<P> Pacheco is a noble lineage of Portuguese origin that was bore by the descendants of converted Jew Ruy Capon, believed to be of the tribe of Levi and almojarife to queen Urraca I of Leon . A Roman general who was sent by Julius Caesar to fight in the Iberian peninsula is the first recorded person with this surname, which could translate to "little one". The following are notable Pacheco: </P> <Ul> <Li> Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713 - 1785), Spanish cartographer and artist </Li> <Li> Duarte Pacheco Pereira (c. 1460--1533), Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer </Li> <Li> José Francisco Pacheco, Portuguese educator </Li> <Li> Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, Spanish aristocrat, politician, academician and general </Li> <Li> María Pacheco Padilla, Spanish military defender of the city of Toledo </Li> <Li> Rafael Pacheco, Spanish astronomer </Li> <Li> Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo, Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy of New Spain </Li> <Li> Ángel Pacheco, was an Argentine military officer trained by José de San Martín who later became one of the top commanders in the Confederacy during the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas . He never lost a battle under his command . </Li> </Ul>

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