Philo (disambiguation)

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The name Philo can refer to a number of things, including:

• Philo- (see -phil-), a prefix and suffix, and a combining form, derived from the Greek, which means "love of" (e.g. Philosophy or Philadelphia)

Contents 1 People 2 Places in the United States 3 Academics 4 Fictional characters 5 Other uses

[edit] People

• Philon (c. 4th century BC), an Athenian architect
• Philo the Dialectician (c. 300 BC), an Ancient Greek philosopher
• Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE - 40 CE), a Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt
• Pseudo-Philo, an anonymous historian in Hebrew whose translated works were compiled with those of Philo of Alexandria
• Philo of Byblos (64 - 141 CE), a writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek
• Philo of Larissa, a Greek philosopher, lived during the 1st century BC
• Philo of Byzantium, a Greek engineer, lived during the 3rd or 2nd century BC
• Philo Farnsworth (1906 – 1971) an American inventor

[edit] Places in the United States

• Philo, California
• Philo, Illinois
• Philo, Ohio
• Mt. Philo State Park, a small park in Charlotte, Vermont

[edit] Academics

• Philo (journal), a philosophy journal
• "Philo", a term used at Columbia University to refer to a member of the Philolexian Society, or to the organization as a whole
• "Philo", a term used at the University of Pennsylvania to refer to a member of the Philomathean Society, or to the organization as a whole
• Phi Lambda Sigma (PHILO), a fraternity occasionally referred to as PHILO.

[edit] Fictional characters

• Philo Vance, a fictional American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and who appeared in 12 novels
• Philo, a character who appeared on Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock television series
• Philo, a character featured in UHF (film) with "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Philo, a character who appears in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
• Philo Beddoe, a character who appears in the movies Every Which Way But Loose (film) and Any Which Way You Can
• Philomel Hartung of Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, her classmates and friends call her Philo the majority of the time.

[edit] Other uses

• Philo Records, a record label