Octavio is a

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

masculine given name. In the

Portuguese language Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and ...

the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is

Otávio Otávio is a Portuguese masculine given name, the equivalent of English Octavian, Octavius or Italian Ottavio. The Portuguese long form Octávio occurs more rarely. The Portuguese diminutive form is Otavinho. Given name *Otávio (footballer, born ...

. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines.

Individuals

Octavio Dotel Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Dotel played for 13 major league teams, the second most teams played for by any player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), setti ...

, Major League Baseball relief pitcher *

Octavio Paz Lozano Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, an ...

, Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature *

Octavio Ocampo Octavio Ocampo (born 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican surrealist painter. He grew up in a family of designers, and studied art from early childhood. At art school, Ocampo constructed papier mache figures for floats, alta ...

, Mexican artist *

Octavio Vazquez Octavio is a Spanish language masculine given name. In the Portuguese language the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines. Individuals * Octa ...

, Spanish-American composer *

Octavio Zambrano Octavio Zambrano Viera (born February 3, 1958) is an Ecuadorian football coach. He is a former player with international coaching experience. Zambrano has coached in North America, Latin America, and Europe. He holds a UEFA "A" diploma and a USS ...

, Ecuadorian soccer coach *

Octavio Lugo Octavio is a Spanish language masculine given name. In the Portuguese language the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines. Individuals * Octa ...

, American entrepreneur, founder of StormTek, banker, businessman

Portuguese and Brazilian

Octávio Trompowsky Octávio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida (30 November 1897 – 26 March 1984) was a Brazilian chess player, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Trompowsky won the 1939 Brazilian Championship, but is best known as the player for whom the Trom ...

, Brazilian chess player *

Marco Octávio Marco Octávio Simoes Barbosa (or simply Marco Octavio) is a Brazilian beach soccer and football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Iran national beach soccer team. Octávio guided Brazil to four BSWW Mundialito titles, which remains a ...

informal name of Brazilian beach soccer coach *

Octávio Mateus Octávio Mateus (born 1975) is a Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist Professor of Paleontology at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He graduated in Universidade de Évora and received his PhD at U ...

, Portuguese paleontologist

Fictional

* A character in ''

Scarface (1983 film) ''Scarface'' is a 1983 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Loosely based on the Scarface (novel), 1929 novel of the same name and serving as a loose remake of the Scarface (1932 film), 1932 film, it tells ...

'' * A character in '' Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds'' * List of characters in King of the Hill#Other recurring characters, a character in ''King of the Hill'' * List of Sly Cooper characters#Octavio, a character from the video game ''Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves'' * The final boss of ''Splatoon'' * Octavio Silva, also known as Octane, a playable character in ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a free-to-play Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Nintendo ...

Film and TV

* ''Octavio'', a 2011 film by

José Antonio Torres (director) José Antonio Torres (born Julio 18, 1973) is a Mexican film director, producer, and musician based at Inukshuk Films Studios. His film work includes writing and directing ''Octavio'' and ''Astral''; both films were breakthroughs in digital cinem ...

Other

SD Octavio Vigo Sociedad Deportiva Octavio Vigo is a Spanish handball club based in Vigo, Galicia. The team plays in División de Plata after being relegated from Liga ASOBAL. Season by season ------- *13 seasons in Liga ASOBAL Notable players * Nikola Pr ...

, a Spanish handball club based in Vigo, Galicia, Spain. * The name given by Jimi Hendrix to an effects pedal used with electric guitars, invented by Jim Morris of Kelsey-Morris Sound, London. A later version was called an

Octavia (effects pedal) The Octavia was an effects pedal designed for Jimi Hendrix by his sound technician, Roger Mayer. It reproduces the input signal from a guitar one octave higher in pitch, and mixes it with the original and added distortion fuzz. Effect The Octav ...

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Portuguese and Brazilian

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