Adamo is both a masculine given name and a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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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
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Adamo Boari (1863–1928), Italian civil engineer and architect
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Adamo Pedro Bronzoni (born 1985), Italian–Peruvian film and video editor and producer
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Adamo Chiusole (1728–1787), Italian count, painter and art historian
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Adamo Coulibaly (born 1981), French footballer of Ivorian origin
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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
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Adamo Didur (1874–1946), Polish operatic bass singer
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Adamo Gentile (1615–1662), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lipari
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Adamo Nagalo (born 2002), Ivorian-born Ghanaian-Burkinabe footballer
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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
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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
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Adamo Scultori (1530–1585), also referred to as Adamo Ghisi, Italian engraver, sculptor and artist
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Adamo Tadolini (1788–1863), Italian sculptor
Middle name
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Luc Adamo Matéta (born 1949), Congolese politician
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Paula Adamo DeSutter, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (2002–2009)
Surname
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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
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Andrea Adamo (footballer) (born 1991), Italian footballer
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Andrea Adamo (racing manager) (born 1971), Italian engineer and racing manager
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Antonio Adamo (born 1957), Italian pornographic film director
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Christine Adamo (born 1965), French writer
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Délizia Adamo (1952–2020), Italian–Belgian singer known by the mononym Délizia
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Donna Adamo (born 1970), American retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name
Elektra
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Emma Adamo (born ), British businesswoman
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Frank Adamo (1893–1988), American doctor honored for his medical service during World War II
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Giulia Adamo (born 1949), Italian politician
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Mark Adamo (born 1962), American composer, librettist and professor of music composition
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Matteo Marchisano-Adamo (born 1973), American sound designer, film editor, composer
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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
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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 ...
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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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Masculine given names
Italian-language surnames
Italian masculine given names