Adolfo Camarillo, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adolfo Camarillo

American businessman

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1864

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1958

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Adolfo Camarillo

  • Adolfo Camarillo (October 29, 1864 – December 10, 1958) was a prominent Californio land owner, horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Oxnard Plain area of Ventura County, California in the United States.
  • Camarillo, along with his brother Juan Jr., owned much of what later became the town known by their family name, Camarillo.
  • Camarillo also donated the land for Adolfo Camarillo High School.
  • The horse breed Camarillo White Horse was named for Camarillo.
  • He began breeding them in 1921 and the line continues today.
  • Because of his philanthropy in 1950, Pope Pius XII named him a Knight of St.
  • Gregory the Great.

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