Silone is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with this surname include:
*
Ignazio Silone
Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, ), was an Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was no ...
, Italian political leader and novelist nominated for the Nobel prize for literature ten times
*
Josephine Silone Yates
Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912) was an American professor, writer, public speaker, and activist. She trained in chemistry and became one of the first black professors hired at Lincoln University in J ...
(1859-1912), the second president of the National Association of Colored Women and one of the first black professors hired at Lincoln University
{{surnames
Italian-language surnames