Drago is a surname. It may be of Jewish Italian origin, derived from a nickname "Drago" literally meaning "Dragon".
"Drago"
''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2nd edition, 2022
Notable people with the surname include:
*Billy Drago
Billy Eugene Burrows (November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019), known professionally by his stage name Billy Drago, was an American television and film actor. Drago's films, where he was frequently cast as a villain, included Clint Eastwood's wester ...
(1945–2019), stage name of American actor ''William Eugene Burrows''
*Dick Drago
Richard Anthony Drago (June 25, 1945 – November 2, 2023) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals (1969–1973), Boston Red Sox (1974–1975, 1978–1980), California Angels (1976–1977), B ...
(born 1945), American baseball player
* Filippo Drago (pharmacologist) (born 1954), Italian pharmacologist
* Luis María Drago (1859–1921), Argentine politician
*Massimo Drago
Massimo Drago (born March 2, 1971) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.
Playing career
Born in Crotone, Drago started his career at hometown club Kroton in the Serie C2 league. In 1990–91 he had a short stint at Seri ...
(born 1971), Italian football player and coach
*Russell S. Drago
Russell Stephen Drago (November 5, 1928 – December 5, 1997) was an American professor of inorganic chemistry. He mentored more than 130 PhD students, authored over a dozen textbooks and four hundred research documents, which have been published i ...
(1928–1997), American chemist
*Tony Drago
Tony Drago ( ; born 22 September 1965) is a Maltese former professional snooker and pool player.
Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 ...
(born 1965), Maltese snooker and pool player
* Ana Drago (born 1975), Portuguese politician
Fictional persons
* Blackie Drago, a Marvel Comics super-villain known as the Vulture
*Ivan Drago
Ivan Vasilyevich Drago (, ) is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' film series. He first appears in the 1985 film ''Rocky IV'', in which he is the main antagonist and rival of Rocky Balboa and is also responsible for the death of Apollo ...
, a fictional professional boxer from the Rocky film series
See also
*Drago (given name)
Drago () is a Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian male given name, usually short for the other names with the root ''drag-'' (lit. a "dear one"), such as Dragan, Dragutin, etc. The feminine version is Draga. A Romanian version is Dragoș. ...
*Gago Drago
Gagik Harutyunyan (; born 8 March 1985), better known as Gago Drago, is an Armenian-born Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He is known for his punch combinations and unpredictable kicking techniques and highly aggressive fighting style. Gago compete ...
(born 1985), stage name of Armenian kickboxer ''Gagik Harutyunyan''
* Prince del Drago, 1860–1956, Italian noble and New York socialite
References
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Italian-language surnames