Camillo is an Italian masculine given name, descended from Latin Camillus. Its Slavic cognate is Kamil.

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Camillo Agrippa Camillo Agrippa (1520 – 1 January 1600) was a noted fencing, fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance. He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time. Biography Though born in Milan, Agrippa l ...

, Italian Renaissance fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician *

Camillo Almici Camillo Almici (2 November 1714 – 30 December 1779) was a Catholic priest and academic of the Congregation of the Oratory. Biography Almici was born at Brescia, of a noble family. He became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at a ver ...

(1714–1779), Italian priest, theologian and literary critic * Camillo Astalli (1616–1663), Italian cardinal *

Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour ( ; ) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, Statesman (politician), statesman, Business ...

(1810–1861), a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification, founder of the original Italian Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia *

Camillo Berlinghieri upright 1.5, Saint Sebastian Tended by the Pious Women - Gallerie Accademia Camillo Berlinghieri (1590 or 1605 Ticozzi – 1635) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Ferrara. He trained with Carlo Bononi. Among his paintings wa ...

(1590 or 1605–1635), Italian painter * Camillo Berneri (1897–1937), Italian professor of philosophy, anarchist militant, propagandist and theorist * Camillo Boccaccino (1546), Italian painter *

Camillo Boito Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist. He was the brother of Arrigo Boito, the friend and librettist of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. ...

(1836–1914), Italian architect, engineer, art critic, art historian and novelist *Camillo Borghese (1550–1621),

Pope Paul V Pope Paul V (; ) (17 September 1552 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a mem ...

, the Pope who persecuted

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...

* Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775–1832), brother-in-law of Napoleon * Camillo Camilli (1754), master luthier * Camillo Candiani (1841–1919), Italian admiral and senator of the Kingdom of Italy *

Camillo Castiglioni Camillo Castiglioni (22 October 1879 – 18 December 1957) was an Italian-Austrian Jewish financier and banker, and was the wealthiest man in Central Europe during World War I. Nicknamed "Austrian Stinnes", he was active in aviation's pioneering ...

(1879–1957), Italian-Austrian financier and banker * Camillo Federici (1749–1802), Italian dramatist and actor *

Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) was an Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts and was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament. Biography Finocchiaro Aprile was born in Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally ...

(1851–1916), Italian jurist and politician *

Camillo Golgi Camillo Golgi (; 7 July 184321 January 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spent most of his professional career) bet ...

(1843–1926), Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate * Camillo Jerusalem (1914–1979), Austrian football player * Camillo Laurenti (1861–1938), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *

Count Camillo Marcolini Camillo Count Marcolini-Ferretti (2 April 1739 in Fano – 10 July 1814 in Prague) was a minister and general director of the fine arts for the Electorate of Saxony, Electorate, later Kingdom of Saxony. Biography Born into the Marcolini, Mar ...

(1739–1814), minister and general director of the fine arts for the Electorate, later Kingdom of Saxony *

Camillo Mariani Camillo Mariani (1565 in Vicenza – 1611 in Rome) was a major Italian sculptor whose work bridged the artistic worlds of Venice and Rome, forming a base for the Baroque style of the seventeenth century. Biography Camillo Mariani was born in 1565 ...

(1565–1611), Italian sculptor *

Camillo Massimo Camillo Massimi (20 July 1620 – 12 September 1677) was an Italian cardinal in 17th century Rome, best remembered as a major patron of Baroque artists such as Poussin, Lorrain, Velázquez, Duquesnoy, Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cos ...

(1620–1677), Italian cardinal *

Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing ''Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...

(1901–1969), Italian film director and screenwriter *

Camillo Mazzella Camillo Mazzella (10 February 1833 – 26 March 1900) was an Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal. Biography Mazzella was born at Vitulano, near Benevento. He and his siblings were first tutored at home. Three of his brothers entered ...

(1833–1900), Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal *Camillo Wong "Chino" Moreno, known as

Chino Moreno Camillo "Chino" Wong Moreno (born June 20, 1973) is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the alternative metal band Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project groups Team Sleep, Crosses, ...

(born 1973), American musician, lead-vocalist of alternative metal band

Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by frontman Chino Moreno, lead guitarist Stephen Carpenter and drummer Abe Cunningham, with bassist Chi Cheng and keyboardist and tu ...

Camillo Olivetti Samuel David Camillo Olivetti (August 13, 1868 – December 1943) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines. The company was later run ...

(1868–1943), Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA. *

Camillo Pacetti Camillo Pacetti (Rome, 2 May 1758 - Milan, 16 July 1826) was an Italian sculptor. He was the brother of Vincenzo Pacetti, another sculptor. A student of the Accademia di San Luca, he later worked in various churches in Rome and Milan. In 1804 ...

(1758–1826), Italian sculptor *

Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, 1st Prince of San Martino al Cimino and Valmontone (21 February 1622 – 26 July 1666) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and nobleman of the Pamphili family. His name is often spelled with the final ''lon ...

(1622–1666), Italian cardinal and nobleman * Camillo Peano (1863–1930), Italian jurist and politician * Camillo Pilotto (1890–1963), Italian film actor * Camillo Procaccini (1551–1629), Italian painter *

Camillo Rizzi Camillo Rizzi (or Ricci) (1590–1626) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara. He was a pupil of the painter Ippolito Scarsella. Born at Ferrara, he was mainly active producing altarpieces for the churches of ...

(1580–1618), Italian painter *

Camillo Rondani Camillo Rondani (21 November 1808 – 17 September 1879) was an Italian entomology, entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera. Early life, family and education Camillo Rondani was born in Parma when the city was part of the French Empi ...

(1808–1879), Italian entomologist *

Camillo Ruini Camillo Ruini (; born 19 February 1931) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was made a cardinal in 1991. He served as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference from 1991 to 2007 and as Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome from ...

(born 1931), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Camillo Rusconi (1658–1728), Italian sculptor *

Camillo Sitte Camillo Sitte (17 April 1843 – 16 November 1903) was an Austrian architect, painter and urban theorist whose work influenced urban planning and land use regulation. Today, Sitte is best remembered for his 1889 book, ''City Planning According to ...

(1843–1903), Austrian architect, painter and city planning theoretician * Camillo Sivori (1815–1894), Italian virtuoso violinist and composer * Camillo Tarquini (1810–1874), Italian cardinal, Jesuit canonist and archaeologist * Camillo Togni (1922–1993), Italian composer, teacher and pianist * Camillo Ugi (1884–1970), German football player * Camillo Vaz (born 1975), French football manager * Camillo Walzel (1829–1895), German librettist and theatre director

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* Don Camillo, in the short stories of Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi

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