Donati is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Angelo Donati (1885-1960), Italian banker and philanthropist
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Baldassare Donati (1525/30–1603), Italian composer of the late Renaissance
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Bianca Donati (born 1995), Argentine field hockey player
* Buoso Donati (—ca. 1285), character in Dante's ''
Divine Comedy
The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poetry, narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of ...
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* Cianfa Donati (—bef. 1289), character in Dante's ''
Divine Comedy
The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poetry, narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of ...
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Corso Donati (–1308), leader of the Black Guelphs in Florence, brother of Forese and Piccarda
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Danilo Donati (1926–2001), Italian costume designer
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Enrico Donati (1909–2008), American Surrealist painter and sculptor of Italian birth
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Forese Donati (–1296), brother of Corso and Piccarda, a friend of Dante Alighieri included as a character in the Divine Comedy
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Giovanni Battista Donati (1826–1873), Italian astronomer
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Giulio Donati (born 1990), Italian footballer
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Giuseppe Donati (1836–1925), inventor of the modern
ocarina
The ocarina (otherwise known as a potato flute) is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the bo ...
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Ignazio Donati
Ignazio Donati (c. 1570 – 21 January 1638) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque music, Baroque era. He was one of the pioneers of the style of the concertato motet.
Biography
Ignazio Donati was born in Casalmaggiore (now in the Prov ...
(c. 1570–1638), Italian composer
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Massimo Donati (born 1981), Italian footballer
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Matteo Donati (born 1995), Italian tennis player
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Piccarda Donati (13th century), sister to Corso and Forese, included as a character in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''
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Robert Donati (1940–1991), American organized-crime figure suspected of masterminding the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft
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Sam Donati (born 1979), duck enthusiast
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Silvano Donati (born 1942), scientist, professor of photonics
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Virgil Donati (born 1958), Australian drummer
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Vitaliano Donati (1717–1762), Italian botanist
See also
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Comet Donati
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Donati (crater) named after Giovanni Battista Donati
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Donatus of Evorea, an Albanian saint known as ''Shën Donati'' in Albanian.
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Italian-language surnames