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Early Origins of the Camilo family

The surname Camilo was first found in Rome (Italian: Roma), the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Little can be said in the space available which would do justice to the history of this beautiful city. From 1000 B.C, its history is a book of life itself. The buildings, culture, arts, cathedrals, churches, museums galleries hold untold treasures unequalled anywhere else in the world. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Camilo family

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Camilo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Escamilla, Camilla, Camille, Escamille, Camillia, Escamillia, Ezcamilla and many more.

Early Notables of the Camilo family

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Migration of the Camilo family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Salvatore Camilla, who arrived in New York in 1887 aboard the "Chandernagor"; Nunzio Camilis, who arrived at New York in 1891, aboard the ".


Contemporary Notables of the name Camilo (post 1700) +

  • Juan Camilo Zúñiga Mosquera (b. 1985), Colombian football defender
  • Adolfo Camilo Diaz (b. 1963), Asturian language writer
  • Camilo Carreón (1937-1987), American Major League Baseball catcher who appeared in 354 games from 1959 to 1966
  • Camilo Cola (1923-2021), Brazilian politician and member of the Democratic Movement Party
  • Camilo Blanes Cortés (1946-2019), known professionally as Camilo Sesto, was a Spanish singer
  • Camilo Ponce Enríquez (1912-1976), President of Ecuador 1956–1960
  • Camilo Diaz Gregorio (1939-2018), Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bacolod (1989–2000) and Prelate of Batanes (2003–2017)
  • Camilo José Cela y Trulock (1916-2002), 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia, a Spanish novelist, short story writer and essayist, awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Camilo Ramiro Gomez (b. 1960), Cuban-born, American neurologist, medical educator, and researcher, one of the first 100 vascular neurologists certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
  • Camilo Alberto "Lus" Pascual (b. 1934), Cuban former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher


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