Placido may refer to:

People

Surname

José Plácido de Castro José Plácido de Castro (9 September 1873 – 11 August 1908) was a Brazilian soldier, surveyor, rubber producer and politician who led the armed revolt during the Acre War of 1902–3, when the Republic of Acre broke away from Bolivia. He was ...

(1873–1908), Brazilian soldier and politician *

Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco ...

, (born 1946) Italian actor and director * Plácido Vega y Daza, (1830-1878) 19th century Mexican general and politician * Mike De Placido, (born 1954) English footballer *

Violante Placido Maria Violante Placido (; born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. Early life Placido was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Career Film Her film debut was al ...

, actress, singer, and daughter of Michele Placido

Given name

* Placido (Tonkawa leader) (c.1790—1862) chieftain of the Tonkawa Indians of Texas * Placido Columbani, 18th-century Italian architectural designer, who worked chiefly in England *

Placido Costanzi Placido Costanzi (1702–1759) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Placido Costanzi was born in 1702 to a family of gem-makers in Rome. He was exposed to art at a very young age, and became a pupil of Benedetto Luti and painted ...

, (1702-1759) Italian painter *

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...

, (born 1941) Spanish operatic tenor *

Placido Falconio Placido Falconio, also called Falconi in some sources, was an Italian composer of the 16th century. His birth and death dates are unknown; his first publication dates from 1575, his last from 1588. In 1549, he entered a Benedictine monastery, and ...

, aka "Falconi", 16th-century Italian composer *

Plácido Polanco Plácido Enrique Polanco (; born October 10, 1975) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Miami Marlins. He was a ...

, (born 1975) Dominican Major League Baseball player *

Placido Puccinelli Padre Placido Puccinelli (1609–1685) was a Cassinese monk, historian and scholar. He was born at Pescia and educated at the abbey of S. Maria in Florence. He began his monastic career on 15 January 1626. For a long time, he was itinerant, tr ...

, (1609-1685) 17th-century Cassinese monk, historian and scholar *

Placido Rizzotto Placido Rizzotto (; 2 January 1914 – 10 March 1948) was an Italian partisan, socialist peasant and trade union leader from Corleone, who was kidnapped and murdered by Sicilian Mafia boss Luciano Leggio on 10 March 1948. Before he was killed, R ...

(1914–1948), Italian partisan, socialist peasant and trade union leader *

Plácido Rodriguez Plácido Rodríguez C.M.F. (born October 11, 1940) is a Mexican-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lubbock in Texas from 1994 to 2015 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Anton ...

, (born 1940) Mexican-born priest and current bishop of Lubbock, Texas *

Placido Zurla Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam., (April 2, 1769 – 29 October 1834) was an Italian Camaldolese monk and prelate, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and a writer on medieval geography. Biography Zurla was born at Legnago, Veneto, of noble parents and ...

, (1769-1834) 19th-century Italian writer and Cardinal Vicar of Rome *

Placido Flamingo The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson, many for the purpose of appearing on the children's television program ''Sesame Street''. Some of the best known Muppets on ''Sesame Street'' include Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch ...

, an opera-singing flamingo on Sesame Street named after Plácido Domingo, mainly appearing in the 1980s * (1809–1844), also known as Plácido, Cuban poet and revolutionary

Places

Plácido de Castro, Acre Plácido de Castro () is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre on the border with Bolivia. Location The municipal seat is on the left bank of the Abunã River, which defines the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia. ...

, Brazil * Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, a stadium in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Films

* ''Plácido'' (film), a 1961 Spanish film directed by Luis García Berlanga {{disambiguation, given name, surname