Amato is a family name of
Italian origin, meaning "beloved" or "dear one". Notable people with the surname include:
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Angelo Amato (born 1938), Roman Catholic titular archbishop
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Bert Amato Bert Amato is an investor and consultant in the high-technology industry. He currently sits as an advisory board member of several firms, including XDL Intervest Management, Farelogix and Infotriever.
Born in Rhodesia, he emigrated to Canada ...
(21st century), American inventor
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Chuck Amato
Charles Michael Amato (born June 26, 1946) is a former American football coach and former player. He was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State Universi ...
(born 1946), American football coach
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Dave Amato (born 1953), American guitarist
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Donna Amato (living), American pianist
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Erika Amato
Erika Amato (born December 7, 1969) is an American singer and actress and a founding member of the band Velvet Chain.
Early life and education
Amato was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Mountainside. She started playing and ...
(born 1969), American singer and actress
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Frank Amato
Frank Amato ( , ; disappeared September 20, 1980, pronounced legally dead 1985) was a Sicilian-American mafioso who was the son-in-law of Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano.
Biography
There is little information available on Frank Amato b ...
(disappeared 1980, pronounced legally dead 1985), Sicilian-American mafioso
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Gabriel Amato
Gabriel Omar Amato (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
Football career
Born in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Amato began his senior career with local Club Atlético Aldosivi. In his first ...
(born 1970), former Argentine footballer
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Gerardo Amato
Gerardo Amato (born 15 October 1948) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born Gerardo Placido in Ascoli Satriano, the brother of the actor and director Michele Placido, Gerardo Amato at a young age moved to Milan where he trai ...
(born 1952), Italian actor
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Giovanni Antonio Amato
Giovanni Antonio Amato or Amati (c. 1475–1555) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Born in Naples, he copied the style of Pietro Perugino.
He was also called ''il Vecchio''. He followed the style of Pietro Perugino, and am ...
(1475-1555), Italian painter
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Giuliano Amato
Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001.
Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted t ...
(born 1938), Italian politician
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Grant Amato
Grant Tiernan Amato (born May 20, 1989) is an American murderer who was convicted of a familicide that occurred on the evening of January 24, 2019. Amato shot his father, mother, and brother Cody in the head at their home in Seminole County, Flor ...
(born 1989), American murderer
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Joe Amato (dragster driver) (born 1944), American dragster driver
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Joe Amato (poet) (born 1955) American writer and poet
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Joseph Amato (mobster)
The Milwaukee Crime Family, Balistrieri Crime Family, or Milwaukee Mafia is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Peter J. Devico ''The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra.'(pg.154-156)/ref> T ...
(died 1927), Italian-American mobster
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Ken Amato
Kenneth Carlos Amato (born May 18, 1977) is a former American football long snapper and current defensive assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to his coaching career, he spent nine seasons as a long ...
(born 1977), Puerto Rican American football player
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Kimberly Amato
Kimberly Amato (born 1976) is an American actress and author.
Career
Kimberly Amato was actress, producer, writer, director and editor for ''Party Girl (2009)'' and ''The Mis-Adventures of McT & A!'' (2010). The television pilot, "Party Girl ...
(born 1976), American actress
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Len Amato
Len Amato is an American race car driver from Bound Brook, New Jersey, who competed in one United States Formula Three Championship race at Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race tra ...
(21st century), American racecar driver
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Lou Amato
Louis "Lou" Amato (; born 1963) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2015 state election until the 2023 state election.
Immediately prior to his election to the NSW Parliament, h ...
(born 1963), Australian politician
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Mario Amato Mario Amato (24 November 1937, in Palermo – 23 June 1980, in Rome) was an Italian magistrate, assassinated in 1980 by NAR (''Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari'') members and .[Michelle Amato
Michelle Amato is an American vocalist.
She trained at the University of Miami's School of Music. She has toured or recorded with Quincy Jones, Jon Secada, Liza Minnelli, Al Green, Sandi Patty, Jon Hendricks, Donna Summer, Michael McDonal ...]
(21st century), American vocalist
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Nancy M. Amato
Nancy Marie Amato is an American computer scientist noted for her research on the algorithmic foundations of motion planning, computational biology, computational geometry and parallel computing. Amato is the Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering a ...
, American computer scientist
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Pasquale Amato (1878-1942), Italian operatic baritone singer
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Phil Amato
Phil Amato anchors Action News Jax This Morning from 5-9am every weekday on WFOX-30 and from 5-7am on WJAX-47 in Jacksonville, Florida. He also anchors Action News Jax at Noon on WJAX-47. Phil is a former weekday anchor on ''First Coast News'' ...
, American politician
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Pietro Amato (21st century), Canadian jazz horn player
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Raffaele Amato
Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, including ''"Lo Spagnolo"'' (Th ...
(1965), Italian Camorra boss
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Sara Amato
Sara Ann Amato (born November 13, 1980) is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. She was a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer, but also appeared for many other inde ...
(born 1980), American professional wrestler better known as Sara Del Rey
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Serena Amato
Serena Bibiana Amato (born September 10, 1974 in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Olivos) is a sailor from Argentina, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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1974 births
Living people
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(born 1974), Argentine sailboat racer
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Silvio Amato
Silvio Amato (born April 10, 1961 in Catania, Italy), is a composer of classical, contemporary and popular music, and film soundtracks. Currently, he resides in Marina del Rey, CA with his family. He previously resided in Boston, Massachusetts a ...
(born 1961), Italian composer of classical, contemporary and popular music
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Stacey Pheffer Amato
Stacey Pheffer Amato (born March 19, 1966) is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 23rd district, which includes portions of Queens. A Democrat, Pheffer Amato was first elected in 2016.
Pheffer Amato was born in Rockaway, Q ...
(born 1966), American politician
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Vincenzo Amato (disambiguation), multiple people
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Italian-language surnames