Fabio is a given name descended from Latin '' Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian.
The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with the diminutive Fabinho or Fabiano). The presence or absence of the written accent does not affect pronunciation.
Fabio Bencivenga
Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976 in Curti) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ( Mars, Sol). He was a member of the Men's National ...
, Italian water polo player
* Jud "Fabio" Birza, winner of ''Survivor: Nicaragua''
* Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
* Fábio Camilo de Brito (Nenê, born 1975), currently playing for Coritiba Foot Ball Club
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Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of club Benevento.
A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at N ...
, former captain of the Italy national team
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Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello (; born 18 June 1946) is an Italian former professional football manager and player.
As a player, Capello represented SPAL 1907, Roma, Milan and Juventus. He played as a midfielder and won several trophies during his career whi ...
, Italian manager of the Russian national association football team
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Fábio Costa
Fabio Costa (born 27 November 1977 in Camaçari, Bahia) is a former Brazilian goalkeeper.
Career
Costa played for Brazil under-23 and won the 1996 Toulon Tournament and the 2000 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. He was part of the Brazi ...
(born 1977), Brazilian footballer
* Fábio Eduardo Cribari (born 1975), Brazilian footballer, better known as Binho
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Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...
Fábio Pereira da Cruz
Fábio Pereira da Cruz (born 30 July 1979), commonly known as Pereira, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
In January 2002 he left on loan to Turkish club Gaziantepspor.
Honours
;Santos
*Campeonato Brasileiro S ...
(born 1979), Brazilian footballer
* Fabio DÃez (born 1965), Argentinian-Spanish beach volleyball player
* Fabio Duarte, Colombian track and road cyclist
* Fabio Frizzi (born 1951), Italian film composer
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Fabio De Gaspari
Fabio De Gaspari (born 4 December 1966) is a retired javelin thrower from Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediter ...
Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio.
After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough duri ...
, Italian footballer
* Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 1993), Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Liverpool
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Fabio Jaramillo
Fabio León Jaramillo Mesa (born April 19, 1967 in ItagüÃ, Antioquia) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional in the 1990s. He is a younger brother of Carlos Jaramillo.
Career
;1992
:1st in Stage 6 Vuelta a Colo ...
, Colombian cyclist
* Fábio Jr., a Brazilian singer and musician
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Fábio Kolling
Fábio Kolling, nickname Pinho (born 9 October 1985) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for São Luiz. He spent most of season in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Biography
Kolling signed a contract with Novo Hamburgo in January 2006 until the end o ...
(born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Fábio Lago
Fábio de Souza Lago (born 13 March 1970) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works in '' Elite Squad'', '' Caras & Bocas'', and '' Invisible City''.
Filmography
;Films
*2001: ''3 Histórias da Bahia'' as Roupinol "Roupi"
*2002: ''Nada SÃ ...
, Brazilian actor
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Fabio Lanzoni
Fabio Lanzoni (; born March 15, 1959), known mononymously as Fabio, is an Italian-American actor, fashion model, and spokesman.
Lanzoni is known for his wide-ranging career including appearing as a romance novel cover model throughout the 1990 ...
, Italian , generally known as simply Fabio
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Fábio Lefundes
Fabio Araujo Lefundes is a Brazilian football manager. He is currently head coach of Madura United F.C. in the Liga 1.
Career
Lefundes has extensive experience in professional football since 1995. He spent two seasons at Al Raed Sports Club ...
, Brazilian football manager
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Fabio Lione
Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire for ...
, Italian vocalist of Rhapsody of Fire
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Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian.
The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...
(born 1980), Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Cruzeiro
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Fabio Lopez
Fabio Lopez (born 17 June 1973) is an Italian football manager of Spanish descent and a former footballer. Lopez has coached many Italian academy clubs, scouted for Atalanta B.C. and ACF Fiorentina, and managed a number of clubs throughout East ...
(born 1973), Italian football manager
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Fábio Luciano
Fábio Luciano (born April 29, 1975 in Vinhedo, Brazil) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a defender. He also has Italian citizenship. He played for Brazil's major clubs Corinthians and Flamengo, being very ...
Fabio Mussi
Fabio Mussi (born 22 January 1948) is an Italian politician, formerly Minister of University and Research in the Prodi II Cabinet. A former member of the Italian Communist Party and then Democrats of the Left, he became a lead founding member o ...
(born 1948), Italian politician
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Fabio Ochoa Restrepo
Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (1923 – February 18, 2002), also known as Don Fabio, was the patriarch of a major Colombian drug trafficking family. A renowned horse breeder and Paso Fino enthusiast, he died of kidney failure in 2002.
Biography Career
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, Colombian businessman and patriarch of the Ochoa drug-trafficking family
* Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, Colombian drug lord
* Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
* Fábio Pereira da Silva (born 1990), Brazilian footballer, twin brother of Rafael
* Fabio Petruzzi (born 1970), Italian footballer
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Fabio Pignatelli
Fabio Pignatelli is an Italian musician. He is the bass guitar player for the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Goblin provided soundtracks for several horror films, most famously Dario Argento's ''Suspiria'' (1977) and George A. Romero's ' ...
, bassist for the Italian progressive rock band Goblin
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Fabio Quagliarella
Fabio Quagliarella (; born 31 January 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sampdoria, whom he captains.
Throughout his career, Quagliarella has played for eight different Italian clubs, winning th ...
, Italian footballer
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Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in t ...
Fabio Semenzato
Fabio Semenzato (born 6 May 1986) is an Italian rugby union player. His regular playing position is as a scrum-half. He plays currently for Mogliano.
Semenzato played for Benetton Treviso from 2005 to 2014 and in 2015 he was named as ''Additi ...
, Italian rugby player
* Fábio de Souza (Fabinho), Brazilian footballer
* Fabio Viviani (chef), placed fourth and earned the title of "fan favorite" in season 5 of Bravo reality show competition ''Top Chef''
* Fabio Viviani (footballer) (born 1966), Italian footballer