Bellucci is an Italian surname, derived from the adjective "bello" (''beautiful''),
which was also used as a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
in the past. In some areas of Southern Italy, mostly in
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
, Bellucci is also a variant of Bellusci and Belluscio, two noted Arbëreshë people, Arbëreshë surnames in the Italo-Albanian community. Notable people with the surname include:
* Andrew Bellucci (1964–2023), American cook
* Antonio Bellucci (1654–1726), Italian painter
* Carlos Bellucci (1895–1953), Argentine actor
* Claudio Bellucci (born 1975), Italian football striker
* Cleto Bellucci (1921–2013), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Bellucci (born 1965), Italian pianist
* Maria Teresa Bellucci (born 1972), Italian politician
* Matteo Bellucci (born 1995), Italian badminton player
* Mattia Bellucci (born 2001), Italian tennis player
* Melissa Bellucci (born 2001), Italian footballer
* Monica Bellucci (born 1964), Italian actress and former fashion model
* Niki Belucci (born Francesca Lovatelli Caetani; 1983), Hungarian DJ and pornographic actress
* Richard Bellucci (1914–2005), American inventor, surgeon and otolaryngologist
* Sandro Bellucci (born 1955), Italian racewalker
* Thomaz Bellucci (born 1987), Brazilian tennis player
* Valentino Bellucci (1975), Italian philosopher, sociologist and poet
See also
* Belluschi
* Bellusci
References
{{surname, Bellucci
Italian-language surnames