Philo (disambiguation)
Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE – 40 CE) was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
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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 Larissa, Greek philosopher who lived during the 1st century BC
- Philo (poet), Hellenistic Jewish epic poet quoted in a 2nd-century BC source
- Philo of Byzantium, Greek engineer who lived during the 3rd or 2nd century BC
- Philo the Dialectician (c. 300 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher
- 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
- 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
- The nickname of Phil Lynott (1949-1986), Irish musician and songwriter
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 High School, Duncan Falls, Ohio
- Philo Power Plant, former power plant in Philo, 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 Vance, an American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and who appeared in 12 novels
- Philo, a character from the Fraggle Rock television series
- Philo, a character from the "Weird Al" Yankovic film UHF
- Philo, a character who appears in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
- Philo Beddoe, the Clint Eastwood character in the film Every Which Way but Loose
- Philomel Hartung of Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, referred to as Philo
- Philo, a Roman soldier in Shakepeare's play Antony and Cleopatra
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 (Internet television), an American company
- Philos (automobile), a French automaker, in business from 1912 to 1923
- Philos basilikos, the lowest rank of Aulic titulature in Hellenistic Antiquity
- 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
- Philodendron, a plant genus
- Phylo, a character in Homer's The Odyssey
- Filo, a middle-eastern pastry dough
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