Polo (surname)
Polo is an Italian and Spanish surname, the most well known bearing the name being Italian trader and explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324). Other notable people with the surname include:
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (1230–1294 and 1230–1309 respectively), Marco Polo's father and uncle respectively
- Aldo Polo (born 1983), Mexican footballer
- Ana María Polo (born 1959), Cuban-American lawyer and Hispanic television arbitrator
- Andy Polo (born 1994), Peruvian footballer
- Armando Polo (born 1990), Panamanian footballer
- Asier Polo, Spanish cellist
- Bernardo Polo (died c. 1700), Spanish painter
- Carmen Polo (1900–1988), wife of Francisco Franco and a member of the Spanish nobility
- Danny Polo (1901–1949), American jazz clarinetist
- Dean Polo (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
- Diego Polo the Elder (1560–1600), Spanish Renaissance painter
- Diego Polo the Younger (1620–1655) Spanish Baroque painter, nephew of the above
- Eddie Polo (1875–1961), Austro-American actor of the silent era born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer
- Edward Polo (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
- Enrico Polo (1868–1953), Italian violinist, composer and pedagogue
- Gaspar Gil Polo (1530?–1591), Spanish novelist and poet
- Joe Polo (born 1982), American curler
- Leonardo Polo (1926–2013), Spanish philosopher
- Malvina Polo (1903–2000), American actress, daughter of Eddie Polo
- Roberto Polo (born 1980), Colombian footballer
- Saul Polo, Canadian politician
- Teri Polo (born 1969), American actress
- Tom Polo (born 1965), Australian artist
See also
- Alejandro Zaera-Polo (born 1963), Spanish architect and dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University
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