Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name

Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppina.

People with the given name

Artists and musicians

Giuseppe Aldrovandini Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo Aldrovandini (also Gioseffo, Giuseppe Maria, Aldovrandini, Aldrovandin, Aldrovandon, Altrobrandino, 8 June 1671 – 9 February 1707) was an Italian baroque music, Baroque composer. Aldovrandini was born and died in Bolog ...

(1671–1707), Italian composer * Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527–1593), Italian painter *

Giuseppe Belli (singer) Giuseppe Belli, also Giovanni Belli, also known as 'Il Cortoncino' (born 1732 in Cortona; died 19 January 1760) was an Italian castrato-soprano singer at the Saxon court. Life In 1752 Belli replaced the castrato Giovanni Bindi who had died in 175 ...

(1732–1760), Italian castrato singer *

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli (7 September 1791 – 21 December 1863) was an Italian poet, famous for his sonnets in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome. Biography Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli ...

(1791–1863), Italian poet *

Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) Giuseppe Castiglione (1829–1908) was an Italian artist known for genre paintings and portraits. Castiglione was born in Naples, Italy. He moved to Paris early in his career and is thought to have studied painting there. He started exhibiting h ...

(1829–1908), Italian painter *

Giuseppe Giordani Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani (December 19, 1751, Naples – January 4, 1798, Fermo) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giordani's parents were Domenico Giordani and Anna Maria Tosato. He studied music in Naples with Domenico Cima ...

(1751–1798), Italian composer, mainly of opera * Giuseppe Ottaviani (born 1978), Italian musician and disc jockey *

Giuseppe Psaila Giuseppe or Joseph Psaila (1891–1960) was a Maltese architect. He graduated from the University of Malta in around 1915, and he was one of the few Art Nouveau architects in Malta since at the time neoclassicism was still popular, especially i ...

(1891–1960), Maltese Art Nouveau architect * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian composer and oboist *

Giuseppe Sanmartino Giuseppe Sanmartino or Giuseppe Sammartino (1720 – 1793) was an Italian sculptor during the Rococo period. Sanmartino was born in Naples. His first dated (1753) work is '' Veiled Christ'' or ''Christ lying under the Shroud'', commissioned initia ...

or Sammartino (1720–1793), Italian sculptor *

Giuseppe Santomaso Giuseppe "Bepi" Santomaso (1907 – 1990) was an Italian painter and educator. Santomaso was an important figure in 20th-century Italian painting, and he taught art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia for 20 years. Early life and education ...

(1907–1990), Italian painter *

Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in the Republic of Venice. Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred of pieces for the violin with the majority of ...

(1692–1770), Venetian composer and violinist * Giuseppe Tornatore (born 1956), Italian film director and screenwriter * Giuseppe Valenti (19th century), Italian sculptor * Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Italian opera composer

Politicians

* Giuseppe Bastianini (1899–1961), Italian politician and diplomat * Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952), Italian scholar and politician * Giuseppe Castiglione (politician) (born 1963), Italian politician * Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882), Italian general, politician and nationalist * Giuseppe Gorla (1895–1979), Italian engineer and politician * Giuseppe Guarino (politician), Giuseppe Guarino (1922–2020), Italian legal scholar and politician * Giuseppe L'Abbate (born 1985), Italian politician * Giuseppe Lupis (1896–1979), Italian journalist and politician * Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872), Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy * Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000), Italian politician and economist * Giuseppe Micheli (politician), Giuseppe Micheli (1874–1948), Italian politician * Giuseppe Moles (born 1967), Italian politician * Giuseppe Tatarella (1935–1999), Italian politician * Giuseppe Trabucchi (1904–1975), Italian lawyer and politician * Giuseppe Zamberletti (1933–2019), Italian politician

Sportsmen

* Giuseppe Baresi (born 1958), Italian football manager and former player * Giuseppe Bergomi (born 1963), Italian retired footballer * Giuseppe Farina (1906-1966), Italian racing driver and first official Formula One World Champion (1950) * Giuseppe Favalli (born 1972), Italian former footballer * Giuseppe Meazza (1910–1979), Italian football manager and player * Giuseppe Micheli, Italian modern pentathlete * Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) (1916–2020), Italian athlete * Giuseppe Signori (born 1968), Italian retired footballer

Others

* Giuseppe Balsamo (1743–1795), real name of occultist Alessandro Cagliostro * Giuseppe Bertello (born 1942), Italian Catholic prelate and cardinal * Giuseppe Botero (1815–1885), Italian writer and educator * Giuseppe Baudoin (1843–1896), Italian major * Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter) (1688–1766), Italian Jesuit Brother, missionary and court painter in China * Giuseppe Colombo (1920–1984), Italian scientist * Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1790–1836), chief conspirator in an attempt on the life of King Louis-Philippe of France * Giuseppe Frazzetto (born 1955), art critic, philosopher and Professor of History of Art * Giuseppe Gené (1800–1847), Italian naturalist and author * Giuseppe Greco (1952–1985), Italian mobster and hitman * Giuseppe Guarneri (1698–1744), Italian luthier * Joe Masseria (1886–1931), Italian-born American mob boss * Giuseppe Morello (1867–1930), Italian-born American mob boss * Giuseppe Moscati (1880–1927), Italian doctor, scientific researcher, university professor and Catholic saint * Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician * Giuseppe Pennella (1864–1925), Italian general * Joseph Petrosino (1860–1909), New York City police officer and pioneer in the fight against organized crime * Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826), Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer * Joe Profaci (1897–1962), born Giuseppe Profaci, Italian-American mob boss, longtime head of one of New York City's Five Families * Giuseppe Siri (1906–1989), Italian Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Genoa * Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), Italian writer and last Prince of Lampedusa * Giuseppe Zangara (1900–1933), Italian immigrant to the United States who attempted to assassinate then-President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt

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