Bello (surname)
Bello is an Italian, Spanish surname from bello "handsome/beautiful", hence a nickname for a handsome man. In medieval Italy, the word was also applied as a personal name, which also gave rise to the surname.
Among the Fula people of West Africa, the name means 'helper', derived from the Fulfulde word ballo. The name was also initially a personal name, which later became a surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ada Bello, American LGBT activist and researcher
- Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria from 1954 to 1966
- Alberto Bello, Argentine actor
- Alfred Bello, witness in trial of Rubin Carter
- Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and educator
- Ángel Bello, Argentine archer
- Antoine Bello, French-American writer
- B. J. Bello, American football player
- Babatounde Bello, Beninese footballer
- Basim Bello, Iraqi Assyrian politician
- Brayan Bello, Dominican baseball player
- Carolina Bello, Uruguayan writer
- Eduardo Bello, Argentine rugby union footballer
- Emilio Bello, Chilean lawyer, diplomat and politician
- Fernando Bello (disambiguation), several people
- Frank Bello, American bass guitar player
- Henry Bello, shooter in Bronx Lebanon Hospital attack
- Joaquín Edwards Bello, Chilean writer
- John Bello, American entrepreneur
- José Bello, Spanish intellectual and writer
- Juan Carlos Bello, Peruvian swimmer
- Léa Bello, French videographer, journalist, doctor of geophysics
- Louie Bello, American musician
- Marco Bello, Italian painter
- Maria Bello, American actress
- Ramón Medina Bello, Argentine football player
- Walden Bello, Filipino academic and political analyst
- Xuan Bello, Spanish poet, writer, essayist, and translator