Pascal

Origin of the surname

Pascal is a patronymic surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from Latin Paschalis, which means "relating to Easter". 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

Chris Pascal, Co-director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood

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 (1932–2024), American author

Françoise Pascal (born 1949), Mauritian-British actress

Françoise Pascal (poet) (1632 – c. 1698), French poet, painter, playwright and lyricist

Gabriel Pascal (1894–1954), Romanian film producer and director

Gisèle Pascal (1921–2007), French actress

Jacqueline Pascal (1625–1661), the sister of Blaise

Jean-Claude Pascal (1927–1992), French singer

Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born 1982), Haitian-Canadian professional boxer

John Pascal (1932–1981), American playwright

Julia Pascal, British playwright

Maite Orsini Pascal (born 1988), Chilean actress and model

Marie-Georges Pascal (1946–1985), French actress

Marta Pascal (born 1983), Spanish politician

Martine Pascal (born 1939), French actress

Mary Ann Pascal (born 1958), American actress

Nelon Pascal (born 1987), West Indian cricketer

Olivia Pascal (born 1957), German actress

Paul Pascal (1839–1905), French landscape painter

Pedro Pascal (born 1975), Chilean-American actor

Robert A. Pascal (1934–2021), American politician

Zach Pascal (born 1994), American football player

Fictional characters

Ana Pascal, the love interest of the main character in Stranger than Fiction

Dom Pascal, a firefighter appearing in Chicago Fire

Esmée Pascal, a police officer appearing in the second season of Dexter

Mattia Pascal, the main character in The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello