Riccardo is a

male Male (Mars symbol, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, repro ...

given name, Italian version of Ricardo or

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

. It also may be a surname. It means "Powerful Leader". It may refer to:

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* Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912), Italian violin maker *

Riccardo Bacchelli Riccardo Bacchelli (; 19 April 1891 – 8 October 1985) was an Italian writer. In 1927 he was one of the founders of the review ''La Ronda'' and Bagutta Prize for literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature eight times. Care ...

(1891–1985), writer * Riccardo Barthelemy (1869–1955), Italian composer *

Riccardo Bauer Riccardo Bauer (1896–1982) was an Italian anti-fascist journalist and political figure. He was one of the early Italians who fought against Benito Mussolini's rule. Due to his activities Bauer was imprisoned for a long time and was freed only a ...

(1896–1982), Italian journalist and politician * Riccardo Bertazzolo (1903–1975), Italian boxer *

Riccardo Billi Riccardo Billi (22 April 1906 – 15 April 1982) was an Italian film actor and comedian. With Mario Riva he appeared as ''Billi & Riva'', one of the most popular Italian comic duos in the 1950s. He appeared in around 85 films between 1938 ...

(1906–1982), Italian film actor and comedian *

Riccardo Bocchino Riccardo Bocchino (born 3 March 1988) is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a Rugby union positions#10. Fly-half, fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi. He made his debut for Italy national rugby union team, Italy against Ireland ...

(born 1988), Italian rugby union player * Riccardo Bonetto (born 1979), Italian football player *

Riccardo Brengola Riccardo Brengola (18 March 1917 – 16 May 2004) was an Italian violinist and professor. He was associated with early Italian chamber music and with the performance of contemporary Italian classical music. For several decades, he was the Profes ...

(1917–2004), Italian violinist *

Riccardo Broschi Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698 – 1756) was a composer of baroque music and the brother of the opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli. Life Broschi was born in Naples, the son of Salvatore Broschi, a composer and chapelmaster of the Cath ...

(1698–1795), composer, brother of famous castrato singer Carlo Broschi *

Riccardo Burchielli Riccardo Burchielli (born 27 February 1975) is an Italian artist known for his work on the DC/Vertigo comic book series '' DMZ'', his first work in the United States. Early life Burchielli was born in Peccioli, near Pisa, Tuscany.

(born 1975), Italian artist *

Riccardo Calimani Riccardo Calimani (born 1946 in Venice, Italy) is a writer and historian, specialising in Italian and European Judaism and Jewish history. A graduate of electronic engineering at the University of Padua and of Philosophy of science at the Unive ...

(born 1946), Italian writer and historian * Riccardo Campa (born 1967), Italian professor * Riccardo Campogiani (1990–2007), Swedish assault victim *

Riccardo Carapellese Riccardo Carapellese (; 1 July 1922 – 20 October 1995) was an Italian football manager and player who played as a striker. Club career Carapellese started his career in the 1942–43 season with Spezia in Serie B where he played 19 games and ...

(1922–1995), Italian football player and football manager *

Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin (2 January 19096 August 2009) was an Italian mountaineer, developer of mountaineering equipment and author, and an important figure in the history of rock climbing. Life Born into a peasant family at San Vito al Tagliamento in ...

(1909–2009), Italian mountaineer *

Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting position ...

(born 1953), Italian conductor *

Riccardo Chiarini Riccardo Chiarini (born 20 February 1984) is an Italian mountainbiker and former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . He is a native of Faenza. Doping Chiarini tested positive for EPO in a ...

(born 1984), Italian road bicycle racer *

Riccardo Colombo Riccardo Colombo (born 1 December 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career In the 2008–09 season, Colombo played three games in the 2008–09 Coppa Italiabr> During the 2009–10 season, ultras of Torino a ...

(born 1982), Italian football player *

Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante (; born 20 February 1946), also known in French-speaking countries and the U.S. as Richard Cocciante (), is an Italian singer, composer, theatre man and musician. He acquired French citizenship. Personal life Cocciante was b ...

(born 1946), Italo-French singer, songwriter and composer *

Riccardo Corallo Riccardo Corallo is a retired Italian footballer. He played as a defender. References External links Profile at lega-calcio.it* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corallo, Riccardo Living people 1980 births Italian footballers S.S.D. Varese Calcio pl ...

(born 1980), Italian football player *

Riccardo Cucciolla Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Sacco & Vanzetti' ...

1924–1999), Italian film actor *

Riccardo Divora Riccardo Divora (22 December 1908 – 10 January 1951) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an internation ...

(1908–1951), Italian rower *

Riccardo Drigo Riccardo Eugenio Drigo ( ru. Риккардо Эудженьо Дриго) (30 June 18461 October 1930) was an Italian composer of ballet music and Italian opera, a theatrical conductor, and a pianist. Drigo is most noted for his long career a ...

(1846–1930), Italian composer of ballet music and Italian Opera, a theatrical conductor and virtuoso pianist *

Riccardo Ferri Riccardo Ferri (; born 20 August 1963) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender, in the role of centre-back. Despite being a well regarded, attentive, and reliable defender throughout his career, he holds the unusual and unfort ...

(born 1963), Italian football player *

Riccardo Fissore Riccardo Fissore (born 18 February 1980) is an Italian former footballer who last played for A.C. Delta Calcio Rovigo as a defender. Club career Early career Born in Carmagnola, Piedmont, Fissore started his career with Torino. In June 200 ...

(born 1980), Italian football player * Riccardo Francovich (1946–2007), Italian archaeologist *

Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri'' in 1956. The film became t ...

(1909–1999), film director *

Riccardo Fogli Riccardo Fogli (born 21 October 1947 in Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Italy) is an Italian singer. Biography Early career Riccardo Fogli was born on 21 October 1947 in Pontedera. He was fond of music since his childhood and taught himself to pla ...

(born 1947), Italian singer * Riccardo Gabbiadini (born 1970), Welsh footballer * Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi (1891–1968), Italian medical doctor * Riccardo Garrone (1926–2016), Italian actor * Riccardo Garrone (1936–2013), Italian entrepreneur and football chairman * Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018), Italian-born American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist *

Riccardo Illy Riccardo Illy (born 24 September 1955) is an Italian businessman and former politician. Biography Riccardo Illy was born in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. His paternal grandfather, Francesco Illy, was of Hungarian origin. He's Waldensian. ...

(born 1955), Italian businessman * Riccardo Ingram (1966–2015), US baseball player and coach *

Riccardo Lione Riccardo Lione (born 13 April 1972 in Rome), is a beach volleyball player from Italy. He and teammate Eugenio Amore represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ...

(born 1972), Italian beach volleyball player

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* Riccardo Magrini (born 1954), Italian road bicycle racer *

Riccardo Maniero Riccardo Maniero (born 26 November 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for club Turris. Career Juventus and loans Maniero began his youth career with Juventus and was promoted to the Primavera reserve team in 2005. As a pl ...

(born 1987), Italian football player *

Riccardo Martin Riccardo Martin (November 18, 1874 – August 11, 1952) was an American tenor. Born Hugh Whitfield Martin in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Martin began his career at Columbia University studying music composition under Edward MacDowell. It was while s ...

(1874–1952), American tenor * Riccardo Maspero (born 1970), Italian football player *

Riccardo Materazzi Riccardo Materazzi (born 15 June 1963 in Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale) is a retired male middle distance runner from Italy. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Materazzi won the sil ...

(born 1963), Italian athlete *

Riccardo Meggiorini Riccardo Meggiorini (born 4 September 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for an amateur side San Giovanni Lupatoto. Club career Early career Meggiorini took his first steps as a footballer at age eight, in a sma ...

(born 1985), Italian football player * Riccardo Meili (born 1982), footballer * Riccardo Montolivo (born 1985), football player * Riccardo Morandi (1902–1989), Italian civil engineer *

Riccardo Moscatelli Riccardo Moscatelli (1971 in Rome – September 1999) was an Italian race car driver. His career began in 1988 when he took up rallying. Then for the next four years he raced in Italian sports prototypes. In 1993 he raced in Italian Formula ...

(1971–1999), Italian race car driver *

Riccardo Muccioli Riccardo Muccioli (born 27 August 1974) is a retired international footballer from San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it ...

(born 1974), football player from San Marino *

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti, (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale i ...

(born 1941), Italian conductor * Riccardo Nardini (born 1983), Italian football player *

Riccardo Nencini Riccardo Nencini (born 19 October 1959) is an Italian politician. Nencini was born at Barberino di Mugello, in the province of Florence. He is the nephew of professional cyclist Gastone Nencini, winner of the 1960 Tour de France. A long-time m ...

(born 1959), Italian politician * Riccardo Pacifici (1904–1943), Italian Sephardic Jew deported to Auschwitz during World War II * Riccardo Paletti (1958–1982), Formula One driver * Riccardo Pampuri (1897–1930), Italian medical doctor *

Riccardo Patrese Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from to . He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix, an ...

(born 1954), Formula One driver *

Riccardo Pazzaglia Riccardo Pazzaglia (12 September 1926 – 4 October 2006) was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter (for Domenico Modugno), TV and radio personality. Born in Naples, Pazzaglia graduated in direction from the Centro Speri ...

(1926–2006), actor, film director, screenwriter and songwriter * Riccardo Piacentini (born 1958), Italian composer and pianist * Riccardo Pittis (born 1968), Italian basketball player *

Riccardo Riccò Riccardo Riccò (born 1 September 1983) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who is suspended from all competition until 2024. He was previously ejected from the 2008 Tour de France for doping violations and suspended. Riccò returned t ...

(born 1983), Italian road bicycle racer *

Riccardo Rognoni Riccardo Rognoni or Richardo Rogniono (ca. 1550 – before 20 April 1620) is the earliest known member of the Rognoni family which started one of the earliest of all violin schools, based in Milan. His treatise ''Passaggi per potersi esercit ...

(c. 1550–1620), Italian composer and violinist *

Riccardo Romagnoli Riccardo Romagnoli (born 11 July 1963 in Rome) is an Italian auto racing driver. Career In 2008 he competed in the FIA GT3 European Championship for La Torre Motorsport in a Dodge Viper. His early racing career included a fifth-place finish ...

(born 1963), Italian auto racing driver *

Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (; born 13 November 1979) is an Italian actor and film producer. Life and career Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, the son of Irene Petrafesa, a painter, and Emilio Scamarcio. He went to train as an actor at the S ...

(born 1979), Italian actor *

Riccardo Schicchi Riccardo Schicchi (; Augusta, Sicily, 12 March 1953 – Rome, 9 December 2012) was an Italian pornographer. He graduated from art school with a specialization in photography, Schicchi began by being a photographer for a magazine named ''Epoca'', ...

(1953–2012), Italian pornographer * Riccardo Scimeca (born 1975), English footballer *

Riccardo di Segni Riccardo Di Segni (born November 13, 1949) is the chief rabbi of Rome. A specialist in diagnostic radiology, he is descended from three generations of rabbis. He completed his rabbinical studies in 1973 and was elected chief rabbi of Rome in 20 ...

(born 1949), chief rabbi of Rome * Riccardo Silva (born 1970), Italian businessman * Riccardo Staglianò (born 1968), Italian journalist * Riccardo Stracciari (1875–1955), Italian baritone * Riccardo Taddei (born 1980), Italian football player * Riccardo Tesi (born 1956), Italian musician *

Riccardo Tisci Riccardo Tisci (; born 1974) is an Italian fashion designer. He studied in Italy at the Design Istituto d’Arte Applicata in Cantù until the age of 17, and then graduated from London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 1999. In ...

(born 1974), Italian fashion designer * Riccardo Torriani (1911–1988), Swiss ice hockey player and luger *

Riccardo Truccolo Riccardo Truccolo (born 8 August 1989 in Pordenone, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball player, currently a member of Pallalcesto Amatori Udine, Snaidero Udine of the Italian league (LegADue/Serie A2). Truccolo began his career in the yo ...

(born 1989), Italian basketball player *

Riccardo Ventre Riccardo Ventre (born 20 June 1944 in Formicola) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on C ...

(born 1944), Italian politician * Riccardo Zadra, Italian pianist *

Riccardo Zandonai Riccardo Zandonai (28 May 1883 – 5 June 1944) was an Italian composer. Biography Zandonai was born in Borgo Sacco, Rovereto, then part of Austria-Hungary. As a young man, he showed such an aptitude for music that he entered the Pesaro Conser ...

(1883–1944), Italian opera composer *

Riccardo Zanella Riccardo Zanella (27 June 1875 – 30 March 1959) was the only elected president of the short lived Free State of Fiume. Biography Zanella was born to an Italian father and Slovene mother in Fiume, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia). He ...

(1896–1947), Italian politician * Riccardo Zampagna (born 1974), Italian footballer *Riccardo Vianello or

Raimondo Vianello Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality. Biography He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...

(1922–2010), Italian film actor

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*'' Riccardo Primo'', or ''Riccardo Primo re d’Inghilterra'', opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel *

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( "Ricardo", ; born 1 July 1989) is an Italian-Australian racing driver who last raced in Formula One driving for McLaren, under the Australian flag. He made his debut at the 2011 British Grand Prix with the HR ...

, Australian Formula One driver {{given name

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