Stefano is the
Italian form of the masculine given
name
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Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the achievement is in the realm of virtues, αρετές, therefore the name signifies a person who had triumphed over passions and gained the relevant virtues. In Italian, the stress falls usually on the first syllable, (an exception is the Apulian surname ''Stefano'', ); in English it is often mistakenly placed on the second, .
People with the given name Stefano
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Stefano (wrestler), ring name of Daniel Garcia Soto, professional wrestler
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Stefano Borgia (1731–1804), Italian Cardinal, theologian, antiquarian, and historian
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Stefano Bertacco
Stefano Bertacco (29 December 1962 – 14 June 2020) was an Italian politician who was an Italian Senator from 2014 until his death in 2020.
Political career
Bertacco first became a member of the Italian Senate when Elisabetta Casellati le ...
(1962–2020), Italian politician
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Stefano Cagol
Stefano Cagol (Trento, September 11, 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist living in Italy, Germany and Norway. He works with video, photography and installation and performance art in the fields of conceptual art, environmental art / eco art an ...
(born 1969), Italian artist
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Stefano Casiraghi
Stefano Casiraghi (8 September 1960 – 3 October 1990) was an Italian offshore powerboat racer, socialite, and businessman. He was the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco; he died during a racing accident defending his 1990 Class ...
(1960–1990), Italian socialite
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Stefano Cavazzoni (1881–1951), Italian politician
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Stefano Erardi
Stefano Erardi (1630–1716) was a Maltese painter whose works may be found in many churches around the Maltese Islands. His style has been described as either late Mannerist or Baroque.
Biography
Erardi was born in Valletta in 1630 to Sebasti ...
(1630–1716), Maltese painter
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Stefano Garris (born 1979), German basketball player
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Stefano Gualeni
Stefano Gualeni, Ph.D., is an Italian philosopher and game designer who created videogames such as '' Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths,'' '' Gua-Le-Ni; or, The Horrendous Parade,'' and '' Something Something Soup Something''.
Gualeni is ...
(born 1978), Italian game-designer
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Stefano Guazzo
Stefano Guazzo (; 1530–1593) was an Italian writer from Casale Monferrato.
Biography
Guazzo studied law, and thereafter worked for Lodovico Gonzaga and other members of the family, for which he was active as a diplomat in France and the Papa ...
(1530–1593), Italian writer
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Stefano Langone
Stefano Langone (; born February 27, 1989), known as Stefano in his recording career, is an American singer and musician from Kent, Washington. Langone placed seventh on the tenth season of ''American Idol''. Post American Idol, Stefano Langon ...
(born 1989), singer, ''
American Idol
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'' contestant, now known simply as Stefano
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Stefano Lilipaly
Stefano Jantje Lilipaly (born 10 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for Liga 1 club Borneo and the Indonesia national team.
Club career
Lilipaly played for Dutch amateur side RKSV DCG for three yea ...
(born 1990), Dutch-Indonesia footballer
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Stefano Lusignan Stefano Lusignan (1537–1590), also known as Étienne de Lusignan and Estienne de Lusignan, was a priest, scholar, and titular bishop of Venetian Cyprus who migrated to Italy and France.
Life
Lusignan was born in Nicosia, in Venetian Cyprus, ...
(1537–1590), writer and Catholic priest
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Stefano Mei
Stefano Mei (born 3 February 1963 in La Spezia) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres. European champion on 10000 m in 1986.
From 31 January 2021 he is the new president of Italian Athletics Federation ...
(born 1963), Italian long-distance runner
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Stefano Mori
Stefano Umberto Tareno Mori (born January 16, 1985) is a former actor with Filipino people, Filipino and Italian people, Italian descent. He was also a former member of the band, JCS (band), JCS.
Musical career
Mori was part of the boyband t ...
(born 1985), Filipino-Italian actor and singer
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Stefano Petitti
Stefano Petitti (born 2 September 1953) is an Italian judge. He has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 10 December 2019.
Petitti was born in Rome. He was elected to the Constitutional Court by the Court of Cassation on 28 Nove ...
(born 1953), Italian judge
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Stefano Pilati
Stefano Pilati (born December 10, 1965 in Milan) is an Italian fashion designer. In 2017 he founded Random Identities, a ready-to-wear brand.
From 2004 until 2012, Pilati was the head designer of Yves Saint Laurent. In late 2012 he left YSL to ...
(born 1965), Italian fashion designer
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Stefano Pioli
Stefano Pioli (; born 20 October 1965) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach at Serie A club AC Milan, whom he led to the Serie A title in 2022.
Playing career
Pioli, a native of ...
(born 1965), Italian footballer manager
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Stefano Podestà
Stefano Podestà (born 1 August 1939) is a retired Italian academic. He was the vice-rector of Bocconi University in Milan before involving in politics. He served as the minister of university, scientific and technological research in the first ...
(born 1939), Italian academic and politician
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Stefano Righi
Stefano Righi (born 9 September 1960), known professionally as Johnson Righeira, is an Italian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Italo disco duo Righeira. Aft ...
(born 1960), Italian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
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Stefano Rosselli del Turco
Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Marquis, (27 July 1877 – 18 August 1947) was an Italian chess player, writer and publisher. He was five times Italian champion and represented Italy in the Chess Olympiad seven times. He was a member of the famous Ros ...
(1877–1947), Italian chess player
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Stefano Sensi
Stefano Sensi (; born 5 August 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Monza, on loan from club Inter Milan, and the Italy national team.
He began his career with Italian side Cesena in 2013, and was su ...
(born 1995), Italian footballer
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Stefano Siglienti
Stefano Siglienti (1898 – 1971) was an Italian banker and politician who served as the minister of finance from 18 June until 12 December 1944. He held several banking posts until his death.
Early life and education
Hailed from intellectual b ...
(1898–1971), Italian banker and politician
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Stefano Sturaro
Stefano Sturaro (; born 9 March 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Genoa.
Sturaro began his career with local club Sanremese, and was signed by Genoa in 2008. After four years in the Genoese youth s ...
(born 1993), Italian footballer
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Stefano Trespidi
Stefano Trespidi (; born May 23, 1970) is an Italian opera stage director.
Born in Verona, Italy, Trespidi grew up near the Arena di Verona, where he began acting and interning as a youth. He earned a law degree from University of Trento in Int ...
(born 1970), Italian opera stage director
Middle name
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Antonio Stefano Benni (1880–1945), Italian entrepreneur and politician
Fictional characters
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Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Joseph Mascolo. Created by Pat Falken Smith, Stefano was introduced on January 18, 1982 as the father of Tony DiMera ( Thaao Penghlis) looking to expa ...
, the main villain in ''
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* Stefano, the Italian sea lion in the 2012 comedy film ''
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted''
* Stefano Valentini, major antagonist in ''
The Evil Within 2
''The Evil Within 2'' is a survival horror video game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It was released worldwide in October 2017 and is the sequel to 2014's ''The Evil Wit ...
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People with the surname Stefano
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Dario Stefano
Dario Stefano (born 2 August 1963) is an Italian politician. Graduated in Economy, Stefano has been a member of the Apulian division of the General Confederation of Italian Industry and taught Economics and Industrial Accounting at the Universit ...
(born 1963), Italian politician
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Ippazio Stefano
Ippazio Stefano (born 25 August 1945) is an Italian politician and physician.
Stefano was born in Casarano, Italy. He was a member of the Left Ecology Freedom party, and he joined the Italian Left in 2017.
Stefano was elected member of the Sena ...
(born 1945), Italian politician
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Joey Stefano, stage name of American pornographic actor (a.k.a. Tony Stefano, 1968–1994), Nicholas Iacona Jr.
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Joseph Stefano
Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel as the script for Alfred Hitchcock's film '' Psycho'', and for being the producer and co-writer of the original ''The ...
(1922–2006), American screenwriter
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San Stefano
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Santo Stefano (disambiguation) Santo Stefano is the Italian name of Saint Stephen.
Santo Stefano may also refer to:
Places Islands
*Santo Stefano (island), an island in Sardinia, Italy
*Santo Stefano Island, an island in the Pontine Islands, Italy
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Stephan (given name)
Stephan is a male given name, a variant of Stephen.
People with the name
* Stephan, Prince of Lippe (born 1959), German royal
* Stephan Aarstol, American internet entrepreneur and author
* Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), German Catholic bishop
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Stephano (disambiguation) Stephano may refer to:
;Fictional characters
*Stephano (The Tempest), a drunkard in Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''
*An alias of Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket's ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''
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*Stephano (moon), a natural satellite of the pl ...
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Stephen
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Stefanoni Stefanoni () is an Italian surname, derived from the name Stefano
Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant ...
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Distefano Distefano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Benny Distefano (born 1962), American baseball player
*Chris Distefano (born 1984), American comedian
* David Distéfano (born 1987), Argentine footballer
*Tony DiStefano
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Di Stefano
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