What is "teofilo"

Teófilo is a given name that may refer to:

• Teófilo Barrios (born 1964), Paraguayan football (soccer) defender
• Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle distance runner
• Teófilo Borunda (born 1912), Mexican politician
• Teófilo Braga (1843–1924), Portuguese politician, writer and playwright
• Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos (1906–1986), Portuguese politician
• Teófilo Chantre (born 1964), Cape Verdean musician
• Teófilo Cruz (1942–2005), Puerto Rican professional basketball player
• Teófilo Cubillas (born 1949), Peruvian former footballer
• Teófilo Dias (1854–1889), Brazilian poet, journalist and lawyer, nephew of Gonçalves Dias
• Teófilo Ferreira (born 1973), Brazilian international freestyle swimmer
• Teófilo Forero (died 1989), Colombian politician and trade unionist
• Teófilo Gutiérrez (born 1985), Colombian football player
• Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou, the founder in 1823 of Vieques, Puerto Rico
• Teófilo Marxuach, (1877–1939), ordered the first U.S. shot fired in World War I
• Teófilo Stevenson (born 1952), Cuban boxer
• Teofilo Vargas Sein, the leader of the Mita Congregation, a Christian church in Puerto Rico
• Teófilo Villavicencio Marxuach (1912–1992), pioneer in Puerto Rican radio broadcasting
• Teófilo Yldefonso (1903–1943), Filipino swimmer in the breaststroke

Teofilo (foaled 2004) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active stallion. In racing career that only four months in 2006 he became the European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006, and retired undefeated after five starts. He won two Group One races: the National Stakes in Ireland and the Dewhurst Stakes in England. He was made favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby but suffered a knee injury in April 2007 which ended his racing career. He is currently at standing at stud in County Kildare.