# Alessandro

Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include:

## People with the given name Alessandro

* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), Italian novelist
* Alessandro Bastoni (born 1999), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Bega (born 1991), Italian tennis player
* Alessandro Bordin (born 1998), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Botticelli (1445–1510), Italian painter
* Alessandro Bovo (born 1969), Italian water polo player
* Alessandro Cagliostro (1743–1795), alias of occultist and adventurer Giuseppe Balsamo
* Alessandro Calcaterra (born 1975), Italian water polo player
* Alessandro Calvi (born 1983), Italian swimmer
* Alessandro Cattelan (born 1980), Italian television preesenter
* Alessandro Cortini (born 1976), Italian musician
* Alessandro Criscuolo (1937–2020), Italian judge
* Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Di Munno (born 2000), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Evangelisti (born 1981), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Fontana (1936–2013), Italian academician and politician
* Alessandro Fontanarosa (born 2003), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630), Italian composer
* Alessandro Hojabrpour (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
* Alessandro Juliani (born 1978), Canadian actor
* Alessandro Lindblad (Alesso) (born 1991), Swedish musician, DJ and producer
* Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist
* Alessandro Martelli (1876–1934), Italian academic and politician
* Alessandro Martini (1812–1905), Italian businessman and founder of Martini & Rossi distillery
* Alessandro Matri (born 1984), Italian footballer
* Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510–1537), ruler of Florence from 1530 to 1537
* Alessandro Michieletto (born 2001), Italian volleyball player
* Alessandro Moreschi (1898–1922), only castrato to make solo recordings
* Alessandro Murgia (born 1996), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Mori Nunes (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
* Alessandro Nannini (born 1959), Italian racing driver
* Alessandro Nesta (born 1976), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Nivola (born 1972), American actor
* Alessandro Nunziante (1815–1881), Italian general and politician
* Alessandro D'Ottavio (1927–1988), Italian boxer
* Alessandro Pagani (born 1937), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Alessandro Petacchi (born 1974), Italian professional road cyclist
* Alessandro Pezzatini (born 1957), Italian race walker
* Alessandro Piccolo (agricultural scientist) (born 1951), Italian scientist
* Alessandro Riggi (born 1993), Canadian soccer player
* Alessandro Ruben (born 1960), Italian politician
* Alessandro Safina (born 1963), Italian tenor
* Alessandro dos Santos (born 1977), Brazilian and naturalised Japanese footballer
* Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), Italian composer
* Alessandro Viana da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Alessandro Stratta (born 1964), celebrity chef
* Alessandro Sturba (born 1972), Italian footballer
* Alessandro Serenelli, criminal, gardener, porter and layman
* Alessandro Tiarini (1577–1668), Italian painter
* Alessandro de Tomaso (1928–2003), Argentine racing driver and businessman
* Alessandro Trentacinque (1541–1599), Italian writer and jurist
* Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (1929–2020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer
* Alessandro Venturella (born 1984), British musician
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist
* Alex Zanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver

## People with the surname Alessandro

* Danilo Alessandro (born 1988), Italian footballer
* Darío Alessandro (1951–2021), Argentine sociologist, politician, and diplomat
* Jonatan Alessandro (born 1987), Argentine footballer
* Victor Alessandro (1915–1976), American orchestra conductor