Octavio is a

Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...

masculine given name. In the

Portuguese language Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tom� ...

the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines.

Individuals

Octavio Dotel Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz (November 25, 1973 – April 8, 2025) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for 13 major league teams, the second-most of any player in history. ...

, Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Octavio Paz Lozano, Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature * Octavio Ocampo, Mexican artist * Octavio Vazquez, Spanish-American composer *

Octavio Zambrano Octavio Zambrano Viera (born 3 February 1958) is an Ecuadorian football coach. He is a former player with international coaching experience. Zambrano has coached in North America, Latin America, and Europe. He holds a UEFA "A" diploma and a USSF ...

, Ecuadorian soccer coach * Octavio Lugo, American entrepreneur, founder of StormTek, banker, businessman

Portuguese and Brazilian

Octávio Trompowsky Octávio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida (30 November 1897 – 26 March 1984) was a Brazilian chess player, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Trompowsky won the 1939 Brazilian Championship, but is best known as the player for whom the Trom ...

, Brazilian chess player *

Marco Octávio Marco Octávio Simoes Barbosa (or simply Marco Octavio) is a Brazilian beach soccer and football coach. He was the head coach of the Iran national beach soccer team. Octávio guided Brazil to four BSWW Mundialito titles, which remains a record. ...

informal name of Brazilian beach soccer coach *

Octávio Mateus Octávio Mateus (born 1975) is a Portugal, Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist Professor of Paleontology at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da NOVA University Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He graduated in University of � ...

, Portuguese paleontologist

Fictional

* A character in ''

Scarface (1983 film) ''Scarface'' is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film, in turn based on the novel first published in 1930 by Armitage Trail. It tells ...

'' * A character in '' Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds'' * , a character in ''King of the Hill'' * , a character from the video game ''Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves'' * The final boss of ''Splatoon'' * Octavio Silva, also known as Octane, a playable character in ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...

'' * Octavio the Octopus, an octopus who appeared in The Owl and the Octopus episode of

Jim Henson's Animal Show ''Jim Henson's Animal Show'' is an American children's television series from the Jim Henson Company that aired from October 3, 1994, to June 28, 1998. The show premiered as part of '' The Fox Cubhouse'' for its first two seasons. The show late ...

Film and TV

* ''Octavio'', a 1990 documentary by

Camille de Casabianca Camille de Casabianca (born 31 October 1960) is a French filmmaker and writer. Biography Camille de Casabianca was born 31 October 1960, in Paris. She received a master of arts degree in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley ...

* ''Octavio'', a 2011 film by José Antonio Torres

Other

SD Octavio Vigo Sociedad Deportiva Octavio Vigo was a Team handball, Spanish handball club based in Vigo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia. The team was disbanded in 2019 while playing in Primera Nacional, the third tier of Spanish handball. The team played in Liga ASOB ...

, a Spanish handball club based in Vigo, Galicia, Spain. * The name given by Jimi Hendrix to an effects pedal used with electric guitars, invented by Jim Morris of Kelsey-Morris Sound, London. A later version was called an

Octavia (effects pedal) The Octavia was an effects pedal designed for Jimi Hendrix by his sound technician, Roger Mayer. It reproduces the input signal from a guitar one octave higher in pitch, and mixes it with the original and added distortion fuzz. Effect The Octav ...

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