Nilo is both a given name and a surname. Also the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish pronunciation of the Nile river. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Nilo Acuña, professional footballer who played in Uruguay *

Nilo Alcala Nilo Alcala is a Filipino-American composer and 2019 The American Prize Winner in Composition. He is the first Philippine-born composer to be commissioned by Grammy winner Los Angeles Master Chorale, and also to receive the Aaron Copland House Re ...

, Filipino composer, arranger, and singer * Nilo Carretero, Argentine footballer *

Nilo Cruz Nilo Cruz is a Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Anna in the Tropics'', he became the second Latino so honored, after Nicholas Dante. Biography Early years Cruz was bor ...

, Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue * Nilo Floody, Chilean modern pentathlete * Nilo Guimarães, São Toméan businessman and politician * Nilo Murtinho Braga, Brazilian footballer *

Nilo Peçanha Nilo Procópio Peçanha (; 2 October 1867 – 31 March 1924) was a Brazilian politician who served as seventh president of Brazil. He was governor of Rio de Janeiro (1903–1906), then elected the fifth vice president of Brazil in 1906. He assu ...

, Brazilian politician * Nilo Pereira, Brazilian journalist and teacher * Nilo da Silva, Brazilian modern pentathlete Surname: * Joy Nilo, Filipino composer * Humberto Nilo, director of the University of Chile school of arts * Prisco Nilo, Filipino meteorologist

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