Basilio

Basilio is a name of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese origin. It a cognate of the English name Basil. The name may refer to:

Given name

• 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 (born 1950), 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 (born 1930), Spanish documentary film director
• Basilio Owono (born 1999), Equatorial Guinean footballer
• Basilio Paraíso (1849–1930), Aragonese businessman and politician
• Basilio Pompilj (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

Surname

• Carmen Basilio (1927–2012), Italian-American professional boxer
• Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian professional football player, playing for Russia
• Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo (a.k.a. Queta Basilio), (born 1948), Mexican Olympic hurdler; lit the Olympic Torch for the 1968 summer games
• Paloma San Basilio (born 1950), Spanish singer

Characters

• Basilio, character in the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
• Don Basilio, character in the opera The Barber of Seville by Rossini
• Cousin Basilio, character and novel by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
• Basilio, character in the novels Noli Me Tángere (novel) and El filibusterismo by Jose Rizal
• Basilio, King of Poland and father of Segismundo in the Spanish play Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
• Basilio, King of the United States of Banana and father of Segismundo in the Latin American epic farce United States of Banana by Giannina Braschi
• Basilio the Cat, a crook cat from The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino fairy tale

Places

• Dom Basílio, town in Brazil
• San Basilio, town in Sardinia, Italy
• San Basilio de Palenque, village in Colombia