Pippo is the diminutive of the Italian names
Filippo
Filippo is an Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English name Philip, from the Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "amante dei cavalli".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Philip" Retrieved on 23 January 2016. The female variant is F ...
and
Giuseppe
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph,
from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...
, and it may refer to:
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Pippo Barzizza
Giuseppe "Pippo" Barzizza (; 15 May 1902 – 4 April 1994) was an Italian composer, arranger, conductor and music director.
Giuseppe Barzizza, called Pippo, was born in Genova on 15 May 1902, and died in Sanremo on 4 April 1994. He became famo ...
(1902–1994), Italian Maestro and composer
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Pippo Baudo
Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo (born 7 June 1936), known as Pippo Baudo, is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Go ...
(born 1936), Italian television presenter
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Pippo Caruso (1935–2018), Italian composer, conductor and music arranger
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Pippo Civati
Giuseppe "Pippo" Civati (born 4 August 1975) is an Italian politician and publisher, former leader of Possible and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018.
Biography Comunal and Regional experiences
Very close to Romano Prodi ...
(born 1975), Italian politician
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Pippo Fava (1925–1984), Sicilian writer, investigative journalist, playwright and Antimafia activist who was killed by the Mafia
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Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...
(born 1940), Italian actor, comedian, television presenter and singer
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Pippo Inzaghi, Italian former football player
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Pippo Maniero (born 1972), Italian former football player
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Pippo Pollina
Pippo Pollina (Palermo, May 18, 1963) born Giuseppe Pollina is an Italian singer-songwriter. He lives in Switzerland ( Zurich) and his music is known in German speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) as well as in Italy. Even thoug ...
(born 1963), Italian singer-songwriter
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Pippo Pozzato, Italian road racing cyclist
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Pippo Psaila (born 1957), former Malta national football team coach and current Director of Sports of the Malta Olympic Committee
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Pippo Tesauro, Italian painter of the Renaissance period
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Pippo Torri, Lombard far-left politician
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Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 19213 March 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called Pippo by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Golden voice" or "The most beautiful voi ...
(1921–2008), Sicilian Tenor
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Pentamerone
The ''Pentamerone'', subtitled ''Lo cunto de li cunti'' ("The Tale of Tales"), is a seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.
Background
The stories in the ''Pentamerone'' were colle ...
'', a variant of "Puss in Boots", written by Giambattista Basile
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Pippo (airplane)
Pippo was a mythical airplane, unique to Northern Italy, that flew during World War II. An example of oral history, Pippo is not well documented even in Italy.
Overview
Pippo had a distinctive buzz, was rarely if ever seen and flew mainly at ni ...
, an airplane flown over Northern Italy during World War II
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