Camilo is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Camilo Albornoz
Camilo Hernán Albornoz (born 24 October 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Atlético Tucumán.
Professional career
Albornoz made his professional debut with Atlético Tucumán in a 2-2 Argentine Primera ...
(born 2000), Argentine footballer
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Camilo Cascolan
Camilo Pancratius "Pikoy" Pascua Cascolan (born November 10, 1964) is a Filipino retired law enforcement officer who served as the 24th Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP). He was the first Cordilleran to lead the country's national ...
(born 1964), Filipino law enforcement officer
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Camilo Castelo Branco
Camilo Castelo Branco, 1st Viscount of Correia Botelho (; 16 March 1825 – 1 June 1890), was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having produced over 260 books (mainly novels, plays and essays). His writing is considered original i ...
, Portuguese writer
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Camilo Cienfuegos
Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (; 6 February 1932 – 28 October 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Havana. Along with Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro, he was a member of the 1956 ''Granma (yacht), Granma'' ...
, Cuban revolutionary
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Camilo Doval
Camilo Doval (born July 4, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Giants as a free agent in 2015, and made his MLB debut with them in 2021. His fas ...
(born 1997), Dominican baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
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Camilo Echeverry
Camilo Echeverry (born 16 March 1994), known mononymously as Camilo, is a Colombian singer, musician and songwriter. He is known for his singles " Tutu", alongside Pedro Capó and Shakira, and "Desconocidos", with Mau y Ricky and Manuel Turizo. H ...
, Colombian singer who records under the mononym "Camilo"
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Camilo Egas Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.Rodríguez, Marco Antonio and Mario MonteforteUn Antelatado de su Tiempo: Camilo Egas. ''Latin Art Museum.'' (ret ...
, Ecuadorian painter
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Camilo Gómez, Colombian cyclist
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Camilo Henríquez
Friar José Camilo Henríquez González (; July 29, 1769 in Valdivia, Chile – March 16, 1825 in Santiago de Chile) was a priest, author, politician, and is considered an intellectual antecedent to and founding father of the Republic of Chile ...
, Chilean priest, author and politician
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Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...
, Spanish Nobel prize winner
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Camilo Romero
Camilo Romero (born 30 March 1970) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a left-back.
Romero was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He earned fourteen caps for the nat ...
, Mexican footballer
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Camilo Sanvezzo
Camilo da Silva Sanvezzo (born 21 July 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Toluca. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.
Club career
Corinthians Alagoano
Camilo began his career in the youth ...
, usually referred to simply as Camilo, Brazilian footballer
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Camilo Torres Restrepo
Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 – 15 February 1966) was a Colombian Marxist–Leninist, Roman Catholic priest, a proponent of liberation theology, and a member of the National Liberation Army (ELN), a guerrilla organization. During hi ...
, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
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Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas (; born 7 January 1982) is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Early years
Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child. After several different National Junior Championships in Co ...
, Colombian golfer
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Camilo Wong "Chino" Moreno, American musician, lead-vocalist of alternative metal band
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by Chino Moreno (vocals, guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Abe Cunningham (drums), and Dominic Garcia (bass). During their first five ...
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Camilo (footballer, born 22 March 1986)
Camilo de Sousa Vieira (born March 22, 1986 in Ceres), or simply Camilo, is a Brazilian football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a ...
, Camilo de Sousa Vieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper
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Fernando Camilo Farias
Fernando Camilo Farias (born 9 March 1986), simply known as Camilo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mirassol.
Club career
After representing America-RJ and RS Futebol as a youth, Rio de Janeiro-born Camilo ma ...
, commonly known as ''Camilo'', Brazilian footballer
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Francisco Camilo
Francisco Camilo (Madrid 1610–Madrid 1671) was a Spanish painter, the son of an Italian immigrant who had settled in Madrid. When his father died, his mother remarried, and Camilo became the stepson of the painter Pedro de las Cuevas.William ...
, Spanish painter
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Janet Camilo
Janet Altagracia Camilo Hernández (born October 29, 1971) was the Minister of Women's Affairs of the Dominican Republic. She was appointed by President Danilo Medina in August 2016. She is a feminist activist concerned with women's rights.
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(born 1971), Dominican lawyer and politician
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...
, Dominican jazz-Latin pianist and composer
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Tiago Camilo
Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo (born 24 May 1982) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight (−73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships, and was ...
(born 1982), Brazilian judoka
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Wallace Camilo
Wallace Camilo (born 10 November 1992) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks ...
, Brazilian footballer
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Camillo (disambiguation)
Camillo is an Italian masculine given name, descended from Latin Camillus. Its Slavic cognate is Kamil.
People with the name include:
* Camillo Agrippa, Italian Renaissance fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician
*Camillo Almici (1714–1 ...
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Camila (disambiguation)
Camila is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the given name ''Camilla'' and may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Camila'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela from 1998
* ''Camila'' (film), a 1984 Argentine film by María Luisa Bemberg
Music
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