# Palacio

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'''Palacio''' (''palace'') is a [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) [habitational name](/source/habitational_name). It may have originated from many places in Spain, especially in [Galicia](/source/Galicia_(Spain)) and [Asturias](/source/Asturias).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=8 May 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |page=40 |language=en}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:

*[Agustina Palacio de Libarona](/source/Agustina_Palacio_de_Libarona) (1825–1880), Argentine writer, storyteller, heroine
*[Alberto Palacio](/source/Alberto_Palacio), Spanish engineer
*[Alfredo Palacio](/source/Alfredo_Palacio) (1939–2025), Ecuadorian cardiologist and politician, president of Ecuador (2005–2007)
*[Andy Palacio](/source/Andy_Palacio), Belizean musician
*[Emilio Palacio](/source/Emilio_Palacio), Ecuadorian journalist
*[Ernesto Palacio](/source/Ernesto_Palacio), Peruvian opera singer
*[Héctor Palacio](/source/H%C3%A9ctor_Palacio), Colombian road racing cyclist
*[Milt Palacio](/source/Milt_Palacio), Belizean-American basketball player
*[R. J. Palacio](/source/R._J._Palacio), American writer of the 2012 children's novel ''Wonder''
*[Rodrigo Palacio](/source/Rodrigo_Palacio), Argentinian footballer
*[Thomas Palacio](/source/Thomas_Palacio), Belizean victim of crime

==See also==
* [Palacios (disambiguation)](/source/Palacios_(disambiguation))

== References ==
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Category:Surnames of Spanish origin

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