List of Famous people named Basil

Similar names: Basilio, Bassel, Basilea, Bazilio, Bazilla, Basilia. Here are some famous Basils:

Basil Dearden

Basil Clive Dear
First Name Basil
Last Name Dearden
Born on January 1, 1911
Died on March 23, 1971 (aged 60)

Basil Dearden was an English film director.

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Basil Frederick de la Pole Kenworthy

First Name Basil
Last Name Kenworthy
Born on March 24, 1920
Died on February 15, 1998 (aged 77)
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Basil Hume

First Name Basil
Last Name Hume
Born on March 2, 1923
Died on June 17, 1999 (aged 76)

George Basil Hume, OSB was an English Roman Catholic bishop. He was a monk and priest of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and its abbot for 13 years until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church followed during the same year. From 1979, Hume served also as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He held these appointments until his death from cancer in 1999. His final resting place is at Westminster Cathedral in the Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine.

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Basil Wingfield Digby

First Name Basil
Last Name Digby
Born on November 10, 1910
Died on January 22, 1996 (aged 85)

Stephen Basil Wingfield Digby was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Sarum from 1968 to 1979.

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Basil Hill-Wood

First Name Basil
Last Name Hill-Wood
Born on February 5, 1900
Died on July 3, 1954 (aged 54)

Sir Basil Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 2nd Baronet was an English solicitor, baronet and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1919 and 1925.

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Basil Boothby

First Name Basil
Last Name Boothby
Born on January 14, 1873
Died on May 8, 1948 (aged 75)
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Basil Kerr

First Name Basil
Last Name Kerr
Born on September 22, 1879
Died on September 19, 1957 (aged 77)
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Basil Frederick Boothby

First Name Basil
Last Name Boothby
Born on January 5, 1904
Died on June 26, 1984 (aged 80)
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Basil Archibald Charles Duncombe

First Name Basil
Last Name Duncombe
Born on January 12, 1870
Died on September 22, 1930 (aged 60)
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Basil William Dundonald Cochrane

First Name Basil
Last Name Cochrane
Born on May 17, 1891
Died on June 17, 1953 (aged 62)
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