Valentino is an Italian male given name, the masculine equivalent of the female givne name Valentina. It may be abbreviated as "Vale" or "Tino". The equivalent English male given name is Valentine. A surname, Valentino, also exists. People named Valentino include:

Given named

Valentino Argento Valentino Argento (1901 – 8 September 1941) was an Italian fencer. He competed in the team foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII ...

(1901–1941), Italian Olympic fencer * Valentino d'Apreja (died 1539), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *

Valentino Babini Valentino Babini (Novi di Modena, 5 December 1889 – 29 December 1952) was an Italian general during World War II. He was one Italy's foremost pioneers in tank warfare and among the most important tank commanders of the Royal Italian Army durin ...

(1889–1952), Italian general *

Valentino Balboni Valentino Balboni (born 13 May 1949) is the former chief test driver of Lamborghini, a manufacturer of sports cars in Italy. He retired in October 2008 due to Italian government work regulations, after having served the company for 40 years. ...

(born 1959), Italian test driver for Lambourghini *

Valentino Baldi Valentino Baldi (1774 – October 22, 1816) was an Italian painter, mainly of quadratura and ornamentation in fresco and tempera. Biography Born in Pistoia, he was the son of Raffaello Baldi, and trained under Francesco Beneforti (1715-1802) in P ...

(1774–1816), Italian painter * Valentino Panciera Besarel (1829–1902), Italian sculptor *

Valentino Bellucci Valentino Bellucci (1975 – 16 December 2021) was an Italian philosopher, sociologist, poet, painter, and essayist. Life and career Bellucci was born in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He taught "History and critical analysis of th ...

(born 1975), Italian philosopher * Valentino Bertolini (1917–1967), Italian Olympic racewalker *

Valentino Blake Valentino Antwon Blake (born August 9, 1990) is a former American football cornerback and special teamer. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans ...

(born 1990), U.S. American football player * Valentino Bocca (born 2002/2003), Italian child who was the centre of an Italian court case where the court ruled that MMR vaccination caused autism *

Valentino Bompiani Valentino Silvio Bompiani (27 September 1898 – 23 February 1992) was an Italian publisher, writer and playwright. Born in Ascoli Piceno (Marche), in 1929 he founded the publishing house carrying his name, which became one of the most imp ...

(1898–1992), Italian writer *

Valentino Bong Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (born 14 February 1989) is a professional squash player who has represented Malaysia. He is also a coach. Early life Bong was born on 14 February 1989 in Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia. He was born to a Filipino mother, Cav ...

(born 1989), Malaysian squash player * Valentino Borgia (born 1914), Italian Olympic Graeco-Roman wrestler * Valentino Braitenberg (1926–2011), Italian cyberneticist *

Valentino Bucchi Valentino Bucchi (29 November 1916 – 8 May 1976) was an Italian composer. Biography Bucchi was born in Florence, Italy, the son of musicians. He studied at Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence. He died in Rome, Italy. Works T ...

(1916–1976), Italian composer * Valentino Castellani (born 1940), Italian politician * Valentino Degani (1905–1974), Italian soccer player *

Valentino Achak Deng ''What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng'' is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan prog ...

, Sudanese child refugee to the United States * Valentino Fiévet (born 1991; frequently known mononymously as "Valentino"), French soccer player *

Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was a celebrated Italian composer of ''opera buffas''. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best ''opera buffa'' composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he was ...

(1764–1837), Italian composer *

Valentino Fois Valentino Fois (23 September 1973 – 28 March 2008) was an Italian cyclist. He participated in 2 editions of the Tour de France. Major results ;1995 :1st Giro della Valle d'Aosta ;1996 :1st stage 5 Tour de Pologne ;1997 :3rd Italian National Ro ...

(1973–2008), Italian cyclist *

Valentino Furlanetto Valentino Furlanetto (born 11 May 1965) is a former international speedway rider from Italy. Speedway career Furlanetto reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship six times from 1986 until 1992. He rode in the top tier of Bri ...

(born 1965), Italian motorcycle speedway rider *

Valentino Gallo Valentino Gallo (born 17 July 1985) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is currently playing with AN Bre ...

(born 1985), Italian water polo player *

Valentino Garavani Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (; born 11 May 1932), known mononymously as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer, the founder of the Valentino brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, a ...

(born 1932; frequently known mononymously as "Valentino"), Italian fashion designer *

Valentino Gasparella Valentino Gasparella (born 30 June 1935) is a retired Italian track cyclist. He won a gold medal in the Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (with Antonio Domenicali, L ...

(born 1935), Italian track cyclist *

Valentino Giambelli Valentino Giambelli (8 March 1928 – 27 March 2019) was an Italian footballer and businessman, chairman of A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 from 1980 to 2000. Football Life During the Second World War, Giambelli worked as a laborer at the Magneti Mare ...

(1928–2019), Italian soccer player * Valentino Grant (born 1964), Italian politician * Valentino Kanzyani, Slovenian DJ and music producer * Valentino Khan (born 1987), U.S. DJ and music producer *

Valentino Knowles Valentino Knowles (born 16 August 1988) is a Bahamian former professional boxer. Career As an amateur, Knowles represented the Bahamas across various international competitions in the light welterweight division. His best performances include ...

(born 1988), Bahamian boxer *

Valentino Lai Valentino Lai (born 3 February 1984) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Italy, Lai represented Sweden internationally. Club career Born in Cagliari, Italy, Lai started his career playing for Swedish club FBK Balkan at you ...

(born 1985), Italian-Swede soccer player * Valentino Lazaro (born 1996), Austrian soccer player * Valentino Lanús (born 1975), Mexican actor * Valentino Francisco Livramento (born 2002), British soccer player *

Valentino Macchi Valentino Macchi (4 August 1937 - 19 March 2013) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1962 to 2008. His last appearance was in 2008 and died on March 19, 2013, at his home in Rome Selected filmography *1962: ''Bo ...

(1937–2013), Italian actor * Valentino Manfredonia (born 1989), Brazilian-Italian boxer *

Valentino Mapapalangi Valentino Mapapalangi (born 18 July 1993) is a Tongan rugby union player. He plays in the number 8 and blind side position. He previously played for the England based Premiership Rugby side, Leicester Tigers. Mapapalangi also represents Tonga a ...

(born 1993), Tongan rugby player * Valentino Mario Maurizio Moris (1860–1944), Italian general, politician, aviation pioneer * Valentino Mastrozzi (1729–1809), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *

Valentino Mazzia Valentino D. B. Mazzia (February 17, 1922 – March 10, 1999) was an American physician who served as chairman of the department of anesthesiology at the New York University School of Medicine and was a pioneer in the forensic analysis of deat ...

(1922–1999), U.S. anesthesiologist, medical doctor and forensic doctor * Valentino Mazzola (1919–1949), Italian soccer player * Valentino Miller (also known mononymously as "Valentino"), U.S rapper *

Valentino Mokiwa Valentino Leonard Mokiwa (born 1954) is a former Tanzanian Anglican Archbishop. He was elected as the Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Tanzania in 2008 and occupied the position until 2013. Since being elected in April 2002, Mokiw ...

(born 1954), Tanzanian Anglican archbishop *

Valentino Müller Valentino Müller (born 19 January 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WSG Tirol in Austrian Bundesliga. He was born in Lustenau. Career LASK On 3 June 2019 LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly kn ...

(born 1999), Austrian soccer player * Valentino Murataj (born 1996), Albanian soccer player *

Valentino Musetti Valentino Musetti (born 7 January 1943 in Pontremoli, Tuscany, Italy), often known as just Val Musetti, is an Italian-born English film and TV stuntman and retired motor racing driver. Highlights of his career include finishing third in the Shell ...

(born 1943), Italian-British stuntman * Valentino Nucci, U.S. mafioso, member of the Gambino crime family *

Valentino Orsini Valentino Orsini (19 January 1927 in Pisa – 26 January 2001 in Cerveteri) was an Italian film director. After his first interests to arts (he had been sculptor, stage designer, cinema critic, cineclub animator) in his hometown, in 1954 Val ...

(1927–2001), Italian director * Valentino Orsolini Cencelli (1898–1971), Italian politician * Valentino Pascucci (born 1978), U.S. baseball player * Valentino Annibale Pastore (1868–1956), Italian philosopher *

Valentino Pellarini Valentino Pellarini (26 October 1919 – 15 May 1992) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known a ...

(1919–1972), Italian Olympic basketball player * Valentino Piacentini (born 1978), Italian pingpong player *

Valentino Picone Salvatore Ficarra (born 27 May 1971, in Palermo) and Valentino Picone (born 23 March 1971, in Palermo) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone. Life and career They started in 1993 along ...

(born 1971), Italian comedian *

Valentino Pittoni Valentino Pittoni (german: Valentin Pittoni; 23 May 1872 – 11 April 1933) was a socialist politician from Trieste, who was mainly active in Austria-Hungary. As a follower of Austromarxism and militant of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Au ...

(1872–1933), Italian politician * Valentino Pozzoli, Italian astronomer * Valentino Puccio (1965–2011), U.S. pro-wrestler * Valentino Pugliese (born 1997), Swiss soccer player *

Valentino Ravnić Valentino Ravnić (born 20 July 1995) is a Croatian handball player for HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța and the Croatian national team. He represented Croatia at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball C ...

(born 1995), Croatian soccer player *

Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...

(born 1979), Italian MotoGP motorcycle racer, multiple world champion *

Valentino Rovisi Valentino Rovisi (December 1715 in Moena – 12 March 1783 in Moena) was an Italian painter in a late Baroque style. Biography Born to a comfortable merchant of wood in the Trentine valleys, he trained with a variety of local masters including ...

(1715—1783), Italian painter * Valentino Sala (1908—2002), Italian soccer player *

Valentino Siani Valentino Siani (c.1595–1672) was an Italian violinmaker who worked in Brescia and Florence. He was a pupil of Giovanni Paolo Maggini Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1580 - c. 1630), was a luthier born in Botticino (Brescia), Italy. Maggini was ...

(1595–1672), Italian violinmaker * Valentino Stepčić (born 1990), Croatian soccer player * Valentino Talluto, Italian convicted for multiple criminal transmissions of HIV * Valentino Telaubun (born 1984), Indonesian soccer player * Valentino Tontodonati (born 1959), Italian rower *

Valentino Riroroko Tuki Valentino Riroroko Tuki (13 February 1932 — 29 July 2017) was a claimant to the Rapa Nui throne of Easter Island. He was the grandson of the last King Simeón Riro Kāinga, who died in 1899 and belonged to the Miru clan, descendents of the foun ...

(1932—2017), Rapa Nuian pretender to the throne * Valentino Urbani (1690–1722), Italian alto castrato singer *

Valentino Valentini Valentino Valentini (died 1593) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città Ducale (1580–1593). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 14 November 1580, Valentino Valentini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of ...

(died 1593), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Valentino Vermeulen (born 2001), Dutch soccer player *

Valentino Vujinović Valentino Vujinović (born 20 February 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (ass ...

(born 1999), German soccer player *

Valentino Yuel Valentino Yuel (born 12 October 1994) is a South Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Western Sydney Wanderers. Club career Western United Yuel was signed by new club Western United ahead of the 2019–20 A-League. He left ...

(born 1994), South Sudanese soccer player * Valentino Zeichen (1938—2016), Italian poet * Valentino Zucchetti, ballet dancer

Pseudonymed

* Valentino, the stage name for Peter González Torres of the Puerto Rican band ''

Magnate & Valentino :''The article covers the duo's career as well the individual careers of Magnate and Valentino after break-up'' Magnate & Valentino were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo made up of Ramón del Robledo Nuñez Oliviera known as Magnate (born 24 Octob ...

'' * Duke of Valentino, mononymously called "Valentino" **

Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia (; ca-valencia, Cèsar Borja ; es, link=no, César Borja ; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian ex- cardinal and '' condottiero'' (mercenary leader) of Aragonese (Spanish) origin, whose fight for power was a major ...

(1475–1507), Spanish-Italian soldier, nobleman, politician, and cardinal

Fictional characters

* Valentino, a fictional character from the Argentinian-Columbian Spanish-language telenovela ''

Valentino el argentino ''Valentino el argentino'' is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Pol-ka Producciones and Vista Producciones filmed between Argentina and Colombia. It premiered on El Trece in Argentina on 7 October 2008, followed by its debut on RCN Telev ...

'' * Valentino, a fictional character from the adult animated web series '' Hazbin Hotel'' ; see

List of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss characters This is a list of significant characters from the adult animated series ''Hazbin Hotel'' and web series ''Helluva Boss''—created, directed, written and produced by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. Some of these characters were originally developed ...

* Valentino Calavera, a main character in Cartoon Network animated series Victor and Valentino

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