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

Given name

Graziano Battistini Graziano Battistini (12 May 1936 – 22 January 1994) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In 1960, Battistini won two stages in the Tour de France, and finished in second place in the general classification. Battistini was the f ...

(1936–1994), Italian professional road bicycle racer * Graziano Battistini (footballer) (born 1970), Italian football goalkeeper * Graziano Boscacci (born 1969), Italian ski mountaineer * Graziano Calvaresi (born 1966), Italian former long-distance runner * Graziano Cecchini (born 1953), Italian artist and activist, known for his works of "vandalism" art * Graziano Cioni (born 1946), Italian politician *

Graziano Delrio Graziano Delrio (born 27 April 1960) is an Italian medical doctor and politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from 2 April 2015 to 1 June 2018. He previously served as the state secretary to ...

(born 1960), Italian mayor and politician *

Graziano Di Prima Graziano Di Prima (born 7 May 1994) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. Career Di Prima was born in Sicily. He toured with Burn the Floor, UK in 2021 alongside other professional dancers and the Strictly Come Dancing the Professionals Live T ...

(born 1994), Sicilian/Italian dancer *

Graziano Gasparini Graziano Gasparini (31 July 1924 – 30 November 2019) was a Venezuelan architect, photographer, painter and historian, sometimes referred to as Graciano Gasparini (ie using a Spanish version of his first name). Gasparini was born in Gorizia, on ...

(1924–2019), Venezuelan architect and architectural historian * Graziano Gasparre (born 1978), Italian former cyclist *

Graziano Girardi Graziano Girardi (Farra di Soligo, 30 May 1940) is an Italian Venetist politician. An early member of Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premi ...

(born 1940), Italian politician * Graziano Mancinelli (1937–1992), Italian show jumping rider *

Graziano Origa Graziano Origa is an Italian artist. In 1979, he founded the magazine '' Punk Artist''. In 1972, Graziano began to work in comics at StudiOriga in Milan. He draws black and white pen/ink portraits: Presley, Divine, Krisma, Eva Robin's, Arman ...

(20th century), Italian comics artist *

Graziano Pellè Graziano Pellè (; born 15 July 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Pellè began his career at local Serie A club Lecce, and was loaned to three lower-division sides before moving to the Dutch club AZ in 2007. ...

(born 1985), Italian football (soccer) striker *

Graziano Rossi Graziano Rossi (born 14 March 1954 in Pesaro) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the father of 9 times motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi. He began racing in the World Championship in 1977 riding a Suzuki in ...

(born 1954), Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

Graziano Salvietti Graziano Salvietti (born 25 June 1956) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1986 Tour de France The 1986 Tour de France was a cycling race held in France, from 4 July to 27 July. It was the 73rd running of the Tou ...

(born 1956), Italian former professional racing cyclist *

Graziano Santucci Graziano Santucci, O.S.A. (died 1517) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1516–1517). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Graziano Santucci was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 11 Nov 1516, he was appoint ...

, O.S.A. (died 1517), Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Alatri

Fictional

*Graziano, kinsman to

Brabantio Brabantio (sometimes called Brabanzio) is a character in William Shakespeare's ''Othello'' (c. 1601–1604). He is a Venetian senator and the father of Desdemona. He has entertained Othello in his home countless times before the play opens, thu ...

in Shakespeare's ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

Surname

Guido di Graziano Guido of Siena, was an Italian painter, active during the 13th-century in Siena, and painting in an Italo-Byzantine style. Biography The name Guido is known from the large panel in the church of San Domenico, Siena of th''Virgin and Child Enthro ...

(also known as Guido of Siena), Italian painter in a Byzantine style, active during the 13th-century in Siena * Mino di Graziano (1289–1323), Italian painter, active in Siena *

Anthony Graziano Anthony A. Graziano (November 12, 1940 – May 25, 2019) was an American mobster and consigliere in the Bonanno crime family. Bonanno crime family Captain In 1990, Graziano pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. He had failed to pay $100,000 t ...

(1940–2019), Italian-American mobster *

Bob Graziano Bob Graziano is a former president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He currently serves as a vice chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase in the Private Bank. Prior to assuming this role, Graziano served as J.P. ...

(21st century), American baseball executive * Claudio Graziano (born 1953), Italian Army officer who serves as Chairman of the European Union Military Committee *

David Graziano David Graziano is an American television writer, producer and award-winning playwright born in New York. His career began when Acorn, one of his plays, was produced and performed at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. After bei ...

(born 1972), American screenwriter and producer *

Giovanni Graziano Giovanni Graziano (born 7 November 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Fermana. He is the cousin of footballer Giuseppe Garziano. Club career Giovanni is a youth exponent of Torino's footballing school ...

(born 1995), Italian professional footballer *

Ilaria Graziano Ilaria Graziano (also known as ILA or Nanà; born in Naples, Italy) is an Italian singer. She gained popularity with the release of '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' and the subsequent original soundtracks, composed by Yoko Kanno. G ...

(21st century), Italian singer and vocalist *

José Graziano da Silva José Graziano da Silva (born November 17, 1949) is a Brazilian American agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the Luiz Inácio L ...

(born 1949), American-born Brazilian agronomist and Director General of the FAO *

Leonardo Graziano Leonardo Graziano (born November 15, 1975) is an Italian voice actor. Biography Graziano is well known for being the Italian voice of Naruto Uzumaki in ''Naruto'' and '' Naruto: Shippuden'' as well as dubbing Itsuki Koizumi in the Italian-langua ...

(born 1975), Italian voice actor *

Manlio Graziano Manlio Graziano is an Italian scholar specializing in geopolitics and geopolitics of religions. He lives in Paris. Life Graziano graduated with first-class honors in French literature from the University of Turin, the city in which he then tau ...

, Italian scholar specializing in geopolitics and geopolitics of religions *

Renee Graziano Renee Graziano (born July 12, 1968) is an American reality television personality and author. She is known for being the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family and her roles in two reality television shows ...

(born 1968), American reality television personality and author * Ricardo Graziano (born 1986), Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer * Rocky Graziano (1919–1990), American boxer * Sal E. Graziano (21st century), Italian professional wrestler *

Michael Graziano Michael Steven Anthony Graziano (born May 22, 1967) is an American scientist and novelist who is currently a professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University.Graziano Trasmissioni, an Italian company, manufacturer of gearboxes, drivelines and its components {{given name, type=both Italian masculine given names Italian-language surnames