Famous People with Name Virgilio

Virgilio G. Enriquez            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Virgilio G. Enriquez: Enriquez' initial proposal that a Filipino concept of personhood centered on the core value expressed in the word Kapwa, a tagalog word that covers the concepts of both "self" and "others," has been expanded by those who studied under him, resulting in an entire system that seeks to describe the Filipino's sense of being a person, and an entire field of study that differentiates the Filipino's sense of being from those of other cultures, especially the western cultures.

Virgilio Dávila            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Virgilio Dávila: was a Puerto Rican poet, an educator, politician and businessman. He is considered by many to be one of Puerto Rico's greatest representatives of the modern literary era.Dávila was influenced by the literary collection of his parents, both of whom were teachers, at an early age. He attended private schools were he received both his primary and secondary education. Dávila earned his Bachelors degree from the Civil Institute of Higher Learning in 1895. He taught school in the town of Gurabo.

Virgilio Rodríguez Macal            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Virgilio Rodríguez Macal: was a Guatemalan writer, journalist, and diplomat who won various international and national prizes. As a novelist he is noted for intergrating his deep knowledge of Meso American and Guatemalan history and geography into his stories, often setting his novels in colorful Guatemalan jungle settings including its biologically rich flora and fauna.

Virgilio Rodríguez Beteta            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Virgilio Rodríguez Beteta: was a Guatemalan lawyer, historian, diplomat and writer.

Virgilio Piñera Llera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Virgilio Piñera Llera: was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short-story writer, and essayist.Among his most famous poems are "La isla en peso" (1943), and "La gran puta" (1960). He was a member of the Origenes literary group, although he often differed with the conservative views of the group. In the late 1950s he co-founded the literary journal Ciclón.