Arrigo Explained

Arrigo is an Italian given name. Derived from the latin form Arrigus, already used in Tuscany in the XI century, it was widely diffused during the Middle ages.

Given name

• Arrigo Barnabé (born 1951), Brazilian actor
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918), Italian librettist and composer
• Arrigo Boldrini (1915–2008), Italian politician and partisan
• Arrigo Fiammingo (c. 1530 – 28 September 1597), Flemish painter called Hendrick van den Broeck
• Arrigo Sacchi (born 1946), former Italian football manager
• Arrigo Solmi (1873–1944), Italian scholar and politician

Fictional characters

• Arrigo, a fictional character in the opera I vespri siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi