(born 1946), Cuban guitarist and singer Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), first Mexican-American astronaut Estevan Ochoa (1831–1888), Mexican-born American businessman and politician Eugenio de Ochoa (1815–1872), Spanish author and translator Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (a.k.a. "Don Fabio") (1923–2002), Colombian businessman, father of the Ochoa brothers Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), Spanish alpine skier Francisco Labastida Ochoa (born 1942), Mexican economist and politician Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (1929–2020), Colombian football player Gabriela Ochoa, Venezuelan British computer scientist Gilda Ochoa, American professor Gorka Otxoa (born 1979), Spanish actor Guillermo Ochoa (a.k.a. "Paco Memo") (born 1985), Mexican football (soccer) player Israel Ochoa (born 1964), Colombian cyclist Jesús Ochoa (footballer) (born 1981), Mexican-American football (soccer) player Jesús Ochoa (actor) (born 1959), Mexican actor Ochoa brothers, Colombian brothers Jorge, Juan David and Fabio Ochoa, former members of the Medellín drug cartel Leire Martínez Ochoa (born 1979), Spanish-Basque singer, vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh after Amaia Montero's departure Leonorilda Ochoa (1939–2016), Mexican actress Lorena Ochoa (born 1981), Mexican golfer Manuel Ochoa (born 1925), Exiled Cuban musician and conductor, founder of the Miami Symphony Orchestra Manuel López Ochoa (1933–2011), Mexican actor Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican actress and singer Paquito Ochoa, Jr. (born 1960), Filipino lawyer and politician Richard Ochoa (born 1984), Venezuelan track and road cyclist Samuel Ochoa (born 1986), Mexican football (soccer) player Severo Ochoa (1905–1993), Spanish biochemist, Nobel Laureate, Medicine, 1959 Wendi Andriano (born 1970), born Wendi Ochoa, American murderer Fictional characters Pablo Belisario Ochoa, one of the five genetic fathers of Agent 47 in the Hitman series Detective Miguel Ochoa, character in the Nikki Heat novels based on Castle character Detective Javier Esposito. Tony Ochoa, Mexican-American character played by Jacob Vargas in the Netflix series Mr Iglesias. Other Ochoa syndrome, rare congenital syndrome associated with facial expressions and hydronephrosis References Spanish-language surnames Basque-language surnames