Colombo (surname)
Colombo is an Italian surname. It was given to orphans.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 66.9% of all known bearers of the surname Colombo were residents of Italy, 11.3% of Brazil, 7.2% of Argentina, 3.7% of the United States, 3.5% of Sri Lanka, 2.0% of France and 1.1% of Venezuela.In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average only in one region: Lombardy.
People
- Achille Colombo Clerici, Italian lawyer, jurist, author, and community leader
- Adolfo Colombo, the most recorded singer in Cuba up to 1925
- Alain Colombo, former French professional footballer
- Alberto Colombo (racing driver), former Italian racing driver
- Alfredo Colombo, retired Italian professional football player
- Andrea Colombo, Italian 100 metres sprinter
- Andrés Gerardo Colombo, Argentine footballer
- Angelo Colombo, former Italian footballer
- Angelo Martino Colombo, Italian professional football player
- Armando Colombo, German engineer
- Arrigo Colombo, Italian film producer
- Augusto Colombo, Italian painter
- Bartolomeo Colombo, Italian explorer
- Camila Colombo, Uruguayan chess player
- Charles Martin Colombo, American soccer player
- Christine Colombo Nilsen, Norwegian football goalkeeper
- Chrystian Colombo, Argentine businessman and politician
- Claude Colombo, French professional football referee
- Corrado Colombo, Italian footballer
- Cristoforo Colombo, the Italian language name of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus
- Domenico Colombo, the father of navigator Christopher
- Eduardo A. Folle Colombo, Uruguayan basketball player
- Emilio Colombo, Prime Minister of Italy 1970–1972 and subsequently lifetime Senator
- Eugenio Colombo, Italian saxophonist and flautist
- Federico Colombo, Italian professional golfer
- Felice Colombo, Italian businessman, past chairman of A.C. Milan
- Felipe Colombo Eguía, Mexican-Argentine actor
- Filippo Colombo, Swiss cross-country cyclist
- Franco Ermanno Colombo, Italian professional football player
- Furio Colombo, Italian journalist and politician, editor-in-chief of L'Unità
- Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, American video artist
- Gabriele Colombo, Italian road bicycle racer
- Gherardo Colombo, Italian magistrate
- Giacomo Colombo, Italian sculptor, painter and engraver in the late 17th century and early 18th century in Naples.
- Gianni Colombo, Italian artist, member of the kinetic art movement
- Gioacchino Colombo, Italian automobile engine designer
- Giovanni Colombo, Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan
- Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo, Swiss painter and stage set designer.
- Giuseppe Colombo, Italian mathematician, nicknamed "Bepi"
- Horacio Colombo, Argentine former basketball player
- Ignacio Colombo, Argentinian football forward
- Joe Cesare Colombo, Italian industrial designer
- John Robert Colombo, Canadian author
- Joseph Anthony "Joe" Colombo Sr., the boss of the Colombo crime family
- Julio Colombo, French retired football defender
- Jürgen Colombo, German track cyclist
- Kaitlin Colombo, American stand-up comedian, television personality, writer and actress
- Laurent del Colombo, French judoka
- Lorenzo Colombo, Italian footballer
- Maria Luisa Colombo, Italian singer, best known as Lu Colombo
- Luca Colombo (cyclist), Italian racing cyclist
- Luca Colombo (footballer), Italian centre-back football player
- Luigi Colombo, Italian cyclist
- Marc Colombo, former American football offensive tackle
- Marcelo Daniel Colombo, Argentine Roman Catholic bishop of La Rioja since 2013
- Marco Colombo, Italian swimmer
- Maria Colombo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Martín Colombo Rivero, Uruguayan footballer
- Nazareno Fernández Colombo, Argentine professional footballer
- Nicola Colombo, Italian businessman, chairman of A.C. Monza Brianza
- Paolo Andrea Colombo, Italian business executive
- Pia Colombo, French singer of Franco-Italian origin
- Raimundo Colombo, Brazilian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party
- Realdo Colombo, Italian anatomist and surgeon
- Riccardo Colombo, Italian football defender
- Roberto Colombo (footballer), retired Italian football goalkeeper
- Roberto Colombo (motorcyclist), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer
- Rodrigo Jesús Colombo, Argentine professional football defender
- Scipio Colombo, Italian dramatic baritone
- Simone Colombo, former professional tennis player from Italy
- Ugo Colombo (real estate developer), Italian-born residential and commercial real estate developer in Miami
- Umberto Colombo (athlete), Italian track and field athlete
- Umberto Colombo (footballer), retired Italian professional football midfielder
- Umberto Colombo (scientist), Italian scientist
- Virginio Colombo, a prolific Italian architect later active in Buenos Aires
- Vittorino Colombo, Italian Christian Democrat politician
- Colombo crime family of New York
- * Joseph Colombo, its namesake
Football (soccer) players
- Angelo Colombo, Italian midfielder
- Charlie Colombo, American defender
- Corrado Colombo, Italian striker
- Julio Colombo, French defender
- Luca Colombo (footballer), Italian defender
- Riccardo Colombo, Italian defender
- Roberto Colombo (footballer), Italian goalkeeper