Cappello is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Cappello (1494–1565), Venetian noble *

Bernardo Cappello Bernardo Cappello (1498 - 8 March 1565) was a Venetian humanist, writer and pupil of Pietro Bembo. Life Cappello was born in Venice, the son of the diplomat Francesco Capello and his wife Elena Priuli. He held various political posts until being ...

(1498–1565), Venetian Renaissance humanist *

Bianca Cappello Bianca Cappello (154820 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman who was the mistress, and afterward the second wife, of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her husband officially made her his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of t ...

(1548–1587), Italian noblewoman *

Dominic Cappello Dominic Cappello is a strategist, writer, designer, and educator. He is the creator of the Ten Talks book series published by Hyperion in 2000 and 2001. Ten Talks received national attention when Oprah Winfrey created a show around the book on sex ...

, American writer *

Gerolamo Cappello Gerolamo Cappello, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Termoli (1626–1643). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Gerolamo Cappello ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 26 November 1626, ...

(died 1643), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *

Gino Cappello Gino Cappello (; 2 June 1920 – 28 March 1990) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. Club career A native of Padua, Cappello began his career with Padova. After spending two seasons with the club in Serie B, he landed in Serie A wi ...

(1920–1990), Italian footballer *

Girolamo Cappello Girolamo Cappello (born 13 April 1538) was a Venetian ambassador. Cappello's first appointment as a Venetian ambassador came in 1567 when he was appointed Ambassador to Austria. From 1570-1573 he was Ambassador to Savoy, then for a short time Amba ...

(born 1538), Venetian ambassador *

Guido Cappello Guido Cappello (14 April 1933 – 17 August 1996) was an Italian chess player, Italian Chess Championship winner (1960). Biography Born in Pisa, Guido Cappello moved to Gorizia at a young age, then in the 1960s to Milan. By profession he was an ...

(1933–1996), Italian chess master * Frank Cappello, American screenwriter *

Mary Cappello Mary Cappello is a writer and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island.University of Rhode Island, Faculty BiosMary Cappello She is the author of five books of literary nonfiction, and her essays and experimental ...

, American academic *

Pierluigi Cappello Pierluigi Cappello (8 August 1967 – 1 October 2017) was an Italian poet. He was born in Gemona del Friuli, and raised in Chiusaforte Chiusaforte ( sl, Kluže, german: Klausen, fur, Sclûse) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of U ...

(1967–2017), Italian poet * Tim Cappello, American musician *

Vettore Cappello Vettore Cappello ( vec, Vettor Cappello; –1467) was a merchant, statesman and military commander of the Republic of Venice. After an early career as a merchant that gained him substantial wealth, he began his political career in 1439. His ascen ...

(1400–1467), Venetian statesman and military commander

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