Agricola is Latin for farmer and can refer to a number of different people and things.
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People
Romans
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general, whose biography Agricola was written by the historian Tacitus.
- Julia Agricola, wife of Tacitus.
- Sextus Calpurnius Agricola, Roman governor of the mid second century AD.
As Latin translation of Germanic surnames
Original names: Bauer, Schneider, Schnitter, Hausmann, Huusman, Huysman, Huysmein.
- Alexander Agricola, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German landscape painter
- Georg Agricola, German scholar and scientist.
- Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer.
- Johannes Agricola, German scholar and theologian.
- Martin Agricola, German composer and music theorist of the Renaissance.
- Mikael Agricola, Finnish theologian, reformer and "The Father of Finnish written language".
- Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist.
Christian saints
- Saints Vitalis and Agricola, martyrs of the fourth century.
- Saint Agricola of Avignon, bishop of Avignon during the seventh century.
Things
- Auster Agricola, unsuccessful aerial topdressing aircraft from the 1950s.
- Agricola (book), biography of Julius Agricola written by Tacitus
- Agricola (database), database of scientific papers operated by the United States National Agricultural Library
- 3212 Agricola, asteroid discovered by Yrjö Väisälä in 1939.
- Agricola (school), secret non-commissioned officer school operated by the Szare Szeregi during World War II.
- Agricola (vehicles), Greek 4x4 truck manufacturer.
- Agricola (boardgame), a German-style boardgame released in 2007
