Basilio

Basilio is a name of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese origin. It is a cognate of the English name Basil. The name may refer to:

Given name

• Basilio Augustín (1840–1910), Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines briefly in 1898
• Basilio Badillo (1885–1935), Mexican educator and politician; served briefly as Governor of Jalisco 1921–22
• Basilio Basili (1804–1895), Italian tenor and composer
• Basílio da Gama (1740–1795), Brazilian poet and Jesuit priest, writing under the pen name Termindo Sipílio
• Basilio de Bragança Pereira (born 1945), Brazilian statistician
• Basilio do Nascimento (1950–2021), Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor
• Basilio Farinha (born 1977), Portuguese politician
• Basilio Lami Dozo (1929–2017), Argentine military officer; member of the military junta ruling Argentina 1981–82
• Basilio Martín Patino (1930–2017), Spanish documentary film director
• Basilio Owono (born 1999), Equatorial Guinean footballer
• Basilio Paraíso (1849–1930), Aragonese businessman and politician
• Basilio Pompili (1858–1931), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao (a.k.a. Pumaqallo or Pumacalla, 1635–1710), Peruvian Quechua painter
• Basilio Villarino (1741–1785), Spanish naval officer; sailed around Cape Horn
• Basilio J. Valdes (1892–1970), Filipino Doctor, General, and Minister during World War II
• Basílio (footballer, born 1949), Brazilian footballer
• Basílio (footballer, born 1972), Brazilian footballer

Surname

• Carmen Basilio (1927–2012), Italian-American professional boxer
• Charles Fernando Basílio da Silva (1985), Brazilian professional football player, playing for Russia
• Enriqueta Basilio (a.k.a. Queta Basilio), (1948–2019), Mexican Olympic hurdler
• Leandro Basílio Rodrigues (born 1989), Brazilian serial killer
• Paloma San Basilio (born 1950), Spanish singer
• Wagner Basílio (1959–2025), Brazilian professional footballer

Characters

• Cousin Basilio, a character and 1878 novel by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
• Don Basilio, a character in the 1816 opera The Barber of Seville by Rossini
• a character in the 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
• a character in the novels Noli Me Tángere (novel) (1887) and El filibusterismo (1891) by José Rizal
• a character in the 1636 Spanish play Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
• Basilio the Cat, a crook cat from the 1936 The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino fairytale
• a playable character from the video game Fire Emblem Awakening

See also

• Dom Basílio, town in Brazil
• San Basilio (disambiguation)

References