Romano (name) explained

Romano is an Italian surname, also used as a given name.

Notable people with the name include:

As a given name

Art and writing

• Romano Amerio (1905–1997), Swiss Italian theologian
• Romano Bilenchi (1909–1989), Italian novelist, short story writer and essayist
• Romano Romanelli (1882–1968), Italian sculptor
• Romano Vio (1913–1984), Italian sculptor

Politics

• Romano Prodi (born 1939), former prime minister of Italy

Sports

• Romano Bonagura (1930–2010), Italian bobsledder, 1964 Winter Olympics
• Romano Denneboom (born 1981), Dutch footballer
• Romano Fenati (born 1996), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• Romano Perticone (born 1986), Italian footballer who plays for Cesena

Other people

• Romano Artioli (born 1932), Italian entrepreneur
• Romano Bobone (10th century), Italian cardinal
• Romano Carapecchia (1666–1738), Italian architect
• Romano Guardini (1885–1968), Italian-German Catholic priest

As a surname

Acting

• Andrea Romano (born 1955), voice actress
• Andy Romano (1936–2022), American actor
• Carlo Romano (1908–1975), Italian film actor, screenwriter and voice actor
• Christy Carlson Romano (born 1984), American actress
• Gerardo Romano (born 1946), Argentine actor
• Janet Romano, American actress
• Larry Romano (born 1963), American actor
• Lou Romano (born 1972), American animator and voice actor
• Nina Romano, American actress
• Ray Romano (born 1957), American actor and comedian
• Rino Romano (born 1969), Canadian voice actor

Art and writing

• Antonella Romano (born 1962), French historian of science
• Antoniazzo Romano (1430s–1510s), Italian Early Renaissance painter
• Fabrizio Romano (born 1993), Italian journalist
• Giulio Romano (c. 1490–1546), 16th-century Italian artist
• Lou Romano (born 1972), member of the Art Department in Pixar Animation Studios
• Lalla Romano (1906–2001), Italian novelist, poet, and journalist
• Rose Romano (born 1959), American poet

Music

• Aldo Romano (born 1941), Italian-French jazz drummer
• Daniel Romano (born 1985), Canadian musician
• Frank Romano (born 1970), American born guitarist, songwriter and record producer
• Tony Romano (musician) (1915–2005), American guitarist and performer

Politics

• Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician
• Robert E. Romano (1905–1956), American lawter and politician

Sports

• Al Romano (born 1954), American football player
• Ángel Romano (1893–1972), Uruguayan footballer
  • James Romano (1927–1990), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball Jason Romano (born 1979), former professional baseball player
• Johnny Romano (1934–2019), American baseball player
• Jordan Romano (born 1993), Canadian baseball player
• Luke Romano (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Megan Romano (born 1991), American swimmer
• Mike Romano (born 1972), American baseball player
• Moshe Romano (born 1946), Israeli footballer
• Rubén Omar Romano (born 1958), Argentine-Mexican footballer
• Sal Romano (born 1993), baseball player
• Serge Romano (born 1964), French footballer
• Tom Romano (born 1958), baseball player
• Tony Romano (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player
• Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Israeli athlete murdered at Munich Olympics

Other people

• Antonio Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
• Da Romano, a medieval Italian family
• Carmine Romano (1935–2011), New York mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family
• Benito Romano (born 1950), Puerto Rican lawyer
• Carla Romano (born 1969), Scottish journalist
• Edward A. Romano, American business executive
• John Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph L. Romano, officer in the United States Air Force
• Morgan Romano (born 1998), American model and beauty queen
• Tony Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
• U. Roberto Romano (1956–2013), American filmmaker
• Jon Romano (born 1987), American TikTok influencer and convicted school shooter

Fictional characters

• Romano, a character in the American television series Ghost Whisperer
• Italy Romano (Lovino Vargas), a character in the Japanese webcomic
• Robert Romano (ER), a doctor from the American television series ER
• Vic Romano, a character in the American television series Most Extreme Elimination Challenge

See also

• Roman (given name)