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Virgil (name): Difference between revisions

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Virgil and Vergil are the most common modern English names used for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC). Virgil and Vergil are also given namesorsurnames made popular by the fame of Virgil. The etymology of the Latin name Vergilius/Virgilius is not known.

Other people that VirgilorVergil may refer to:

• St. Vergilius of Salzburg, an eighth-century Irish-born bishop who believed the earth was round and was accused of believing in "men living under the earth"

• Virgil Aldrich (1903-1998), an American philosopher
• Virgil Bernero, mayor of Lansing, Michigan
• Virgil Bogue (1846-1916), municipal planning director of Seattle
• Virgil Donati, drummer
• Virgil Earp (1843-1905), an American city marshal of Tombstone, Arizona
• Virgil Exner (1909-1973), an American automobile designer
• Virgil Finlay (1914-1971), a science fiction illustrator
• Virgil Gheorghiu
• Virgil Goode (1946-), member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1996-
• Virgil Griffith (1983-), the creator of the Wikipedia Scanner
• Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (1926-1967), an American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program
• Virgil Hill, an American boxer
• Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, a medieval writer known as "Virgil the Grammarian"
• Virgil Moorefield (1956-), an American drummer and composer
• Virgil Franklin Partch, an American gag cartoonist
• Virgil Runnels, Jr., real name of Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) (1945-), an American professional wrestler
• Virgil Runnels III, real name of Dustin Rhodes (1966-), an American professional wrestler
• Virgil Oliver Stamps (1892-1940), a shape note singer and composer
• Virgil Severns (born 1929), an American high jumper
• Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), an American composer
• Virgil, stage name of Mike Jones (wrestler) (1962- ), an American professional wrestler

• Polydore Vergil (1470-1555), an English historian during the Tudor period