- Philo (disambiguation)
The name Philo can refer to a number of things, including:
* Philo- (see
-phil- ), a prefix and suffix, and a combining form, derived from the Greek, which means "love of" (e.g.Philosophy orPhiladelphia )People
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Philon (c. 4th century BC), an Athenian architect
*Philo the Dialectician (c. 300 BC), an Ancient Greek philosopher
*Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE - 40 CE), a Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt
*Pseudo-Philo , an anonymous historian in Hebrew whose translated works were compiled with those of Philo of Alexandria
*Philo of Byblos (64 - 141 CE), a writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek
*Philo of Larissa , a Greek philosopher, lived during the 1st century BC
*Philo of Byzantium , a Greek engineer, lived during the 3rd or 2nd century BC
*Philo Farnsworth (1906 – 1971) an American inventorPlaces in the United States
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Philo, California
*Philo, Illinois
*Philo, Ohio
* Mt. Philo State Park, a small park inCharlotte, Vermont Academics
*"Philo" (journal), a philosophy journal
*"Philo", a term used at Columbia University to refer to a member of thePhilolexian Society , or to the organization as a whole
*"Philo", a term used at the University of Pennsylvania to refer to a member of thePhilomathean Society , or to the organization as a whole
*Phi Lambda Sigma (PHILO) , a fraternity occasionally referred to as PHILO.Fictional characters
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Philo Vance , a fictional American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and who appeared in 12 novels
*Philo, a character who appeared on Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock " television series
*Philo, a character featured in "UHF" (film) with "Weird Al" Yankovic
*Philo, a character who appears in David Hume's "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion "
*Philo Beddoe, a character who appears in the movies "Every Which Way But Loose" (film) and "Any Which Way You Can "
*Philomel Hartung of "", her classmates and friends call her Philo the majority of the time.Other uses
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Philo Records , a record label
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