Philo (disambiguation)
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Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE - 40 CE) was a Jewish Biblical philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt.
Philo may also refer to:
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[edit] Language
- Philo-, a prefix form of -phil-, from the Greek for "love of", e.g. philosophy
[edit] People
- Philo of Byblos (64 - 141 CE), a writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek
- Philo of Larissa, a Greek philosopher, lived during the 1st century BC
- Philo of Byzantium, a Greek engineer, lived during the 3rd or 2nd century BC
- Philo the Dialectician (c. 300 BC), an Ancient Greek philosopher
- Philo Farnsworth (1906 – 1971) an American inventor
- Philon (c. 4th century BC), an Athenian architect
- Pseudo-Philo, an anonymous historian in Hebrew whose translated works were compiled with those of Philo of Alexandria
- Mark Philo (1984-2006) English footballer
[edit] Places in the United States
- Philo, California
- Philo, Illinois
- Philo, Ohio
- Mount Philo State Park, a park in Charlotte, Vermont
[edit] Academics
- Philo (journal), a secular naturalist philosophy journal
- "Philo", a term used at Columbia University to refer to a member of the Philolexian Society, or to the organization as a whole
- "Philo", a term used at the University of Pennsylvania to refer to a member of the Philomathean Society, or to the organization as a whole
[edit] Fictional characters
- 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
- Philo Vance, an American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and who appeared in 12 novels
- Philomel Hartung of Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, referred to as Philo
[edit] Record labels
- Philo Records (rhythm & blues), founded in 1946 and later known as Aladdin Records. This label produced primarily jazz and rhythm & blues recordings
- Philo Records (folk), founded in 1973, is a contemporary folk branch of Rounder Records
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