| Bartolomeo Pepe | |
| Birth Date: | 1962 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Death Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Party: | M5S (2013–2014) FdV (2015) Independent (2018–2021) |
| Office: | Member of the Senate of the Republic of Italy |
| Term Start: | 15 March 2013 |
| Term End: | 22 March 2018 |
Bartolomeo Pepe (3 November 1962 – 23 December 2021) was an Italian politician.
A member of the Five Star Movement and then the Federation of the Greens, he served in the Senate of the Republic from 2013 to 2018.[1]
An avowed anti-vaxxer, Pepe vocally opposed the mandatory vaccination of schoolchildren in Italy, supported the idea of a link between vaccines and autism, and spread a number of conspiracy theories, such as the ones regarding chemtrails. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he called the media coverage and containment measures "ridiculous hysteria" and opposed the subsequent vaccination campaign. He died from COVID-19 on 23 December 2021, at the age of 59.[2]