Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...

. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to:

Given name or nickname

Sports

* Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazilian footballer Sandro Chaves de Assis Rosa * Sandro (footballer, born 1974), Spanish footballer Carlos Alejandro Sierra Fumero * Sandro (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Sandro Cardoso dos Santos * Sandro (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian footballer Alexsandro Oliveira Duarte * Sandro (footballer, born March 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro Luiz da Silva * Sandro (footballer, born October 1983), Brazilian footballer Sandro da Silva Mendonça * Sandro (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Sandro José Ferreira da Silva * Sandro (footballer, born February 1987), Brazilian footballer Sandro Costa da Silva * Sandro (footballer, born March 1987), Brazilian footballer Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo * Sandro (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer Sandro Silva de Souza *

Sandro (footballer, born 1989) Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro (born 15 March 1989), or simply Sandro, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who recently played as a midfielder for club Harborough Town F.C., Harborough Town. Club career Early career Sandro i ...

, Brazilian footballer Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro * Sandro Alfaro (born 1971), Costa Rican former footballer * Sandro Barbosa (born 1973), Brazilian footballer Sandro Barbosa Carneiro da Cunha * Sandro Becker (born 1971), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Bellucci (born 1955), Italian retired race walker *

Sandro Blum Sandro Blum (born 3 July 1970), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Sandro Blum started his career at Dinamo-RS, when he was still serving in the Brazilian army, and later played for Juventude, Pa ...

(born 1970), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Burki (born 1985), Swiss footballer * Sandro Casamonica (born 1969), Italian boxer * Sandro Ceppolino (born 1974), Argentine-born Italian rugby union coach and former player *

Sandro Cois Sandro Cois (; born 9 June 1972) is an Italian former professional footballer. He enjoyed a lengthy career, playing primarily as a defensive midfielder for Italian clubs Torino, Saviglianese, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, and Piacenza. Due to his t ...

(born 1972), Italian retired footballer *

Sandro Continenza Sandro Continenza (13 July 1920 – 21 November 1996) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for 142 films between 1949 and 1982. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' Toto Looks for a Wife'' (1950) * '' Appointment for Murd ...

(1920–1996), Italian screenwriter *

Sandro Cortese Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese (born 6 January 1990) is a retired German motorcycle racer, who last competed in 2020 World Superbike Championship for Team Pedercini. Cortese won his first world title in the Moto3 class, in , and his second in the Su ...

(born 1990), German motorcycle racer *

Sandro Dias Sandro Dias, known as Mineirinho, is a Brazilian professional vert skateboarder who was born on April 18, 1975, in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil and currently resides in Santa Ana, California Santa Ana (Spanish language, Spanish for ) is ...

(born 1975), Brazilian skateboarder *

Sandro Djurić Sandro Djurić (born 15 February 1994) is an Austrian footballer who plays for TSV St. Johann. In the past, Djurić played in its home country for teams such as FC Liefering, SV Grödig, Wiener Neustadt or Austria Lustenau. He is of Serbian d ...

(born 1994), Austrian footballer *

Sandro Ehrat Sandro Ehrat (born 18 April 1991) is a Swiss tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles ...

(born 1991), Swiss tennis player *

Sandro Floris Sandro Floris (born 12 June 1965) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres who won eleven medals at the International athletics competitions, ten of these with national relays team. At the senior individual level, he was ...

(born 1965), Italian retired sprinter *

Sandro Forner Sandro Alexandre Forner (born 16 December 1970) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current assistant coach of Paysandu. Playing career Club Known as Sandro during his playing days, Forn ...

(born 1970), Brazilian football coach and former player *

Sandro Gamba Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (born 3 June 1932) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He ...

(born 1932), Italian former basketball player and coach *

Sandro Gaúcho (footballer, born 1968) Sandro Rogério Formoso Pires (born 27 June 1968), also known as Sandro Pires and Sandro Gaúcho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. Career Born in Bagé, Sandro Pires (later known as Sandro ...

, Brazilian footballer * Sandro Gaúcho (footballer, born 1974), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Goiano (footballer, born 1973), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Goiano (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Gotal (born 1991), Austrian footballer * Sandro Hiroshi (born 1979), Japanese-Brazilian footballer * Sandro Iashvili (born 1985), Georgian footballer * Sandro Lombardi (born 1986), Swiss footballer *

Sandro Lopopolo Alessandro "Sandro" Lopopolo (18 December 1939 – 26 April 2014) was an Italian 1959 amateur featherweight and 1960 amateur lightweight boxing champion, and also world boxing champion in the light welterweight division afterwards, when he turn ...

(1939–2014), Italian boxer *

Sandro Mamukelashvili Alexander "Sandro" Mamukelashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე "სანდრო" მამუკელაშვილი; born 23 May 1999) is a Georgian-American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the Nation ...

(born 1999), American-born Georgian basketball player * Sandro Manoel (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Alessandro Melli (born 1969), Italian retired footballer * Sandro Mendes (born 1977), retired footballer from Cape Verde * Sandro Michel (born 1996), Swiss bobsledder * Sandro Munari (born 1940), Italian former motor racing and rally driver *

Alessandro Nannini Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini (born 7 July 1959) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nannini won the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix with Benetton. Born in Siena, Nannini is the younger brother of musician Gianna ...

(born 1959), Italian retired racing driver * Sandro Nicević (born 1976), Croatian basketball player * Sandro Puppo (1918–1986), Italian football player and manager * Sandro Ramírez (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Sandro Salvioni (born 1953), Italian football manager and former player * Sandro Schwarz (born 1978), German football manager and former player * Sandro Silva (born 1984), Brazilian footballer * Sandro Sirigu (born 1988), Italian-German footballer * Sandro Stielicke (born 1986), German skeleton racer * Sandro Sukno (born 1990), Croatian water polo player * Alexander Todua (born 1987), Georgian rugby union player * Sandro Tomaš (born 1972), Croatian medley swimmer * Sandro Tonali (born 2000), Italian footballer * Sandro Trolliet (born 1988), Swiss curler *

Sandro Viana Sandro Ricardo Rodrigues Viana (born March 26, 1977, in Manaus) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil. Viana represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint a ...

(born 1977), Brazilian sprinter * Sandro Viletta (born 1986), Swiss alpine skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist * Sandro Wagner (born 1987), German footballer

Arts and entertainment

* Sandro Angiolini (1920–1985), Italian comics creator * Sandro Bocola (1931–2022), Italian writer and artist * Sandro Bolchi (1924–2005), Italian director, actor and journalist *

Sandro Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli ( ; ) or simply known as Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 1 ...

(c. 1445–1510), Italian painter * Sandro Corsaro, American animator and author * Sandro Ghenzi, Italian film producer in the 1940s and '50s * Sandro Key-Åberg (1922–1991), Swedish poet and novelist

Other

* Sandro Bondi (born 1959), Italian politician * Sandro Mareco (born 1987), Argentine chess grandmaster * Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe (1921–2013), Prime Minister of Peru in 1984 *

Sandro Pertini Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1978 to 1985. Early life Born in Stella (province of Savona) as t ...

(1896–1990), Italian journalist and socialist politician, seventh President of the Italian Republic *

Sandro Pignatti Alessandro "Sandro" Pignatti (28 September 1930 – 13 June 2025) was an Italian botanist specialising in pteridophytes and spermatophytes. The Australian plant species '' Calectasia pignattiana'' was named after him. On 31 May 1991, Pignatti re ...

(born 1930), Italian botanist * Sandro Rosa do Nascimento (1978–2000), perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis * Sandro Ruotolo (born 1955), Italian journalist and politician *

Sandro Veronesi (writer) Sandro Veronesi (born 1959) is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career in his mid to late twenties. Veronesi published his first book at th ...

(born 1959), Italian writer * Alessandro Faedo (1913–2001), Italian mathematician and politician

Stage name

Sandro de América Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (August 19, 1945 – January 4, 2010), better known by his stage names Sandro or Sandro de América, was an Argentine singer and actor. He is considered a pioneer of Argentine rock for being one of the first rock artists ...

, Argentine singer and actor Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (1945–2010)

Fictional characters

*Sandro, chief antagonist in the video game '' Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death''

Surname

* Alex Sandro (born 1991), Brazilian footballer * Corsi Sandro, Italian engineer * Marlon Sandro (born 1977), Brazilian mixed martial artist