Velasco

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Velasco may refer to:

In military history:

• Battle of Velasco (1832), between the Republic of Mexico and a rebelling Mexican state
• Treaties of Velasco (1836), between the republics of Mexico and Texas
• Velasco, a Spanish cruiser that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

As a geographic place name:

• Velasco, Texas, United States
• Velasco Reef, Kayangel, Republic of Palau

As a 'surname:

• Andrés Velasco (born 1961), Chilean politician
• Camile Velasco (born 1985), Filipino-American singer
• Diablo Velasco (1919-1999), Mexican trainer of professional wrestlers
• Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco (1510-1564), sixth viceroy of Peru
• Fernández de Velasco, a noble Spanish family, Dukes of Frías, Constables of Castile
• Geraldo Velasco, (?-1898), Puerto Rican general during the Spanish-American War
• Iván Velasco, Spanish road bicycle racer
• José Antonio Manso de Velasco (1688-1767), Governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru
• José María Velasco Gómez (1840-1912), Mexican painter
• Juan Velasco (1910–1977), Peruvian General, ruler of Peru, 1968-1975
• Juan Velasco Damas (born 1977), Spanish footballer
• Julio Velasco (born 1952), Argentine volleyball coach
• Luis de Velasco (1511-1564), Spanish nobleman, viceroy of New Spain
• Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas (ca.1534-1617), Spanish nobleman, viceroy of New Spain and of Peru
• Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 1932), Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist
• Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco (1915-1996), Mexican businessman, donor of the original 1821 Act of Independence of Mexico
• Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, Mexican contemporary artist