List of Famous people named Phil

Name Phil is among the most common names in Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Philip, Phillip. Similar names: Philip, Phillip, Philo, Fele, Philly, Phill. Here are some famous Phils:

Phil Kessel

Philip Joseph Kessel Jr. is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins. Kessel is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, winning back-to-back championships with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017.

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Phil Jagielka

Philip Nikodem Jagielka
First Name Phil
Born on August 17, 1982 (age 43)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Philip Nikodem Jagielka is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Sheffield United.

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Phil Anselmo

First Name Phil
Born on June 30, 1968 (age 57)

Philip Hansen Anselmo is an American heavy metal musician best known as the vocalist for Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual, amongst other musical projects. He is the owner of Housecore Records.

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Phil Knight

First Name Phil
Born on February 24, 1938 (age 88)

Philip Hampson Knight, is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., and was previously chairman and CEO of the company. As of July 23, 2020, Knight was ranked by Forbes as the 26th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$39.2 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika.

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Phil Lo Greco

First Name Phil
Born on July 6, 1984 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Phil Lo Greco is a Canadian professional boxer in the welterweight division, and a former WBC International Welterweight Champion.

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Phil Daniels

First Name Phil
Born on October 25, 1958 (age 67)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Philip William Daniels is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles playing Londoners, such as the lead role of Jimmy Cooper in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Danny in Breaking Glass, Mark in Meantime, Billy Kid in Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks, and Grandad Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips. He is also known for featuring on Blur's 1994 hit single "Parklife".

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Phil Hogan

First Name Phil
Born on July 4, 1960 (age 65)

Phil Hogan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade between 2019 and 2020, and previously European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development between 2014 and 2019.

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Phil Gallagher

First Name Phil
Born on March 3, 1977 (age 49)
Born in United Kingdom

Phil Gallagher is a British presenter.

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Phil Rudd

Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis
First Name Phil
Born on May 19, 1954 (age 72)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drummer, best known as the drummer of AC/DC. Upon the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became the only Australian-born member of the band. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of AC/DC. In 2014, Rudd released his first solo album, Head Job. Due to ongoing legal problems in New Zealand, where he is resident, Rudd was unable to join the band for the 2015 Rock or Bust World Tour and was replaced by Chris Slade. On 30 September 2020, AC/DC confirmed that Rudd would be rejoining the band for their comeback album Power Up.

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Phil McKinnely

First Name Phil
Born on July 8, 1954 (age 71)

Philip Byron McKinnely is a former American football offensive tackle who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mainly for the Atlanta Falcons, and then in the United States Football League (USFL) for the Memphis Showboats and Birmingham Stallions. After retiring as a player, McKinnely became an American football official, working in college football's Southeastern Conference and NFL Europe before joining the NFL in 2002 as a head linesman. As an official, he wears uniform number 110 and was on the 2018 NFL officiating crew headed by referee Bill Vinovich that is famously known for a blatant non-call that would alter the course of the NFC Championship game, although he was replaced before the start of the game by Patrick Turner. McKinnely was not present in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome when the play happened. The missed pass interference call and helmet to helmet hit has called into question the league office’s integrity and stemming the wave of violent helmet hits to the head.

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