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Donati is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angelo Donati (1885-1960), Italian banker and philanthropist * Baldassare Donati (1525/30–1603), Italian composer of the late Renaissance *Buoso Donati (—ca. 1285), character in Dante's ''
Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature a ...
'' *Cianfa Donati (—bef. 1289), character in Dante's ''
Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature a ...
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Corso Donati Corso Donati was a leader of the Black Guelph faction in 13th- and early 14th- century Florence. Bologna and Pistoia In the late thirteenth century, power in Florence and the other Tuscan cities was divided between the Podestà, an outsider who se ...
(–1308), leader of the Black Guelphs in Florence, brother of Forese and Piccarda *
Danilo Donati Danilo Donati (6 April 1926 - 1 December 2001) was an Italian costume designer and production designer. He won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twice: the first time for his work in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1968), the second time for his ...
(1926–2001), Italian costume designer *
Enrico Donati Enrico Donati (February 19, 1909 – April 25, 2008) was an Italian-American Surrealist painter and sculptor. Life and work Enrico Donati studied economics at the Università degli Studi, Pavia, and in 1934 moved to the USA, where he attended th ...
(1909–2008), American Surrealist painter and sculptor of Italian birth *
Forese Donati Forese Donati was an Italian nobleman born in Florence, associated with the Guelphs. He was the son of Simone di Forese and Tessa, and the brother of Corso and Piccarda Donati.Cellerino, L. (1992). Donati, Forese In "Dizionario Biografico". Retrie ...
(–1296), brother of Corso and Piccarda, a friend of Dante Alighieri included as a character in the Divine Comedy * Giovanni Battista Donati (1826–1873), Italian astronomer *
Giulio Donati Giulio Donati (born 5 February 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Monza. Club career Inter Milan Primavera and first team Born in Pietrasanta, the Province of Lucca, Donati started his career at hom ...
(born 1990) Italian footballer *
Giuseppe Donati Giuseppe Donati (2 December 1836 – 14 February 1925) was the inventor of the classical ocarina, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator. Donati was born in Budrio. Legend has it that he created his first ...
(1836–1925), inventor of the modern
ocarina The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from c ...
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Ignazio Donati Ignazio Donati (c. 1570 – 21 January 1638) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the pioneers of the style of the concertato motet. Biography Ignazio Donati was born in Casalmaggiore (now in the Province of Cremon ...
(c. 1570–1638), Italian composer * Massimo Donati (born 1981), Italian footballer *
Matteo Donati Matteo Donati (; born 28 February 1995) is an Italians, Italian professional Tennis, tennis player. On 13 April 2015, he reached the final of the ATP Challenger Tour 2015 Tennis Napoli Cup, Napoli Cup to claim a career-high of no. 247 on the ATP ...
(born 1995), Italian tennis player * Piccarda Donati (13th century), sister to Corso and Forese, included as a character in Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' * Robert Donati (1940–1991), American organized-crime figure suspected of masterminding the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the gu ...
*Silvano (born 1942), scientist, professor of photonics *
Virgil Donati Virgil Donati (born 22 October 1958) is an Australian drummer, composer and producer. He holds the drum sticks in the traditional style and is also proficient at the keyboard. Donati formed Planet X with Derek Sherinian and was the band's princ ...
(born 1958), Australian drummer * Vitaliano Donati (1717–1762), Italian botanist


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Comet Donati :''There are three Donati comets: C/1855 L1 (a.k.a. 1855 II), C/1858 L1 (this one), and C/1864 R1 (a.k.a. 1864 I).'' Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, is a long-period comet named after the Italian ast ...
* Donati (crater) named after Giovanni Battista Donati * Donatus of Evorea, an Albanian saint known as ''Shën Donati'' in Albanian. {{surname Italian-language surnames