Argento is an Italian surname meaning "

silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

". Notable people with the surname include: *

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

(born 1975), Italian actress *

Claudio Argento Claudio Argento (born 15 September 1943) is an Italian film producer and screenwriter. Most of the titles he has produced have been the horror films directed by his older brother, Dario Argento. One major exception was Alejandro Jodorowsky's cu ...

(born 1940), Italian film-maker *

Dario Argento Dario Argento (; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film critic, critic. His influential work in the horror film, horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as ...

(born 1940), Italian film-maker *

Dominick Argento Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas '' Postcard from Morocco'', '' Miss Havisham's Fire'', ''The Masque of An ...

(1927-2019), American composer *Giuseppa Argento, spouse of

Gaspare di Mercurio Gaspare di Mercurio (1926–2001) is the author of '' La settimana dell'anarchia del 1866 a Palermo''. Also, he has an honorary title of "Cav. di Vittorio Veneto" as mentioned at his burial site in Partinico Partinico ( Sicilian: ''Partinicu'', ...

Mariano Argento Mariano Argento (born December 5, 1962) is an Argentina, Argentine television actor who has primarily appeared on Argentine television. He has appeared in over 15 Argentine television series and films since 1994. Career Argento began as a salesma ...

(born 1962), Argentine TV actor *

Mike Argento Mike Argento (born August 17, 1958) is an American columnist and reporter. He has been the columnist since 1989 as a night cops reporter. In the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in 2004 and 2005, Argento's columns on the trial were cited by most medi ...

(born 1958), American columnist and reporter from York *

Mino Argento Mino Argento (born January 5, 1927) is an Italian painter, mainly depicting abstract themes on canvas and paper. Life and work Mino Argento was born in Rome, Italy. He began as an architect, and first exhibited paintings at a 1968 exhibition at ...

(born 1927), Italian painter * Tomás Argento (born 1986), Argentine hockey player *

Valentino Argento Valentino Argento (1901 – 8 September 1941) was an Italian fencer. He competed in the team foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII ...

(1901-1941), Italian fencer

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