Filippo is an

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male given name, which is the equivalent of the

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Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

, from the

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''Philippos'', meaning "horse lover".''Behind the Name''
"Given Name Philip"
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Filippa Filippa is a given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend". Common alternative spellings include ''Philippa'', ''Phillippa'' or '' Filipa''. It is the feminine form of the masculine name ''Philip'' in Scandinavia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus ...

. The name may refer to: *

Filippo I Colonna Filippo Colonna, 6th Prince of Paliano (1578 – 11 April 1639), Prince of Paliano, was an Italian nobleman, who was the head of the Colonna family of Rome and the hereditary Gran Connestabile at the court of Naples. Biography He was born ...

(1611–1639), Italian nobleman *

Filippo II Colonna Filippo II Colonna (7 April 1663 – 8 November 1714) was an Italian nobleman of prominent Colonna family. He was the 9th Duke and Prince of Paliano. Early life Born in Rome on 7 April 1663, Filippo was the son of Don Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, ...

(1663–1714), Italian noblemen *

Filippo Abbiati Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin, together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he was a prominent Mannerism, mannerist painters from the School of Lombardy. B ...

(1640–1715), Italian painter *

Filippo Baldinucci Filippo Baldinucci (3 June 1625 – 10 January 1696) was an Italian art historian and biographer. Life Baldinucci is considered among the most significant Florentine biographers/historians of the artists and the arts of the Baroque period. ...

(1624–1697), Italian historian *

Filippo Brunelleschi Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi ( ; ) and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon Battista Alberti, was an Italian architect, designer, goldsmith and sculptor. He is considered to ...

(1377–1446), Italian architect * Filippo Carli (1876–1938), Italian sociologist *

Filippo Castagna Filippo Castagna (, 19 November 1765 – 26 January 1830) was a Maltese people, Maltese politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Castagna was born in Għaxaq on 19 November 1765. During the French occupation of Malta in 1798, he was ch ...

(1765–1830), Maltese politician *

Filippo Coarelli Filippo Coarelli is an Italian archaeologist, Professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Perugia. Born in Rome, Coarelli was a student of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli. Coarelli is one of the foremost experts on Roman antiquitie ...

(born 1936), Italian archaeologist *

Filippo Coletti Filippo Andrea Francesco Coletti (11 May 1811 – 13 June 1894) was an Italian baritone associated with Giuseppe Verdi. Coletti created two Verdi roles: Gusmano in '' Alzira'' and Francesco in '' I masnadieri''. Verdi revised the role of Ge ...

(1811–1894), Italian singer *

Filippo di Piero Strozzi Filippo di Piero Strozzi (French language, French: ''Philippe Strozzi''; 1541 – 27 July 1582) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the Florentine family of the Strozzi family, Strozzi. He fought mainly for France. Biography He was born in ...

(1541–1582), French general *

Filippo Salvatore Gilii Filippo Salvatore Gilii (1721–1789), also known as Felipe Salvador Gilij, was an Italian Jesuit priest and a pioneering figure in the field of South American linguistics. Gilii’s work in the province of Venezuela, particularly along the Orino ...

(1721–1789), Italian priest and linguist *

Filippo Grandi Filippo Grandi (born 30 March 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agenc ...

(born 1957), Italian diplomat *

Filippo Illuminato Filippo Illuminato (21 August 193028 September 1943) was an Italian partisan who died attacking Nazi German troops during the Four days of Naples in World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour, Italy's highest aw ...

(1930–1943), Italian partisan, recipient of the Gold Medal of Military Valour *

Filippo Inzaghi Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (; born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the head coach of club Pisa. He was nicknamed "Superpippo" (" Super Goof") or "Alta ten ...

(born 1973), Italian football player and manager *

Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi ( – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Quattrocento (fifteenth century) and a Carmelite priest. He was an early Renaissance master of a painting workshop, who taught many paint ...

(1406–1469), Italian painter *

Filippo Lombardi (footballer) Filippo Lombardi (born 22 April 1990) is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Camerano Calcio in Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Filippo Lombardi (politician) Filippo Lombardi (born 29 May 1956) is a Swiss politician. He represented Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 ca ...

(born 1956), Swiss politician *

Filippo Lussana Filippo Lussana (17 December 1820 – 25 December 1897) was an Italian physiologist. In his medical research he dealt with the laws of nutrition, functions of the nervous system, cerebral localization, gustatory innervation, the relationship bet ...

(1820–1897), Italian doctor *

Filippo Magnini Filippo Magnini (; born 2 February 1982) is an Italian retired competitive swimmer who was twice 100 metres freestyle World champion and three times European champion at that distance. Biography Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche. As a yout ...

(born 1982), Italian swimmer *

Filippo Mannucci Filippo Mannucci (born 20 July 1974 in Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents ...

(born 1974), Italian rower *

Filippo Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye de C ...

(1876–1944), Italian writer *

Filippo Nigro Filippo Nigro (born 3 December 1970) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Nigro studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Lina Wertmüller. After a minor role in the 2001 Ferzan Ozpetek's drama film ''The Ignor ...

(born 1970), Italian actor *

Filippo Parlatore Filippo Parlatore (Palermo, 8 August 1816 – Florence, 9 September 1877) was an Italian botanist. He studied medicine at Palermo, but practiced only for a short time, his chief activity being during the cholera epidemic of 1837. Although at tha ...

(1816–1877), Italian botanist *

Filippo Raguzzini Filippo Raguzzini (19 July 1690 – 21 February 1771) was an Italian architect best known for a range of buildings constructed during the reign of Benedict XIII. Biography Raguzzini was born in Naples into a family of stonemasons. Little is k ...

(1690–1771), Italian architect *

Filippo Rusuti Filippo Rusuti, (c. 1255–c. 1325) was an Italian painter, active in Rome between 1288 and 1297, and in Naples around 1320. Rusuti belonged, along with Jacopo Torriti and Pietro Cavallini, to the so-called Roman school active in the late thirt ...

(1255–1325), Italian painter *

Filippo Scelzo Filippo Scelzo (19 April 1900 – 9 October 1980) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in more than forty films including '' Red Passport'' in which he played the male lead.Landy, Marcia. ''The Folklore of Consensus: Theatr ...

(1900–1980), Italian actor *

Filippo Severoli Filippo Severoli (Faenza, 16 November 1762 — Fusignano, 6 October 1822) was an Italian general and noble who served in the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars and in the Austrian Empire. He was named Earl of Hannover and governor of ...

(1762–1822), Italian general *

Filippo Sorcinelli Filippo Sorcinelli (born 1 July 1975) is an Italian designer, artist, perfumer, and organist. He is the owner of the fashion company Atelier Lavs and has tailored vestments for Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Early life and education He g ...

(born 1975), Italian fashion designer *

Filippo Timi Filippo Timi (born 27 February 1974) is an Italian actor, director and writer. Biography Acting Career Filippo Timi was born in Perugia, he studied acting in Bologna. Filippo Timi as a cinema actor was discovered by a prominent Italian under ...

(born 1974), Italian actor *

Filippo Turati Filippo Turati (; 26 November 1857 – 29 March 1932) was an Italian sociologist, criminologist, poet and socialist politician. Early life Born in Canzo, province of Como, he graduated in law at the University of Bologna in 1877, and particip ...

(1857–1932), Italian politician

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