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) (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 Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperRes ...

(born 1956), Italian film director and screenwriter *

Giuseppe Valenti Giuseppe Valenti was a Sicilian sculptor who was active in the late 19th century. Valenti was born in Palermo, he was the son of , who was also a sculptor and wood carver. His work includes a seated statue of Saint Publius at St Paul's Cathedr ...

(19th century), Italian sculptor *

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

(1813–1901), Italian opera composer

Politicians

Giuseppe Bastianini Giuseppe Bastianini (8 March 1899 – 17 December 1961) was an Italian politician and diplomat. Initially associated with the hard-line elements of the fascist movements he later became a member of the dissident tendency. Early years Bastianini ...

(1899–1961), Italian politician and diplomat *

Giuseppe Belluzzo Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952) was an Italian mechanical engineer, scholar and politician. He was a member of the Italian Parliament and of the Italian Senate. He served as the minister of national economy and minister of public education in th ...

(1876–1952), Italian scholar and politician *

Giuseppe Castiglione (politician) Giuseppe Castiglione (born 5 October 1963) is an Italian politician. He is the son-in-law of the politician and journalist Giuseppe Firrarello. Biography He has been a member of the Management Committee of the USL 39 - Bronte (1984–89) and P ...

(born 1963), Italian politician *

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

(1807–1882), Italian general, politician and nationalist *

Giuseppe Gorla Giuseppe Gorla (1895–1979) was an Italian civil engineer and politician who was a member of the National Fascist Party. Between 1940 and 1943 he served as the minister of public works. Early life and education Gorla was born in Vernate on 6 ...

(1895–1979), Italian engineer and 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 Giuseppe Medici (24 October 1907 – 21 August 2000) was an Italian politician and economist. Biography He was born in Sassuolo, in the province of Modena, to Agostino Medici and Ersilia Messori, the second of four children. In 1926, after g ...

(1907–2000), Italian politician and economist * Giuseppe Micheli (1874–1948), Italian politician *

Giuseppe Moles Rocco Giuseppe Moles (born 7 January 1967) is an Italian politician from Forza Italia. Political career Moles is the Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for publishing in the Draghi Cabinet. He rec ...

(born 1967), Italian politician *

Giuseppe Tatarella Giuseppe Tatarella, better known as Pinuccio Tatarella, (17 September 1935 – 8 February 1999) was an Italian politician who served as deputy prime minister in the first cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995. Early life and education T ...

(1935–1999), Italian politician *

Giuseppe Trabucchi Giuseppe Trabucchi (1904–1975) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Christian Democrats and served as the minister of finance between 1960 and 1962. Early life and education Trabucchi was born in Verona on 29 June 1904. ...

(1904–1975), Italian lawyer and politician *

Giuseppe Zamberletti Giuseppe Zamberletti (17 December 1933 – 26 January 2019) was an Italian politician and one of the founders of Italy's Protezione Civile (Civil Protection), of which he was the first minister in Italy from 1981. Biography Zamberletti was born i ...

(1933–2019), Italian politician

Sportsmen

Giuseppe Baresi Giuseppe Baresi (; born 7 February 1958) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender or as a defensive midfielder. He currently works as a technical assistant at Inter Milan. Baresi spent the majority of his 18-y ...

(born 1958), Italian football manager and former player *

Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi (; born 22 December 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan. He is regarded as one of the greatest Italian defenders of all time, and as one of the best of his generation, be ...

(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) Giuseppe Ottaviani (20 May 1916 – 19 July 2020) was an Italian centenarian and masters athlete, and Commander of the Italian Republic for high sporting merits. He was the first and only centenary athlete to have made a qualifying triple jump ...

(1916–2020), Italian athlete *

Giuseppe Signori Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori (; born 17 February 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for several clubs in Italy throughout his career, and also had spells in Greece and Hungary with Iraklis Thessal ...

(born 1968), Italian retired footballer

Others

* Giuseppe Balsamo (1743–1795), real name of occultist

Alessandro Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (, ; 2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the pseudonym, alias of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (; in French usually referred to as Joseph Balsamo). Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled ...

Giuseppe Bertello Giuseppe Bertello (born 1 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012, who was President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State from Octo ...

(born 1942), Italian Catholic prelate and cardinal *

Giuseppe Botero Giuseppe Botero (Novara, Province of Novara, Italy, 1815 – northern Italy, May 30, 1885), was an Italian writer in various literary genres, representative of the romantic literary movement and also an educator. Biography Botero lived his chil ...

(1815–1885), Italian writer and educator *

Giuseppe Baudoin Giuseppe Antonio Baudoin was an Italian major of the Third Italian War of Independence and the First Italo-Ethiopian War. He commanded the 9th Africa Infantry Battalion during the Battle of Adwa before being killed in the battle. He was a posthum ...

(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 Giuseppe Frazzetto (born in 1955 in Catania, Italy) is an art critic, philosopher and Professor of History of Art. He teaches History of Contemporary Art, History of New Media, History and Theory of Videogame at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Cat ...

(born 1955), art critic, philosopher and Professor of History of Art *

Giuseppe Gené Carlo Giuseppe Gené (7 December 1800 – 14 July 1847) was an Italian naturalist and author. Gené was born at Turbigo in Lombardy and studied at the University of Pavia. He published a number of papers on natural history, particularly entomo ...

(1800–1847), Italian naturalist and author * Giuseppe Greco (1952–1985), Italian mobster and hitman *

Giuseppe Guarneri Bartolomeo Giuseppe "del Gesù" Guarneri (, , ; 21 August 1698 – 17 October 1744) was an Italian luthier from the Guarneri family of Cremona. He rivals Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his inst ...

(1698–1744), Italian luthier * Joe Masseria (1886–1931), Italian-born American mob boss * Giuseppe Morello (1867–1930), Italian-born American mob boss *

Giuseppe Moscati Giuseppe Moscati (25 July 1880 – 12 April 1927) was an Italian doctor, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry and for his piety. Moscati was canonized by the Catholic Church in 198 ...

(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 Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-born New York City Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organi ...

(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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