Florentino is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

* Florentino Alfaro Zamora (died 1871), Costa Rican politician *

Florentino Álvarez Mesa Florentino Álvarez Mesa (1846–1926) was a Spanish journalist, writer and politician. He was born in 1846 in Avilés, Asturias. During his childhood he spent some years in Madrid before returning to Avilés. His first writings appeared in 1886 ...

(1846–1926), Spanish journalist, writer and politician *

Florentino Ameghino Florentino Ameghino (born Giovanni Battista Fiorino Giuseppe Ameghino September 19, 1853 – August 6, 1911) was an Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist, whose fossil discoveries on the Argentine Pampas, especially ...

(1853–1911), Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist * Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877–1936), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop * Florentino Ávidos (1870–1956), Brazilian politician * Florentino Bautista (born 1930), Filipino basketball player *

Florentino Broce Florentino L. Broce, nicknamed Ponti Broce, (c. 1943 – 18 December 2015) was a Filipino footballer and coach. He played for the Philippine national football team. He was head coach of the national team from 1973–1974. Broce graduated grade s ...

(c. 1943 – 2015), Filipino footballer and manager *

Florentino Castro López Florentino Castro López (born 20 June 1949) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico tha ...

(born 1949), Mexican politician *

Florentino Collantes Florentino Collantes (October 16, 1896 – July 15, 1951) was a Filipino poet who was among the writers who spearheaded a revival of interest in Tagalog literature in the Philippines in the 20th century. Early years Collantes was born in the villa ...

(1896–1951), Filipino poet *

Florentino Das Florentino R. Das (August 19, 1918 – October 7, 1964) was a Filipino yachtsman and immigrant to the United States who holds the earliest record of Single-handed sailing from Hawaii to the Philippines on a 27-footer homebuilt sailboat. Early ye ...

(1918–1964), Filipino sailor * Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez (born 1962), Mexican politician *

Florentino Fernández (actor) Florentino José Fernández Román (born 9 November 1972 in Madrid), better known as Florentino Fernández or, simply, Flo, is a Spanish comedian, actor, TV host and showman. He worked as a security guard before taking part in TV shows like '' ...

(born 1972), Spanish actor and comedian *

Florentino Fernández (boxer) Florentino "the Ox" Fernández (March 7, 1936 – January 28, 2013) was a Cuban middleweight who fought from 1956 to 1972. His overall record was 50 wins (43 by KO), 16 losses and two draws. Professional career Fernandez was born in Santiago ...

(1936–2013), Cuban boxer *

Florentino Floro Florentino V. Floro Jr. (born November 5, 1953) is a Filipino former judge who achieved notoriety after being suspended from the Philippine judiciary in 2006 due to mental illness. Floro made several statements that he was psychic and claimed ...

(born 1953), Filipino judge *

Florentino García Martínez Florentino García Martínez (born 1942, in Mochales or Madrid) is a former Catholic priest, now married and for many years professor of religion and theology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is a leading expert on messianic i ...

(born 1942), Spanish Roman Catholic priest and theologian *

Florentino Goikoetxea Florentino Goikoetxea (Goicoechea, Goikoetxe) (1898-1980) was a Basque who worked for the Comet Escape Line during World II. A smuggler by profession, he guided more than 200 Allied airmen shot down in occupied Belgium and France over the Pyren ...

(1898–1980) * Florentino Jimón Barba, Mexican potter * Florentino Lavarias (born 1957), Filipino Roman Catholic bishop *

Florentino López Cuevillas Florentino López Alonso-Cuevillas (November 14, 1886 – July 30, 1958) was a Spanish anthropologist and prehistorian, although in the course of his life he also became involved in writing, primarily essays and fiction. Like several other Galici ...

(1886–1958), Spanish anthropologist and prehistorian *

Florentino Luís Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís (born 19 August 1999), known as Florentino (), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Benfica as a defensive midfielder. Coming through Benfica's youth system, he began playing ...

(born 1999), Portuguese footballer * Florentino Martínez (born 1944), Mexican sport wrestler * Florentino Molina (born 1938), Argentine golfer * Florentino Peñaranda (1876–1938), Filipino educator and politician * Florentino Pérez (born 1947), Spanish businessman, civil engineer, politician and president of Real Madrid * Florentino Rodao (born 1960), Spanish historian and Japanologist * Florentino Suico (1902–1981), Filipino writer and poet * Florentino Tecson (1906–1962), Filipino lawyer, politician, writer and labor leader * Florentino Tirante (born 1961), Filipino sport wrestler * Florentino Torres (1844–1927), Filipino lawyer and judge *Florentino (a character in Arena of Valor).

People with the surname

* Gisele Florentino (born 1973), Brazilian volleyball player * Leona Florentino (1849–1884), Filipino poet *

Pedro Florentino General Pedro Alejandrino Florentino (Hincha, 1805/1808– ?) was an officer in the army of the Dominican Republic during the struggle to restore Dominican independence from Haiti. He was the hero of the important Battle of Jacuba. Haiti had rule ...

, 19th-century Dominican Republic military officer {{given name, type=both Masculine given names