Caputo is a common Italian surname. It derives from the Latin root of ''caput'', meaning "source" or "head" - words with similar roots include "chapter", "capital", or "captain". People with that name include:
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Corrado Caputo (1242-1320), son of
Frederick of Antioch
Frederick of Antioch (''c''. 1223 – 1255/6) was an Italian nobleman who served as the imperial vicar of Tuscany from 1246 to 1250. He was an illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, by an unidentified southern Italian noblewoman. ...
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Andrea Caputo, Italian Roman Catholic prelate
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Anthony "Acid" Caputo, American DJ, producer and remixer
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Bruce Faulkner Caputo, American politician
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Chuck Caputo, American politician
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Dante Caputo, Argentine academic, politician and diplomat
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David A. Caputo, American academic
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Denis Caputo, Argentine footballer
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Francesco Caputo, Italian footballer
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Frank Caputo, Canadian politician
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John D. Caputo, American philosopher
* Joseph Claude Caputo, American jazz musician, known as
Joe Cabot
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Keith Caputo, formerly known as Mina Caputo, American singer
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Lisa Caputo
Lisa Caputo is the executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for The Travelers Companies, Inc. She joined Travelers on June 1, 2011. At Travelers, she is a member of the Management and Operating Committees and the ...
, American businesswoman
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Luis Caputo
Luis Andrés "Toto" Caputo (born 21 April 1965) is an Argentine economist who is the current Minister of Economy under Javier Milei's presidency, having assumed office on 10 December 2023. He previously served as Minister of Public Finances fr ...
, Argentine economist and politician
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Michael A. Caputo, American professional football player
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Michael R. Caputo, Republican political strategist and media consultant
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Michael "Mike" Caputo, American politician
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Philip Caputo
Philip Caputo (born June 10, 1941) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for '' A Rumor of War'' (1977), a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Caputo has written 18 books, including three memoirs, five ...
, American writer
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Ricardo Caputo
Ricardo Silvio Caputo (1949 – October 1, 1997) was an Argentine American serial killer active during the 1970s who was known as The Lady Killer.
Life
Caputo was born in 1949 in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1970, he moved to the United States and s ...
, Argentine criminal
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Sergio Caputo
Sergio Caputo (born August 31, 1954) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and guitarist.
Born in Rome, while a university student Caputo started performing in Roman clubs, notably Folkstudio. After getting a degree in architecture and while ...
, Italian musician
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Theresa Caputo
Theresa Caputo (born June 10, 1967) is an American alleged psychic medium, best known for her TLC reality television series '' Long Island Medium''.
Early life
Caputo, the daughter of Nicholas and Veronica Brigandi, was born and raised in ...
, American television personality
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Tony C. Caputo, American publisher
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Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA fo ...
(née Caputo), American Naval Aviator and former astronaut
Fictional characters
* Joe Caputo, the fictional Litchfield Director of Human Activities on ''
Orange is the New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Pr ...
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Italian-language surnames