Placid is a masculine given name, and may refer to: John Placid Adelham (17th century), English Protestant minister Saint Placid (6th century), Italian Christian monk Placid J. Podipara (20th century), Indian Catholic priest Look up placid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. See also Placide Placid, Texas, a community in the United States Lake Placid (disambiguation) This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.