Cajetan and Kajetan is the Anglicized and Germanized form of the Italian given name

Gaetano Gaetano (anglicized ''Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval pe ...

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Thomas Cajetan Thomas Cajetan (; 20 February 14699 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 151 ...

(1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther *

Saint Cajetan Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known as Saint Cajetan (), was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day ...

(Gaetano dei Conti of Thiene), canonized saint who lived between 1480 and 1547 *

Constantino Cajetan Constantino Cajetan (1560 in Syracuse, Sicily – 17 September 1650 in Rome) was a Benedictine scholar. Life Although his brothers, Ottavio and Alfonso, joined the Society of Jesus, Constantino became a Benedictine (29 October 1586) at Sa ...

(1560–1650), Italian Benedictine scholar * Cajetan J. B. Baumann, O.F.B., Franciscan architect * Cajetan, pseudonym of the Austrian physician and illustrator

Anton Elfinger Anton Elfinger (15 January 1821 – 19 January 1864) was an Austrian physician and illustrator. Son of a pharmacist in Vienna, he trained at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he was a student of Leopold Kupelwieser (1796-1862). He later stu ...

(1821–1864) * Cajetan Tschink, Austrian writer and philosopher (1763–1813) * Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894), Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician * Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (1769–1846), Austrian archbishop *

Kajetan Garbiński Kajetan Garbiński (1796–1847) was a Polish mathematician and prominent professor at the University of Warsaw. Minister of religion and education in the revolutionary Polish National Government during the November Uprising The November Upri ...

(1796–1847), Polish mathematician *

Josef Kajetán Tyl Josef Kajetán Tyl (4 February 180811 July 1856; ) was a significant Czech dramatist, writer, and actor. He was a notable figure in the Czech National Revival movement and is best known as the author of the current national anthem of the Czech Re ...

(1808–1856), Czech dramatist and author of lyrics of the Czech anthem *

Kajetan Kovič Kajetan Kovič (21 October 1931 – 7 November 2014) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist. In 1978, he received the Prešeren Award, the highest artistic award in Slovenia, for his poetry collection ''Labrador.'' Life Kovič ...

(1931–2014), Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist *

Kajetan von Mérey Kajetan Mérey von Kapos-Mére ( hu, kapos-mérei Mérey Kajetán) (16 January 1861 – 2 February 1931), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat of Hungarian origin serving as ambassador at Rome at the outbreak of World War I. Life Kajetan von Mére ...

(1861–1931), Austro-Hungarian diplomat * Kajetan Mühlmann (1898-1958), Austrian art historian and officer in the SS * Kajetan Stefanowicz (1886-1920), Polish Art-Nouveau painter and illustrator

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