Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''

Fabius In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother. In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the ''Parallel Lives'' by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the country, ...

'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with the diminutive Fabinho or Fabiano). The presence or absence of the written accent does not affect pronunciation.

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* Fabio (DJ), drum-and-bass DJ and producer from the UK * Fabio Armiliato (born 1956), Italian operatic tenor *

Fábio Aurélio Fábio Aurélio Rodrigues (born 24 September 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played for Grêmio, São Paulo, Valencia and Liverpool. He played as either a left back or left winger and represented Brazil at under-17 and ...

(born 1979), Brazilian footballer *

Fábio Bahia Fábio Júnior Nascimento Santana (born November 2, 1983 in Senhor do Bonfim-BA), or simply Fábio Bahia, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an excl ...

(Fábio Júnior Nascimento Santana, born 1983), currently playing for Goiás *

Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976 in Curti) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ( Mars, Sol). He was a member of the Men's National ...

, Italian water polo player * Jud "Fabio" Birza, winner of ''Survivor: Nicaragua'' * Fabio Borini, Italian footballer *

Fábio Camilo de Brito Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

(Nenê, born 1975), currently playing for Coritiba Foot Ball Club *

Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of club Benevento. A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napo ...

, former captain of the Italy national team *

Fabio Capello Fabio Capello (; born 18 June 1946) is an Italian former professional football manager and player. As a player, Capello represented SPAL 1907, Roma, Milan and Juventus. He played as a midfielder and won several trophies during his career which ...

, Italian manager of the Russian national association football team *

Fábio Costa Fabio Costa (born 27 November 1977 in Camaçari, Bahia) is a former Brazilian goalkeeper. Career Costa played for Brazil under-23 and won the 1996 Toulon Tournament and the 2000 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. He was part of the Brazi ...

(born 1977), Brazilian footballer * Fábio Eduardo Cribari (born 1975), Brazilian footballer, better known as Binho *

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

(born 1987), Italian tennis player * Fábio Gonçalves dos Santos (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Fábio Pereira da Cruz (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *

Fabio Díez Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe) is a former male beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Alongside Javier Bosma he won the silver medal at the 1999 Europea ...

(born 1965), Argentinian-Spanish beach volleyball player * Fabio Duarte, Colombian track and road cyclist *

Fabio Frizzi Fabio Frizzi (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian musician and composer. Born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he is best known for his film scores and was a frequent collaborator with horror director Lucio Fulci. Frizzi is the older brother of the ...

(born 1951), Italian film composer * Fabio De Gaspari (born 1966), Italian javelin thrower * Fábio Gilvan do Nascimento Silva (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough dur ...

, Italian footballer * Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 1993), Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Liverpool * Fabio Jaramillo, Colombian cyclist *

Fábio Jr. Fábio Correa Ayrosa Galvão (born November 21, 1953), known as Fábio Jr. or Fábio Júnior, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actor. Biography In 1971, already in a solo career, Fábio Jr. recorded songs in English (with pseudonyms such a ...

, a Brazilian singer and musician * Fábio Kolling (born 1985), Brazilian footballer

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Fábio Lago Fábio de Souza Lago (born 13 March 1970) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works in ''Elite Squad'', '' Caras & Bocas'', and '' Invisible City''. Filmography ;Films *2001: ''3 Histórias da Bahia'' as Roupinol "Roupi" *2002: ''Nada Sé ...

, Brazilian actor *

Fabio Lanzoni Fabio Lanzoni (; born March 15, 1959), known mononymously as Fabio, is an Italian-American actor, fashion model, and spokesman. Lanzoni is known for his wide-ranging career including appearing as a romance novel cover model throughout the 1990s ...

, Italian , generally known as simply Fabio * Fábio Lefundes, Brazilian football manager *

Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire fo ...

, Italian vocalist of Rhapsody of Fire * Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel (born 1980), Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Cruzeiro * Fabio Lopez (born 1973), Italian football manager *

Fábio Luciano Fábio Luciano (born April 29, 1975 in Vinhedo, Brazil) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a defender. He also has Italian citizenship. He played for Brazil's major clubs Corinthians and Flamengo, being very we ...

(born 1975), Brazilian footballer *

Fábio Luiz Magalhães Fábio Luiz de Jesus Magalhães (; born 13 March 1979 in Marataízes) is a male beach volleyball player from Brazil. Magalhães won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, G ...

, Brazilian beach volleyball player *

Fábio Freire Martins Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

(born 1989), Brazilian footballer *

Fabio Morábito Fabio Morábito (born February 21, 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a Mexican writer and poet. Born in Egypt to Italian parents, he spent his childhood in Milan. Since the age of 14 he has lived in Mexico City where he has written four books of p ...

(born 1955), Mexican poet *

Fabio Mussi Fabio Mussi (born 22 January 1948) is an Italian politician, formerly Minister of University and Research in the Prodi II Cabinet. A former member of the Italian Communist Party and then Democrats of the Left, he became a lead founding member o ...

(born 1948), Italian politician *

Fabio Ochoa Restrepo Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (1923 – February 18, 2002), also known as Don Fabio, was the patriarch of a major Colombian drug trafficking family. A renowned horse breeder and Paso Fino enthusiast, he died of kidney failure in 2002. Biography Career ...

, Colombian businessman and patriarch of the Ochoa drug-trafficking family * Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, Colombian drug lord * Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player *

Fábio Pereira da Silva Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

(born 1990), Brazilian footballer, twin brother of Rafael *

Fabio Petruzzi Fabio Petruzzi (; born 24 October 1970) is a retired Italians, Italian professional Association football, football player, who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career After developing in the A.S. Roma Primavera, Roma Y ...

(born 1970), Italian footballer *

Fabio Pignatelli Fabio Pignatelli is an Italian musician. He is the bass guitar player for the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Goblin provided soundtracks for several horror films, most famously Dario Argento's '' Suspiria'' (1977) and George A. Romero' ...

, bassist for the Italian progressive rock band Goblin *

Fabio Quagliarella Fabio Quagliarella (; born 31 January 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sampdoria, whom he captains. Throughout his career, Quagliarella has played for eight different Italian clubs, winning ...

, Italian footballer *

Fabio Quartararo Fabio Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in th ...

, French Grand Prix motorcycle racer * Fabio Ribotta (born 1998), Italian curler *

Fabio Rovazzi Fabio Piccolrovazzi, known as Fabio Rovazzi, (born 18 January 1994) is an Italian entertainer, who is most notable for his songs "Andiamo a comandare", "Tutto molto interessante" (both of which were certified platinum five times, and two times i ...

(born 1994), Italian rapper and actor * Fábio José dos Santos (born 1973), Brazilian footballer * Fábio Souza de Oliveira (born 1984), Brazilian footballer *

José Fábio da Silva José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

(born 1984), Brazilian football right-back *

Fabio Semenzato Fabio Semenzato (born 6 May 1986) is an Italian rugby union player. His regular playing position is as a scrum-half. He plays currently for Mogliano. Semenzato played for Benetton Treviso from 2005 to 2014 and in 2015 he was named as ''Additi ...

, Italian rugby player * Fábio de Souza (Fabinho), Brazilian footballer *

Fabio Viviani (chef) Fabio Viviani (born October 10, 1978, in Florence, Italy) is a chef, restaurateur, and cook book writer who has appeared on reality television. He also sells a range of wines. In 2005 he moved from Florence to Southern California. In 2008 he ap ...

, placed fourth and earned the title of "fan favorite" in season 5 of Bravo reality show competition ''Top Chef'' *

Fabio Viviani (footballer) Fabio Viviani (born 29 September 1966 in Lucca) is an Italian professional football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Hatta. Playing career Viviani played for 7 seasons (145 games, 3 goals) in the ...

(born 1966), Italian footballer

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João Paulo di Fabio João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * Jo ...

(born 1979), Italian-Brazilian football defender * José Fabio (born 1977), Paraguayan basketball player

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