Cosmo () is a British/Italian surname and male given name. It means order, decency, and beauty; this is the English form of Cosimo, introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish nobleman the second Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

Given name

* Cosmo and Damian, 3rd-century Christian martyrs * Cosmo de Medici, alternate name of

Cosimo de' Medici Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance. His power derived from his wealt ...

(1389–1464) * Cosmo I, alternate name of

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Life Rise to power Cosimo was born in Florence on 12 ...

(1519–1574) * Cosmo Alexander (1724–1772), Scottish portrait painter * Cosmo Allegretti, actor and puppeteer in the 1955–1984 children's television series ''

Captain Kangaroo ''Captain Kangaroo'' is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television progr ...

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Cosmo Baker Cosmo Baker is an East Coast based American DJ, music producer, turntablist, entrepreneur, educator and activist. At the age of 16 he was playing at many of the city's nightclubs, including Revival, Sugarcube, and Silk City, holding one of the or ...

(b. 1974), American disc jockey * Sir Cosmo Bonsor, 1st Baronet (1848–1929), British MP, chairman of the South Eastern Railway *

Cosmo Campoli Cosmo Campoli (March 21, 1922 – December 15, 1997) was a Chicago-based sculptor, known for his figurative work centered on the themes of birth and death, and for his use of bold, surreal bird and egg imagery.Corbett, John. "Bleak House: Chicago' ...

(1923–1997), American sculptor *

Cosmo A. Cilano Cosmo Anthony Cilano (March 22, 1893 – September 29, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was born on March 22, 1893, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Anthony Cilano and Louise (Privitera) Cilano. ...

(1893–1937), New York state senator *

Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Englishman and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS ''Tita ...

(1862–1931), British landowner, survivor of the ''RMS Titanic'' * Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720–1752), Scottish nobleman *

Cosmo Gordon Lang William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbish ...

(1864–1945), Archbishop of Canterbury *

Cosmo Graham Cosmo Graham is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Leicester. He specialises in the field of law relating to the regulation of public utilities and is co-editor of the ''Utilities Law Review''. He also specialises in competi ...

, British professor *

Cosmo Hamilton Cosmo Hamilton (29 April 1870 – 14 October 1942), born Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs, was an English playwright and novelist. He was the brother of writers Arthur Hamilton Gibbs, Francis William Hamilton Gibbs, Helen Katherine Hamilton Gibbs an ...

(1870–1942), British playwright *

Cosmo Iacavazzi Cosmo Joseph Iacavazzi (some sources say Cosmo Iacovazzi, born August 18, 1943) is a former American football player. A fullback, he played college football at Princeton University and was a member of the Tiger Inn eating club. He was inducted i ...

(b. 1943), American football player *

Cosmo Innes Cosmo Nelson Innes FRSE (9 September 1798 – 31 July 1874) was a Scottish advocate, judge, historian and antiquary. He served as Advocate-Depute, Sheriff of Elginshire, and Principal Clerk of Session. He was a skilled decipherer of ancient ...

(1798–1874), British antiquarian * Cosmo Jarvis (b. 1989), American-born English actor and musician *

Cosmo Klein Cosmo Klein (born Marcus Klein on 1 November 1978) is a German singer and songwriter. Biography Cosmo Klein was born in Lippstadt, Germany. At the age of ten, he and his parents moved to Texas, where he expanded his interest in music and sta ...

(b. 1978), German singer *

Cosmo Landesman Cosmo Landesman (born September 1954) is a British-based American-born journalist and editor. With his then-wife Julie Burchill and friend Toby Young, he founded the magazine '' Modern Review'', which operated from 1991 to 1995 with Young as edit ...

(b. 1954), American-born British journalist * Cosmo Maciocia (b. 1942), Canadian politician *

Cosmo Parkinson Sir Arthur Charles Cosmo Parkinson GCMG KCB OBE (18 November 1884 – 16 August 1967), known as Sir Cosmo Parkinson, was a British civil servant who held the position of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1937 to 1940 and fro ...

(1884–1967), British civil servant * Cosmo Wilson (b. 1961), American concert lighting designer and director for rock bands

Surname

* Anthony Cosmo (disambiguation) * Fran Cosmo (b. 1956), American musician, former lead singer of the band Boston * James Cosmo (b. 1948), British actor * Julián Di Cosmo (b. 1984), Italian-Argentine football player * Nicholas Cosmo (b. 1971), Italian-American fund manager accused of $400 million Ponzi scheme * Mariel Everton Cosmo Da Silva (b. 1980), Brazilian football player known as "Tozo" * Roberto Di Cosmo, Italian computer scientist

Fictional characters

* Cosmo Julius Cosma, in the animated series ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant h ...

'', Timmy and Chloe's godfather and Wanda's husband *

Cosmo Cosmo may refer to: Business and media * ''Cosmopolitan'' (magazine), a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as "Cosmo" * ''Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure'', a 1992 video game * Cosmo On-Line, a Brazilian generic Internet portal * Cosmo Radio ...

, in the anime ''Sonic X'' * Cosmo of Prague, a character in a story within the novel ''

Phantastes ''Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women'' is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. It was later reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the ''Ballantine ...

'' by

George MacDonald George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. ...

* '' Cosmo the Merry Martian'', title character of a 1950s comic book * Cosmo the Spacedog, a fictional psychic Russian dog appearing in Marvel Comics * Private Cosmo, from the comic strip ''

Beetle Bailey ''Beetle Bailey'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army post. In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the old ...

'' * Cosmo Brown, in the 1952 film ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd C ...

'' and its subsequent stage musical adaptation * Cosmo Carboni a con man played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1978 film ''

Paradise Alley ''Paradise Alley'' is a 1978 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone (in his feature directorial debut). The film tells the story of three Italian American brothers in Hell's Kitchen in the 1940s who bec ...

'' * Imai Cosmo, in the '' Kengan Ashura'' manga series *

Jason Cosmo Jason Cosmo is a fictional character who is the hero of a series of novels by author Dan McGirt Dan McGirt is an American author of comic fantasy. His current books consist of the Jason Cosmo series, which was rebooted in 2009 with the publica ...

, protagonist of several novels by Dan McGirt * Cosmo Hill, from the novel ''

The Supernaturalist ''The Supernaturalist'' is a science fiction cyberpunk novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer. The book was influenced by film noir and other predecessors of the cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian Futurism, futur ...

'' by Eoin Colfer * '' Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher'', protagonist in the 1943 American film starring Frank Graham *

Cosmo Kramer Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character in the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998) played by Michael Richards. The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's ...

, played by Michael Richards in the NBC television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' * Cosmo Martin, son of Susan Lewis and Chuck Martin in the medical drama ''ER'' * Cosmo Renfro, from ''The Fugitive'' (1993 film) and ''U.S. Marshals'' (1998 film) * Cosmo Royale, in the ''

Power Rangers Ninja Steel ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' is the twenty-fourth season of the television program '' Power Rangers''. The season was produced primarily using footage, costumes, and props from Japanese 39th Super Sentai series '' Shuriken Sentai Ninninger'' ...

'' * Professor Cosmo Saltana, from the 1968 novel ''The Image Men'' by J. B. Priestley * Mr. Cosmo Spacely, George Jetson's boss in the 1960s cartoon ''The Jetsons'' * Cosmo Topper, from the ''Topper'' series of novels by James Thorne Smith Jr., several films, and the 1950s CBS sitcom ''Topper'' {{given name, type=both Masculine given names English masculine given names Italian masculine given names Surnames Surnames of British Isles origin Surnames of Italian origin