List of Famous people named Philip

Name Philip is among the most common names in England, Australia. Shortened forms: Phil. Similar names: Phil, Philippe, Philipp, Filippo, Phillip, Philippa, Felipe, Filip, Filipp, Phillipe, Phillipa, Filipa, Filippa, Filipe, Philipe, Feleipe, Felip, Phillipp, Phillippe, Phillippa. Here are some famous Philips:

Philip Reeve

First Name Philip
Last Name Reeve
Born on February 28, 1966 (age 60)

Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book Mortal Engines and its sequels. His 2007 novel, Here Lies Arthur, based on the legendary King Arthur, won the Carnegie Medal, which sets out to choose the year's best children's book published in the UK.

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Philip M. Morse

First Name Philip
Last Name Morse
Born on August 6, 1903
Died on September 5, 1985 (aged 82)

Philip McCord Morse, was an American physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II. He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S.

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Philip II, Count of Waldeck

First Name Philip
Last Name Waldeck
Born on March 3, 1453
Died on October 26, 1524 (aged 71)

Count Philip II of Waldeck-Eisenberg was count of Waldeck-Eisenberg. His parents were Count Wolrad I of Waldeck and Barbara of Wertheim.

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Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope

First Name Philip
Last Name Stanhope
Born on August 15, 1714
Died on March 7, 1786 (aged 71)

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, FRS was a British peer.

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Philip J. Davis

First Name Philip
Last Name Davis
Born on January 2, 1923
Died on March 13, 2018 (aged 95)

Philip J. Davis was an American academic applied mathematician.

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Philip Louis III, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

First Name Philip
Last Name Hanau-Münzenberg
Born on November 26, 1632
Died on November 12, 1641 (aged 8)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Count Philipp Ludwig III of Hanau-Münzenberg was the last count of the main Hanau-Münzenberg line of the House of Hanau. After his death, the Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels line inherited Hanau-Münzenberg.

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Philip Madoc

First Name Philip
Last Name Madoc
Born on July 5, 1934
Died on March 5, 2012 (aged 77)

Philip Madoc was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and officers. On television, he starred as David Lloyd George in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981) and DCI Noel Bain in the detective series A Mind to Kill (1994-2002). His guest roles included multiple appearances in the cult series The Avengers (1962–68) and Doctor Who (1968-1979), as well as playing the U-boat captain in the Dad's Army episode "The Deadly Attachment" (1973). He was also known to be an accomplished linguist.

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Philip Yordan

First Name Philip
Last Name Yordan
Born on April 1, 1914
Died on March 24, 2003 (aged 88)

Philip Yordan was an American screenwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s who produced several films. He acted as a front for blacklisted writers although his use of surrogate screenwriters predates the McCarthy era. His actual contributions to the scripts he is credited with writing is controversial and he was known to some as a credit-grabber. Born to Polish immigrants, he earned degrees from both University of Illinois and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Philip Wroughton

First Name Philip
Last Name Wroughton
Born on April 6, 1846
Died on June 7, 1910 (aged 64)

Philip Wroughton was an English landowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1895.

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Philip Deignan

First Name Philip
Last Name Deignan
Born on September 7, 1983 (age 42)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Philip Deignan is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, Cervélo TestTeam, Team RadioShack, UnitedHealthcare and Team Sky squads. A former Olympian, Deignan won a stage in the 2009 Vuelta a España, and finished in the top ten in the general classification.

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