Chico

Chico (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃiko]) means small, boy or child in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃiku]).

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

People

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Chico
• All pages with titles containing Chico
• Chico's (disambiguation)
• Chica (disambiguation)
• El Chico (disambiguation)
• Chicão (disambiguation)
• Chicoo, an alternate name for the tree Sapodilla
• Chiko Roll, an Australian savoury snack, inspired by the Chinese egg roll and spring rolls