Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Candiano (c. 872–939), 19th Doge of Venice, son of Pietro I

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* Pietro Accolti (1455–1532), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621), Italian cardinal and patron of the arts * Pietro Anastasi (1948–2020), Italian former footballer * Pietro di Antonio Dei, birth name of

Bartolomeo della Gatta Bartolomeo della Gatta (1448–1502), born Pietro di Antonio Dei, was an Italian (Florentine) painter, illuminator, and architect. He was the son of a goldsmith. He was a colleague of Fra Bartolommeo. In 1468, Bartolomeo became a monk in the O ...

(1448–1502), Florentine painter, illuminator and architect * Pietro Aretino (1492–1556), Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer *

Pietro Auletta Pietro Antonio Auletta (1698–1771) was an Italian composer known mainly for his operas. His opera buffa ''Orazio'' gained popularity after being mis-attributed to Pergolesi Pergolesi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Giov ...

(1698–1771), Italian composer known mainly for his operas * Pietro Baracchi (1851–1926), Italian-born astronomer *

Pietro Bellotti Pietro Bellotti (1625–1700) was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. Life and Work Bellotti was born in Volciano di Salò in 1627 (1625 according to Orlandi), he gained fame as a painter of portraits and heads of characters. He was ...

(1625–1700), Italian Baroque painter * Pietro Belluschi (1899–1994), Italian architect *

Pietro Bembo Pietro Bembo, ( la, Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was an Italian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the It ...

(1470–1547), Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, member of the Knights Hospitaller and cardinal * Pietro Bernini (1562–1629), Italian sculptor *

Pietro Borghese Pietro Borghese (also called Pietro della Francesca; 1398–1484) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance period. He is described as being born in Borgo San Sepolcro, painting battle-scenes, and influencing Melozzo da Forlì. This may in ...

(1398–1484), also called Pietro della Francesca, Italian painter of the early Renaissance *

Pietro Bianchi (disambiguation) Pietro Bianchi may refer to: *Pietro Bianchi (gymnast) (1883–1965), Italian gymnast *Pietro Bianchi (painter) (1694–1740), Italian painter *Pietro Bianchi (weightlifter) (1895–1962), Italian weightlifter * Pietro Bianchi (basketball), see Rost ...

* Pietro Campilli (1891–1974), Italian economist and politician * Pietro Carnesecchi (1508–1567), Italian humanist * Pietro Cascella (1921–2008), Italian painter and sculptor *

Pietro Cataldi Pietro Antonio Cataldi (15 April 1548, Bologna – 11 February 1626, Bologna) was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of contin ...

(1548–1626), Italian mathematician * Pietro Crinito (1475–1507), known as Crinitus or Pietro Del Riccio Baldi, Florentine humanist scholar and poet * Pietro Dusina, Italian priest and inquisitor * Pietro Erardi (1644–1727), Maltese chaplain and painter

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* Pietro Facchetti (1539–1613), Italian painter of the late Renaissance * Pietro Ferrari (footballer, born 1906), Italian retired footballer * Pietro Ferraris (1912–1991), Italian footballer *

Pietro Ferrero (disambiguation) Pietro Ferrero may refer to: * Pietro Ferrero (1898–1949), Italian businessman * Pietro Ferrero Jr. (1963–2011), Italian businessman * Pietro Ferrero (anarchist) Pietro Ferrero (Grugliasco, 12 May 1892 - Turin, 18 December 1922) was an Ital ...

* Pietro Fontana (engraver) (1762–1837), Italian engraver *

Pietro Fontana (engineer) Pietro Fontana was an early 19th-century engineer. He was Secretary of the Accademia degli Ottusi di Spoleto (known later as the Accademia Spoletina) and founded the Società Agraria Spoletina. In 1812 he discovered the veins of lignite near R ...

, early 19th century Italian engineer and agronomist *

Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'Italiana genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Be ...

(1914–1974), Italian actor, screenwriter and director *

Pietro Lanza di Scalea Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938) was an Italian noble and politician. He served as the minister of war in 1922 and as the minister of the colonies between 1924 and 1926. He was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament. Early life Lanza w ...

(1863–1938), Italian noble and politician * Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764), Italian Baroque composer and violinist * Pietro Lombardi (architect) (1894–1984), Italian architect * Pietro Lombardi (wrestler) (1922–2011), Italian wrestler * Pietro Lombardi (singer) (born 1992), German singer * Pietro Loredan (1372–1438), Venetian nobleman and military commander on sea and land * Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni (1721–1782), Austrian painter * Pietro Magni (sculptor) (1817–1877), Italian sculptor *

Pietro Magni (engineer) Piero Magni (Genoa, December 22, 1898 - April 17, 1988) was an Italian aeronautical engineer. He was heavily involved with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics later in his career. Magni contributed to the development of variable inci ...

(1898–1988), Italian aeronautical engineer *

Pietro Magni (footballer) Pietro Magni (20 March 1919 – 24 September 1992) was an Italian football player and manager. As a player, Magni made 193 appearances in Serie A, the highest level of Italian football, and was capable of playing in several positions, although h ...

(1919–1992), Italian footballer and football manager * Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari (1735–1787), painter from Parma *

Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea (; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and set a world ...

(1952–2013), Italian sprinter and politician * Pietro Metastasio, pseudonym of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (1698–1782), Italian poet and librettist

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Pietro Negroni Pietro Negroni, also called Il Giovane Zingaro (''the young gypsy'') and Lo zingarello di Cosenza (''the little gypsy from Cosenza'')Marisa Reale, Pietro Negroni - Lo zingarello di Cosenza, , FPE Franco Pangallo Editore, 2011 ( – 1565), was a ...

(c. 1505–1565), Italian painter of the Renaissance * Pietro Pastore (1908–1969), Italian footballer and actor *

Pietro Pedranzini Pietro Pedranzini was an Italian Lieutenant of the First Italian War of Independence and the Third Italian War of Independence. He was one of the main commanders behind the Operations in Valtellina and received a Gold Medal of Military Valor f ...

(1826-1903), Italian Lieutenant * Pietro Perti or Peretti (1648–1714), Italian Baroque sculptor and architect *

Peter S. Pezzati Peter Pezzati (September 18, 1902 – February 19, 1993) was an American portrait artist who was located in the Boston area. His art was rooted in the Renaissance tradition. His artwork included landscapes, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pas ...

(1902–1993), aka Pietro Pezzati, American portrait painter *

Pietro Pezzati (artist) Pietro Pezzati (1828–1890) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he was a resident of Livorno. He exhibited at the Promotrice of Florence: ''Il mio diletto a me ed io a lui'' and a ''Holy Family''. In 1886, at the Exhibition of Livorno, ...

(1828–1898), Italian mural painter * Pietro Porcinai (1910–1986), Italian landscape architect * Pietro Scalia (born 1960), Italian-American film editor * Pietro Scarcella (born 1950), Italian-Canadian mobster * Pietro Antonio Solari (c. 1445–1493), Italian architect and sculptor * Pietro or Pier Paolo Vergerio (c. 1498–1565), Italian religious reformer * Pietro De Vico (1911–1999), Italian film actor * Pietro Vierchowod (born 1959), Italian football manager and former player *

Pietro Vinci Pietro Vinci (c. 1525 – after 14 June 1584) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. Vinci was born in Nicosia. He was active in Bergamo and then in various Sicilian cities as ''Maestro di cappella''. He published several books of ...

(c. 1525–1584), Italian composer *

Pietro Ziani Pietro Ziani (died in Venice, 13 March 1230) was the 42nd Doge of Venice from 15 August 1205 to 1229, succeeding Enrico Dandolo. He was the son of Doge Sebastian Ziani of the very rich noble family. He was married to Maria Baseggio and Consta ...

(died 1230), 42nd Doge of Venice

Fictional characters

Pietro Maximoff Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character, fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #4 (March 1964) and was created by St ...

, fictional Marvel Comics superhero known as Quicksilver

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