Cecilio Explained

Cecilio is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Cecilio Apostol (1877–1938), Filipino poet
• Cecilio Báez (1862–1941), provisional President of Paraguay 1905–1906
• Cecilio Perez Bordon, Paraguayan Minister of Public Works under President Fernando Lugo
• Cecilio Guante (born 1960), former professional Major League Baseball player
• Cecilio Lastra (born 1951), former Spanish professional boxer
• Ronaldo Cecilio Leiva, Guatemalan military officer, Minister of Defence from 2006 to 2008
• Cecilio Lopes (born 1979), Cape Verdean international football player
• Cecilio Zubillaga Perera (1887–1948), Venezuelan journalist
• Cecilio Plá (1860–1934), Spanish painter
• Cecilio Putong, Filipino educator, writer, Boy Scout leader, UNESCO fellow, author, pensionado and Philippine Secretary of Education
• Cecilio Romaña (1899–1997), Argentinian physician remembered for describing Romaña's sign
• José Cecilio del Valle (1780–1834), first president of United Provinces of Central America
• Cecilio Waterman (born 1991), Panamanian professional association football striker

See also

• Aguada Cecilio, village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina
• Cecilio & Kapono, pop music duo from Hawaii formed in 1973 by Henry Kapono Ka’aihue and Cecilio David Rodriguez
• Doctor Cecilio Báez, town in the Caaguazú department of Paraguay
• Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School, originally the Bohol National High School
• Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes, 1965 Argentine film
• Universidad José Cecilio del Valle, private higher education institution in Honduras