Virgil (disambiguation)
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Virgil and Vergil are the most common modern English names used for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC).
Other famous people and characters called Virgil, Vergil, Virgilius, or Vergilius include:
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[edit] Given name
- St. Vergilius of Salzburg, an eighth-century Irish-born bishop who believed the earth was round and was accused of believing in "men living under the earth"
- Virgil Aldrich (1903-1998), an American philosopher
- Virgil Bogue (1846-1916), municipal planning director of Seattle
- Virgil Donati, drummer
- Virgil Earp (1843-1905), city marshal of Tombstone, Arizona
- Virgil Exner (1909-1973), an American automobile designer
- Virgil Finlay (1914-1971), science fiction illustrator
- Virgil Fox (1912–1980), an American organist
- Virgil Goode (1946-), member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1996-
- Virgil Griffith (1983-), the creator of the Wikipedia Scanner
- Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (1926-1967), an American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program
- Virgil Hill, an American boxer
- Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, a medieval writer known as "Virgil the Grammarian"
- Virgil Moorefield (1956-), an American drummer and composer
- Virgil Franklin Partch, an American gag cartoonist
- Virgil Runnels, Jr., real name of Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) (1945-), an American professional wrestler
- Virgil Runnels III, real name of Dustin Rhodes (1966-), an American professional wrestler
- Virgil Oliver Stamps (1892-1940), a shape note singer and composer
- Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), an American composer
- Virgil, stage name of Mike Jones (wrestler) (1962- ), an American professional wrestler
- Virgilio Falco (1989), an italian politician
[edit] Surname
- Johnny Virgil (1974-), a Brazilian poet
- Polydore Vergil (1470-1555), an English historian during the Tudor period
[edit] Fictional characters
- Vergil, a Devil May Cry character named after the Roman poet.
- Virgil, a fictional character from the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess portrayed by the actor William Gregory Lee, son of Joxer
- Virgil Sollozzo, the traitorous Tattalgia caporegime from Mario Puzo's The Godfather, and the subsequent film adaptation
- Virgil Tracy, the pilot of Thunderbird 2 in the TV series Thunderbirds (named after Virgil "Gus" Grissom)
[edit] Places
Virgil is also the name of several places in North America:
[edit] Other
- Sanctus Virgilius, a student society
- Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station, an American nuclear power station
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