Umberto is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of

Humbert Humbert, Umbert or Humberto (Latinized ''Humbertus'') is a Germanic given name, from ''hun'' "warrior" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also came into use as a surname. Given name ;Royalty and Middle Ages * Emebert (died 710) * Humbert of Maroilles ...

. People with the name include: * King

Umberto I of Italy Umberto I ( it, Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900. Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colo ...

(1844–1900) * King Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983) * Prince Umberto, Count of Salemi (1889–1918) *

Umberto I, Count of Savoy Humbert I ( it, Umberto I; 950 – 1042 or 1047 1048), better known as Humbert the White-Handed (french: Humbert aux blanches-mains) or ( it, Umberto Biancamano), was the founder of the House of Savoy. Of obscure origins, his service ...

(980 – 1047 or 1048) *

Umberto II, Count of Savoy Humbert II (Italian: ''Umberto II''), nicknamed the Fat (1065, Carignano, Piedmont – 19 October 1103C.W. Previte-Orton, ''The Early History of the House of Savoy'', (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 276–277.), was Count of Savoy from 1080 ...

(1065–1103) *

Umberto III, Count of Savoy Humbert III (1136 – 4 March 1189), surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1188. His parents were Amadeus III of Savoy and Mahaut of Albon. He ceded rights and benefits to monasteries and played a decisive role in the organizatio ...

(1135–1189) *

Umberto Bassignani Umberto Bassignani (29 August 1878 – 21 January 1944) was an Italian sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Italy, France, Switzerland, Russia and Monaco, where he had an atelier. Early life Umberto Bassignani was born on 29 August 1878 in ...

(1878–1944), Italian sculptor *

Umberto Boccioni Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...

(1882–1916), Italian artist and sculptor *

Umberto Calzolari Umberto Calzolari (4 June 1938 – 29 July 2018) was an Italian baseball player. Biography Nicknamed "Professor", Calzolari played in ACLI Bologna from 1958 to 1963, when the team merged into Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna ...

(1938–2018), Italian baseball player * Umberto Colombo (1927–2006), Italian scientist *

Umberto De Morpurgo Uberto De Morpurgo (12 January 1896 – 26 February 1961) was a male tennis player from Italy. Uberto De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. His ...

(1896–1961), Italian tennis player * Umberto Eco (1932–2016), Italian writer *

Umberto Giordano Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (28 August 186712 November 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples. His first opera, ''Marina ...

(1867–1948), Italian composer *

Umberto Meoli Umberto Meoli (26 August 1920 – 17 May 2002) was an Italian historian of economics, known as a maverick of the Italian Left who eschewed Marxism in favour of British pragmatism. Biography Early life Meoli was born in Padua, one of ni ...

(1920–2002), Italian economic historian *

Umberto Merlin Umberto Merlin (1885–1964) was an Italian lawyer and Christian Democrat politician who held several cabinet posts in the 1940s and 1950s. Early life and education Merlin was born in Rovigo on 17 February 1885. He was president of the Catholic ...

(1885–1964), Italian lawyer and politician * Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), Italian pilot and explorer *

Umberto Panerai Umberto Panerai (born March 13, 1953) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1976. He was born in Florence. Panerai was a member of the Men's Nationa ...

(born 1953), Italian water polo player *

Umberto Ricci Umberto Ricci (1879–1946) was an Italian academic and economist who served as the minister of education in 1945 shortly after the end of the Fascist rule in Italy. He was a leading academic and worked at various universities. Early life and e ...

(1879–1946), Italian academic and economist * Umberto Tozzi (born 1952), Italian singer and musician

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