Durante Explained

Durante is both an Italian surname and a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Adriano Durante (1940–2009), Italian professional road bicycle racer
• Andrew Durante (born 1982), Australian football (soccer) player
• Annalisa Durante (1990–2004), Italian murder victim
• Anthony Durante (1967–2003), American professional wrestler
• Carlo Durante (1946–2020), Italian paralympic athlete
• Charlotte Durante (born 1944), American businesswoman and community activist
• Checco Durante (1893–1976), Italian film actor
• David Durante (born 1980), American artistic gymnast
• Eli Durante, retired Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Francesco Durante (1684–1755), Neapolitan composer
• Francesco Durante (1844–1934), Italian politician and surgeon

• Henry Durant founding president of the University of California
• Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), Italian-American entertainer
• Margaret Durante (born 1988), American country music singer
• Mark Durante, American pedal steel guitarist
• Nicandro Durante (born 1956), Brazilian businessman
• Richard Durante (1930–2003), Canadian politician
• Silvestro Durante (died 1672), Italian church musician and composer
• Viviana Durante (born 1967), Italian-born English prima ballerina

Given name:

• Durante Alberti (1538–1613), Tuscan painter
• Durante degli Alighieri a.k.a. Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Florentine poet

See also

• Durante (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Coda di Volpe
• Durant (disambiguation)
• Dante (disambiguation), originally a contracted version of Durante