# Colombo (surname)

Colombo is an Italian surname meaning literally "dove". It was given to orphans.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 66.9% of all known bearers of the surname Colombo were residents of Italy (frequency 1:458), 11.3% of Brazil (1:9,111), 7.2% of Argentina (1:2,986), 3.7% of the United States (1:48,838), 3.5% of Sri Lanka (1:2,965), 2.0% of France (1:16,850) and 1.1% of Venezuela (1:13,971).
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:458) only in one region: Lombardy (1:85).

## People

* Achille Colombo Clerici, Italian lawyer, jurist, author, and community leader
* Adolfo Colombo (1868-1953), the most recorded singer in Cuba up to 1925
* Alain Colombo (born 1961), former French professional footballer
* Alberto Colombo (racing driver) (born 1946), former Italian racing driver
* Alfredo Colombo (1921–?), retired Italian professional football player
* Andrea Colombo (born 1974), Italian 100 metres sprinter
* Andrés Gerardo Colombo (born 1987), Argentine footballer
* Angelo Colombo (born 1961), former Italian footballer
* Angelo Martino Colombo (1935–2014), Italian professional football player
* Armando Colombo, German engineer
* Arrigo Colombo (1916-1998), Italian film producer
* Augusto Colombo (1902–1969), Italian painter
* Bartolomeo Colombo (c. 1461–1515), Italian explorer
* Camila Colombo (born 1990), Uruguayan chess player
* Charles Martin Colombo (1920–1986), American soccer player
* Christine Colombo Nilsen (born 1982), Norwegian football goalkeeper
* Chrystian Colombo (born 1952), Argentine businessman and politician
* Corrado Colombo (born 1979), Italian footballer
* Claude Colombo (born 1960), French professional football referee
* Cristoforo Colombo, the Italian language name of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 1506)
* Domenico Colombo (Genoese: Domenego Corombo) (1418–1496), the father of navigator Christopher
* Eduardo A. Folle Colombo (1922-1994), Uruguayan basketball player
* Emilio Colombo (1920–2013), Prime Minister of Italy 1970–1972 and subsequently lifetime Senator
* Eugenio Colombo (born 1953), Italian saxophonist and flautist
* Federico Colombo (born 1987), Italian professional golfer
* Felice Colombo (born 1937), Italian businessman, past chairman of A.C. Milan (1977–80)
* Felipe Colombo Eguía (born 1983), Mexican-Argentine actor
* Filippo Colombo (born 1997), Swiss cross-country cyclist
* Franco Ermanno Colombo (1917–?), Italian professional football player
* Furio Colombo (1931–2025), Italian journalist and politician, editor-in-chief of L'Unità
* Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, American video artist
* Gabriele Colombo (born 1972), Italian road bicycle racer
* Gherardo Colombo (born 1946), Italian magistrate
* Giacomo Colombo (1663–1730), Italian sculptor, painter and engraver in the late 17th century and early 18th century in Naples.
* Gianni Colombo (1933–1993), Italian artist, member of the kinetic art movement
* Gioacchino Colombo (1903–1988), Italian automobile engine designer
* Giovanni Colombo (1902–1992), Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan
* Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo (1717–1801), Swiss painter and stage set designer.
* Giuseppe Colombo (1920–1984), Italian mathematician, nicknamed "Bepi"
* Horacio Colombo (born 1934), Argentine former basketball player
* Ignacio Colombo (born 1995), Argentinian football forward
* Joe Cesare Colombo (1930–1971), Italian industrial designer
* John Robert Colombo (born 1936), Canadian author
* Joseph Anthony "Joe" Colombo Sr. (1923–1978), the boss of the Colombo crime family
* Julio Colombo (born 1984), French retired football defender
* Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), German track cyclist
* Kaitlin Colombo, American stand-up comedian, television personality, writer and actress
* Laurent del Colombo (born 1959), French judoka
* Lorenzo Colombo (born 2002), Italian footballer
* Maria Luisa Colombo (born 1952), Italian singer, best known as Lu Colombo
* Luca Colombo (cyclist) (born 1969), Italian racing cyclist
* Luca Colombo (footballer) (born 1944), Italian centre-back football player
* Luigi Colombo, Italian cyclist
* Marc Colombo (born 1978), former American football offensive tackle
* Marcelo Daniel Colombo (born 1961), Argentine Roman Catholic bishop of La Rioja since 2013
* Marco Colombo (born 1960), Italian swimmer
* Maria Colombo (disambiguation), multiple people
* Martín Colombo Rivero (born 1985), Uruguayan footballer
* Nazareno Fernández Colombo (born 1997), Argentine professional footballer
* Nicola Colombo (born 1968), Italian businessman, chairman of A.C. Monza Brianza
* Paolo Andrea Colombo (born 1960), Italian business executive
* Pia Colombo (1934–1986), French singer of Franco-Italian origin
* Raimundo Colombo (born 1955), Brazilian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party
* Realdo Colombo (c. 1515 – 1559), Italian anatomist and surgeon
* Riccardo Colombo (born 1982), Italian football defender
* Roberto Colombo (footballer) (born 1975), retired Italian football goalkeeper
* Roberto Colombo (motorcyclist) (1927–1957), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer
* Rodrigo Jesús Colombo (born 1992), Argentine professional football defender
* Scipio Colombo (1910–2002), Italian dramatic baritone
* Simone Colombo (born 1963), former professional tennis player from Italy
* Ugo Colombo (real estate developer) (born 1961), Italian-born residential and commercial real estate developer in Miami
* Umberto Colombo (athlete) (1880–?), Italian track and field athlete
* Umberto Colombo (footballer) (1933–2021), retired Italian professional football midfielder
* Umberto Colombo (scientist) (1927–2006), Italian scientist
* Virginio Colombo (1885–1927), a prolific Italian architect later active in Buenos Aires
* Vittorino Colombo (1925–1996), Italian Christian Democrat politician
* Colombo crime family of New York
** Joseph Colombo (1923–1978), its namesake

## Football (soccer) players

* Angelo Colombo (born 1961), Italian midfielder
* Charlie Colombo (1920–1986), American defender
* Corrado Colombo (born 1979), Italian striker
* Julio Colombo (born 1984), French (Guadeloupean) defender
* Luca Colombo (footballer), (born 1984) Italian defender
* Riccardo Colombo (born 1982), Italian defender
* Roberto Colombo (footballer) (born 1975), Italian goalkeeper