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, Bas(s)el (, ''bāsil'') is a name for boys that means "brave, fearless, intrepid". Different derived names in different languages include Barsegh in Armenian; Basile in French; Basilius in German; Basilio in Italian and Spanish; Basílio in Portuguese; Basileo in Galician; Vasyl in Ukraine; Vasile in Romanian; Vasil in Bulgarian; Vasilije in Serbian; Vasily in Russian; Bazil, Bazsó, Vászoly and Vazul in Hungarian. Basil may refer to the following people:

Rulers

* Basil Onomagoulos (died 717), Byzantine usurper in Sicily in 717 *

Basil I Basil I, called the Macedonian ( el, Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, ''Basíleios ō Makedṓn'', 811 – 29 August 886), was a Byzantine Emperor who reigned from 867 to 886. Born a lowly peasant in the theme of Macedonia, he rose in the ...

(811–886) the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor from 867 *

Basil II Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...

Bulgaroktonus (958–1025), Byzantine Emperor from 976 *

Basil Lekapenos Basil Lekapenos ( gr, Βασίλειος Λεκαπηνός, Basíleios Lekapēnós; – ), also called the Parakoimomenos () or the Nothos (, "the Bastard"), was an illegitimate child of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. He served as the ...

(died c. 985), chief administrator of the Byzantine Empire from 945 *

Basil of Trebizond Basil Megas Komnenos ( grc-x-medieval, Βασίλειος Μέγας Κομνηνός, Basileios Megas Komnēnos) (died 6 April 1340) was Emperor of Trebizond from August 1332 until his death in 1340. Although Basil's reign was a period of stabil ...

(died 1340), ruled from 1332 *

Fasilides Fasilides ( Ge'ez: ፋሲልደስ; ''Fāsīladas''; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667, and a ...

(1603–1667), Ethiopian Emperor from 1603 * Basil of Naples, the first Duke of Naples from 661 to 666

Generals

Basil Apokapes Basil Apokapes (or Apocapes) (b 924-977) ( el, ) was a Byzantine general of the 11th century. A descendant of the Apokapai family, an Armeno- Georgian noble clan, he was the son of the patrician Michael Apokapes or Abu K’ab, who had once ser ...

, Byzantine general of the mid-11th century *

Basil Boioannes Basil Boioannes ( grc-gre, Βασίλειος Βοϊωάννης, Basíleios Boïōánnēs, ; la, Basilius Bugianus, ), in Italian called it, Bugiano, label=none, i=no (), was the Byzantine catapan of Italy (1017 – 1027 Chalandon, Ferdinand. '' ...

, Catepan of Italy in 1017–1027 *

Basil Mesardonites Basil Mesardonites was the Catapan of Italy, representing the Byzantine Emperor there, from 1010 to 1016 or 1017. He succeeded the catapan John Kourkouas, who died fighting the Lombards, then in rebellion under Melus, early in 1010. In March, Basi ...

, Catepan of Italy in 1010–1017 *

Basil Theodorokanos Basil III Theodorokanos or Theodorocanus ( el, Βασίλειος Θεοδωροκάνος, it, Teodoro Cano) was the Byzantine Catepan of Italy from February to the Spring of 1043. He was a patrician and a former companion in arms of George Mani ...

, Catepan of Italy in 1043

Religious figures

* Basil of Caesarea (330–379), also known as Saint Basil the Great, a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea *

Basil the Elder Saint Basil the Elder, father of St. Basil the Great, was raised in Neocaesarea (modern day Turkey) in the Pontus. His feast day is 30 May. Life The son of Macrina the Elder, Basil is said to have moved with his family to the shores of the Black ...

, father of Basil the Great and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church *

Basil of Ancyra Basil of Ancyra (Βασίλειος), was a Christian priest in Ancyra, Galatia during the 4th century. Very meager information about his life is preserved in a metaphrastic work: “Life and Deeds of the Martyred Priest Basil.” He fought agai ...

(died 362), a 4th-century martyr *

Basil of Amasea Basil of Amasea (Basileus or Basilius) was a fourth-century Christian bishop and martyr. In St. Jerome's Latin version of the ''Chronicle'' of Eusebius the statement occurs under the 275th Olympiad (321–324) that Basileus, Bishop of Amasea in ...

, a fourth-century Christian bishop and martyr *

Basil I of Bulgaria Basil ( bg, Василий I Български) was the first Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church after restoring Tarnovo Patriarchate. Basil of Bulgaria crowned younger brother Asen I and consecrated the church "St. Demetrius" in Tarnovo ...

, the first Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (c. 1186 – c. 1232) after restoring Tarnovo Patriarchate *

Basil II of Bulgaria Basil II ( bg, Василий) was a Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the mid 13th century. His name is known only from the medieval ''Book of Boril'' where he is listed as the second Patriarch presiding over the Bulgarian Church from ...

, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (c. 1246 – c. 1263) *Basil III of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (c. 1254–1263) *

Basil Fool for Christ Basil the Blessed (known also as Basil, fool for Christ; Basil, Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool for Christ russian: Василий Блаженный, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as ''y ...

(born 1468 or 1469, died 1552 or 1557), a Russian saint *

Basil of Ostrog Saint Basil of Ostrog ( sr, Свети Василије Острошки/''Sveti Vasilije Ostroški'', , 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the E ...

(1610–1671), bishop and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church *

Basil the Physician Basil the Physician (died c.1111 or c.1118) was the Bogomil leader condemned as a heretic by Patriarch Nicholas III of Constantinople and burned at the stake by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus. Originally a monk and a physician, Basil becam ...

(died 1118), Bogomil leader burned at the stake as a heretic * Basil of Seleucia (died probably between 458 and 460), a metropolitan bishop of Seleucia ad Calycadnum *

Basil the Confessor There are two individuals known as Basil the Confessor; one was a monk and the other Bishop of Parium. Venerable Basil the Confessor Venerable Basil the Confessor was an Eastern Orthodox saint who lived in the 8th century. During the iconoclast ...

(died 750), Eastern Orthodox saint * Basil Hopko (1904–1976), bishop of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church and martyr * Basil Hume (1923–1999), English Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster *

Basil Moreau Basil Moreau, C.S.C. (February 11, 1799 – January 20, 1873) was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which three additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross, the Sisters of the H ...

(1799–1873), French Roman Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross and was beatified ;variant ''Baselios'' *Baselios I bar Baldoyo, Maphrian of the East (828–830) (See List of maphrians) *Baselios II, Maphrian of the East (848–868) (See List of maphrians) *Baselios III, Maphrian of the East (936–960) (See List of maphrians) *Baselios IV of Tagrit, Maphrian of the East (1046–1069) (See List of maphrians) * Baselios Behnam Hadliyo (died 1454), Maphrian of the East (1404–1412), later Ignatius Behnam Hadliyo, Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1445 until his death in 1454 *Baselios Philoxenus, Maphrian of the East (1471–1487) (See List of maphrians) *Baselios Abraham, Maphrian of the East (1496–1508) (See List of maphrians) * Baselios Solomon (died 1518), Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 1509 until his death in 1518 *Baselios Blias, Maphrian of the East (1518–1523) (See List of maphrians) *Baselios, Maphrian of Mosul, a great number of maphrians all called Baselios (See List of maphrians#Maphrians of Mosul (1533–1860) * Baselios Lazarus III (died 1713), Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 1709 until his death in 1713. *

Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo Baselios Sakralla 3rd of Aleppo was the Maphriyano (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748 to 1760. Maphriyano Sakralla came to India in 1751 and was buried at Kandanad Marth Mariyam Church in 1764 AD. He was declared ...

(died 1764), Maphriyano (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748–1760. He came to India in 1751 and was buried there * Baselios Cleemis (born 1959), Cardinal, Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church *

Baselios Paulose I Baselios Paulose I or ''Murimattathil Bava'' (17 January 1836 in Kolenchery, India – 2 May 1913) was the first Catholicos of the East after its reinstatement in India. The First Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church was in power ...

(1836–1913), Catholicos of the East, the First Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from 1912 to 1913 *

Baselios Paulose II Baselios Paulose II (born as Puthusseril Joseph Paulose (12 June 1914–1 September 1996) was the second Maphrian(Catholicos) of the East Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church in India) (posthumously known as Maphrian of Ind ...

(1914–1996), Catholicos of India of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church from 1975 to 1996 *

Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Paulose II (born K. I. Paul at west mangad ); 30 August 1946 – 12 July 2021) was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was enthroned as the 8th Catholicos of the Malankara Church and the 21st Mal ...

(1946–2021), Catholicos of the East of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from 2010 *

Baselios Thomas I Baselios Thomas I (born 22 July 1929) is a Syriac Orthodox Catholicos of India (Maphrian) and head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church in India. He was enthroned on 26 July 2002 by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch ...

(born 1929), Catholicos of India, Maphrian, head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church in India * Baselios Yeldo (1593–1685), a Saint, Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684 *

Cyril Baselios Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos or, when referencing his title of Major Archbishop, Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil OIC (born ''James Malancharuvil'', 1935 – 2007) was the first major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was ...

(1935–2007), Maphrian, the first Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ;variant ''Basilides'' * Basilides (2nd century AD), Egyptian Gnostic religious teacher

Given name

Basil Arthur Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur, 5th Baronet (18 September 1928 – 1 May 1985) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of the Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Arthur was born in Ti ...

(1928–1985), New Zealand politician * Basil Kiiza Bataringaya (1927–1972) Ugandan politician * Basil Bennett (1894–1938), American athlete and Olympic bronze medal winner in hammer throw *

Basil Bernstein Basil Bernard Bernstein (1 November 1924 – 24 September 2000) was a British sociologist known for his work in the sociology of education. He worked on socio-linguistics and the connection between the manner of speaking and social organizatio ...

(1924–2000), British sociologist and linguist *

Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet between 1907 and 1952, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and paramilitary leader who became the third Prime Mi ...

(1888–1973), politician and third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland * Basil W. Brown (1927–1997), American politician *

Basil Bunting Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of '' Briggflatts'' in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist traditio ...

(1900–1985), British modernist poet * H. Basil Christian (1871–1950), South African/

Rhodesian Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

farmer and horticulturalist * Basil Dearden (1911–1971), British film director * Basil W. Duke (1838–1916), Confederate American Civil War general and historian * Air Chief Marshal

Basil Embry Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Edward Embry, (28 February 1902 – 7 December 1977) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command from 1949 to 1953. Early life and career Basil Embry was born in Gloucester ...

(1902–1977), British Royal Air Force officer *

Basil Favis Basil D. Favis is a full professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and the director of Center for Research on High Performance Polymer and Composite Systems (CREPEC). Favis is the author or co-author of more ...

, Canadian chemist and professor *

Basil Gogos Basil Gogos (March 12, 1929 – September 13, 2017) was an American illustrator best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Basil G ...

(1929–2017), American illustrator *

Basil Gunasekara Admiral Deshamanya D. Basil Gunasekara (born 7 May 1929) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1973 to 1979. Early life and education Born to a planter in Katana, Gunasekara was the youngest child of a family of five members. Educated a ...

(born 1929), 7th Commander of the

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* Basil Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), Canadian former labour union leader * B. H. Liddell Hart (1895–1970), English soldier, military historian and leading inter-war theorist *

Basil Hetzel Basil Stuart Hetzel (13 June 1922 – 4 February 2017) was an Australian medical researcher who made a major contribution to combating iodine deficiency, a major cause of goitre and cretinism worldwide. Early life and education Hetzel was bor ...

(born 1922), Australian medical researcher *

Basil Hiley Basil J. Hiley (born 1935), is a British quantum physicist and professor emeritus of the University of London. Long-time colleague of David Bohm, Hiley is known for his work with Bohm on implicate orders and for his work on algebraic descriptio ...

(born 1935), British quantum physicist *

Basil Hood Basil Willett Charles Hood (5 April 1864 – 7 August 1917) was a British dramatist and lyricist, perhaps best known for writing the libretti of half a dozen Savoy Operas and for his English adaptations of operettas, including ''The Merry Wid ...

(1864–1917), British librettist and lyricist *

Basil Joseph Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge suc ...

(born 1990), Indian actor/director * Basil Mott (1859–1938), British civil engineer * Basil O'Connor (1892–1972), American lawyer and chairman and president of the American Red Cross * Basil Charles Godfrey Place (1921–1994), British Royal Navy rear-admiral and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Basil Radford (1897–1952), British actor * Basil Rathbone (1892–1967), British actor * Basil Spence (1907–1976), Scottish architect * Basil Thampi (1983) Indian Cricketer * Basil Valdez (born 1951), Filipino singer * Basil Wolverton (1909–1978), American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist * Basil Zaharoff (1849–1936), Greek arms trader and financier, and chairman of the Vickers munitions company during World War I ;variant ''Bassel'' * Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), the eldest son of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad * Bassel Khartabil (1981–2015) Palestinian-Syrian open-source software developer * Bassel Shehadeh (1984–2012) Syrian film producer

Surname

* Steve Basil (1893–1962), American baseball umpire * Toni Basil (b. 1943), American musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer * Richard Basil (b. 1967), American former college football coach ;variant ''Bacile'' * Giovanni Bacile (1880–1941), Italian Roman Catholic priest ;variant ''Baseley'' * Godfrey Baseley (1904–1997), American radio executive * William Baseley, English politician, member of the Parliament of England in 1554 and 1555 ;variant ''Basile'' * ''see Basile (disambiguation), Basile#Surname'' ;variant ''Basilio'' * ''see Basilio (disambiguation), Basilio#Surname'' ;variant ''Basilius'' * ''Basilius is a Greek nobility title and names bearing this title are excluded here'' * István Basilius (1549–1581), Hungarian Unitarian minister ;variant ''Basilone'' * John Basilone (1916–1945), American soldier and U.S. Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor ;variant ''Bassil'' * Gebran Bassil (b. 1970), Lebanese politician * Philip S. Bassil (b. 1976) Lebanese-Canadian Investment Banker and financier * Ray Bassil (b. 1988), Lebanese athlete ;variant ''Bazeley'' * ''see Bazeley'' ;variant ''Bazell'' * Josh Bazell (b. 1970), American author and physician * Robert Bazell (20th Century), American academic ;variant ''Bazil'' * Louis Bazil (1695–1752), French merchant and militia officer * Ezekiel Bazil (b. 1965), Dominican politician ;variant ''Bazley'' *Colin Bazley (b. 1935), Anglican bishop of Chile *Margaret Bazley (b. 1938), New Zealand public servant *Robert W. Bazley (1925–2012), American military commander *Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet (1797–1883), British industrialist and Liberal politician ;variant ''Pasi'' * Riccardo Pasi (b. 1990), Italian footballer * Geeta Pasi (21st Century), American diplomat ;variant ''Vasil'' (excluding ''Vasil''') * Adria Vasil (21st Century), Canadian journalist ;variant ''Vasilchenko'' ''see Vasilchenko'' ;variant ''Vasile'' * ''see Vasile#As a surname'' ;variant ''Vasili'' * Laert Vasili (b. 1974), Greek Albanian actor and director * Petrit Vasili (21st Century), Albanian politician ;variant ''Vasilj'' * Ivan Anton Vasilj (b. 1991), Croatian football player * Mario Vasilj (b. 1983), Swedish professional footballer * Vladimir Vasilj (b. 1975), former Croatian professional footballer ; variant ''Vasko'' (excluding ''Vaskó'' and ''Vaško'') * Elmer Vasko (1935–1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Natalya Vasko (b. 1972), Ukrainian actress * Rick Vasko (b. 1957), Canadian ice hockey player ; variant ''Vasović'' * ''see Vasović'' ;variant ''Vassili'' *Amaury Vassili (b. 1989), French singer *Vassilis Vassili (b. 1964), Greek sculptor ;variant ''Wasilewski'' * ''see Wasilewski''

Fictional characters

*Basil, protagonist of Wilkie Collins' 1852 Basil (novel), ''Basil'' (novel) *Basil of the ''Basil of Baker Street'' novels and the movie ''The Great Mouse Detective'' *Basil, a character in the television series ''Fraggle Rock'' *Basil Fawlty, the main character in ''Fawlty Towers'' *Basil Brush, a glove puppet fox popular on children's television in the UK *Basil (Sesame Park), main character of the Canadian children's show ''Sesame Park'' *Basil, a character in the anime and manga series ''Reborn!'' *Basil, a character on the Playhouse Disney TV series ''Johnny and the Sprites'' *Basil Wombat, a character on ''SeeMore's Playhouse'' *Basil, a character in the breeding and farming game, ''Harvest Moon (video game), Harvest Moon'' *Basil, a main character in the role-playing horror game ''Omori (video game), Omori'' *Basil Hallward, the artist that paints the haunting portrait of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' *Basil the Bat Lord, an enemy racer in ''Lego Racers (video game)'' *List of Redwall characters#Basil Stag Hare, Basil Stag Hare, member of the Fur and Foot Fighting Patrol in Brian Jacques' ''Redwall (novel), Redwall'' *Sir Basil Hawkins, a character in a popular manga ''One Piece'' *Basil Humphrey, Head of Scotland Yard from the film ''Dracula's Daughter'' *Basil Exposition, a character in the film ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' *Basil, Alex Delarge's snake from the film ''A Clockwork Orange (film)'' *Basil Brightberry, the gentlemouse sommelier in the children's ''Brambly Hedge'' series *Basil Ransom, a Mississippi lawyer in Henry James's 1886 novel ''The Bostonians'' *Basil, a Pirate in the film ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' *Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch, a character in ''Carry On (novel), Carry on'' by Rainbow Rowell *Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a character in the book ''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'' by E. L. Konigsburg *Basil, a character from the children's series, ''Babar (TV series), Babar'' *Basil Steele, a character from the Welsh children's series, ''Fireman Sam'' *Basil, The Doctor (Doctor Who), The Doctor's alleged first name from the BBC series, ''Doctor Who''

References

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