People

It is also a fairly common surname in Southern Italy.

As a surname

• Michele Placido, an internationally known Italian actor and director
• General Placido Vega y Daza, a famous 19th century mexican lander
• Mike De Placido, an English footballer

As a given name

• Placido Costanzi, Italian painter
• Placido Domingo, world-famous Spanish operatic tenor
• Placido Falconio, aka "Falconi", a 16th century Italian composer
• Placido Puccinelli, a 17th century Cassinese monk, historian and scholar
• Placido Columbani, an 18th century Italian architectural designer, who worked chiefly in England
• Giacinto Placido Zurla, a 19th century Italian clergyman, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and writer on medieval geography
• Plácido Polanco, a Dominican [Major League Baseball player
• Plácido Flamingo, an opera-singing flamingo on Sesame Street, mainly appearing in the 1980s
• Placido, Tonkawa Chief last major Chief of the Tonkawa Indians
• Plácido Rodriguez, a Mexican-born priest and current bishop of Lubbock, Texas

Places

• Plácido de Castro, a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre
• Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, a stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil