Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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Raffaele Amato Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Scissionisti di Secondigliano, Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, in ...

(born 1965), Italian mobster *

Raffaele Cutolo Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss and leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including o Vangelo'' ("th ...

(1941–2021), Italian mobster *

Raffaele Ganci Raffaele Ganci (4 January 1932 – 3 June 2022) was a member of the Mafia in Sicily from the Noce neighbourhood in Palermo. He was considered to be the right-hand man of Cosa Nostra boss Totò Riina and sat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission.

(1932–2022), Italian mobster *

Raffaele Cantone Raffaele Cantone (born 24 November 1963) is an Italian magistrate. In March 2014, he was appointed president of the National Anti-Corruption Authority by the then Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi; he held the office until October 2019. In Ju ...

(born 1963), Italian magistrate * Raffaele Di Gennaro (born 1993), Italian footballer *

Raffaele De Rosa Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian road racer of solo motorcycles. He has competed mainly in the Supersport World Championship. From 2024 he will ride for QJ Motor, a Chinese manufacturer new to the Supersport World ...

(born 1987), Italian motorcycle racer *

Raffaele Di Paco Raffaele di Paco (6 July 1908–21 May 1996) was an Italian road racing cyclist, who won five stages in the 1931 Tour de France four stages in the 1932 Tour de France and two stages in the 1935 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey for a ...

(1908–1996), Italian cyclist *

Raffaele Fitto Raffaele Fitto (; born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician who has served as Vice-President of the European Commission, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Cohesion and Refo ...

(born 1969), Italian politician *

Raffaele Guariglia Raffaele Guariglia, Baron di Vituso (19 February 1889 – 25 April 1970) was an Italian diplomat. He is best known for his brief service as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the short-lived 1943 World War II-era Italian government headed by Pietro B ...

(1889–1970), Italian politician *

Raffaele Lombardo Raffaele Lombardo ; (born 29 October 1950) is an Italian politician. Born in Catania, he was Sicily's president and former member of the European Parliament for the Italian Islands with the Movement for the Autonomies, and has sat on the Europea ...

(born 1950), Italian politician *

Raffaele Palladino Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina. Club career Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...

(born 1984), Italian footballer *

Raffaele Pinto Raffaele "Lele" Pinto (13 April 1945 – 8 December 2020) was a rallying, rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal. Career Pinto began rallying in 1968. In 1972, he won the European Rally Championship in a Fiat 124 Sport Spider. The followin ...

(1945–2020), Italian racing driver *

Raffaele Pisu Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born in Bologna as Guerrino Pisu into a family of Sardinian origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of th ...

(1925–2019), Italiano actor *

Raffaele Riario Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario (3 May 1461 – 9 July 1521) was an Italian cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the person who invited Michelangelo to Rome. He was a patron of the ...

(1461–1521), Italian cardinal *

Raffaele Rossetti Raffaele Rossetti (12 July 1881 – 27 December 1951) was an Italian engineer and military naval officer who sank the once SMS Viribus Unitis, main battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I. He was also a politician of t ...

(1881–1951), Italian politician *

Raffaele Carlo Rossi Raffaele Rossi, OCD, born ''Carlo Rossi'', (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948), was an Italian Discalced Carmelite and cardinal. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and as a f ...

(1876–1948), Italian cardinal *

Raffaele Viviani Raffaele Viviani (10 January 1888 – 22 March 1950) was an Italian author, playwright, actor and musician. Viviani belongs to the turn-of-the-century school of realism in Italian literature, and his works touch on seamier elements of the ...

(1888–1950), Italian artist *

Raffaele Contigiani Raffaele Contigiani (1920–2008) was an Italian architect and painter. He qualified as an architect in 1947 and designed Pavilion (exhibition), pavilions for the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a consultant for the It ...

(1920–2008), Italian architect

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Virginia Raffaele Virginia Raffaele (born 27 September 1980) is an Italian comedian, actress, impersonator and presenter. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of two circus performers of Sinti origins, Raffaele studied classical and modern dance at the ...

(born 1980), Italian actress

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