Philip

Namesakes

Biblical Characters: 4 characters
Herod II (middle name Philip)   (m)   Mark 6:17  
Philip the Tetrarch   (m)   Luke 3:1  
Philip   (m)   Acts 6:5  
Philip   (m)   John 1:44  
Bishops of Rome and the Popes: 1 antipope
Philip   768  
British Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
Archibald Primrose (middle name Philip)   1894-1895  
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
(prime minister) Philip Dimitrov   1991-1992  
Dutch Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt (middle name Philip)   1866-1868  
Pieter Philip van Bosse   1868-1871  
Egyptian Pharaohs: 1 pharaoh
Pharaoh Philip III Arrhidaeus   323-317 BC  
English and British Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Charles III (middle name Philip)   2022-  
Fictional Characters from Books: 2 heroes, 1 character
Philip Elton   1815   Emma  
Philip "Pip" Pirrip   1860   Great Expectations  
Philip Marlowe   1939   The Big Sleep  
Fictional Characters from Movies: 1 hero
Philip Marlowe   1946   The Big Sleep  
Fictional Characters from Television: 6 characters
Philip Kiriakis   1965   Days of Our Lives  
Philip Colby   1985   The Colbys  
Phil Cerreta   1990   Law & Order  
Philip Banks   1990   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air  
Jack McFarland (middle name Philip)   1998   Will & Grace  
Philip Evans   1999   Roswell  
Frankish and French Kings: 6 kings
King Philippe I (a.k.a. Philip)   1060-1108  
King Philippe II Augustus (a.k.a. Philip)   1180-1223  
King Philippe III the Bold (a.k.a. Philip)   1270-1285  
King Philippe IV the Fair (a.k.a. Philip)   1285-1314  
King Philippe V the Tall (a.k.a. Philip)   1316-1322  
King Philippe VI (a.k.a. Philip)   1328-1350  
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors: 1 king
King Philipp of Swabia (a.k.a. Philip)   1198-1208  
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, 1 basketball, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Phil Esposito   1984  
(baseball) Phil Rizzuto   1994  
(baseball) Phil Niekro   1997  
(basketball) Phil Jackson   2007  
Most Valuable Players: 3 winners
Phil Cavarretta   1945   baseball  
Phil Rizzuto   1950   baseball  
Phil Esposito   1969; 1974   ice hockey  
Nobel Prize Winners: 1 economics, 1 medicine, 1 peace, 1 physics
(medicine) Philip Showalter Hench   1950  
(peace) Philip Noel-Baker   1959  
(physics) Philip W. Anderson   1977  
(economics) Philip H. Dybvig   2022  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 1 activist
(activist) Philip Nitschke   1947-  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 17 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 comedian, 1 youtuber
Basil Rathbone (a.k.a. Philip)   1892-1967  
Kynaston Reeves (a.k.a. Philip)   1893-1971  
Phil Harris   1904-1995  
Philip Ahn   1905-1978  
Fyvush Finkel (a.k.a. Philip)   1922-2016  
Philip Stone   1924-2003  
Philip Carey   1925-2009  
Philip Baker Hall   1931-2022  
Richard Lewis (middle name Philip)   1947-2024  
Phil Hartman   1948-1998  
Philip Michael Thomas   1949-  
Philip Casnoff   1949-  
Phil Davis   1953-  
Vincent D'Onofrio (middle name Philip)   1959-  
Pip Torrens (a.k.a. Philip)   1960-  
Jeremy Northam (middle name Philip)   1961-  
Philip Seymour Hoffman   1967-2014  
Johnny Knoxville (a.k.a. Philip)   1971-  
Phil Lester   1987-  
Phil Dunster   1992-  
Notable Artists: 1 painter
Philip Guston   1913-1980  
Notable Athletes: 3 soccer, 2 baseball, 1 cricket, 1 golf, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby
(baseball) Phil Rizzuto   1917-2007  
(baseball) Phil Niekro   1939-2020  
(ice hockey) Phil Esposito   1942-  
(golf) Phil Mickelson   1970-  
(soccer) Phil Jagielka   1982-  
(cricket) Sunil Narine (middle name Philip)   1988-  
(soccer) Andy King (middle name Philip)   1988-  
(soccer) Phil Jones   1992-  
(rugby) George North (middle name Philip)   1992-  
Notable Businesspeople: 1 businessperson
Phil Knight   1938-  
Notable Musicians: 4 musicians, 3 composers, 2 singers
John Philip Sousa   1854-1932  
Peter Warlock (a.k.a. Philip)   1894-1930  
Phil Harris   1904-1995  
Philip Glass   1937-  
Phil Ochs   1940-1976  
Neil Murray (a.k.a. Philip)   1950-  
Phil Collins   1951-  
Brian "Head" Welch (middle name Philip)   1970-  
Terry Balsamo (middle name Philip)   1972-  
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 1 psychologist
Philip Zimbardo   1933-2024  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 1 physicist
Philip W. Anderson   1923-2020  
Notable Writers: 6 authors, 1 poet
Philip Sidney   1554-1586  
Philip K. Dick   1928-1982  
Philip Roth   1933-2018  
Peter Carey (middle name Philip)   1943-  
Philip Pullman   1946-  
Philip Kerr   1956-2018  
Philip Reeve   1966-  
Olympic Medalists: 5 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze, 1 gold/bronze
(gold) Max Emmerich (middle name Philip)   1904   triathlon  
(silver) Philip Noel-Baker   1920   1500 m  
(silver) Haas Visser 't Hooft (middle name Philip)   1928   field hockey  
(bronze) Phil Edwards   1928; 1932; 1936   4x400 m relay; 1500 m; 800 m  
(bronze) Philip Daubenspeck   1932   water polo  
(gold) Phil Boggs   1976   diving - springboard  
(gold) Phil Hubbard   1976   basketball  
(silver) Philip Hubble   1980   swimming - 200 m butterfly  
(silver) Phil Brown   1984   4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Phil Rogers   1992; 1996   swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(gold/bronze) Benjamin Kleibrink (middle name Philip)   2008; 2012   fencing  
(gold) Philip Hindes   2012   cycling - track  
(gold) Marie-Philip Poulin   2010; 2014   ice hockey  
(silver) Joe Ryan (middle name Philip)   2020   baseball  
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Philip Seymour Hoffman   2006   Capote  
Other Leaders: 1 prime minister
Prime Minister Edward Seaga (middle name Philip)   1980-1989   Jamaica  
Other Royalty: 2 kings, 2 princes, 1 prince/prince consort
Philip II of Macedon   359-336 BC   Macedon  
Philip III Arrhidaeus   323-317 BC   Macedon  
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh   1921-1947; 1952-2021   Greece and Denmark; United Kingdom  
Carl Philip of Sweden   1979-   Sweden  
William, Prince of Wales (middle name Philip)   1982-   United Kingdom  
Persian and Iranian Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Philip III Arrhidaeus   323-317 BC  
Portuguese Kings and Queens: 3 kings
King Filipe I the Prudent (a.k.a. Philip)   1580-1598  
King Filipe II the Pious (a.k.a. Philip)   1598-1621  
King Filipe III (a.k.a. Philip)   1621-1640  
Pulitzer Award Winners: 1 literature
(literature) Philip Roth   1998   American Pastoral  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 5 musicians
Phil Lesh   1994   The Grateful Dead  
Philip Bailey   2000   Earth, Wind & Fire  
Phil Collins   2010   Genesis  
Phil Collen   2019   Def Leppard  
Philip Selway   2019   Radiohead  
Roman and Byzantine Emperors: 1 emperor
Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus (a.k.a. Philip)   244-249  
Saints: 12 saints, 3 blessed
Saint Philip the Evangelist   ?-0xx  
Saint Philip   ?-80  
Saint Philip of Gortyna   ?-180  
Saint Philip   ?-270  
Saint Philip   ?-304  
Saint Philip   ?-578  
Saint Philip of Zell   ?-770  
Saint Philip Benizi   1233-1285  
Blessed Philip Berruyer   ?-1261  
Saint Filippo Neri (a.k.a. Philip)   1515-1595  
Saint Philip Howard   1557-1595  
Blessed Philip Powell   1594-1646  
Saint Felipe of Jesus (a.k.a. Philip)   ?-1597  
Saint Philip Minh   ?-1853  
Blessed Philip Siphong Onphitak   1907-1940  
Shakespearian Characters: 3 characters
Philip   Taming of the Shrew  
Philip II of France   King John  
Philip the Bastard   King John  
Spanish Kings and Queens: 5 kings
King Felipe I the Handsome (a.k.a. Philip)   1506   Castile  
King Felipe II the Prudent (a.k.a. Philip)   1556-1598     
King Felipe III the Pious (a.k.a. Philip)   1598-1621     
King Felipe IV (a.k.a. Philip)   1621-1665     
King Felipe V of Anjou (a.k.a. Philip)   1700-1724; 1724-1746     
Swedish Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Filip (a.k.a. Philip)   1105-1118