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Famous bearer: Philip Collins (better known as "Phil"), a professional British pop/rock singer. He's played music in several movies including "But Seriously ..." "Can't Rush Love," etc.
-- Anonymous User  7/21/2005
I know he's a fictional character, but another famous bearer of this name was Philip 'Pip' Pirrip from the book "Great Expectations."
-- Anonymous User  8/11/2005
Famous bearer: Dr. Phil.
-- Anonymous User  8/17/2005
Famous bearer is Philip Seymour Hoffman, an Academy Award-winning American actor.
-- Anonymous User  3/25/2006
Another fictional bearer of this name is Philip J. Fry (better known as Fry) from the sitcom Futurama. Most people dislike this programme but I don't.
-- rosco kid  4/14/2006
Philip was the name of the prince in Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
-- Anonymous User  4/29/2006
A famous bearer is Philip Rosenthal, creator and co-executive producer of the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996-2005). Rosenthal's wife, Monica Horan, also starred as Amy MacDougall-Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond".
-- AndrewJKD  7/29/2006
Philip Kirkorov, a Russian singer, is a famous bearer. This can also be spelled Fillip, Phillip or Philipp.
-- wefrox  8/9/2006
A character in the TV show Shameless is named Philip but everyone calls him Lip.
-- Anonymous User  3/30/2007
Philip is one of the loudmouthed, flappyheaded, farting Canadian duo from South Park.
-- Rockos_Modern_Life_1  6/3/2007
Philip Pullman is the author of His Dark Materials.
-- LilaMayaNeve  6/30/2007
This is the name of the Jewish American novelist Philip Roth, author of "Portnoy's Complaint", "Zuckerman Bound", "The Human Stain", "The Plot against America", "Everyman" and various other books.
-- lady murasaki  9/9/2007
I believe Sleeping Beauty's prince (in the Disney adaptation) was a Philip. The name fits; I recall that he had a horse.
-- Anonymous User  4/27/2009
Can't believe someone hasn't named the country of the Phillipines which of course was named for Phillip II of Spain by Magellan.
-- Anton  3/11/2010
Prince Carl Philip (born 1979) is the second child and only son to Swedish king Carl XVI Gustaf and queen Silvia.
-- Beautiful Victory  7/4/2010
Philip the Bold.
-- Anonymous User  10/13/2011
Philip the Good.
-- Anonymous User  10/13/2011
Philip Hermogenes Calderon (3 May 1833 – 30 April 1898) was an English painter of French birth (mother) and Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre. He was Keeper of the Royal Academy in London.
-- Anonymous User  10/16/2011
Philip Swift is the missionary from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
-- Anonymous User  10/26/2011
Philip I of Castile (1478-1506), oldest son of Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor) and his wife Mary of Burgundy. He later married Joanna "the Mad" and was the father of the Emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I.
-- CarolinW  6/6/2012
Philip was the name of one of the sons of King Christian II of Denmark and his wife Isabella of Austria. He also had a twinbrother named Maximilian.
-- CarolinW  6/13/2012
Scottish-born British admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845), one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar.
-- Anonymous User  8/18/2012
Philip Robertson is the creator of the Duck Commander Duck Call and stars in the TV show Duck Dynasty.
-- Ranchie  1/27/2013

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