Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Phil Silvers 1956 The Phil Silvers Show 
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters
Phil Cerreta 1990 Law & Order
Phil "Grandpa" Shortman 1996 Hey Arnold!
Phil Brander 2000 The District
Phil Nance 2005 Surface
Phil Dunphy 2009 Modern Family
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year/record of the year
(album of the year/record of the year) Phil Collins 1986; 1991 No Jacket Required; Another Day in Paradise
Hall-of-Famers:
2 baseball, 2 ice hockey, 1 basketball
(ice hockey) Phil Esposito 1984
(baseball) Phil Rizzuto 1994
(baseball) Phil Niekro 1997
(basketball) Phil Jackson 2007
(ice hockey) Phil Housley 2015
Most Valuable Players:
3 winners
Phil Cavarretta 1945 baseball
Phil Rizzuto 1950 baseball
Phil Esposito 1969; 1974 ice hockey
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
4 actors, 2 presenters, 1 comedian/actor, 1 youtuber
Phil Harris 1904-1995
Phil Silvers 1911-1985
Phil Donahue 1935-2024
Phil Hartman 1948-1998
Dr. Phil 1950-
Phil Davis 1953-
Phil Lester 1987-
Phil Dunster 1992-
Notable Athletes:
2 baseball, 2 ice hockey, 2 soccer, 1 golf, 1 poker
(baseball) Phil Rizzuto 1917-2007
(baseball) Phil Niekro 1939-2020
(ice hockey) Phil Esposito 1942-
(ice hockey) Phil Housley 1964-
(golf) Phil Mickelson 1970-
(poker) Phil Ivey 1977-
(soccer) Phil Jagielka 1982-
(soccer) Phil Jones 1992-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Phil Knight 1938-
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 2 singers
Phil Harris 1904-1995
Phil Everly 1939-2014
Phil Spector 1939-2021
Phil Ochs 1940-1976
Phil Collins 1951-
Olympic Medalists:
3 gold, 2 bronze, 2 silver
(bronze) Phil Edwards 1928; 1932; 1936 1500 m; 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(gold) Phil Boggs 1976 diving - springboard
(gold) Phil Ford Jr. 1976 basketball
(gold) Phil Hubbard 1976 basketball
(silver) Phil Brown 1984 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Phil Rogers 1992; 1996 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Phil Stockman 2004 baseball
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
6 musicians
Phil Everly 1986
Phil Lesh 1994 The Grateful Dead
Phil Rudd 2003 AC/DC
Phil Collins 2010 Genesis
Phil Manzanera 2019 Roxy Music
Phil Collen 2019 Def Leppard