Hipólito, Hipolito or Hypólito is a masculine given name and surname related to
Hippolyte
In Classical Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (; grc-gre, Ἱππολύτη ''Hippolytē'') was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope (Amazon) , Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' Zo ...
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Hipolito Arenas
Hipolito Kanterra Arenas, Sr. (August 13, 1907 – December 28, 1995), nicknamed "Torrento", was a Negro league baseball player. Arenas grew up in Tampa, Florida, but also spent time in Ybor City, Florida. He would climb from local teams to ...
(1907–1995), Negro league baseball player
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Hippolyte Bouchard (1780–1837), French-born Argentine corsair
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Hipólito Boaventura Caron
Hipólito Boaventura Caron (1862–1892) was a Brazilian painter and designer associated with the "Grupo Grimm".
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He began his education at the Colégio Progresso in Juiz de Fora. In 1880, he enrolled at the Academia Imperial de Belas A ...
(1862–1892), Brazilian painter and designer
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Hipólito da Costa (1774–1823), Brazilian journalist and diplomat considered the "father of the Brazilian press"
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Hipólito Fernández Serrano (born 1977), Spanish retired footballer known as Poli
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Anacarsis Lanús
Hipólito Anacarsis Lanús (November 14, 1820 in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos – October 14, 1888) was an Argentine entrepreneur of French and Greek and Basque origin.
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He played a role during the years of the secessionist State ...
(1820–1888), Argentine entrepreneur
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Hipólito Lázaro (1887–1974), Catalan-Spanish opera singer
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Hipólito Mejía (born 1941), Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004
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Hipólito Peña
Hipólito Peña Concepción (born January 30, 1964) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1986 until 1988, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees.
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He was draf ...
(born 1964), Dominican former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Hipólito Pichardo (born 1969), Dominican former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Hipólito Ramos
Hipólito Ramos Martínez (born January 30, 1956) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Light Flyweight division (-48 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Shamil Sabirov of the Sovi ...
(born 1956), Cuban retired boxer
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Hipólito Reyes Larios (1946–2021), Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop and archbishop
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Hipólito Ruiz López (1754–1816), Spanish botanist
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Hipólito Rincón (born 1957), Spanish former footballer
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Hipólito Rodríguez Caorsi (1939–2012), Uruguayan lawyer and judge, member of the Supreme Court of Uruguay
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Hipólito Unanue (1755–1833), Peruvian physician, naturalist, meteorologist, cosmographer, first Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Foreign Affairs, politician and university professor
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Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933), Argentine politician, two-time President of Argentina
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Carlos Hipólito (born 1956), Spanish actor
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Daniele Hypólito (born 1984), Brazilian artistic gymnast
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Diego Hypólito (born 1986), Brazilian artistic gymnast, brother of Daniele
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Mário Hipólito (born 1985), Angolan football goalkeeper
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Moisés Hipólito (born 1992), Mexican footballer
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Pedro Hipólito (born 1978), Portuguese football manager and former player
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Reynaldo Alfredo R. Hipolito, Sr.
Reynaldo Alfredo Hipolito (September 4, 1933 – April 12, 2010) was a veteran Filipino slapstick comedian and actor who was at the height of his career in the 1970s and '80s. He was well known for his unusually light build and thin anatomy, ...
(1933–2010), Filipino slapstick comedian and actor known as Palito
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Verônica Hipólito
Verônica Silva Hipólito (born 2 June 1996) is a para-athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. She competed as an able-bodied athlete before a stroke in 2011 left her with permanent damage to the right side of her bod ...
(born 1996), Brazilian para-athletics sprinter
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