Gaetano
Gaetano is an Italian masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin Caietanus, meaning "from Caieta". The given name has been in use in Italy since the medieval period, although it also remained in use as a byname indicating people from Gaeta, as in Thomas Cajetan or Gaetanus. The modern given name can be traced to Saint Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene who was canonized in 1671. Other variants of the name exist in other Romance languages; the French form of the name is Gaétan, the Portuguese form is Caetano, and the Spanish form is Cayetano. The feminine form is Gaetana.
People with the given name include:
Academics
- Gaetano Borriello, Italian-American computer scientist
- Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian
- Gaetano Crocco, Italian space scientist, aeronautics pioneer and founder of the Italian Rocket Society
- Gaetano De Sanctis, historian and senator
- Gaetano Kanizsa, Italian psychologist and perception scientist
- Gaetano Milanesi, Italian scholar and writer
- Gaetano Savi, Italian naturalist, botanist and mycologist
- Gaetano da Thiene
Arts and entertainment
- Gaetano Aronica, Italian actor
- Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian alto castrato
- Gaetano Braga, Italian composer and cellist
- Gaetano Brunetti, prolific Italian composer
- Gaetano Bruno, Italian actor
- Gaetano Castelli, Italian painter and set designer
- Gaetano Chiaveri, Italian architect
- Gaetano Donizetti, Italian opera composer
- Gaetano Gandolfi, Bolognese painter
- Gaetano Greco, Italian Baroque composer
- Gaetano Guadagni, Italian mezzo-soprano castrato singer
- Gaetano Lapis, Italian painter
- Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader
- Gaetano Martoriello, Italian painter
- Gaten Matarazzo, American actor
- Gaetano Merola, Italian conductor
- Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer
- Gaetano Polidori, Italian writer and scholar
- Gaetano Pollastri, Italian violinist turned violin maker and restorer
- Gaetano Previati, Italian painter and art theorist
- Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist
- Gaetano Sabatini, Italian draftsman and painter
- Gaetano Saracco, Italian dancer and choreographer
- Gaetano Sgarabotto, Italian violinmaker
- Gaetano Trentanove, Italian-American sculptor
- Gaetano Varcasia, Italian voice actor
- Gaetano Zompini, Italian printmaker and engraver
- Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, Italian sculptor
Crime
- Gaetano Badalamenti, powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia
- Gaetano Gianola, early 20th century Italian-American mobster
- Gaetano Lococo, Italian-American mobster
- Gaetano Reina, Sicilian-American mobster
Politics, the law and journalism
- Gaetano Arfé, Italian politician, historian and journalist
- Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy
- Gaetano Filangieri, 5th Prince of Satriano, Italian jurist and philosopher
- Gaetano Giuliano, Italian politician
- Gaetano Manfredi, Italian politician
- Gaetano Martino, Italian politician
- Gaetano Morazzoni, Italian politician
- Gaetano Mosca, Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant
- Gaetano Polverelli, Italian journalist and politician
- Gaetano Salvemini, Italian anti-fascist politician, historian and writer
- Gaetano Saya, Italian politician
- Gaetano Tanti, Maltese trade unionist
Religion
- Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Catholic saint
- Gaetano Alibrandi, Catholic archbishop
- Gaetano Bedini, Italian Catholic ecclesiastic, cardinal and diplomat
- Gaetano Bisleti, Catholic cardinal
- Gaetano Catanoso, Italian parish priest
- Gaetano Cicognani, Italian Catholic prelate
- Gaetano Pace Forno, Maltese Catholic bishop
- Gaetano Moroni, Italian Catholic official and writer about the Catholic Church
- Gaetano Sanseverino, Italian philosopher and theologian
Sports
- Gaetano Berardi, Swiss footballer
- Gaetano Belloni, Italian road racing cyclist
- Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
- Gaetano Caridi, Italian footballer
- Gaetano D'Agostino, Italian footballer
- Gaetano De Rosa, Italian footballer
- Gaetano Fontana, Italian footballer
- Gaetano Giallanza, Swiss footballer
- Gaetano Orlando, Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer
- Gaetano Starrabba, Italian racing driver
- Gaetano Vasari, Italian footballer
- Gaetano Vastola, Italian footballer
Other fields
- Gaetano Baccani, Italian architect
- Gaetano Casati, Italian explorer of Africa
- Gaetano Gagliano, Canadian businessman
Category:Masculine given names