Oreste (given Name)

Oreste is an Italian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is derived from the Orestes, who in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. People with the name Oreste include: * Oreste Albertini (1887–1953), Italian painter * Oreste Arpè (1889–1977), Italian wrestler, Olympic competitor * Oreste Barale (also known as Barale III) (1904–1982), Italian footballer *

Oreste Baratieri Oreste Baratieri (né Oreste Baratter, 13 November 1841 – 7 August 1901) was an Italian general and governor of Italian Eritrea. Early career Born in Condino (County of Tyrol, now Trentino), Baratieri began his career as a volunteer for Giusepp ...

(1841–1901), Italian general and governor of Eritrea *

Oreste Benatti Oreste Benatti (born 11 June 1906) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward, usually as a winger, although he was also capable of playing as a striker. Known in particular for his speed, offensive movement, quick feet, technical abilit ...

(1909–??), Italian footballer *

Oreste Baldini Oreste Baldini (born 8 July 1962) is an Italian actor and voice actor. After entering the film industry as a child performing in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''The Flower in His Mouth'', he later found a successful career as an adult dubbing i ...

(born 1962), Italian actor and voice dubbing artist *

Oreste Benzi Oreste Benzi (7 September 1925 - 2 November 2007) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the "Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII". Benzi championed the rights of the individual and founded his association to aid teenagers in th ...

(1925–2007), Italian Catholic priest *

Oreste Biancoli Oreste Biancoli (20 February 1897 – 25 November 1971) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1930 and 1986. He also directed nine films between 1938 and 1952. He was born in Bologna, Italy ...

(1897–1971), Italian screenwriter and film director * Oreste Bilancia (1881–1945), Italian actor *

Oreste Candi Oreste Candi (27 November 1865 – 4 September 1938) was an Italian luthier. Candi was born in Minerbio near Bologna. He was the older brother of Cesare Candi, and was the first of the two brothers to apprentice under Raffaele Fiorini (in Bolog ...

(1865–1938), Italian luthier * Oreste Capuzzo (1908–1985), Italian gymnast and Olympic competitor * Oreste Casalini (1962–2020), Italian painter and sculptor *

Oreste Cioni Oreste Cioni (born 13 February 1913 in Telgate, died 1968 in Terni) was an Italian footballer. He played his whole career with Ternana. He made his debut in 1932–1933 season, while his club was playing in I Divisione. He began to play regularly ...

(1913–1968), Italian footballer *

Oreste Conte Oreste Conte (19 July 1919 – 7 October 1956) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 Tour de France. Major results ;1939 :1st Coppa San Geo ;1941 :1st Coppa San Geo ;1944 :1st Coppa Bernocchi ;1946 :1st Stages 11, 16a & 17 Gir ...

(1919–1956), Italian racing cyclist *

Oreste Giorgi Oreste Giorgi (19 May 1856 – 30 December 1924) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary. Early life and priesthood Oreste Giorgi was born in Valmontone, Italy. He was educa ...

(1856–1924), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Oreste Grossi Oreste Grossi (14 March 1912 – 16 February 2008) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the ...

(1912–2008), Italian rower and Olympic medal winner *

Oreste Kirkop Oreste Kirkop (Chircop) (26 July 1923 - 10 May 1998) was a Maltese singer. Biography Kirkop was born in Ħamrun (Malta). He was the sixth child among the ten siblings of Jean Chircop and Fortunata Panzavecchia. He started to realise his singing ...

(1923–1998), Maltese opera singer * Oreste Lionello (1927–2009), Italian actor and voice dubbing artist *

Oreste Marrero Oreste Vilato Marrero Vázquez (born October 31, 1969) is a former professional baseball first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos, appearing in 42 games during the 1993 ...

(born 1969), Puerto Rican baseball player * Oreste Moricca (1891–1984), Italian fencer and Olympic medalist *

Oreste Perri Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Biography Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Cano ...

(born 1951), Italian sprint canoer, politician and Olympic competitor * Oreste Piccioni (1915–2002), Italian-born American physicist * Oreste Pinto (1889–1961), Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant colonel and author * Oreste Piro (born 1954), Argentinian-born Spanish dynamical systems theorist and biophysicist *

Oreste Puliti Oreste Puliti (18 February 1891 – 5 February 1958) was an Italian fencer. He won four gold medals and a silver at three Olympic Games. His teammates were accused of attempting to inflate his score by losing to him in the final of the Men ...

(1891–1958), Italian fencer and Olympic medalist *

Oreste Ramos Oreste Ramos Díaz is a Puerto Rican intellectual, lawyer, politician and former senator. He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1977 to 1996, representing the New Progressive Party (PNP). Ramos was first elected to the Senate ...

(Born ????), Puerto Rican politician * Oreste Ravanello (1871–1938), Italian composer and organist * Oreste Recchione (1841–1904), Italian painter * Oreste Riva (1860–1936), Italian composer * Oreste Rizzini (1940–2008), Italian actor and voice dubbing artist *

Oreste Scalzone Oreste Scalzone (born 26 January 1947) is an Italian Marxist intellectual and one of the founders of the communist organization Potere Operaio. Scalzone was born in Terni, Umbria. In 1968 he came to know Franco Piperno, and on 1 March that year h ...

(born 1947), Italian Marxist intellectual and political activist *

Oreste Silvestri Oreste Silvestri (5 September 1858 – 24 November 24, 1936) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Pollone in Biella to a Piedmontese mother and Lombard father. He became known as one of the premier acquafortisti of his age. In the ...

(1858–1936), Italian painter *

Oreste Sindici Oreste Sindici (May 31, 1828 – January 12, 1904) was an Italian-born Colombian musician and composer. He composed the music for the Colombian national anthem in 1887. He was born in Ceccano (Province of Frosinone) and studied in the Accademia ...

(1828–1904), Italian-born Colombian musician and composer * Oreste Squinobal (1943–2004), Italian mountain climber, mountain guide and ski mountaineer *

Oreste Tescari Oreste Tescari ( – 22 September 1977) was an Italian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Italy, and at club level for Torino XIII, as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. Playing career I ...

(born c. 1923), Italian rugby player *

Oreste Vaccari Oreste Vaccari (1886 - 1980) was an Italian Orientalist and linguist. He was a pupil at the Royal Oriental Institute of Naples during the second decade of the 20th century, where his instructors included Afevork Ghevre Jesus, who taught him A ...

(1886–1980), Italian Orientalist and linguist *

Oreste Zamor Emmanuel Oreste Zamor (1861–1915) was a Haitian general and politician who served as the president of Haiti in 1914. Biography During the Haitian civil war of 1912, Oreste Zamor and his brother Charles, both generals, supported Caimito R ...

(1861–1915), Haitian politician, former President of Haiti {{given name Italian masculine given names Masculine given names