Philo (disambiguation)

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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 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 appears 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 (company), an American internet television company
•  [de], 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.
• "Philos", Greek for 'loving'

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 (disambiguation)
• Filo, a Middle Eastern pastry dough

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