Philo (disambiguation)

Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE – 40 CE) was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.

Philo may also refer to:

People

Given name

• Philo of Byblos (64–141 CE), writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek
• Philo of Tarsus, 1st century CE Greek physician
• Philo of Hyampolis, 1st century CE Greek physician
• Philo of Larissa (159/8 BC–84/3 BC), Greek philosopher
• Philo (poet), 1st century Hellenistic Jewish epic poet
• Philo of Byzantium (c. 280 BC–c. 220 BC), Greek engineer
• Philo the Dialectician (fl. 300 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
• Philo of Cilicia, 2nd century deacon
• Philo Dibble (1951–2011), American diplomat
• Philo Dunning (1819–1900), American politician
• Philo Farnsworth (1906–1971), American inventor
• Philo C. Fuller (1787–1855), American lawyer and politician
• Philo Hall (1865–1938), American politician
• Philo Miner Lonsbury (1835–1922), Michigan politician and soldier
• Philo McCullough (1893–1981), American actor
• Philo McGiffin (1860–1897), American naval officer
• Philo A. Orton (1837–1919), American politician and jurist
• Philo Wallace (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer

Surname

• Aaron Philo, American football player
• Chris Philo (born 1960), professor of geography at the University of Glasgow
• Mark Philo (1984–2006), English footballer
• Phoebe Philo (born 1973), British fashion designer
• William Philo (1882–1916), British middleweight boxer and Olympic bronze medalist

Other

• Nickname of Phil Lynott (1949–1986), Irish musician and songwriter
• Philomaine Nanema (born 1982), aka Philo, Burkinabé comedian and actress

Places in the United States

• Philo, California, a census-designated place
• Philo Township, Champaign County, Illinois
• Philo, Illinois, a village
• Philo, Ohio, a village
  • Philo Power Plant, a former power plant in Philo, Ohio
• Philo High School, Duncan Falls, Ohio

Academics

• Philo (journal), a secular naturalist philosophy journal
• "Philo", a Columbia University term for a member of the Philolexian Society or to the organization
• "Philo", a University of Pennsylvania term for a member of the Philomathean Society or to the organization

Fictional characters

• Philo Beddoe, the Clint Eastwood character in the film Every Which Way but Loose and its sequel, Any Which Way You Can
• Philomel Hartung of Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, referred to as Philo
• Philo Vance, an American detective in 12 novels and numerous films
• Philo, from the Fraggle Rock television series
• Philo, a Roman soldier in Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra
• Philo, from the "Weird Al" Yankovic film UHF
• Philo, in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Record labels

• Philo Records (rhythm & blues), founded in 1946
• Philo Records (folk), founded in 1973, a contemporary folk branch of Rounder Records

Other uses

• Philo (company), an American internet television company
• Philos (automobile), a French automaker, in business from 1912 to 1923
• Philo, a luxury wristwatch line marketed under the Benrus brand

See also

• Pseudo-Philo, an anonymous historian in Hebrew whose translated works were compiled with those of Philo of Alexandria
• Philon, Greek architect of the 4th century BC
• Philos basilikos, the lowest rank of Aulic titulature in Hellenistic antiquity
• Phylo (disambiguation)
• Filo, a Middle Eastern pastry dough