Basilio
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Basilio is a name of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese origin. It is a cognate of the English name Basil.[1] The name may refer to:
Given name
[edit]- Basilio Augustín (1840–1910), Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines briefly in 1898
- Basilio Badillo (1885–1935), Mexican educator and politician; served briefly as Governor of Jalisco 1921–22
- Basilio Basili (1804–1895), Italian tenor and composer
- Basílio da Gama (1740–1795), Brazilian poet and Jesuit priest, writing under the pen name Termindo Sipílio
- Basilio de Bragança Pereira (born 1945), Brazilian statistician
- Basilio do Nascimento (1950–2021), Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor
- Basilio Farinha (born 1977), Portuguese politician
- Basilio Lami Dozo (1929–2017), Argentine military officer; member of the military junta ruling Argentina 1981–82
- Basilio Martín Patino (1930–2017), Spanish documentary film director
- Basilio Owono (born 1999), Equatorial Guinean footballer
- Basilio Paraíso (1849–1930), Aragonese businessman and politician
- Basilio Pompili (1858–1931), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao (a.k.a. Pumaqallo or Pumacalla, 1635–1710), Peruvian Quechua painter
- Basilio Villarino (1741–1785), Spanish naval officer; sailed around Cape Horn
- Basilio J. Valdes (1892–1970), Filipino Doctor, General, and Minister during World War II
- Basílio (footballer, born 1949), Brazilian footballer
- Basílio (footballer, born 1972), Brazilian footballer
Surname
[edit]- Carmen Basilio (1927–2012), Italian-American professional boxer
- Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva (1985), Brazilian professional football player, playing for Russia
- Enriqueta Basilio (a.k.a. Queta Basilio), (1948–2019), Mexican Olympic hurdler
- Leandro Basílio Rodrigues (born 1989), Brazilian serial killer
- Paloma San Basilio (born 1950), Spanish singer
- Wagner Basílio (1959–2025), Brazilian professional footballer
Characters
[edit]- Cousin Basilio, a character and 1878 novel by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
- Don Basilio, a character in the 1816 opera The Barber of Seville by Rossini
- a character in the 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
- a character in the novels Noli Me Tángere (novel) (1887) and El filibusterismo (1891) by José Rizal
- a character in the 1636 Spanish play Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- Basilio the Cat, a crook cat from the 1936 The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino fairytale
- a playable character from the video game Fire Emblem Awakening
See also
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- All pages with titles beginning with Basilio
- All pages with titles containing Basilio
- Dom Basílio, town in Brazil
- San Basilio (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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