Cosmo (name)

Cosmo (/ˈkɒzmoʊ/) is an English/Italian male surname and given name. It means order, decency, and beauty ; this is the English form of Cosimo, introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish nobleman the second Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

Given name

• Cosmo and Damian, 3rd-century Christian martyrs
• Cosmo de Medici, alternate name of Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464)
• Cosmo I, alternate name of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519-1574)
• Cosmo Allegretti, actor and puppeteer in the 1955-1984 children's television series Captain Kangaroo
• Cosmo Baker (b. 1974), American disc jockey
• Cosmo Bonsor, 1st Baronet (1848-1929), British MP, chairman of the South Eastern Railway
• Cosmo Campoli (1923-1997), American sculptor
• Cosmo A. Cilano (1893–1937), New York state senator
• Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet (1862-1931), British landowner, survivor of the RMS Titanic
• Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720-1752), Scottish nobleman
• Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864-1945), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Cosmo Graham, British professor
• Cosmo Hamilton (1870-1942), British playwright
• Cosmo Iacavazzi (b. 1943), American football player
• Cosmo Innes (1798-1874), British antiquarian
• Cosmo Klein (b. 1978), German singer
• Cosmo Landesman, British journalist
• Cosmo Maciocia (b. 1942), Canadian politician
• Cosmo Wilson (b. 1961), a rock & roll lighting designer and director

Surname

• Anthony Cosmo (disambiguation)
• Fran Cosmo, American musician, former lead singer of the band Boston
• James Cosmo (b. 1948), British actor
• Nicholas Cosmo (b. 1971), fund manager accused of $400 million Ponzi scheme
• Julián Di Cosmo (b. 1984), Italian-Argentine football player
• Mariel Everton Cosmo Da Silva (b. 1980), Brazilian football player
• Roberto Di Cosmo, Italian computer scientist

Fictional characters

• Cosmo of Prague, a character in a story within the novel "Phantastes" by George MacDonald
• Cosmo Kramer, played by Michael Richards in the NBC television sitcom Seinfeld
• Mr. Spacely, first name Cosmo, George Jetson's boss in the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons
• Professor Cosmo Saltana, from the 1968 novel The Image Men by J. B. Priestley
• Cosmo Topper, from the Topper (novel series) by James Thorne Smith, Jr., several films, and the early 50's CBS sitcom Topper
• Cosmo Hill, from the novel The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
• Cosmo Martin, son of Susan Lewis and Chuck Martin in the medical drama ER
• Cosmo Renfro, from The Fugitive (1993 film) and U.S. Marshals (film)
• Baby Cosmo, Jetta's baby brother in the American animated television series Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• Cosmo the Spacedog, in the 2008 comic Guardians of the Galaxy
• Cosmo, in the anime Sonic X
• Cosmo, in the cartoon The Fairly OddParents
• Cosmo, a puppet on the UK children's TV programme You and Me
• The title character of Cosmo the Merry Martian, a 1950s comic book
• Cosmo the Space Hound, a telepathic Russian space dog from the Marvel Universe
• Private Cosmo, from the comic strip Beetle Bailey
• Jason Cosmo, protagonist of several novels by Dan McGirt
• Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Alien boy from a 1992 Apogee video game
• Cosmo Brown, a character in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain and its subsequent stage musical adaptation
• Cosmo Royalo, a character in the Power Rangers Ninja Steel