Sancho Panza

Sancho Panza
Don Quixote character
Statue of Sancho Panza in Madrid
(Lorenzo Coullaut Valera, 1930)
Created byMiguel de Cervantes
Portrayed byIrving Jacobson
Tony Martinez
Bob Hoskins
Ernie Sabella
James Coco
Jacob Batalon
In-universe information
GenderMale
TitleHidalgo
OccupationPeasant / Squire
SpouseTeresa Cascajo de Panza
ChildrenMaría Sancha Panza Cascajo, Sanchico
ReligionRoman Catholic
NationalitySpanish

Sancho Panza (Spanish: [ˈsantʃo ˈpanθa]) is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. "Panza" in Spanish means "belly" (cf. English "paunch," Italian "pancia", several Italian dialects "panza", Portuguese and Galician "pança", French "panse", Romanian "pântec", Catalan "panxa").