Famous People with Name Virgilio

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.

Virgílio Manuel Bagulho Lopes            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Virgílio Manuel Bagulho Lopes: is a former Portuguese footballer who played defender for Sporting, Famalicão, Sporting Braga and the Portugal national team.

Virgílio Marques Mendes            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Virgílio Marques Mendes: was a Portuguese football (soccer) defender (football), noticed as a leading figure of F.C. Porto and the Portuguese national team during the 1950s.