Basil (name)

Rulers

• Basil Onomagoulos, Byzantine usurper in Sicily in 717
• Basil I the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor from 867
• Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine Emperor from 976
• Basil Lekapenos, chief administrator of the Byzantine Empire from 945
• Basil of Trebizond, ruled from 1332
• Fasilides, Ethiopian Emperor from 1603
• Basil of Naples, the first Duke of Naples from 661 to 666

Generals

• Basil Apokapes, Byzantine general of the mid-11th century
• Basil Boioannes, Catepan of Italy in 1017–1027
• Basil Mesardonites, Catepan of Italy in 1010–1017
• Basil Theodorokanos, Catepan of Italy in 1043

Religious figures

• Basil of Caesarea, also known as Saint Basil the Great, 4th-century bishop of Caesarea
• Basil the Elder, father of Basil the Great and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Basil of Ancyra (hieromartyr), a 4th-century Christian priest and hieromartyr
• Basil of Ancyra (martyr)
• Basil of Amasea, a fourth-century Christian bishop and martyr
• Basil of Cilicia, late 5th century historian of Christianity
• Basil I of Bulgaria, the first Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church after restoring the Tarnovo Patriarchate
• Basil II of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Basil III of Bulgaria, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Basil Fool for Christ, Russian Orthodox saint
• Basil of Ostrog, Serbian Orthodox bishop and saint
• Basil the Physician, Bogomil leader burned at the stake as a heretic
• Basil of Seleucia, metropolitan bishop of Seleucia ad Calycadnum
• Basil the Confessor, Eastern Orthodox saint
• Basil Hopko, bishop of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church and martyr
• Basil Hume, English Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
• Basil Moreau, French Roman Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross and was beatified

Variant ''Baselios''

• Baselios I bar Baldoyo, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios II, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios III, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios IV of Tagrit, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios Behnam Hadliyo, Maphrian of the East, later Ignatius Behnam Hadliyo, Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1445 until his death in 1454
• Baselios Philoxenus, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios Abraham, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios Solomon, Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 1509 until his death in 1518
• Baselios Blias, Maphrian of the East
• Baselios, Maphrian of Mosul, a great number of maphrians all called Baselios, Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 1709 until his death in 1713
• Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo, Maphriyano of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748 to 1760. He came to India in 1751 and was buried there
• Baselios Cleemis, Cardinal, Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
• Baselios Paulose I, Catholicos of the East, the First Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from 1912 to 1913
• Baselios Paulose II, Catholicos of India of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church from 1975 to 1996
• Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from 2010
• Baselios Thomas I, Catholicos of India, Maphrian, head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church in India
• Baselios Yeldo, a saint, Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684
• Cyril Baselios, Maphrian, the first Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Variant ''Basilides''

• Basilides, Egyptian Gnostic religious teacher

Given name

• Basil Alkazzi, Kuwaiti-born British painter
• Basil Arthur, New Zealand politician
• Basil Kiiza Bataringaya, Ugandan politician
• Basil Bennett, American athlete and Olympic bronze medal winner in hammer throw
• Basil Bernstein, British sociologist and linguist
• Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, politician and third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
• Basil W. Brown, American politician
• Basil Bunting, British modernist poet
• H. Basil Christian, South African/Rhodesian farmer and horticulturalist
• Basil Dearden, British film director
• Basil W. Duke, Confederate American Civil War general and historian
• Basil Embry, British Royal Air Force officer
• Basil Favis, Canadian chemist and professor
• Basil Gogos, American illustrator
• Basil Gomez, Anglo-American geomorphologist
• Basil Gunasekara, 7th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
• Basil Buzz Hargrove, known as Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour union leader
• B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, military historian and leading inter-war theorist
• Basil Hetzel, Australian medical researcher
• Basil Hiley, British quantum physicist
• Basil Hood, British librettist and lyricist
• Basil Joseph, Indian actor/director
• Basil Al Kubaisi, assassinated Iraqi nationalist activist and academic
• Basil McIntosh, Bahamian politician
• Basil Mott, British civil engineer
• Basil O'Connor, American lawyer and chairman and president of the American Red Cross
• Basil O'Meara, Canadian sports journalist
• Basil Charles Godfrey Place, British Royal Navy rear-admiral and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Basil Radford, British actor
• Basil Rathbone, British actor
• Basil Spence, Scottish architect
• Basil Thampi, Indian cricketer
• Basil Valdez, Filipino singer
• Basil Wolverton, American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist
• Basil Zaharoff, Greek arms trader and financier, and chairman of the Vickers munitions company during World War I

Surname

• Richard Basil, American former college football coach
• Sam Basil, Papua New Guinean politician
• Sam Basil Jr., Papua New Guinean politician
• Steve Basil, American baseball umpire
• Toni Basil, stage name of American musician, video artist, actress, and choreographer Antonia Basilotta
• Wassily de Basil, Russian ballet impresario

Variant ''Bacile''

• Giovanni Bacile, Italian Roman Catholic priest

Variant ''Baseley''

• Godfrey Baseley, American radio executive
• William Baseley, English politician, member of the Parliament of England in 1554 and 1555

Variant ''Basile''

• ''see Basile#Surname''

Variant ''Basilio''

• ''see Basilio#Surname''

Variant ''Basilius''

• István Basilius, Hungarian Unitarian minister
• See Basilius for the Greek nobility title

Variant ''Basilone''

• John Basilone, American soldier and U.S. Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor

Variant ''Bassil''

• ''see Bassil''

Variant ''Bazeley''

• ''see Bazeley''

Variant ''Bazell''

• Josh Bazell, American author and physician
• Robert Bazell, American academic

Variant ''Bazil''

• Louis Bazil, French merchant and militia officer
• Ezekiel Bazil, Dominican politician

Variant ''Bazley''

• ''see Bazley''

Variant ''Pasi''

• Riccardo Pasi, Italian footballer
• Geeta Pasi, American diplomat

Variant ''Vasil''

• Adria Vasil, Canadian journalist

Variant ''Vasile''

• ''see Vasile#As a surname''

Variant ''Vasili''

• Laert Vasili, Greek Albanian actor and director
• Petrit Vasili, Albanian politician
• Eni Vasili, Albanian journalist, writer, former news reporter, and TV talk show host

Variant ''Vasilj''

• Ivan Anton Vasilj, Croatian football player
• Mario Vasilj, Swedish professional footballer
• Vladimir Vasilj, Croatian professional footballer

Variant ''Vasko''

• Vasko (surname)

Variant ''Vasović''

• ''see Vasović''

Variant ''Vassili''

• Amaury Vassili, French singer
• Vassilis Vassili, Greek sculptor

Variant ''Wasilewski''

• ''see Wasilewski''

Fictional characters

• Basil, protagonist of Wilkie Collins' 1852 novel Basil
• Basil, protagonist of the Basil of Baker Street novels and the movie The Great Mouse Detective
• Basil, a character in the television series Fraggle Rock
• Basil Fawlty, the main character in Fawlty Towers
• Basil Brush, a glove puppet fox popular on children's television in the UK
• Basil, main character of the Canadian children's show Sesame Park
• Basil, a character in the anime and manga series Reborn!
• Basil, a character in the Playhouse Disney TV series Johnny and the Sprites
• Basil Wombat, a character on SeeMore's Playhouse
• Basil, a character in the breeding and farming game Harvest Moon
• Basil, a main character in the role-playing horror game Omori
• Basil Hallward, the artist that paints the haunting portrait of Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Basil the Bat Lord, an enemy racer in the video game Lego Racers
• Basil Stag Hare, member of the Fur and Foot Fighting Patrol in Brian Jacques' Redwall
• Sir Basil Hawkins, a character in a popular manga One Piece
• Basil Humphrey, Head of Scotland Yard from the film Dracula's Daughter
• Basil Exposition, a character in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Basil, Alex Delarge's snake from the film A Clockwork Orange
• Basil Brightberry, the gentlemouse sommelier in the Brambly Hedge series
• Basil Ransom, a Mississippi lawyer in Henry James's 1886 novel The Bostonians
• Basil, a pirate in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch, a character in the novel Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
• Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a character in the book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
• Basil, a character from the children's series Babar
• Basil Steele, a character from the Welsh children's series Fireman Sam