Virgil (name)
Virgil is the most common modern English name used for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro. It functions as a given name or surname made popular by the fame of Virgil. The variant form of this name is Vergil.
Notable people with the name Virgil include:
As a given name
- St. Virgil of Salzburg, an eighth-century Irish bishop and astronomer
- Virgil Abloh, an American fashion designer and founder of fashion label Off-White
- Virgil Aldrich, an American philosopher
- Virgil I. Bărbat, Romanian sociologist
- Virgil Bărbuceanu, Romanian equestrian
- Virgil Bernero, mayor of Lansing, Michigan
- Virgil Bogue, municipal planning director of Seattle
- Virgil Bouldin, justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
- Virgil Brennan, Australian aviator
- Virgil Carianopol, Romanian poet
- Virgil J. Cox, American politician and physician from Virginia
- Virgil Donati, an Australian drummer
- Virgil Earp, an American city marshal of Tombstone, Arizona
- Virgil Exner, an American automobile designer
- Virgil Finlay, a science fiction illustrator
- Virgil Fox, American organist
- Virgil Gheorghiu (disambiguation)
- Virgil Goode, a member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1997–2009
- Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, a medieval writer known as "Virgil the Grammarian"
- Virgil Griffith, the creator of the Wikipedia Scanner
- Virgil Alexis Griffith, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, an American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program
- Virgil Hill, an American boxer
- Virgil Hooe, American volleyball coach
- Vergil Patrick Hughes, birth name of American sportscaster Pat Hughes
- Virgil Moorefield, an American drummer and composer
- Virgil Nemoianu, Romanian essayist and philosopher
- Virgil Parker or Tony Parker, American basketball player
- Virgil Partch, an American gag cartoonist
- Virgil Walter Ross, American artist, cartoonist, and animator best known for his work on the Warner Bros. animated shorts.
- Virgil Runnels, Jr., real name of Dusty Rhodes, an American professional wrestler
- Virgil Severns, an American high jumper
- Virgil Solomon, a Romanian physician and politician
- Virgil Oliver Stamps, a shape note singer and composer
- Virgil Thomson, an American composer and music critic
- Virgil Thornton Sr., American politician
- Virgil van Dijk, a Dutch footballer
- Virgil Williams, American television writer
- Virgil Wood, American civil rights activist and former Baptist minister
- Virgil Young Cook, American Confederate veteran and planter
- Virgil (wrestler), stage name of Mike Jones, an American professional wrestler
As a surname
- Alto Virgil, British-American basketball player
- Antha Minerva Virgil, American composer, journalist, and inventor
- Elizabeth Virgil, American educator
- Jalen Virgil, American football player
- Lawrence Virgil, American football player
- Ozzie Virgil Jr., Puerto Rican baseball player
- Ozzie Virgil Sr., Dominican Republic baseball player
- Pedro Virgil, Australian photographer
- Polydore Vergil, an Italian-born scholar and historian of England
- Reggie Virgil, American football player
Fictional characters
- Vergil (Devil May Cry), the antagonist of the video game series Devil May Cry and twin brother to Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Virgil Tracy, a character from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation television show ''Thunderbirds''