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Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from '' Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are

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( English), Henri ( French), Enrique (

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Enrico Albertosi Enrico "Ricky" Albertosi (; born 2 November 1939) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest ever goalkeepers, he had a successful club career, winning titles with Fiorentina, Cagliari, and Mi ...

(born 1939), Italian former football goalkeeper *

Enrico Alfonso Enrico Alfonso (born 4 May 1988) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Virtus Verona. Club career Early career Aged only 6 years old, Alfonso began hi ...

(born 1988), Italian football player * Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer *

Enrico Annoni Enrico Annoni (born 10 July 1966) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for several years in Serie A with Como, Torino and Roma. He then moved to Scotland to play for Celtic for two years, before ...

(born 1966), retired Italian professional footballer * Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist *

Enrico Baj Enrico Baj (31 October 1924 – 16 June 2003) was an Italian artist and writer on art. Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. He created prints, and sculptures but especially collage. He was close to the surrealist and dada mo ...

(1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer * Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario *

Enrico Barone Enrico Barone (; 22 December 1859, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 14 May 1924, Rome, Italy) was a soldier, military historian, and an economist. Biography Barone studied the classics and mathematics before becoming an army officer. He t ...

(1859–1924), Italian economist *

Enrico Berlinguer Enrico Berlinguer (; 25 May 1922 – 11 June 1984) was an Italian politician and statesman. Considered the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), he led the PCI as the national secretary from 1972 until his death during a te ...

(1923–1984), Italian politician *

Enrico Bertaggia Enrico Agostino Bertaggia (born 19 September 1964) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One at eight Grands Prix in and . Bertaggia enjoyed success in Formula Three, winning the Italian Formula Three Championship i ...

(born 1964), Italian former racing driver *

Enrico Betti Enrico Betti Glaoui (21 October 1823 – 11 August 1892) was an Italian mathematician, now remembered mostly for his 1871 paper on topology that led to the later naming after him of the Betti numbers. He worked also on the theory of equations ...

(1823–1892), Italian mathematician *

Enrico Blasi Enrico Blasi (born February 16, 1972) is an American hockey coach, former player and athletics administrator who currently serves as head coach at the University of St. Thomas. Blasi was previously the head coach for the Miami RedHawks men's i ...

(born 1972), Canadian hockey coach *

Enrico Bocchieri Enrico Bocchieri of AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown ...

, American computer engineer *

Enrico Bombieri Enrico Bombieri (born 26 November 1940) is an Italian mathematician, known for his work in analytic number theory, Diophantine geometry, complex analysis, and group theory. Bombieri is currently professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics ...

(born 1940), Italian mathematician *

Enrico Boselli Enrico Boselli (born 7 January 1957) is an Italian politician. He has been Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Socialist Party, and former president of Emilia ...

(born 1957), Italian politician *

Enrico Brizzi Enrico Brizzi (born in Bologna, November 20, 1974) is an Italian writer. He is best known for his debut novel '' Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band'', which is so far the only one translated into English (along with other 23 languages). It also ...

(born 1974), Italian writer *

Enrico Cardoso Nazaré Enrico Cardoso Nazaré (born 4 May 1984, in Belo Horizonte), commonly known as Enrico, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as attacking midfielder. Early life Enrico Cardoso Nazaré was born in Belo Horizonte to English teacher Rogeri ...

(born 1984), Brazilian football player *

Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (, , ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that r ...

(1873–1921), Italian opera singer * Enrico Castelnuovo (1839–1915), Italian writer *

Enrico Caterino Davila Enrico Caterino Davila (30 October 157626 May 1631) was an Italian historian and diplomat. Life Born in Piove di Sacco, near Padua, he was descended from a Spanish noble family and was the youngest son of Antonio Davila, Grand Constable of Cypr ...

(1576–1631), Italian historian * Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945), Italian army officer * Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), Italian ballet dancer * Enrico Celio (1889–1980), Swiss politician * Enrico Chiesa (born 1970), Italian football striker * Enrico Cialdini (1811–1892), Italian soldier, politician and diplomat * Enrico Ciccone (born 1970), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Enrico Clementi (1931–2021), Italian pioneer in computational techniques for quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics * Enrico Cocozza (1921–1997), Scottish filmmaker *

Enrico Colantoni Enrico Colantoni (born February 14, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor and director, best known for portraying Elliot DiMauro in the sitcom '' Just Shoot Me!'', Keith Mars on the television series ''Veronica Mars'', Louis Utz on the short-lived ...

(born 1963), Canadian actor *

Enrico Corradini Enrico Corradini (20 July 1865 – 10 December 1931) was an Italian novelist, essayist, journalist and nationalist political figure. Biography Corradini was born near Montelupo Fiorentino, Tuscany. A follower of Gabriele D'Annunzio, he founde ...

(1865–1931), Italian novelist, essayist, journalist, and nationalist political figure * Enrico Cosenz (1820–1898), Italian soldier * Enrico Cuccia (1907–2000), Italian banker * Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–1205), Doge of the city-state of Venice * Enrico Dante (1884–1967), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Enrico David (born 1966), Italian artist * Enrico De Angelis (1920–2018), Italian singer * Enrico de Lorenzo (1933–2021), Italian bobsledder * Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist, and politician * Enrico Degano (born 1976), Italian professional road bicycle racer *

Enrico degli Scrovegni Enrico Scrovegni was a Paduan money-lender who lived around the time of Giotto and Dante. He was the son of Reginaldo degli Scrovegni and Capellina Malacapelli, and was married twice, first to a member of the Carrara family, then to Jacopina (Giac ...

(14th century), Paduan nobleman * Enrico Di Giuseppe (1932–2005), American operatic tenor * Enrico Donati (1909–2008), American surrealist painter and sculptor * Enrico Echiverri (born 1954), Filipino politician * Enrico Fabris (born 1981), Italian long-track speed skater * Enrico Fantini (born 1976), Italian footballer * Enrico Fazzini (21st century), neurologist *

Enrico Fermi Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project ...

(1901–1954), Italian-American physicist * Enrico Ferri (1856–1929), Italian criminologist and socialist *

Enrico Forlanini Enrico Forlanini (13 December 1848 – 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aeroplanes, hydrofoils and Airship, dirigibles. He was born in Milan. His older brother Carlo ...

(1848–1930), Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer *

Enrico Franzoi Enrico Franzoi (born 8 August 1982 in Mestre) is an Italian professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer, who currently rides for Italian amateur team ASD Salese. Franzoi was previously a member of UCI ProTeams and . Franzoi has won the Ital ...

(born 1982), Italian professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer * Enrico Gamba (1831–1883), Italian artist * Enrico Garbuglia (1900–2007), Italian centenarian * Enrico Gasparotto (born 1982), Italian professional road racing cyclist * Enrico Gasparri (1871–1946), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop * Enrico Gatti (born 1955), Italian classical violinist * Enrico Gentile (born 1921), Italian singer * Enrico Gilardi (born 1957), Italian former basketball player * Enrico Giovannini (born 1957), Italian economist and statistician * Enrico Guicciardi (1812–1895), Italian colonel and senator * Enrico Haffner (1640–1702), Italian painter *

Enrico Hillyer Giglioli Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (13 June 1845 – 16 December 1909) was an Italians, Italian zoologist and anthropologist. Giglioli was born in London and first studied there. He obtained a degree in science at the University of Pisa in 1864 and started ...

(1845–1909), Italian zoologist and anthropologist * Enrico Kern (born 1979), German football player * Enrico Komning (born 1968), German politician * Enrico Kühn (born 1977), German bobsledder *

Enrico Letta Enrico Letta (; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers (), is the head of government of the Italy, Italian Republ ...

(born 1966), Italian politician * Enrico La Loggia (born 1947), Italian politician * Enrico Lo Verso (born 1964), Italian actor * Enrico Lorenzetti (1911–1989), Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Jews, Sephardic Jewish family. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia ...

(born 1938), Algerian-born French Jewish singer * Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976), Italian cellist, composer, and conductor * Enrico Marconi (1792–1863), Italian-born architect * Enrico Maria Salerno (1926–1994), Italian theatre and film actor * Enrico Marini (born 1969), Swiss comic artist *

Enrico Mattei Enrico Mattei (; 29 April 1906 – 27 October 1962) was an Italian public administrator. After World War II, he was given the task of dismantling the Italian petroleum agency Agip, a state enterprise established by Fascist Italy. Instead, Ma ...

(1906–1962), Italian public administrator * Enrico Minutoli (died 1412), Italian Cardinal * Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950), Maltese politician *

Enrico Morin Enrico Morin (1841–1910) was an Italian admiral and politician who held several cabinet posts. Early life and education Morin was born in Genoa on 5 May 1841. His father was an officer of the commissariat of the royal navy of the Kingdom of ...

(1841–1910), Italian admiral and politician * Enrico Nardi (1907–1966), Italian racing car driver, engineer and designer * Enrico Nascimbeni (1959–2019), Italian singer, journalist and poet * Enrico Nigiotti (born 1987), Italian singer-songwriter * Enrico Nizzi (born 1990), Italian cross-country skier * Enrico Pace (born 1967), Italian pianist * Enrico Paoli (1908–2005), Italian chess master * Enrico Pedrini (1940–2012), Italian theorist and collector of conceptual art * Enrico Perucconi (1925–2020), Italian athlete *

Enrico Pieranunzi Enrico Pieranunzi (born 5 December 1949) is an Italian jazz pianist. He combines classical technique with jazz. Biography The son of Renata Brillantini and Alvaro Pieranunzi, Enrico Pieranunzi was encouraged to study music at a young age. Hi ...

(born 1949), Italian jazz pianist * Enrico Platé (1909–1954), Italian motor racing driver and team manager * Enrico Poitschke (born 1969), German road racing cyclist * Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler, acrobat and performer *

Enrico Rava Enrico Rava (born 20 August 1939), is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. Career He was born in Trieste, Italy. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's ...

(born 1939), Italian avant-garde jazz musician * Enrico Rocca (1847–1915), Italian violin maker * Enrico Rosenbaum (1944–1979), American songwriter, arranger, producer, guitarist and singer * Enrico Ruggeri (born 1957), Italian singer-songwriter * Enrico Sabbatini (1932–1998), Italian-born costume designer and production designer *

Enrico Sertoli Enrico Sertoli (June 6, 1842, Sondrio – January 28, 1910, Sondrio) was an Italian physiologist, histologist, anatomist, biologic chemist, physician, teacher, and inventor. He is remembered for his discovery regarding the Branched cell, branche ...

(1842–1910), Italian physiologist and histologist * Enrico Sgrulletti (born 1965), Italian hammer thrower * Enrico Sibilia (1861–1948), Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal * Enrico Stefani (1869–1955), Italian architect and archaeologist * Enrico Tameleo (died 1985), Italian-American mobster * Enrico Teodorani (born 1970), Italian comic book creator, creator of '' Djustine'' * Enrico Toccacelo (born 1978), Italian auto racer * Enrico Toselli (1883–1926), Italian pianist and composer * Enrico Toti (1882–1916), Italian patriot and hero of World War I * Enrico Valtorta (1883–1951), Italian-born first Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong * Enrico Verson (1845–1927), Italian entomologist *

Enrico Viarisio Enrico Viarisio (3 December 1897 – 1 November 1967) was an Italian theatre and cinema actor. Biography Equipped of a fine and elegant humour, Viarisio was discovered by actress Paola Pezzaglia, who cast him at 19 as "brillante" in her own the ...

(1897–1979), Italian theatre and cinema actor * Enrico Villanueva (born 1980), Filipino professional basketball player * Enrico Wijngaarde (born 1974), Surinamese football referee *

Enrico Zuccalli Enrico Zuccalli (''Johann Heinrich Zuccalli''; c. 1642 – 8 March 1724) was a Swiss architect who worked for the Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne. Biography Zuccalli was born in Roveredo, then part of the Republic of the Three L ...

(c. 1640–1724), Swiss architect * Enrico Zuppi (1909–1992), Italian journalist and photographer

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* Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925), Italian organist and composer

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Robert Enrico Robert Georgio Enrico (April 13, 1931 – February 23, 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short '' An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the no ...

(1931–2001), French film director and scriptwriter

Fictional characters

* Enrico Marini (''Resident Evil''), a fictional character from the ''Resident Evil'' video game series * Enrico Maxwell, a character from the manga and anime series ''Hellsing'' * Enrico Pollini, a character played by Rowan Atkinson from the film ''

Rat Race A rat race is a metaphor used to describe an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. The phrase is sometimes used to relate the human life to that of rats attempting to earn an ultimately pointless reward when Mortality salience, death ...

'' * Enrico Pucci (''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''), a fictional character from the Japanese manga ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Enrico Matassa, an alias of the character Hank Venture from the show'' The Venture Bros. ''

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