Sancho Panza

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Sancho Panza
Don Quixote character
Statue of Sancho Panza in Madrid (Lorenzo Coullaut Valera, 1930)
Created by	Miguel de Cervantes
Portrayed by	Irving Jacobson Tony Martinez Bob Hoskins Ernie Sabella James Coco Jacob Batalon
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Title	Hidalgo
Occupation	Peasant / Squire
Spouse	Teresa Cascajo de Panza
Children	María Sancha Panza Cascajo, Sanchico
Religion	Roman Catholic
Nationality	Spanish

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").