Ferrante is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Italian nobility * Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1687–1729) * Don Ferrante (1423–1494), Ferdinand I, King of Naples * Ferrante II of Naples (1469–1496), Ferdinand II, King of Naples * Ferrante I Gonzaga (1507–1557), Italian ''condottiero'' (mercenary), Count of Guastalla *

Ferrante II Gonzaga Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 5 August 1630) was Count of Guastalla and, from 1621, Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi, and Donna Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575. On ...

, Duke of Guastalla (1563–1630) *

Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla Ferrante III Gonzaga (4 April 1618 – 11 January 1678), was a Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Isabella Orsini. Life He succeeded his father in 1632. In 1638 he sold all the minor N ...

(1618–1678) ;Given name * Ferrante Aporti, Italian educator * Ferrante Bacciocchi, Italian painter * Ferrante Imperato (c. 1525 – c. 1615), apothecary of Naples *

Ferrante Pallavicino Ferrante Pallavicino (23 March 1615 – 5 March 1644) was an Italian writer of numerous antisocial and obscene stories and novels with biblical and profane themes, lampoons and satires in Venice which, according to Edward Muir, "were so popular ...

, Italian writer ;Surname * Andrea Ferrante (born 1968), Italian composer * Arthur Ferrante (1921–2009), of the American Ferrante & Teicher piano duo * Bruno Ferrante, Italian politician * Damon Ferrante, American composer *

Elena Ferrante Elena Ferrante () is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of ''Neapolitan Novels'' are her most widely known works. ''Time'' magazine ...

, Italian novelist * Frank Ferrante, American actor * Jack Ferrante, American football player * Jeanne Ferrante, computer scientist * John Ferrante, American physicist * Louis Ferrante, American writer * Marco Ferrante, Italian football player * Michael Ferrante, Australian football player * Robert Ferrante, American news producer *

Russell Ferrante Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ri ...

, American jazz pianist * Ugo Ferrante, Italian football player

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