Placido
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Placido may refer to any of the following:
[edit] People
Placido is a traditional Spaniard clan name (see Clan Placido) and it is now a common given name and a less common surname.
It is also a fairly common surname in Southern Italy.
[edit] As a surname
- Michele Placido, an internationally known Italian actor and dirrector.
- General Placido Vega y Daza, a famous 19th century mexican lander.
[edit] Nobility
[edit] As a given name
- Placido Domingo, world-famous Spanish operatic tenor.
- Placido Falconio, aka "Falconi", a 16th century Italian composer.
- Placido Puccinelli, a 17th century Cassinese monk, historian and scholar.
- Placido Columbani, an 18th century Italian architectural designer, who worked chiefly in England.
- Giacinto Placido Zurla, a 19th century Italian clergyman, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and writer on medieval geography.
- Placido Polanco, a Dominican Major League Baseball player.
- Plácido Flamingo, an opera-singing flamingo on Sesame Street, mainly appearing in the 1980s.
- Plácido Rodriguez, a mexican-born priest and current bishop of Lubbock, Texas.
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[edit] Places
- Plácido de Castro, a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre.
- Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, a stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
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