Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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Raffaele Amato Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, including ''"Lo Spagnolo"'' (Th ...

, Italian mobster *

Raffaele Cutolo Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss, leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including o Vangelo'' ("the gosp ...

, Italian mobster *

Raffaele Ganci Raffaele Ganci (4 January 1932 – 3 June 2022) was a member of the Mafia in Sicily from the Noce neighbourhood in Palermo. He was considered to be the right-hand man of Cosa Nostra boss Totò Riina and sat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission.

, Italian mobster *

Raffaele Cantone Raffaele Cantone is an Italian magistrate who was appointed President of the Anti- corruption National Authority on 24 March 2014 by the Italian prime mMinister, Matteo Renzi. Cantone held the office until October 2019. Biography Born in Naples o ...

, Italian magistrate *

Raffaele De Rosa Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016. Career 125cc World Championship ...

, Italian motorcycle racer * Raffaele Di Paco, Italian cyclist *

Raffaele Fitto Raffaele Fitto (born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament. He is serving as the minister of European affairs in the Meloni Cabinet since 2022. Career Born in Maglie, Fitto was elected in 1999 at Europ ...

, Italian politician *

Raffaele Guariglia Raffaele Guariglia, Barone di Vituso (Naples, 19 February 1889 – Rome, 25 April 1970) was an Italian diplomat. He is best known for his brief service as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the short-lived 1943 World War II-era Italian government he ...

, Italian politician *

Raffaele Lombardo Raffaele Lombardo ; (born 29 October 1950, in Catania) is an Italian politician who was President of Sicily and former Member of the European Parliament for Islands with the Movement for the Autonomies and has sat on the European Parliament's Com ...

, Italian politician *

Raffaele Palladino Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of club Monza. Club career On 3 July 2008, Palladino was signed by Genoa in co-ownership deal, priced €5million (for 50% ...

, Italian footballer *

Raffaele Pinto Raffaele "Lele" Pinto (13 April 1945 – 8 December 2020) was a rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal. Career Pinto began rallying in 1968. In 1972, he won the European Rally Championship in a Fiat 124 Sport Spider. The following year, t ...

, Italian racing driver *

Raffaele Pisu Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Bologna as Guerrino Pisu into a family of Sardinian origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of th ...

, Italiano actor *

Raffaele Riario Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario (3 May 1461 – 9 July 1521) was an Italian Cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the person who invited Michelangelo to Rome. He was a patron of the ...

, Italian cardinal *

Raffaele Rossetti Raffaele Rossetti (12 July 1881 – 24 December 1951) was an Italian engineer and military naval officer who sank the SMS Viribus Unitis, main battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I. He was also a politician of the It ...

, Italian politician *

Raffaele Carlo Rossi Raffaele Rossi (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948) - born Carlo - was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and professed member from the Discalced Carmelites. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia fr ...

, Italian cardinal *

Raffaele Viviani Raffaele Viviani (10 January 1888 in Castellammare di Stabia, Province of Naples – 22 March 1950) was an Italian author, playwright, actor and musician. Viviani belongs to the turn-of-the-century school of realism in Italian literature, a ...

, Italian artist *

Raffaele Contigiani Raffaele Contigiani (1920–2008) was an Italian architect and painter. He qualified as an architect in 1947 and designed pavilions for the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a consultant for the Italian television broadc ...

(1920–2008), Italian architect

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Virginia Raffaele Virginia Raffaele (born 27 September 1980) is an Italian comedian, actress, impersonator and presenter. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of two circus performers, Raffaele studied classical and modern dance at the and in 1999 grad ...

, Italian actress

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