Marcello is a common masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Marcellus. The Spanish and Portuguese version of the name is
Marcelo
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to:
* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
, differing in having only one "l", while the Greek form is Markellos.
Etymology
The name originally means ''like a hammer''.
It is originally the adjectival form of ''Marcus,'' which means ''hammer''; the -el suffix was in times of archaic Latin the adjectival form.
People with given name
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Marcello Abbado
Marcello Abbado (7 October 19264 June 2020) was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher. His compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo piano, and chamber music. As a pianist, he pla ...
(1926–2020), Italian pianist
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Marcello Boldrini
Marcello Boldrini (9 February 1890, in Matelica – 5 March 1969, in Milan) was an Italian statistician.
Biography
Beginning in 1922, he taught courses in statistics, biometry, and demography at Bocconi University of Milan, and then at the Univer ...
(1890–1969), Italian statistician
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Marcello Borges
Marcello Borges (born September 13, 1997) is an American association football, soccer player who plays for Atlantic City FC, Atlantic City in the National Premier Soccer League, NPSL.
Career Youth, College and Amateur
Borges spent his entire you ...
(born 1997), American soccer player
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Marcello Caetano
Marcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano (; 17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António Salazar. He served as prime minister from 196 ...
Marcello Cerruti
Marcello Cerruti (Genoa, July 16, 1808 – Rome, March 12, 1896) was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1870.
Biography
A fellow student of Giuseppe Mazzini, he entered the diplomatic care ...
(1808–1896), Italian diplomat and politician
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Marcello Ciorciolini
Marcello Ciorciolini (16 January 1922 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television and radio author and lyricist.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Ciorciolini began his career in 1950 as a radio writer, of ...
(1922–2011), Italian director and screenwriter
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Marcello Dudovich
Marcello Dudovich (21 March 1878 – 31 March 1962) was an Italian painter, illustrator, and poster designer. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolfo Hohenstein, Giovanni Maria Mataloni and Leopoldo Metlicovitz he is considered one of ...
(1878–1962), Italian painter and illustrator
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Marcello Fabbri
Marcello Fabbri (1923-2015) was an Italian writer and poet born in Florence, Italy, where he lived and wrote.
Fabbri graduated with a degree in jurisprudence. He fought in World War II and recorded much of his war experiences, which affected him ...
(1923–2015), Italian poet
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Marcello Falzerano
Marcello Falzerano (born 12 April 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for club Ascoli.
Career
Youth career
Born in Pagani, the province of Salerno, Campania, Falzerano started his career at Rome club G.S. Edip ...
(born 1991), Italian footballer
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Marcello Fois
Marcello Fois (born 1960) is an Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel ''Ferro Recente'' was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts for radio, TV, fil ...
(born 1960), Italian writer
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Marcello Gandini
Marcello Gandini (born 26 August 1938) is an Italian car designer, known for his work with the automotive design house Gruppo Bertone, including his designs of the Lamborghini Miura, Countach, and the Lamborghini Diablo.
In a 2009 interview wit ...
(born 1938), Italian car designer
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Marcello Giordani
Marcello Giordani (born Marcello Guagliardo; 25 January 1963 – 5 October 2019) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He had a distinguis ...
(1963–2019), Italian opera singer
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Marcello Lippi
Marcello Romeo Lippi (; born 12 April 1948) is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who led the Italian national team to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
He was appointed as Italy head coach in the summer of 2004 and 2 ...
(born 1948), Italian football manager
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Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several phy ...
(1628–1694), Italian biologist and physician
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Marcello Mastrilli
Marcello Francesco Mastrilli (1603 – October 17, 1637) was an Italian Jesuit missionary who was martyred in Japan on Mount Unzen during the Tokugawa Shogunate, which had banned Christianity in 1614. After sailing for Japan out to find and possi ...
(1603–1637), Italian Jesuit missionary
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Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...
(1924–1996), Italian actor
* Marcello Minenna, Italian economist
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Marcello Musto
Marcello Musto (born 14 April 1976) is a professor of sociology at York University in Canada.
He is acknowledged globally as one of the authors who has made significant contributions to the revival of Marx studies over the last decade. His major w ...
(born 1976), Canadian political scientist
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Marcello Pacifico
Marcello Pacifico (born 29 April 1977) is an Italian trade unionist
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of t ...
(born 1977), Italian trade unionist
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Marcello Pera
Marcello Pera (; born 28 January 1943 .) is an Italian
(born 1943), Italian philosopher and politician
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Marcello Planca
Marcello Planca (died 1528) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Giovinazzo (1517–1528).
Biography
On 21 August 1517, Marcello Planca was appointed by Pope Leo X as Bishop of Giovinazzo The Diocese of Giovinazzo e Terlizzi (Lati ...
, Italian Roman Catholic bishop
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Marcello Possenti
Marcello Possenti (born 6 July 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left defender for club Renate.
Club career
Possenti made his debut for ''Nerazzurri'' on 27 October 2010, on Coppa Italia, against Livorno, and he played the whole m ...
(born 1992), Italian footballer
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Marcello D. Rapp
Marcelo "Cello" Dias is a Brazilian musician. He is the bassist of Against All Will and former bassist of Soulfly.
Biography
The Mist
Dias began his career in 1988 playing bass for the Brazilian thrash metal band The Mist, who had just c ...
, bass guitarist for American alternative rock band Against All Will
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Marcello Siniscalco
Marcello Siniscalco (31 July 1924 – 29 November 2013) was an Italian scientist at the forefront of the development of the nascent field of genetics. A contemporary of Watson and Crick, he spent a significant part of his international career h ...
(1924–2013), Italian scientist
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Marcello Spatafora
Marcello Spatafora (born 30 July 1941) is a retired Italian diplomat, former Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations.
Career
Marcello Spatafora was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He studied law at the University of Pisa, at the pres ...
(born 1941), Italian diplomat
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Marcello Stefanini
Marcello Stefanini (11 January 1938 – 29 December 1994) was an Italian politician who served as Mayor of Pesaro (1970–1978), Deputy (1987–1992), and Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber o ...
(1938–1994), Italian politician
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Marcello Thedford
Marcello Thedford is an American film actor, television actor and power lifter known for his roles as Kelvin "Buffalo" James on the ESPN dramatic series ''Playmakers'', Semi in '' Employee of the Month'', and in eight episodes of '' ER'' as Leon, ...
, American actor
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Marcello Trotta
Marcello Trotta (born 29 September 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Avellino.
Club career Early career
Born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, Trotta began his career in the youth team at Serie A cl ...
(born 1992), Italian footballer
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Marcello Varallo
Marcello Varallo (born 8 October 1947) is a retired Italian alpine skier. He placed 10th in the downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter ...
(born 1947), Italian alpine skier
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Marcello Veneziale
Marcello Veneziale (born 20 April 1941) was an Italian magistrate and politician who served as Mayor of Isernia (1993–1995) and President of Molise for two terms (1995–1998, 1999–2000).
References
1941 births
Living peo ...
(born 1941), Italian magistrate and politician
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Marcello Venusti
Marcello Venusti (1512 – 15 October 1579) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid-16th century.
Native to Mazzo di Valtellina near Como, he was reputed to have been a pupil of Perino del Vaga. He is known for a scaled cop ...
(1512–1579), Italian painter
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Marcello Violi
Marcello Violi (born 11 October 1993) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Scrum-half, and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia.
Under contract with Calvisano, for 2014–15 Pro12 season, he named like ''Permit Player' ...
(born 1993), Italian rugby union player
People with surname
In music
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Alessandro Marcello
Alessandro Ignazio Marcello (; 1 February 1673 – 19 June 1747) was an Italian nobleman and composer.
Biography
Born in Venice, Marcello was the son of a senator, and as a nobleman, enjoyed a comfortable life that gave him the freedom to ...
, Italian nobleman and dilettante who dabbled in various areas, especially music
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Benedetto Marcello
Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (; 31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739) was an Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.
Life
Born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and in his compositions he is f ...
, brother of Alessandro, Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher
* Rosanna Scalfi Marcello, composer, singer, and wife of Benedetto Marcello
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Kee Marcello
Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom, 20 February 1960 in Ludvika, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist/vocalist, best known as the former guitarist in the hard rock bands Europe and Easy Action. He is currently pursuing his solo career.
Career ...
, former guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band ''Europe''
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Rob Marcello
Robert Marcello (born Robert Wendelstam Lovbom, September 9, 1977, Örebro, Sweden) is a neoclassical metal, rock and jazz/fusion guitar player who replaced Andy Timmons as the lead guitarist of the band Danger Danger in 2003. Kee Marcello, his b ...
, the current guitarist of the band ''Danger Danger''
Other fields
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Carlos Marcello
Carlos Joseph Marcello (; born Calogero Minacore ; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s.
Aside from his role in the American Mafia, he is also n ...
, Italian-American mobster
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Marcello Marcello is a common masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Marcellus. The Spanish and Portuguese version of the name is Marcelo, differing in having only one "l", while the Greek form is Markellos.
Etymology
The name originally means ...
, pseudonym used by Swiss sculptor and painter Adèle d'Affry