Adamo is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

* Adamo Abate (c. 990 – 1060–1070), Italian medieval Benedictine abbot and saint, a promoter of the unification of the Southern populations in Italy under Roger II of Sicily * Adamo Boari (1863–1928), Italian civil engineer and architect * Adamo Pedro Bronzoni (born 1985), Italian–Peruvian film and video editor and producer * Adamo Chiusole (1728–1787), Italian count, painter and art historian *

Adamo Coulibaly Adamo Coulibaly (born 14 August 1981) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Noisy-Le-Grand FC in the Championnat National 3. Personal life Adamo Coulibaly was born in Paris. He holds French and Ivorian na ...

(born 1981), French footballer of Ivorian origin *

Adamo Paolo Cultraro Adamo Paolo Cultraro is an Italian–American filmmaker, director, writer, and producer. He is the founder of Taormina Films, a production company. Cultraro was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Italian parents. His first language was Italian ...

(born 1973), Italian–American filmmaker, director, writer and producer *

Adamo Didur Adam Didur or Adamo Didur (24 December 18747 January 1946) was a famous Polish Bass (voice type), operatic bass singer. He sang extensively in Europe and had a major career at New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1932. Career Didur was bor ...

(1874–1946), Polish operatic bass singer * Adamo Gentile (1615–1662), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lipari * Adamo Nagalo (born 2002), Ivorian-born Ghanaian-Burkinabe footballer *

Adamo Rossi Adamo Rossi (March 5, 1821 in Petrignano – February 22, 1891 in Perugia) was an Italian clergyman, revolutionary patriot, scholar and librarian. Career After studying at the archdiocesan seminary of Perugia, Rossi took part in the First Italian ...

(1821–1891), Italian clergyman, revolutionary patriot, scholar and librarian *

Adamo Ruggiero Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (born June 9, 1986) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Marco Del Rossi in '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Career Ruggiero has been acting since the age of seven or eight. He has starred in many plays inclu ...

(born 1986), Canadian actor *

Adamo Scultori Adamo Scultori (c.1530 – 1585), also referred to as Adamo Ghisi, was an Italian engraver, sculptor and artist. Scultori was born in Mantua. He came from an artistic family: his father Giovanni Battista Scultori and sister Diana Scultori we ...

(1530–1585), also referred to as Adamo Ghisi, Italian engraver, sculptor and artist *

Adamo Tadolini Adamo Tadolini (21 December 1788 – 16 February 1863) was an Italian sculptor. One of a family of sculptors, he studied in Rome with the neo-classical sculptor Antonio Canova and is linked to him in style. Life Adamo was born in Bologna in ...

(1788–1863), Italian sculptor

Middle name

* Luc Adamo Matéta (born 1949), Congolese politician * Paula Adamo DeSutter, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (2002–2009)

Surname

Amelia Adamo Amelia Adamo (born 24 February 1947) is a Swedish journalist. She established several women's magazines and worked as an editor-in-chief. Biography She was born in Rome, Italy, and went to Sweden soon after her birth. She received a degree in so ...

(born 1947), Swedish editor-in-chief * Andrea Adamo (footballer) (born 1991), Italian footballer * Andrea Adamo (racing manager) (born 1971), Italian engineer and racing manager *

Antonio Adamo Antonio Adamo (born 30 July 1957, Naples, Italy) is an Italian pornographic film director. He won the 2003 AVN Award The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), ...

(born 1957), Italian pornographic film director * Christine Adamo (born 1965), French writer *

Délizia Adamo Délizia Adamo better known mononymously as Délizia (June 23, 1952 – February 9, 2020) was a singer of Italian–Belgian origin and sister of international singer Salvatore Adamo. She had her debut single "Prend le chien" at age 14. It was ...

(1952–2020), Italian–Belgian singer known by the mononym Délizia * Donna Adamo (born 1970), American retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name

Elektra Electra, also spelt Elektra, was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology. Electra or Elektra may also refer to: Animals * ''Electra'' (bryozoan), a genus of aquatic invertebrates * ''Elektra'' (bug), a genus of insects in the ...

Emma Adamo Emma Susan Adamo (née Mitchell; born c. 1963) is a British businesswoman and member of the Weston family. Early life Emma Susan Mitchell was born circa 1963. She is the granddaughter of W. Garfield Weston. She graduated from Stanford Universi ...

(born ), British businesswoman * Frank Adamo (1893–1988), American doctor honored for his medical service during World War II * Giulia Adamo (born 1949), Italian politician *

Mark Adamo Mark Adamo (born 1962) is an American composer, librettist, and professor of music composition at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He was born in Philadelphia. Early life and education A native ...

(born 1962), American composer, librettist and professor of music composition * Matteo Marchisano-Adamo (born 1973), American sound designer, film editor, composer *

Momo Adamo Girolamo "Momo" Adamo (1895–1956) was an Italian American mobster in the American Mafia. He lived in Chicago and Kansas City before moving to Los Angeles in the 1930s and soon became underboss to Jack Dragna in the Los Angeles crime family. His ...

(1895–1956), Italian American mobster in the American Mafia * Nicola Adamo (born 1959), Italian politician * Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and advocate of the

Blood type diet The blood type diets are fad diets advocated by several authors, the most prominent of whom is Peter J. D'Adamo. These diets are based on the notion that blood type, according to the ABO blood group system, is the most important factor in determin ...

Salvatore Adamo Salvatore Adamo (November 1, 1943) is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citiz ...

(born 1943), Italian–Belgian composer and singer also known as Adamo

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