Celso is a given name, a variant of Celsus. It may refer to:

People

• Celso Sozzini (1517–1570), Italian freethinker
• Celso Mancini (1542–1612), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Celso Zani (1580-unknown), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Celso Golmayo Zúpide (1820–1898), Spanish-Cuban chess player
• Celso Caesar Moreno (1830–1901), Italian adventurer and political figure
• Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto (1836–1912), Brazilian politician and last Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil
• Celso Ceretti (1844–1919), Italian anarchist and socialist politician
• Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (1876–1958), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
• Celso Lagar (1891–1966), Spanish painter
• Celso de Freitas (1912–1970), Guyanese cricketer
• Celso Emilio Ferreiro (1912–1979), Spanish Galicianist activist writer and politician
• Celso Peçanha (1916–2016), Brazilian politician, lawyer and journalist
• Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist
• Celso Brant (1920–2004), Brazilian politician
• Celso Battaia (1920–2007), Italian football midfielder
• Celso-Ramón García (1922–2014), Spanish-American physician
• Celso Garrido Lecca (born 1926), Peruvian composer
• Celso Pereira de Almeida (1928–2014), Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
• Celso Posio (1931–2016), Italian football midfielder
• Celso Torrelio (1933–1999), Paraguayan military general and former President of Paraguay
• Celso Yegros Estigarribia (1935–2013), Paraguayan Roman Catholic bishop
• Zé Celso (born 1937), José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Brazilian actor, director and playwright
• Celso Murilo (born 1940), Brazilian musician, composer and arranger
• Celso Lafer (born 1941), Brazilian jurist, professor and politician
• Celso Amorim (born 1942), Brazilian diplomat
• Celso Ad. Castillo (1943–2012), Filipino director and screenwriter
• Celso Scarpini (born 1944), Brazilian basketball player
• Adu Celso (1945–2005), Brazilian motorcycle road racer
• Celso Pitta (born 1946–2009), Brazilian economist and politician
• Celso Grebogi (born 1947), Brazilian theoretical politician
• Celso Zubire (born 1947), Mexican artist
• Celso de Matos (born 1947), Portuguese football midfielder
• Celso Bugallo (born 1947), Spanish actor
• Celso Lobregat (born 1948), Filipino politician
• Celso Morga Iruzubieta (born 1948), Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop
• Celso Costa (born 1949), Brazilian mathematician
• Celso Valli (born 1950), Italian composer
• Celso Ferreira (born 1950), known as Celsinho, Brazilian football forward
• Celso Brandão (born 1951), Brazilian photographer and director
• Celso Daniel (1951–2002), Brazilian mayor
• Celso Dayrit (1951–2021), Filipino fencer and sports executive
• Celso Frateschi (born 1952), Brazilian actor, director, and politician
• Celso Marranzini (born 1952), Dominican economist and diplomat
• Celso Piña (1953–2019), Mexican singer, composer and accordionist
• Celso Machado (born 1953), Brazilian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
• Claudio Celso (born 1955), Brazilian guitarist and composer
• Celso Fonseca (born 1956), Brazilian musician composer, guitarist and producer
• Celso Russomanno (born 1956), Brazilian reporter and politician
• Celso Blues Boy (1956–2012), Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Celso Gavião (born 1956), Brazilian football centre-back goalkeeper
• Celso Roth (born 1957), Brazilian football manager and football midfielder
• Celso Giardini (born 1958), Italian sports shooter
• Celso Otero (born 1958), Uruguayan football manager and former
• Celso Güity (1958–2021), Honduran football forward
• Celso Al. Carunungan (fl. 1959–1982), Filipino writer and screenwriter
• Celso Jaque (born 1960), Argentine politician
• Celso Luis Gomes (born 1964), Brazilian football defender
• Celso Portiolli (born 1967), Brazilian television presenter and broadcaster
• Celso Ayala (born 1970), Paraguayan football manager and former centre-back
• Celso Guerrero (born 1971), Paraguayan football manager and former goalkeeper
• Celso Riva (born 1974), Italian video game designer
• Celso Duarte (born 1974), Paraguayan harpist, singer and instrumentalist
• Celso Vieira (born 1974), Brazilian football midfielder
• Celso Albelo (born 1976), Spanish operatic tenor
• Celso Brum Junior (born 1978), Brazilian volleyball player
• Celso Cardoso De Moraes (born 1979), known as Chika, Brazilian football defender
• Celso Esquivel (born 1981), Paraguayan football right-back
• Celso Míguez (born 1982), Spanish racing driver
• Celso Vinicius (born 1983), Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and mixed martial artist
• Celso Capdevila (born 1984), Paraguayan football goalkeeper
• Celso Oliveira (born 1988), Brazilian canoeist
• Celso Borges (born 1988), Costa Rican football midfielder
• Celso Ortiz (born 1989), Paraguayan football midfielder
• Celso Raposo (born 1996), Portuguese football right-back
• El Celso (fl.2009-present), American post-graffiti artist
• Celso Arango (fl. 2011-present), Spanish psychiatrist

Places

• Celso Ramos, municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Santi Celso e Giuliano, basilica in Rome, Italy
• Santa Maria presso San Celso, church in Milan, Italy

See also

• Lo Celso, surname