Namesakes
Philip
(m) 
Shakespearian Characters Taming of the Shrew
Philip II of Macedon
(m) 382-336 BC
Other Royalty 359-336 BC Macedon (king)
Philip III Arrhidaeus
(m) c. 359-317 BC
Egyptian Pharaohs 323-317 BC
Other Royalty 323-317 BC Macedon (king)
Persian and Iranian Kings and Queens 323-317 BC
Herod II
(middle name Philip) (m) c. 27 BC-33
Biblical Characters Mark 6:17
Philip the Tetrarch
(m) ?-34
Biblical Characters Luke 3:1
Philip
(m) ?-0xx
Biblical Characters Acts 6:5
Saints (Philip the Evangelist)
Philip
(m) ?-80
Biblical Characters John 1:44
Saints
Philip of Gortyna
(m) ?-180
Saints
Marcus Julius Philippus
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) c. 204-249
Roman and Byzantine Emperors 244-249
Philip
(m) ?-270
Saints
Philip
(m) ?-304
Saints
Philip
(m) ?-578
Saints
Philip
(m) ?-7xx
Bishops of Rome and the Popes 768
Philip of Zell
(m) ?-770
Saints
Philippe I
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1052-1108
Frankish and French Kings 1060-1108
Filip
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) ?-1118
Swedish Kings and Queens 1105-1118
Philip II of France
(m) 1165-1223
Shakespearian Characters King John
Frankish and French Kings (Philippe II Augustus) 1180-1223
Philipp of Swabia
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1177-1208
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors 1198-1208
Philip the Bastard
(m) c. 1180-12xx
Shakespearian Characters King John
Philip Benizi
(m) 1233-1285
Saints
Philippe III the Bold
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1245-1285
Frankish and French Kings 1270-1285
Philip Berruyer
(m) ?-1261
Saints
Philippe IV the Fair
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1268-1314
Frankish and French Kings 1285-1314
Philippe V the Tall
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1293-1322
Frankish and French Kings 1316-1322
Philippe VI
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1293-1350
Frankish and French Kings 1328-1350
Felipe I the Handsome
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1478-1506
Spanish Kings and Queens 1506 Castile
Filippo Neri
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1515-1595
Saints
Felipe II the Prudent
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1527-1598
Spanish Kings and Queens 1556-1598
Portuguese Kings and Queens (Filipe I the Prudent) 1580-1598
Philip Sidney
(m) 1554-1586
Notable Writers
Philip Howard
(m) 1557-1595
Saints
Felipe III the Pious
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1578-1621
Spanish Kings and Queens 1598-1621
Portuguese Kings and Queens (Filipe II the Pious) 1598-1621
Philip Powell
(m) 1594-1646
Saints
Felipe of Jesus
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) ?-1597
Saints
Felipe IV
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1605-1665
Spanish Kings and Queens 1621-1665
Portuguese Kings and Queens (Filipe III) 1621-1640
Felipe V of Anjou
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1683-1746
Spanish Kings and Queens 1700-1724; 1724-1746
Pieter Philip van Bosse
(m) 1809-1879
Dutch Prime Ministers 1868-1871
Philip Elton
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1815 Emma
Jules van Zuylen van Nijevelt
(middle name Philip) (m) 1819-1894
Dutch Prime Ministers 1866-1868
Archibald Primrose
(middle name Philip) (m) 1847-1929
British Prime Ministers 1894-1895
Philip Minh
(m) ?-1853
Saints
John Philip Sousa
(m) 1854-1932
Notable Musicians
Philip "Pip" Pirrip
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1860 Great Expectations
Max Emmerich
(middle name Philip) (m) 1879-1956
Olympic Medalists 1904 triathlon (gold)
Philip Noel-Baker
(m) 1889-1982
Nobel Prize Winners 1959 (peace)
Olympic Medalists 1920 1500 m (silver)
Basil Rathbone
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1892-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kynaston Reeves
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1893-1971
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peter Warlock
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1894-1930
Notable Musicians
Philip Showalter Hench
(m) 1896-1965
Nobel Prize Winners 1950 (medicine)
Phil Harris
(m) 1904-1995
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Philip Ahn
(m) 1905-1978
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Haas Visser 't Hooft
(middle name Philip) (m) 1905-1977
Olympic Medalists 1928 field hockey (silver)
Philip Daubenspeck
(m) 1906-1951
Olympic Medalists 1932 water polo (bronze)
Philip Siphong Onphitak
(m) 1907-1940
Saints
Phil Edwards
(m) 1907-1971
Olympic Medalists 1928; 1932; 1936 1500 m; 4x400 m relay; 800 m (bronze)
Philip Guston
(m) 1913-1980
Notable Artists
Phil Cavarretta
(m) 1916-2010
Most Valuable Players 1945 baseball
Phil Rizzuto
(m) 1917-2007
Hall-of-Famers 1994 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1950 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
(m) 1921-2021
Other Royalty 1921-1947; 1952-2021 Greece and Denmark; United Kingdom (prince/prince consort)
Fyvush Finkel
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1922-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip W. Anderson
(m) 1923-2020
Nobel Prize Winners 1977 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Philip Stone
(m) 1924-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip Carey
(m) 1925-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip K. Dick
(m) 1928-1982
Notable Writers
Edward Seaga
(middle name Philip) (m) 1930-2019
Other Leaders 1980-1989 Jamaica (prime minister)
Philip Baker Hall
(m) 1931-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip Roth
(m) 1933-2018
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1998 American Pastoral
Philip Zimbardo
(m) 1933-2024
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Philip Glass
(m) 1937-
Notable Musicians
Phil Knight
(m) 1938-
Notable Businesspeople
Philip Marlowe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1939 The Big Sleep
Fictional Characters from Movies 1946 The Big Sleep
Phil Niekro
(m) 1939-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1997 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Phil Lesh
(m) 1940-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1994 The Grateful Dead
Phil Ochs
(m) 1940-1976
Notable Musicians
Phil Esposito
(m) 1942-
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1969; 1974 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Peter Carey
(middle name Philip) (m) 1943-
Notable Writers
Phil Jackson
(m) 1945-
Hall-of-Famers 2007 (basketball)
Philip Pullman
(m) 1946-
Notable Writers
Philip Nitschke
(m) 1947-
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Phil Hartman
(m) 1948-1998
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Charles III
(middle name Philip) (m) 1948-
English and British Kings and Queens 2022-
Philip Michael Thomas
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip Casnoff
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Phil Boggs
(m) 1949-1990
Olympic Medalists 1976 diving - springboard (gold)
Neil Murray
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1950-
Notable Musicians
Phil Collins
(m) 1951-
Grammy Award Winners 1986; 1991 No Jacket Required; Another Day in Paradise (album of the year/record of the year)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2010 Genesis
Philip Bailey
(m) 1951-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2000 Earth, Wind & Fire
Phil Davis
(m) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip Dimitrov
(m) 1955-
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1991-1992 (prime minister)
Philip H. Dybvig
(m) 1955-
Nobel Prize Winners 2022 (economics)
Philip Kerr
(m) 1956-2018
Notable Writers
Phil Hubbard
(m) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (gold)
Phil Collen
(m) 1957-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2019 Def Leppard
Vincent D'Onofrio
(middle name Philip) (m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Pip Torrens
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Philip Hubble
(m) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1980 swimming - 200 m butterfly (silver)
Jeremy Northam
(middle name Philip) (m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Phil Brown
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x400 m relay (silver)
Philip Kiriakis
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Philip Reeve
(m) 1966-
Notable Writers
Philip Selway
(m) 1967-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2019 Radiohead
Philip Seymour Hoffman
(m) 1967-2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2006 Capote (actor)
Phil Mickelson
(m) 1970-
Notable Athletes (golf)
Brian "Head" Welch
(middle name Philip) (m) 1970-
Notable Musicians
Johnny Knoxville
(a.k.a. Philip) (m) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Phil Rogers
(m) 1971-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze)
Terry Balsamo
(middle name Philip) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Carl Philip of Sweden
(m) 1979-
Other Royalty 1979- Sweden (prince)
William, Prince of Wales
(middle name Philip) (m) 1982-
Other Royalty 1982- United Kingdom (prince)
Phil Jagielka
(m) 1982-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Philip Colby
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 The Colbys
Benjamin Kleibrink
(middle name Philip) (m) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 fencing (gold/bronze)
Phil Lester
(m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (youtuber)
Sunil Narine
(middle name Philip) (m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (cricket)
Andy King
(middle name Philip) (m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Phil Cerreta
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Law & Order
Philip Banks
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Marie-Philip Poulin
(f) 1991-
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 ice hockey (gold)
Phil Jones
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
George North
(middle name Philip) (m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Philip Hindes
(m) 1992-
Olympic Medalists 2012 cycling - track (gold)
Joe Ryan
(middle name Philip) (m) 1996-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (silver)
Jack McFarland
(middle name Philip) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1998 Will & Grace
Philip Evans
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Roswell