The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the
Hellenistic
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...
period. It is derived from " basileus" ( el, βασιλεύς, links=no), of greek origin, meaning "king", "emperor" or "tzar", from which words such as
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building ...
and
basilisk
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk ( or ) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes. According to the ''Naturalis Historia'' of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene i ...
(via
Latin
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) as well as the eponymous herb
basil
Basil (, ; ''Ocimum basilicum'' , also called great basil, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is a tender plant, and is used in cuisines worldwide. In Western cuisine, the generic term "basil" refers to the variety also k ...
(via
Old French
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) derive, and the name of the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region Basilicata, which had been long under the rule of the
Byzantine Emperor
This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, to Fall of Constantinople, its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. On ...
(also called ''basileus'').
It was brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. It is more often used in Britain and Europe than in the United States. It is also the name of a common herb.
In
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
, 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
Sri Lanka Navy
ta, இலங்கை கடற்படை
, image = Sri Lanka Naval Seal.png
, image_size = 180px
, caption = Emblem of Sri Lanka Navy
, dates =
, c ...
* 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
Basil O'Connor (January 8, 1892 – March 9, 1972) was an American lawyer. In cooperation with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and tr ...
(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
Arthur Basil RadfordAdam Greaves, "Radford, (Arthur) Basil (1897–1952)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 201available online Retrieved 3 August 2020. (25 June 189720 October 1952) was an English charac ...
(1897–1952), British actor
* Basil Rathbone (1892–1967), British actor
*
Basil Spence
Sir Basil Urwin Spence, (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Moderni ...
(1907–1976), Scottish architect
*
Basil Thampi
Basil Thampi (born 11 September 1993) is an Indian cricketer who represents Kerala in the domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pacer. He made his IPL debut for Gujarat Lions in the 2017 Indian Premier League ...
(1983) Indian Cricketer
* Basil Valdez (born 1951), Filipino singer
*
Basil Wolverton
Basil Wolverton (July 9, 1909 – December 31, 1978) at the
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
Bassel al-Assad ( ar, بَاسِلُ حَافِظِ ٱلْأَسَدِ, translit=Bāsil Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian engineer, colonel, equestrian and politician who was the eldest son of Syrian Preside ...
(1962–1994), the eldest son of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad
*
Bassel Khartabil
Bassel Khartabil (22 May 1981 – 3 October 2015; ar, باسل خرطبيل), also known as Bassel Safadi ( ar, باسل صفدي), was a Palestinian Syrian open-source software developer. He was detained without trial by the Syrian governme ...
* Steve Basil (1893–1962), American baseball umpire
*
Toni Basil
Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1943), better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director. Her song "Mickey" topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and hit th ...
(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#Surname''
;variant ''Basilio''
* ''see Basilio#Surname''
;variant ''Basilius''
* ''
Basilius
''Basileus'' ( el, ) is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history. In the English-speaking world it is perhaps most widely understood to mean "monarch", referring to either a "king" or an "emperor" and a ...
is a Greek nobility title and names bearing this title are excluded here''
* István Basilius (1549–1581), Hungarian Unitarian minister
;variant ''Basilone''
*
John Basilone
John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumou ...
(1916–1945), American soldier and U.S. Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor
;variant ''Bassil''
*
Gebran Bassil
Gebran Gerge Bassil ( ar, جبران جرجي باسيل; born 21 June 1970) is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, and has be ...
(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
Colin Frederick Bazley (born 27 June 1935) is a retired bishop in the Church of England. He was a bishop in Chile from 1969 until his retirement in 2000.
Early life, education and family
The son of Reginald Samuel Bazley and Isabella Davies, Bazl ...
(b. 1935), Anglican bishop of Chile
*
Margaret Bazley
Dame Margaret Clara Bazley (née Hope, born 23 January 1938) is a New Zealand public servant. She began her career as a psychiatric nurse and rose through the ranks to senior leadership positions at psychiatric hospitals and district health bo ...
(b. 1938), New Zealand public servant
* Robert W. Bazley (1925–2012), American military commander
*
Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet DL (27 May 1797 – 18 March 1885) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.
Life
He was born at Gilnow, near Bolton, Lancashire. His father, also Thomas, was a cotton manufacturer, mathematician a ...
(1797–1883), British industrialist and Liberal politician
;variant ''Pasi''
*
Riccardo Pasi
Riccardo Pasi (born 27 August 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Delta Rovigo.
Biography
Bologna
Born in Bologna, Emilia, Pasi started his professional career at Bologna F.C. 1909. He was the member of the reserve from 2006 to 2007 ...
(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
Petrit Vasili is an Albanian politician. He was the chairman of Socialist Movement for Integration party and minister of health in the cabinet of Sali Berisha
Sali Ram Berisha (; born 15 October 1944) is an Albanian conservative politician a ...
(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
Elmer "Moose" Vasko (December 11, 1935 – October 30, 1998) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and Minnesota North Stars. He was on the Blackhawks team ...
(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
Amaury Vassili Chotard (born 8 June 1989) is a French opera singer and professional tenor. His debut album ''Vincerò'' from 2009 went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in Canada, South Africa and Sou ...
(b. 1989), French singer
* Vassilis Vassili (b. 1964), Greek sculptor
;variant ''Wasilewski''
* ''see
Wasilewski
Wasilewski (femine: Wasilewska) is a Polish surname, it may refer to:
* (born 1949)
* Audrey Wasilewski (born 1967), American actress and voice actress
* Carolyn Wasilewski (1940–1954), victim of an unsolved 1954 murder in Baltimore, Maryland
* ...
''
Fictional characters
*Basil, protagonist of Wilkie Collins' 1852 ''Basil'' (novel)
*Basil of the ''
Basil of Baker Street
''Basil of Baker Street'' is a series of children's novels written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. The stories focus on the titular Basil of Baker Street and his personal biographer Doctor David Q. Dawson. Together they solve the ma ...
'' novels and the movie ''
The Great Mouse Detective
''The Great Mouse Detective'' (also known as ''The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective'' for its 1992 theatrical re-release and ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective'' in some countries) is a 1986 American animated mystery adventure film produc ...
''
*Basil, a character in the television series ''
Fraggle Rock
''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim Hen ...
''
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Basil Fawlty
Basil Fawlty is the main character of the 1970s British sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'', played by John Cleese. The proprietor of the hotel Fawlty Towers, he is a cynical and misanthropic snob, desperate to belong to a higher social class. His attemp ...
, the main character in ''
Fawlty Towers
''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Televisio ...
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Basil Brush
Basil Brush is a fictional red fox, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips. The character has ...
, a glove puppet fox popular on children's television in the UK
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Basil (Sesame Park)
''Sesame Street'' has many international versions across the world. Each uses some original characters, created specifically to represent their own culture. The following list highlights some of these characters. All characters are Muppets, unl ...
, main character of the Canadian children's show '' Sesame Park''
*Basil, a character in the anime and manga series ''
Reborn!
''Reborn!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Amano. It follows Tsunayoshi Sawada, a young boy who discovers that he is next in line to become boss of the Vongola family, a powerful Mafia organ ...
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*Basil, a character on the Playhouse Disney TV series ''
Johnny and the Sprites
''Johnny and the Sprites'' is an American children's musical television show that aired every weekend on the "Playhouse Disney" block on Disney Channel. The show was created by, produced by, and starred John Tartaglia (most famous for his work o ...
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*Basil Wombat, a character on ''
SeeMore's Playhouse
SeeMore's Playhouse is an American children's television series using puppets to teach preschoolers about health and safety concepts.
Characters
* SeeMore the Safety Seal
* Harry Hippo - Puppeteered by Eric Wright
* Shades Wolf - Puppeteered by ...
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*Basil, a character in the breeding and farming game, ''
Harvest Moon
The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective. This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon (when the ecliptic coordinate system, ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon opp ...
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*Basil, a main character in the role-playing horror game '' Omori''
*Basil Hallward, the artist that paints the haunting portrait of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's ''
The Picture of Dorian Gray
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...
Redwall
''Redwall'' is a series of children's fantasy novels by British writer Brian Jacques, published from 1986 to 2011. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, ...
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*Sir Basil Hawkins, a character in a popular manga ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual cha ...
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*Basil Humphrey, Head of Scotland Yard from the film ''
Dracula's Daughter
''Dracula's Daughter'' is a 1936 American vampire film, vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula''. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett F ...
Brambly Hedge
''Brambly Hedge'' is a series of illustrated children's books by Jill Barklem, recounting the adventures of a community of mice who live together in the tranquil surroundings of the English countryside. The writer described ''Brambly Hedge'' as ...
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*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
Carry On may refer to:
* ''Carry On'' (franchise), a British comedy media franchise
*Carry-on luggage or hand luggage, luggage that is carried into the passenger compartment
* ''Carry On'' (film), a 1927 British silent film
* ''Carry On'' (novel), ...
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Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973) is an American author known for young adult and adult contemporary novels. Her young adult novels ''Eleanor & Park'' (2012), ''Fangirl'' (2013) and '' Carry On'' (2015) have been subjects of critical acclaim ...
E. L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association aw ...
*Basil, a character from the children's series, ''
Babar
Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: ببر), meaning ...
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*Basil Steele, a character from the Welsh children's series, ''
Fireman Sam
''Fireman Sam'' ( Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...
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*Basil, The Doctor's alleged first name from the BBC series, ''Doctor Who''
