Placido
Encyclopedia
As a surname
- Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:...
, an internationally known Italian actor and director - General Placido Vega y DazaGeneral Placido Vega y DazaGeneral Plácido Vega y Dasa was the Governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Vega y Dasa was a direct descendant of Explorer, Viceroy, and 1st Admiral of the Ocean Sea Cristopher Columbus and Filipa Moniz de Perestrello e Melo , and subsequently of Nuño Alvarez Pereira y Colón de Portugal General...
, a famous 19th century Mexican lander - Mike De Placido, an English footballer
- Violante PlacidoViolante PlacidoViolante Placido is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli.-Film:...
, actress, singer, and daughter of Michele Placido
As a given name
- Chief PlácidoChief PlacidoPlácido was major Native American Chief of the Tonkawa Indians in Texas during the Spanish and Mexican rule, the Republic of Texas era, and with Texas as part of the United States.-Early years in Texas:...
(c.1790 — 1862) chieftain of the Tonkawa Indians of TexasRepublic of TexasThe Republic of Texas was an independent nation in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the state claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S... - Placido ColumbaniPlacido ColumbaniPlacido Columbani was Italian architectural designer who worked chiefly in England in the latter part of the 18th century. He belonged to the school of the Adams and Pergolesi, and like them frequently designed the enrichments of furniture...
, an 18th century Italian architectural designer, who worked chiefly in England - Placido CostanziPlacido CostanziPlacido Costanzi was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.He was born to a family of gem-makers in Rome, where he became a pupil of Benedetto Luti and painted mainly historical and devotional subjects. He painted a St. Camillus in Santa Maria Maddalena, in which he has aspired to the...
, Italian painter - Plácido DomingoPlácido DomingoPlácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
, world-famous Spanish operatic tenor - Placido FalconioPlacido FalconioPlacido Falconio, also called Falconi in some sources, was an Italian composer of the 16th century. His birth and death dates are unknown; his first publication dates from 1575, his last from 1588....
, aka "Falconi", a 16th century Italian composer - Plácido PolancoPlácido PolancoPlácido Enrique Polanco is a Major League Baseball player who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies and has also played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers. He is a third baseman, but in the past has played second base and shortstop...
, a Dominican Major League Baseball player - Placido PuccinelliPlacido PuccinelliPadre Placido Puccinelli was a Cassinese monk, a historian and scholar.Educated at the abbey of S. Maria in Florence, he began his monastic career on 15 January 1626. He was interested in historical studies, but above all genealogy and prosopography, in which the abbey had a great tradition...
, a 17th century Cassinese monk, historian and scholar - Plácido RodriguezPlácido RodriguezPlácido Rodriguez is the current bishop of Lubbock. Rodriguez was born in Celaya, Mexico to Eutimio and Maria Conception. He was the 11th born out of 14 children; his family emigrated to Chicago in 1953, when he was twelve years old. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1968...
, a Mexican-born priest and current bishop of Lubbock, Texas - Giacinto Placido ZurlaGiacinto Placido ZurlaCardinal Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam., was an Italian Camaldolese monk and prelate, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and writer on medieval geography.-Biography:...
, a 19th century Italian clergyman, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and writer on medieval geography
and also
- Plácido Flamingo, an opera-singing flamingo on Sesame Street, mainly appearing in the 1980s
Places
- Plácido de CastroPlácido de CastroPlácido de Castro is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre. It has a population of 17,258 and its area is 2,047 km²....
, a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre - Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, a stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil