Gaëtan or Gaétan is a first name which can designate:

First name or surname

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Gaetano Gaetano (anglicized ''Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval per ...

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, Gaetan is written ''Caietanus'' . Les féminins de ''Gaétan'' et ''Gaëtan'' sont ''Gaétane'' (ou ''Gaétanne'') et ''Gaëtane''.

Linguistic variants

* allemand and polonais : '' Kajetan''. * anglais : ''

Cajetan Cajetan and Kajetan is the Anglicized, Germanized and Slavicized form of the Italian given name Gaetano. People with this name include: * Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther * Saint C ...

''. * espagnol : '' Cayetano''. * italien : ''Gaetano'' (à l'origine du nom de famille De Gaetano). * portugais : '' Caetano''.

Saint Gaétan

* Cajetan of Thiene (1480-1547), Gaetano ''de Thiene'' , Italian priest, founder of the Théatins order . He is celebrated on August 7 .

Gaétan de l'époque moderne

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Juan Gaetano The Manila galleon (; ) refers to the Spanish trading ships that linked the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies to Mexico (New Spain), across the Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages per year between the ports of Man ...

, a 16th ^century Spanish navigator . * Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656-1701), Italian wax modeler. * Gaetano Greco (1657-1728), Italian composer. * Giovanni Gaetano Bottari (1689 1775), Italian scientist. * Gaetano Caffarelli (1710-1783), Italian soprano singer. * Gaetano Guadagni (1725-1792), Italian opera singer. * Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798), Italian violinist and composer. * Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802), Italian painter. * Gaetano Filangieri (1753-1788), Italian jurist.

Gaétan and Gaétane, contemporaries

Gaétan

Gaétan Boucher Gaétan T. Boucher (born May 10, 1958) is a former Canadian speed skating Olympic champion. Biography Boucher first trained in ice hockey, the leading sport in Canada but then changed to speed skating after winning a national title in 1972. I ...

(1958), Quebec speed skater. * Gaétan Breton (1952), Quebec politician. * Gaétan Brulotte (1945), Quebec writer. *

Gaétan Frigon Gaëtan or Gaétan is a first name which can designate: First name or surname ''Gaëtan'' or ''Gaétan'' is a recent French first name derived from the Italian ''Gaetano'' meaning French first name derived from the Italian ''Gaetano'' meaning ...

(1940), Quebec industrialist. * Gaétan Girouard (1965 - 1999), Quebec journalist and television host. * Gaétan Labrèche (1931 - 1990), Quebec actor. *

Gaétan Malette Gaétan Malette is a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk in the 2025 Canadian federal election The 2025 Canadian federal election was held o ...

, Canadian politician. *

Gaëtan Picon Gaëtan Picon (19 September 1915 – 6 August 1976) was a French author: essayist, art and literature critic, and art and literature historian. He was director of the ''Mercure de France'' and Director-General of Arts and Letters under André Malra ...

(1915 - 1976), French essayist and art critic.

Gaëtan

* (1974), Swiss singer. * {{Ill, Gaëtan (singer), lt=Gaëtan, fr, Gaëtan (chanteur) (1953), French actor and magician. * Gaëtan Bong (1988), Cameroonian footballer. * Gaëtan Deneuve (1985), French footballer. * Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784 - 1838), French zoologist. * Gaétan Duchesne (1962 - 2007), Canadian ice hockey player. * Gaëtan Englebert (1976), Belgian footballer. * Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1852 - 1934), French psychiatrist, ethnographer and photographer. * Gaëtan Gorce (1958), French politician. * Gaëtan Huard (1962), French footballer. * Gaëtan "Pete" Laliberté , Gaëtan Laliberté known as "Pete" (1930 - 2006), Canadian ice hockey player. * Gaëtan Picard (1956), Quebec writer. * Gaëtan Pirou (1886 - 1946), French economist. * Gaëtan de Raxi de Flassan (1770 - 1845), French diplomat and historian. * Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813 – 1899), French politician. * Gaëtan Rondeau (1873 - 1971), French politician. * Gaëtan de Rosnay (1912 - 1992), French painter. * Gaétan Soucy (1958), French-speaking Canadian writer and philosopher. * Gaëtan Roussel (1972), French singer-songwriter. * Gaëtan Vassart (1978, Belgian and French actor and director. * Gaëtan Voisard (1973), Swiss ice hockey player.

Gaétane

* Gaétane Thiney (1985), French footballer.

Gaëtane

* Gaëtane Abrial (1988), French singer. *

Gaëtane de Montreuil Gaëtane de Montreuil was the pen name of Géorgina Bélanger (January 22, 1867 – June 24, 1951), a writer in Quebec. She has been described as one of the leading early Canadian women journalists. The daughter of Ambroise Belanger and Bereni ...

, Géorgina Bélanger known as “Gaëtane de Montreuil” (1867 - 1951), journalist and writer from Quebec.

Gaetano

Gaetano Arfé Gaetano Arfé (12 November 1925, Somma Vesuviana – 13 September 2007) was an Italian politician, historian, and journalist. From 1966 to 1976 he published '' Avanti!'', the official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party, which he represent ...

(1925 - 2007), Italian politician, journalist and historian. *

Gaetano Baccani Gaetano (anglicized '' Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval pe ...

(1792 – 1867), Italian architect. *

Gaetano Badalamenti Gaetano Badalamenti (; 14 September 1923 – 29 April 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ''Don Tano'' Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 1 ...

(1923 - 2004), Italian mafioso. *

Gaetano Bedini Gaetano Bedini (15 May 1806 – 6 September 1864) was an Italian ecclesiastic, cardinal, and diplomat of the Catholic Church. Biography Bedini was born in Senigallia into the Bedini family of Ostra (AN), Ostra, the son of Alessandro Pellegrino ...

(1806 - 1864), Italian prelate, cardinal and diplomat of the Roman Catholic Church. *

Gaetano Belloni Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan–San Remo (1917 and 1920), and the three ...

(1892 - 1980), Italian cyclist. * Gaetano Benedetti (1920), Italian psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. *

Gaetano Bresci Gaetano Bresci (; 11 November 186922 May 1901) was an Italian anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy. As a young weaver, his experiences with exploitation in the workplace drew him to anarchism. Bresci emigrated to the United Sta ...

(1869 - 1901), Italian anarchist and regicide. * Gaetano Cicognani (1881 - 1962), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. *

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''be ...

(1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer. * Gaetano Fontana (1970), Italian footballer. * Gaetano Kanizsa (1913 - 1993), Italian psychologist. *

Gaetano Martino Gaetano Martino (25 November 1900 – 21 July 1967) was an Italian politician, physician, and university teacher. Early life and medicine Gaetano Martino was born in 1900 in Messina, Sicily, son of its Mayor Antonino Martino. He graduated in m ...

(1900 - 1967), Italian doctor and politician. *

Gaetano Mosca Gaetano Mosca (; 1 April 1858 – 8 November 1941) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the elite theory and the doctrine of the political class and is one of the three members const ...

(1858 - 1941), Italian political scientist, journalist and senior civil servant. *

Gaetano Salvemini Gaetano Salvemini (; 8 September 1873 – 6 September 1957) was an Italian socialist and anti-fascist politician, historian, and writer. Born into a family of modest means, he became a historian of note whose work drew attention in Italy and ab ...

(1873 - 1957), Italian historian and politician. * Gaetano Saracco (1856 - 1922), Italian dancer and choreographer. *

Gaetano Savi Gaetano Savi (13 June 1769 – 28 April 1844) was an Italian naturalist., botanist and mycologist. He was born in Florence and studied with Giorgio Santi (1746–1822) and Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti (1823–1902). In 1798 he published ''Flora P ...

(1769 - 1844), Italian naturalist. *

Gaetano Scirea Gaetano Scirea (; 25 May 1953 – 3 September 1989) was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest ever defenders. He spent most of his career with Juventus. Scirea is one of only six players in European football hi ...

(1953 - 1989), Italian footballer.

Gaëtano

* Gaëtano Zampa , known as Tany Zampa (1933 - 1984), godfather of the Marseille scene in the 1970s.

Caetano

* Caetano Veloso (1942), Brazilian musician.

Cajetan

* Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (1814 - 1894), Austrian jurist and entomologist.

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