th-century Mexican songwriter, best known for "Bésame Mucho"
 * Daniel Velazquez, Puerto Rican rock guitarist
 * Diego Velázquez, Spaniard court painter to Philip IV of Spain, most famous for Las Meninas
 * Diego Velazquez (actor), American TV and film child actor
 * Héctor Velázquez Moreno, Mexican architect
 * Valerie Velazquez American singer, philanthropist
 * Jaci Velasquez, American contemporary Christian singer
 * Jesus Velasquez, fictional character in True Blood
 * Lorena Velázquez (born 1937), Mexican actress
 * Mark Velasquez (born 1977), American photographer
 * Nadine Velazquez, Puerto Rican-American actress and model
 * Patricia Velásquez (born 1971), Venezuelan actress and model
 * Regine Velasquez (born 1970), Filipina singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer
 * Tony Velasquez (1910–1997), Filipino illustrator

Politics

 * Andrés Velásquez, Venezuelan politician
 * Javier Velásquez (born 1960), prime minister of Peru
 * Jessica Velasquez (born 1976 or 1977), American politician
 * Nydia Velázquez, American politician
 * Ramón José Velásquez, ex-president of Venezuela (1993–1994)
 * Tracy Velazquez, American politician
 * Victoria Marina Velásquez (born 1943), Salvadoran jurist
 * Victoria Velasquez (born 1991), Danish politician

Religion

 * David Andrés Álvarez-Velázquez, Bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Rico
 * Rodrigo Arango Velásquez (1925–2008), Roman Catholic Bishop

Sports

 * Andrew Velazquez (born 1994), American professional baseball player
 * Arly Velásquez, Mexican Paralympic alpine skier
 * Alberto Velázquez (born 1934), Uruguayan cyclist
 * Cain Velasquez (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter
 * Carlos Velásquez (born 1984), Puerto Rican boxer
 * Carlos Velázquez (footballer) (born 1984), Mexican footballer
 * Carlos Velázquez (baseball) (1948–2000), Puerto Rican major league pitcher
 * Claudia Velásquez (born 1975), Peruvian swimmer
 * Claudio Velásquez (born 1986), Argentine football striker
 * Cornelio Velásquez (born 1968), Panamanian jockey
 * Édgar Velásquez (born 1974), Venezuelan boxer
 * Emiliano Velázquez (born 1994), Uruguayan football defender
 * Flor Velázquez (born 1984), Venezuelan judoka
 * Francisco Velázquez (born 1975), former Argentine roller hockey player
 * Frank Velásquez (born 1990), Salvadoran beach footballer
 * Freddie Velázquez, Dominican Republic baseball player
 * Gilberto Velásquez (born 1983), Paraguayan footballer
 * Guillermo Velasquez (baseball) (born 1968), Mexican baseball player
 * Héctor Velásquez (1952–2010), Chilean boxer
 * Héctor Velázquez (baseball) (born 1988), Mexican baseball player
 * Jorge Velásquez (born 1946), American horse racing jockey
 * José Velásquez (footballer, born 1952) (born 1952), retired football midfielder from Peru
 * José David Velásquez, Honduran footballer
 * Juan Velásquez (born 1971), Peruvian footballer
 * Julián Velásquez (1920-?), Argentine fencer
 * Juliana Velasquez (born 1986), Brazilian professional mixed martial artist
 * Luis Velásquez (1919–1997), Guatemalan long-distance runner
 * Manuel Velazquez, 20th-century anti-boxing activist
 * Marco Velásquez (born 1987), Chilean footballer
 * Miguel Velasquez (born 1944), Spanish boxer
 * Nelson Velázquez (born 1998), Puerto Rican baseball player
 * Pablo Velázquez (born 1987), Paraguayan footballer
 * Sebastián Velásquez (born 1991), Colombian footballer
 * Sergio Velasquez (born 1952), American soccer player
 * Víctor Velásquez (born 1976), Salvadoran footballer
 * Vince Velasquez (born 1992), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Wilfred Velásquez (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer
 * Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran football player

Other

 * Andrew Velasquez (born 1969), American civil servant
 * Baldemar Velasquez (born 1947), president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL–CIO
 * Chico Velasquez (died 1854), Native American leader
 * Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador leader of the conquest of Cuba
 * Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, 20th-century Mexican union leader
 * Héctor Velázquez (physician) (1864-1945), Paraguayan ophthalmologist and foreign minister
 * José Velásquez (explorer) (1717–1785), Spanish explorer
 * José Velásquez Bórquez (1833–1897), Chilean general
 * Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin, puppet ruler of the Aztec Empire (1525–26)
 * Lizzie Velásquez (born 1989), author and motivational speaker, she is the index case for Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome
 * Loreta Janeta Velázquez (1842–1923), writer and alleged soldier
 * María Sofía Velásquez (born 1989), Panamanian beauty pageant winner
 * Pablo Medina Velázquez (c.  1961–2014), Paraguayan journalist
 * Richard Velazquez (born 1973), Tech Executive, Community Leader, First Puerto Rican designer for Porsche AG in Germany
 * René Velázquez Valenzuela (died 2016), Mexican suspected hitman
 * Ronny Velásquez (born 1951), Venezuelan anthropologist