The word Philo can refer to:

Contents 1 Language 2 People 3 Places in the United States 4 Academics 5 Fictional characters 6 Other uses

[edit] Language

• Philo-, a prefix form of -phil-, from the Greek for "love of", e.g. philosophy

[edit] People

• 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 inventor
• Mark Philo (1984-2006) English footballer

[edit] Places in the United States

• Philo, California
• Philo, Illinois
• Philo, Ohio
• Mount Philo State Park, a park in Charlotte, Vermont

[edit] Academics

• Philo (journal), a philosophy journal
• "Philo", a term used at Columbia University to refer to a member of the Philolexian Society, or to the organization as a whole
• "Philo", a term used at the University of Pennsylvania to refer to a member of the Philomathean Society, or to the organization as a whole

[edit] Fictional characters

• Philo Vance, an American detective created by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and who appeared in 12 novels
• Philo, a character from the Fraggle Rock television series
• Philo, a character from the "Weird Al" Yankovic film UHF (film)
• Philo, a character who appears in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
• Philo Beddoe, the Clint Eastwood character in Every Which Way But Loose (film) and Any Which Way You Can
• Philomel Hartung of Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, referred to as Philo

[edit] Other uses

• Philo Records, a record label name

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