Silone is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with this surname include:
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Ignazio Silone
Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, ), was an Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was no ...
, Italian political leader and novelist nominated for the Nobel prize for literature ten times
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Josephine Silone Yates
Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912) was an American professor, writer, public speaker, and activist. She trained in chemistry and became one of the first black professors hired at Lincoln University in ...
(1859-1912), the second president of the National Association of Colored Women and one of the first black professors hired at Lincoln University
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Italian-language surnames