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. 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 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
References
See also
Pascal (given name) Pascal (disambiguation)