Hipólito, Hipolito or Hypólito is a masculine given name and surname related to
Hippolyte
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (; ''Hippolytē''), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera,Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 30 queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' ''zoster'', the Greek word fou ...
. People so named include:
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Hipolito Arenas (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 (1862–1892), Brazilian painter and designer
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Hipólito Brown (born 1957), Venezuelan sprinter
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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 (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 (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 (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
Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Charles III of Spain, Carlos III from 17 ...
(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
Daniele Matias Hypólito (born 8 September 1984) is a Brazilian gymnast who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympi ...
(born 1984), Brazilian artistic gymnast
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Dante Hipolito (born 1959), Filipino artist
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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. (1933–2010), Filipino slapstick comedian and actor known as Palito
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Verônica Hipólito (born 1996), Brazilian para-athletics sprinter
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Spanish masculine given names