Cleo
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Cleo is a given name
that is short for Cleopatra or Cleophalus and an alternate spelling of Clio. It is a Greek prefix often translated to mean 'pride', 'fame' or 'glory'.
Cleo may refer to:
Personal name
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that is short for Cleopatra or Cleophalus and an alternate spelling of Clio. It is a Greek prefix often translated to mean 'pride', 'fame' or 'glory'.
Cleo may refer to:
People
- CléoCleoCleo is a given name that is short for Cleopatra or Cleophalus and an alternate spelling of Clio. It is a Greek prefix often translated to mean 'pride', 'fame' or 'glory'.Cleo may refer to:-People:...
, nickname of professional football player Cleverson Gabriel Córdova - Cleo Patra BrownCleo Patra BrownCleo Brown, later Cleo Patra Brown was an American blues and jazz vocalist and pianist.-Life:Brown was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and sang in church as a child...
(1909-1995), American blues and jazz vocalist and pianist - Cleo FieldsCleo FieldsCleo Fields is a lawyer and politician. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana....
(born 1962), American lawyer and politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana - Cleo HigginsCleo HigginsCleo Higgins is an English R&B/soul and pop singer, dancer, songwriter and actress...
(born 1982), of the vocal group Cleopatra - Cleo LaineCleo LaineDame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range...
(born 1927), jazz singer and actress - Cleo LemonCleo LemonCleo "Cleonardo" Lemon, Jr. is a Canadian football quarterback in the Canadian Football League who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
(born 1979), Canadian football quarterback - Cleo MadisonCleo MadisonCleo Madison was a theatrical and silent film actress from Bloomington, Illinois. Madison attended what is now Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Her family moved to California after she left school....
(1883-1964), American stage and silent film actress - Cléo de MérodeCléo de MérodeCléo de Mérode was a French dancer of the Belle Époque.-Biography:Cléopatra Diane de Mérode was born in Paris, France, the daughter of the Austrian landscape painter, Karl von Merode . The painter belonged to a famous Belgian noble family 'de Mérode'...
(1875-1966), French dancer - Cleo MillerCleo MillerCleophus Miller is a former professional American football running back who played nine seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns.-NFL Career:...
(born 1951), American former football player - Cleo MooreCleo MooreCleouna "Cleo" Moore was an American actress, usually seen in the role of a blonde bombshell, in 1950s Hollywood films. She was known as Columbia Pictures's clone of 20th Century Fox's, Marilyn Monroe...
(1924-1973), American actress - Cleo A. Noel, Jr.Cleo A. Noel, Jr.Cleo Allen Noel, Jr. was a United States ambassador to Sudan who was murdered by the Black September Palestinian terrorist organization in the 1973 attack on the Saudi embassy in Khartoum.-Early life:...
(1918-1973), American ambassador to Sudan killed by Black September terrorists - Cleo A. O'DonnellCleo A. O'DonnellCleo A. O'Donnell was an American football player and coach. He played college football at College of the Holy Cross from 1904 to 1907. He was a football coach at Everett High School , Purdue University , Holy Cross and Saint Anselm College...
(c. 1886–1953), American football player and coach - Cleo PineauCleo PineauLieutenant Cleo Francis Pineau was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He later became an executive in the steel industry.-Early life:...
(1893-1972), American World War I flying ace and businessman - Cleo RidgelyCleo RidgelyCleo Ridgely was a star of silent and sound motion pictures, whose career began early in the silent film era, in 1911. Her acting career continued for forty years. She retired in the 1930s but returned to make more movies. Her final film was Hollywood Story , in which she had a bit part...
(1893-1962), American film actress - Cleo RocosCleo RocosCleo Rocos is a UK-based comedy actress and television/theatre producer and presenter, best known for appearing on The Kenny Everett Television Show. She is of Greek and English descent...
(born 1962), British comedian - Miss CleoMiss CleoYouree Dell Harris better known as Miss Cleo, is an American psychic and shaman who achieved fame as a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call service from 1997 - 2003....
, self-proclaimed psychic
Fictional characters
- Cleo FinchCleo FinchDr. Cleo Finch was a fictional doctor in the television series ER, from Seasons 6 through 8 . She was portrayed by actress Michael Michele.-Life at County:...
, in the television show ER - Cleo Babbitt, in the U.S. soap opera As the World TurnsAs the World TurnsAs the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
- Cleo Bellows, a main character in the OPB TV show MythQuestMythQuestMythQuest is a Canadian television series that originally aired on PBS in 2001. It stars Meredith Henderson and Christopher Jacot as Cleo and Alex Bellows, two teens whose father Matt disappears into the Cyber Museum, a computer program that, as they discover, allows them to travel into myths by...
- Cleo, an animated goldfish who first appeared in Pinocchio (1940 film)Pinocchio (1940 film)Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is the second film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was released to theaters by...
- Cleo, a purple poodle in the book Clifford the Big Red DogClifford the Big Red DogClifford the Big Red Dog is an American children's book series first published in 1963. Written by Norman Bridwell, the series helped establish Scholastic Books as a premier publishing company....
and the television program Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 animated series)Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 animated series)Clifford The Big Red Dog is an American animated series based upon Norman Bridwell's famous children's book series of the same name. It was produced by Scholastic Studios, and aired on PBS Kids from September 4, 2000 to February 25, 2003... - Cleo, the mother lion in the OPB children's TV program Between the LionsBetween the LionsBetween the Lions is a PBS Kids' puppet show designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and...
- Cleo, a clone of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt in the American TV series Clone HighClone HighClone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon....
- Cleo, one of The Catillac CatsThe Catillac CatsThe Catillac Cats is the name of an animated series made in 1984 by DiC. The Catillac Cats formed the second half of each episode of the animated series Heathcliff.-The Gang:...
, an animated TV series - Cleo, a fictional character in Mischief City
- Cleo Sertori, from H2O: Just Add WaterH2O: Just Add WaterH2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
- Cleo Farr, from Scream Street
In entertainment
- Cleo (film), a 2011 Steven Soderbergh film
- Cleo (magazine)Cleo (magazine)CLEO is an Australian, New Zealand, South African, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thailand and Indonesian women's magazine.Aimed at an older audience than the teenage-focused Dolly, the magazine is known for its CLEO Bachelor of the Year award....
, an Australian magazine established in 1972 - Cleo (TV series)Cleo (TV series)Cleo is a Swedish drama/comedy TV series in two seasons, each consisting of nine episodes. The series was broadcast on SVT, the first season in 2002 and the second in 2003. Directed by Svante Kettner and screenplay by Michael Hjorth, Tomas Tivemark and Johan Kindblom.The name of the series comes...
, a Swedish comedy TV series broadcast during 2002 and 2003 - "Cleo", a song from the 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love by Built to Spill
- Cleo (band), a Korean pop music girl group
In science and technology
- CLEO (particle detector)CLEO (particle detector)CLEO was a general purpose particle detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring , and the name of the collaboration of physicists who operated the detector. The name CLEO is not an acronym; it is short for Cleopatra and was chosen to go with CESR . CESR was a particle accelerator designed to...
, operated by physicists at Cornell University - CLEO (router), a satellite payload extending the Internet into space
- "CLEO" (Clear Language for Expressing Orders), the programming language for the LEO computer
- CLEO, Conference on LaserLaserA laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
s and Electro-OpticsElectro-opticsElectro-optics is a branch of technology involving components, devices and systems which operate by modification of the optical properties of a material by an electric field...
Other uses
- Hurricane Cleo (disambiguation)
- USS Cleo (SP-232)USS Cleo (SP-232)USS Cleo was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918.Cleo was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1908 by Johnson at Marine City, Michigan. She was in the service of the Michigan State Game, Fish and Forestry Department when the U.S...
, a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918