Camillo is an Italian masculine given name, descended from Latin Camillus. Its
Slavic cognate is
Kamil
Kamil is a name used in a number of languages.
Kamil () is a Polish, Czech, and Slovak given name, equivalent to the Italian Camillo, Spanish/Portuguese Camilo and French Camille. It is derived from Camillus,Camillo Agrippa
Camillo Agrippa (died 1 January 1600) was a noted fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance. He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time.
Biography
Though born in Milan, Agrippa lived and wor ...
, Italian Renaissance fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician
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Camillo Almici Camillo Almici (2 November 1714 – 30 December 1779) was a priest of the Congregation of the Oratory, of distinguished theological attainments.
Biography
Almici was born at Brescia, of a noble family. He became a member of the Congregation of the ...
(1714–1779), Italian priest, theologian and literary critic
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Camillo Astalli
Camillo Astalli (21 October 1616 – 21 December 1663) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew of Pope Innocent X who served as Cardinal Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1653–1662), Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardina ...
(1616–1663), Italian cardinal
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Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (, 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as Cavour ( , ), was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towa ...
(1810–1861), a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification, founder of the original Italian Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
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Camillo Berlinghieri
Camillo Berlinghieri (1590 or 1605 Ticozzi – 1635) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Ferrara. He trained with Carlo Bononi. Among his paintings was a ''Gathering of the Manna'' in San Niccolo; and an ''Annunciation'' for Sant ...
(1590 or 1605–1635), Italian painter
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Camillo Berneri
Camillo Berneri (also known as Camillo da Lodi; May 28, 1897 – May 5, 1937) was an Italian professor of philosophy, anarchist militant, propagandist and theorist. He was married to Giovanna Berneri, and was father of Marie-Louise Berneri and ...
(1897–1937), Italian professor of philosophy, anarchist militant, propagandist and theorist
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Camillo Boccaccino
Camillo Boccaccino (; 1511 – 4 January 1546) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Cremona and regions of Lombardy. (c. 1504–1546), Italian painter
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Camillo Boito
Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
Biography
Boito was born in Rome, the son of an Italian painter of miniatures. His mother was of Poli ...
(1836–1914), Italian architect, engineer, art critic, art historian and novelist
*Camillo Borghese (1550–1621),
Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...
, the Pope who persecuted
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...
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Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona
'' Don'' Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and of Rossano, Duke and Prince of Guastalla (19 July 1775 – 9 May 1832) was a member of the Borghese family, best known for being a brother-in-law of Napoleon.
Borghese married N ...
(1775–1832), brother-in-law of Napoleon
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Camillo Camilli Camillo Camilli (c. 1704 – 1754) was a notable master luthier of the 18th century.
The instruments of Camilli, most of which he made in Mantua, in northern Italy, are prized by string musicians to this day. He was a pupil of Zanotti, but was mai ...
(c. 1704–1754), master luthier
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Camillo Castiglioni
Camillo Castiglioni (22 October 1879 – 18 December 1957) was an Italian-Austrian Jewish financier and banker, and was the wealthiest man in Central Europe during World War I. Nicknamed "Austrian Stinnes", he was active in aviation's pioneering ...
(1879–1957), Italian-Austrian financier and banker
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Camillo Federici
Camillo Federici (9 April 1749 – 23 December 1802) was an Italian dramatist and actor.
He was born at Garessio, a small town in Piedmont. His real name was Giovanni Battista Viassolo; he took his pen-name from the title of one of his first piec ...
(1749–1802), Italian dramatist and actor
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Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) was an Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts and was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament.
Biography
Finocchiaro Aprile was born in Palermo on 28 January 1851. He received ...
(1851–1916), Italian jurist and politician
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Camillo Golgi
Camillo Golgi (; 7 July 184321 January 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spent most of his professional career) betwee ...
(1843–1926), Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate
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Camillo Jerusalem
Camillo Jerusalem (3 April 1914 – 1 August 1979) was an Austrian football player. He played for Austria Wien, Sochaux, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Colmar, Besançon and Servette. He also coached Grenchen
Grenchen (french: Granges) is a municipality in ...
(1914–1979), Austrian football player
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Camillo Laurenti (1861–1938), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
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Count Camillo Marcolini
Camillo Count Marcolini-Ferretti (2 April 1739 in Fano – 10 July 1814 in Prague) was a minister and general director of the fine arts for the Electorate, later Kingdom of Saxony.
The prince-elector Frederick Christian met Camillo's father ...
(1739–1814), minister and general director of the fine arts for the Electorate, later Kingdom of Saxony
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Camillo Mariani (1565–1611), Italian sculptor
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Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), Italian cardinal
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Camillo Mastrocinque (1901–1969), Italian film director and screenwriter
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Camillo Mazzella (1833–1900), Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal
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Camillo Olivetti
Samuel David Camillo Olivetti known just as Camillo (August 13, 1868 – December 1943) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines. The ...
(1868–1943), Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA.
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Camillo Pacetti (1758–1826), Italian sculptor
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Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili (1622–1666), Italian cardinal and nobleman
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Camillo Pilotto (1890–1963), Italian film actor
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Camillo Procaccini
300px, ''Nativity'' by Camillo Procaccini
Camillo Procaccini (3 March 1561 at Parma – 21 August 1629) was an Italian painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the ''Vasari of Lombardy'', for his prolific Mannerist fresco decoration.
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(1551–1629), Italian painter
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Camillo Rizzi (1580–1618), Italian painter
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Camillo Rondani
Camillo Rondani (21 November 1808 – 17 September 1879) was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.
Early life, family and education
Camillo Rondani was born in Parma when the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon ...
(1808–1879), Italian entomologist
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Camillo Ruini (born 1931), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
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Camillo Rusconi (1658–1728), Italian sculptor
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Camillo Sitte
Camillo Sitte (17 April 1843 – 16 November 1903) was an Austrian architect, painter and urban theorist whose work influenced urban planning and land use regulation. Today, Sitte is best remembered for his 1889 book, ''City Planning According to ...
(1843–1903), Austrian architect, painter and city planning theoretician
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Camillo Sivori
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, (June 6, 1817February 18, 1894) was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer.
Born in Genoa, he was the only known pupil of Niccolò Paganini. He also studied with Antonio Restano (1790-1885), (1760s or 70s-~1865?) an ...
(1815–1894), Italian virtuoso violinist and composer
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Camillo Tarquini
Camillo Tarquini (27 September 1810 in Marta, located in the Montefiascone region of Italy – 15 February 1874 in Rome) was an Italian Cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist.
Tarquini entered the Society of Jesus on August 27, 1837. Pr ...
(1810–1874), Italian cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist
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Camillo Togni (1922–1993), Italian composer, teacher and pianist
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Camillo Ugi
Camillo Ugi (21 December 1884 – 9 May 1970) was a German footballer who played as a forward, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the main he played for his hometown club VfB Leipzig with which he won a national championship, but had num ...
(1884–1970), German football player
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Camillo Vaz (born 1975), French football manager
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Camillo Walzel
Camillo Walzel (11 February 1829 –17 March 1895) was a German librettist and theatre director, who wrote under the pseudonym F Zell.
Life and work
Walzel was born in Magdeburg. In his early years, he worked in his father's lithographic factory, ...
(1829–1895), German librettist and theatre director
Fictional characters include:
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Don Camillo, in the short stories of Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi
See also
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Camilo (disambiguation) Camilo is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Camilo Albornoz (born 2000), Argentine footballer
* Camilo Cascolan (born 1964), Filipino law enforcement officer
* Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writ ...
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Italian masculine given names