Virgil (name)

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 names or surnames made popular by the fame of Virgil. The etymology of the Latin name Vergilius/Virgilius is not known, but its meaning is hypothesized to be 'Vigil'.

Notable people with the name Virgil or Vergil include:

People with the given name

• 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 I. Bărbat (1879-1931), Romanian sociologist
• Virgil Bernero, mayor of Lansing, Michigan
• Virgil Bogue (1846–1916), municipal planning director of Seattle
• Virgil Carianopol (1908–1984), Romanian poet
• Virgil Donati (born 1958), an Australian 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 Franklin Partch, an American gag cartoonist
• Virgil Gheorghiu (disambiguation)
• Virgil Goode (1946-), member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1996-
• Virgil Griffith (1983-), the creator of the Wikipedia Scanner
• Virgil Hill, an American boxer
• Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (1926–1967), an American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program
• Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, a medieval writer known as "Virgil the Grammarian"
• Virgil Moorefield (born 1956), an American drummer and composer
• Virgil Runnels, Jr., real name of Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) (1945-), 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) (born 1962), an American professional wrestler

People with the surname

• Alto Virgil (born 1982), British-American basketball player
• Lawrence Virgil (born 1990), American football player
• Ozzie Virgil, Jr. (born 1956), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Ozzie Virgil, Sr. (born 1932), Dominican Republic baseball player
• Pedro Virgil, Australian photographer
• Polydore Vergil (1470–1555), an Italian-born scholar and historian of England