Drago (surname) explained

Drago is a surname. It may be of Jewish Italian origin, derived from a nickname "Drago" literally meaning "Dragon".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Drago (1945–2019), stage name of American actor William Eugene Burrows
• Dick Drago (born 1945), American baseball player
• Filippo Drago (pharmacologist) (born 1954), Italian pharmacologist
• Luis María Drago (1859–1921), Argentine politician
• Massimo Drago (born 1971), Italian football player and coach
• Russell S. Drago (1928–1997), American chemist
• Tony Drago (born 1965), Maltese snooker and pool player
• Ana Drago (born 1975), Portuguese politician

Fictional persons

• Blackie Drago, a Marvel Comics super-villain known as the Vulture
• Ivan Drago, a fictional professional boxer from the Rocky film series

See also

• Drago (given name)
• Gago Drago (born 1985), stage name of Armenian kickboxer Gagik Harutyunyan
• Prince del Drago, 1860–1956, Italian noble and New York socialite

Notes and References

1. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=drago "Drago"