Felice is a unisex given name. It is a common name in Italian, where it is equivalent to Felix. Notable people with the name include:

Arts and entertainment

Acting

* Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), Italian actor * Felice Farina (born 1954), Italian film director * Felice Jankell, Swedish actress * Felice Minotti (1887–1963), Italian actor * Felice Orlandi (1925–2003), Italian-American actor * Felice Schachter (born 1963), American actress

Music

* Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), Italian musician * Felice Anerio (c. 1560–1614), Italian composer * Felice Blangini (1781–1841), Italian composer * Felice Bryant (1925–2003), American songwriter * Felice Chiusano (1922–1990), Italian singer * Felice DeMatteo (1866–1929), Italian-American composer * Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Italian musician * Felice Lattuada (1882–1962), Italian composer *

Felice Romani Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist betw ...

(1788–1865), Italian librettist, poet, and scholar * Felice Rosser, American actor and musician * Felice Taylor (born 1948), American singer * Felice Varesi (1813–1889), French-Italian singer

Painting

* Felice Abrami (1872–1919), Italian painter * Felice Boscaratti (1721–1807), Italian painter * Felice Boselli (1650–1732), Italian painter * Felice Cappelletti (1656–1738), Italian painter * Felice Carena (1879–1966), Italian painter * Felice Casorati (1883–1963), Italian painter * Felice Cerruti Bauduc (1818–1896), Italian painter * Felice Cervetti (1718–1779), Italian painter * Felice Cignani (1660–1724), Italian painter * Felice Damiani (1530–1608), Italian painter * Felice Ficherelli (1605–1660), Italian painter * Felice Giani (1758–1823), Italian painter * Felice Ludovisi (1917–2012), Italian painter * Felice Pazner Malkin (born 1929), Israeli artist * Felice Riccio (1542–1605), Italian painter * Felice Schiavoni (1803–1881), Italian painter * Felice Scotto (active early 15th century), Italian painter * Felice Torelli (1667–1748), Italian painter * Felice Varini (born 1952), Swiss artist * Felice Giuseppe Vertua (1820–1862), Italian painter * Felice Vinelli (c. 1774–1825), Italian painter

Other arts and entertainment

* Felice Arena, Australian children's author and illustrator * Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), Italian-British photographer * Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998), American author and motivational speaker, born Felice Buscaglia * Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), Italian politician, poet and author * Felice Feliciano (1433–1479), Italian calligrapher *Felice Damiano, stage name of Dré Steemans (1954–2009), Belgian radio and TV host * Felice Noordhoff (born 2000), Dutch fashion model * Felice delle Piane (born 1940), Italian art historian * Felice Polanzani (c. 1700–after 1771), Italian engraver * Felice Quinto (1929–2010), Italian photographer * Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967), Austrian textile artist

Military, politics and law

* Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762–1841), Corsican nobleman and military officer * Felice Besostri (1944–2024), Italian jurist and politician * Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926), Italian admiral and politician * Felice Casson (born 1953), Italian politician * Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), Italian politician and author * Felice Chilanti (1914–1982), Italian journalist and resistance member * Felice Cornicola, 8th-century Venetian statesman * Felice D. Gaer (born 1946), American human rights activist * Felice Guarneri (1882–1955), Italian economist and politician *

Felice Orsini Felice Orsini (; ; 10 December 1819 – 13 March 1858) was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the '' Carbonari'' who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Early life Felice Orsini was born at Meldola in Romagna, th ...

(1819–1858), Italian revolutionary * Felice Platone (1896–1962), Italian lawyer, politician, and resistance member * Felice Schragenheim (1922–1944), German Jewish resistance fighter

Religion

* Felice Cavagnis (1841–1906), Italian canon lawyer and cardinal * Felice Figliucci (c. 1525–c. 1590), Italian humanist, philosopher, and theologian * Felice Leonardo (1915–2015), Italian bishop * Felice Antonio Monaco (1611–1667), Italian cleric, Bishop of Martirano *

Pope Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V (; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where h ...

(1521–1590), born Felice Peretti di Montalto

Science, mathematics and technology

* Felice Bisleri (1851–1921), Italian pharmacist * Felice Casorati (mathematician) (1835–1890), Italian mathematician * Felice Fontana (1730–1805), Italian physicist * Felice Frankel, American science photographer * Felice Giordano (1825–1892), Italian engineer and geologist * Felice Ippolito (1915–1997), Italian engineer and geologist * Felice Lieh-Mak (born 1941), Hong Kong psychiatrist *

Felice Matteucci Felice Matteucci (February 12, 1808 – September 13, 1887) was an Italian hydraulic engineer who co-invented an internal combustion engine with Eugenio Barsanti. Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in ...

(1808–1887), Italian hydraulic engineer

Sports

Association football

* Felice Berardo (1888–1956), Italian footballer * Felice Borel (1914–1993), Italian footballer * Felice Cavaliere (born 1981), Italian footballer * Felice Centofanti (born 1969), Italian footballer * Félix Demaría (1912–?), Argentine footballer, also known as Felice * Felice Evacuo (born 1982), Italian footballer * Felice Gasperi (1903–1982), Italian footballer * Virgilio Levratto (1904–1968), Italian footballer, sometimes referred to by his middle name, Felice * Felice Mancini (born 1965), Italian footballer and coach * Felice Mariani (footballer) (born 1918), Italian footballer * Felice Mazzu (born 1966), Belgian football manager * Felice Natalino (born 1992), Italian footballer * Felice Piccolo (born 1983), Italian footballer * Felice Prevete (born 1987), Italian footballer * Félix Romano (1894–1970), Argentine footballer, also known as Felice, who played for the French and Italian national teams * Felice Soldini (1915–1971), Swiss footballer * Felice Vecchione (born 1991), Italian-German footballer

Auto and motorcycle racing

* Felice Benasedo (born 1922), Italian motorcycle racer * Felice Bonetto (1903–1953), Italian racing driver * Felice Nazzaro (1881–1940), Italian racing driver * Felice Tedeschi (born 1962), Italian racing driver

Rowing

* Felice Chow (born 1977), Trinidad and Tobago rower * Felice Fanetti (1914–1974), Italian rower * Felice Mueller (born 1989), American rower

Other sports

* Felice Darioli (born 1947), Italian cross-country skier * Felice De Nicolo (born 1942), Italian skier * Felice Gimondi (born 1942), Italian cyclist * Felice Herrig (born 1984), American martial artist * Felice Mariani (judoka) (born 1954), Italian judoka * Felice Puttini (born 1967), Swiss cyclist * Felice Rama, Italian rugby union coach * Felice Torza (1920–1983), American golfer

Writing

* Felice Chilanti (1914–1982), Italian journalist and resistance member * Felice Newman, American author and sex educator * Felice Picano (born 1944), American writer * Felice Schwartz (1925–1996), American feminist writer

Other

* Felice Bauer (1887–1960), Silesian woman who was engaged to Franz Kafka * Felice Mario Boano, Italian automobile coachbuilder * Felice Colombo (born 1937), Italian businessman * Felice Duffy, American attorney and public speaker * Felice Lifshitz, American historian *

Felice della Rovere Felice della Rovere ( – 27 September 1536), also known as Madonna Felice, was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II. One of the most powerful women of the Italian Renaissance, she was born in Rome around 1483 to Lucrezia Normanni and Ca ...

(c. 1483–1536), an illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II * Felix Pedro (1858–1910), Italian immigrant, born Felice Pedroni, who discovered gold in Alaska