Ferrante is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Italian nobility * Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1687–1729) * Don Ferrante (1423–1494), Ferdinand I, King of Naples * Ferrante II of Naples (1469–1496), Ferdinand II, King of Naples *

Ferrante I Gonzaga Ferrante I Gonzaga (also Ferdinando I Gonzaga; 28 January 1507 – 15 November 1557) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga and the founder of the branch of the Gonzaga of Guastalla. Biography He was born in Mantua, the ...

(1507–1557), Italian ''condottiero'' (mercenary), Count of Guastalla *

Ferrante II Gonzaga Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 5 August 1630) was Count of Guastalla and, from 1621, Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi, and Donna Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575. On ...

, Duke of Guastalla (1563–1630) *

Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla Ferrante III Gonzaga (4 April 1618 – 11 January 1678), was a Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Isabella Orsini Orsini is a surname of Italian origin, originally derived from Latin ...

(1618–1678) ;Given name * Ferrante Aporti, Italian educator * Ferrante Bacciocchi, Italian painter *

Ferrante Imperato Ferrante Imperato (1525? – 1615?), an apothecary of Naples, published ''Dell'Historia Naturale'' (Naples 1599) and illustrated it with his own cabinet of curiosities displayed at Palazzo Gravina in Naples; the engraving became the first picto ...

(c. 1525 – c. 1615), apothecary of Naples * Ferrante Pallavicino, Italian writer ;Surname * Andrea Ferrante (born 1968), Italian composer * Arthur Ferrante (1921–2009), of the American Ferrante & Teicher piano duo * Bruno Ferrante, Italian politician * Damon Ferrante, American composer *

Elena Ferrante Elena Ferrante () is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of '' Neapolitan Novels'' are her most widely known works. ''Time'' magazin ...

, Italian novelist * Frank Ferrante, American actor *

Jack Ferrante Jack Anthony "Blackjack" Ferrante (March 9, 1916 – November 23, 2006) was an American football end in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941 and from 1944 to 1950. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Ferrante's fa ...

, American football player *

Jeanne Ferrante Jeanne Ferrante is a computer scientist active in the field of compiler technology, where she has made important contributions regarding optimization and parallelization. Jeanne Ferrante is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Univ ...

, computer scientist * John Ferrante, American physicist * Louis Ferrante, American writer * Marco Ferrante, Italian football player * Michael Ferrante, Australian football player * Robert Ferrante, American news producer *

Russell Ferrante Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer ...

, American jazz pianist * Ugo Ferrante, Italian football player

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