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Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE – 40 CE) was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
Philo may also refer to:
People
Given name
Philo of Byblos (64–141 CE), writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek
Philo of Larissa (159/8BC–84/3 BC), Greek philosopher
Philo (poet) , 1st century Hellenistic Jewish epic poet
Philo of Byzantium (c. 280 BC–c. 220 BC), Greek engineer
Philo the Dialectician (
fl. 300 BC ), ancient Greek philosopher
Philo Dibble (1951–2011), American diplomat
Philo Dunning (1819–1900), American politician
Philo Farnsworth (1906–1971), American inventor
Philo C. Fuller (1787–1855), American lawyer and politician
Philo Hall (1865–1938), American politician
Philo Miner Lonsbury (1835–1922), Michigan politician and soldier
Philo McCullough (1893–1981), American actor
Philo McGiffin (1860–1897), American naval officer
Philo A. Orton (1837–1919), American politician and jurist
Philo Wallace (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer
Surname
Chris Philo (born 1960), professor of geography at the University of Glasgow
Mark Philo (1984–2006), English footballer
Phoebe Philo (born 1973), British fashion designer
William Philo (1882–1916), British middleweight boxer and Olympic bronze medalist
Other
Places in the United States
Philo, California , a census-designated place
Philo Township, Champaign County, Illinois
Philo, Illinois , a village
Philo, Ohio , a village
Philo High School , Duncan Falls, Ohio
Academics
Fictional characters
Record labels
Other uses
See also
Pseudo-Philo , an anonymous historian in Hebrew whose translated works were compiled with those of Philo of Alexandria
Philon , Greek architect of the 4th century BC
Philos basilikos , the lowest rank of Aulic titulature in Hellenistic antiquity
Phylo (disambiguation)
Filo , a Middle Eastern pastry dough
Topics referred to by the same term