# Carmine (given name)

Carmine is a male given name of Italian origins. It also has the meaning "purplish-red" from an Aramaic word qirmizī which means “crimson” in English. Notable people with the name include:
* Carmine Abate (born 1954), Italian writer
* Carmine Abbagnale (born 1962), Italian competition rower
* Carmine Agnello (born 1960), American alleged mobster
* Carmine Alfieri (born 1943), Italian fugitive
* Carmine Appice (born 1946), American drummer
* Carmine Benincasa (1947–2020), Italian art critic
* Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono (1671–1726), grandee of Spain
* Carmine Cardamone (born 1950), American politician
* Carmine Caridi (1934–2019), American film actor
* Carmine Chiappetta (born 2003), Swiss football player
* Carmine Cirella (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
* Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), American composer
* Carmine Coppola (footballer) (born 1979), Italian footballer
* Carmine Crocco (1830–1905), Italian brigand
* Carmine Cucciniello (born 1988), Italian football player
* Carmine de Laurentiis, Italian mandolist
* Carmine DeSapio (1908–2004), American politician, Tammany Hall boss
* Carmine DeSopo (born 1940), American politician
* Carmine Di Giandomenico (born 1973), Italian visual artist
* Carmine Di Sibio (born 1963), American chief executive
* Carmine Esposito (born 1970), Italian footballer
* Carmine Fatico (1910–1991), American mobster
* Carmine Furletti (1926–2008), Brazilian football player
* Carmine Galante (1910–1979), American mobster
* Carmine Gallo (born 1965), American author
* Carmine Gallone (1885–1973), Italian film director
* Carmine Biagio Gatti (born 1988), Italian football player
* Carmine Gautieri (born 1970), Italian football coach
* Carmine Gentile, American politician
* Carmine Gentile (painter) (1678–1763), Italian painter
* Carmine Giordani (1685–1758), Italian composer
* Carmine Giordano (born 1982), Italian football player
* Carmine Giorgi (1910–1965), Brazilian athlete
* Carmine Giorgione (born 1991), Italian footballer
* Carmine Giovinazzo (born 1973), American actor
* Carmine Gorga (born 1935), Italian-American economist
* Carmine Gori-Merosi (1810–1886), Italian bishop
* Carmine Guida (born 1975), American musician
* Carmine Infantino (1925–2013), American comic book artist and editor
* Carmine Isacco (born 1970), Canadian soccer player
* Carmine Lombardozzi (1913–1992), American mobster
* Carmine J. Marasco (1891–1960), American politician and judge
* Carmine Marcantonio (born 1954), Canadian retired soccer player
* Carmine Mirabelli (1889–1951), Brazilian spiritual medium
* Carmine Molaro (born 1975), Italian boxer
* Carmine Nigro (1910–2001), American chess player
* Carmine Palumbo (born 1993), Italian footballer
* Carmine Pariante (born 1966), British psychiatrist
* Carmine Parlato (born 1970), Italian football manager
* Carmine Pecorelli (1928–1979), Italian journalist
* Carmine Persico (1933–2019), American mobster
* Carmine Preziosi (born 1943), Italian bicycler
* Carmine Recano (born 1980), Italian actor
* Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Italian prelate
* Carmine Rojas (born 1953), American bassist
* Carmine Romano (1935–2011), American mobster
* Carmine Saponetti (1913–1990), Italian cyclist
* Carmine Savino (1911–1993), American politician
* Carmine Schiavone (1943–2015), Italian politician
* Carmine Sciandra (born 1952), American gangster
* Carmine Senise (1883–1958), Italian police officer
* Carmine Sessa (born 1951), Italian-American mobster
* Carmine Setola (born 1999), Italian footballer
* Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canadian poet
* Carmine Tommasone (born 1984), Italian boxer
* Carmine Tramunti (1910–1978), Italian-American mobster
* Carmine Tucci (1933–1990), Italian ice hockey player
* Carmine Verduci (1959–2014), Italian-Canadian mobster
* Carmine Vingo (1929–2015), American boxer
* Carmine Zoccali (born 1947), Italian nephrologist

## Fictional characters

* Carmine, an alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild
* Carmine, the purple music race car and a character from the Disney animated TV series Little Einsteins season 2 episode Carmine's Big Race
* Carmine Falcone, a DC comics character.
* Carmine Lupertazzi, a character from the show The Sopranos
** Little Carmine, Lupertazzi's son
* Carmine Lorenzo, the fictional airport Captain of Police in Die Hard 2 played by Dennis Franz
* Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa, a character from the show Laverne & Shirley
* Carmine, Cerise Hood's pet dire wolf from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
* Carmine, Family name in the games “Gears of War”
* Carmine Esclados, the main antagonist of the RWBY spinoff novel RWBY: After the Fall
* Carmine, a character from the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's downloadable content expansion pack The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero