# Rocco

Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Rocco is a masculine name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include:

## First name

* Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the Minnesota Twins
* Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker
* Rocco Buttiglione (born 1948), Italian politician
* Rocco Chinnici (1925-1983), Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia
* Rocco "Rocky" Colavito (born 1933), American retired Major League Baseball player
* Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966), American celebrity chef and reality show actor
* Rocco Fischetti (1903-1964), American mobster
* Sir Rocco Forte (born 1945), British businessman
* Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist
* Rocco Grimaldi (born 8 February 1993), American ice hockey player
* Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
* Rocco Landesman (born 1947), Broadway producer
* Rocco Marchegiano (1923-1969), better known as Rocky Marciano, American heavyweight boxer
* Rocco Mediate (born 1962), American golfer
* Rocco Milde (born 1969), German former footballer
* Rocco Nacino (born 1987), a Filipino actor
* Rocco Perri (1887-last seen 1944), Canadian bootlegger
* Rocco Petrone (1926-2006), Italian-American engineer and NASA executive
* Rocco Placentino (born 1982), Canadian soccer player
* Rocco Pozzi (1700-1780), Italian painter and engraver
* Rocco Quinn (born 1986), Scottish footballer
* Rocco Reitz (born 2002), German footballer
* Rocco Rossi (born 1962), Canadian politician
* Rocco Siffredi (born 1964), Italian pornographic film actor
* Rocco Steele (born 1964), American gay pornographic film actor
* Rocco Silano (born 1962), American magician and actor

## Surname

* Alex Rocco (1936–2015), American actor
* Alfredo Rocco (1875-1935), Italian jurist and Fascist politician, author of the Italian Penal Code
* Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Vatican diplomat
* Danny Rocco (born 1960), American college football head coach
* David Rocco (born 1970), Canadian actor and producer, host of David Rocco's Dolce Vita
* David Della Rocco (born 1952), actor
* John A. Rocco (1936-2020), American politician
* Keith Rocco (painter), contemporary American military painter
* Keith Rocco (racing driver)
* Lyla Rocco (1933–2015), Italian film actress
* Marc Rocco (1962-2009), American film director, producer and screenwriter
* Mickey Rocco (1916-1997), American Major League Baseball first baseman
* Nereo Rocco (1912-1979), Italian football player and manager
* Pasquale Rocco (born 1970), Italian retired footballer
* Steve Rocco (born 1960), American skateboarder and retired businessman
* Steve Rocco (politician), contemporary American politician
* Tonette S. Rocco (born 1954), American academic

## Nickname, stage name or ring name

* Rocko (rapper) (born 1979), American rapper and actor
* Dick "Rocko" Lewis (1908–1966), American entertainer
* Rocco Hunt (born 1994), Italian rapper
* Rocco Prestia (1951–2020), bass player for the band Tower of Power
* Rocco Mandroid, member of the New Zealand punk band the Futurians
* Rocko Schamoni (born 1966), German entertainer, author and musician
* Rocco Rock (1953-2002), American professional wrestler
* Mark Rocco (1951–2020), English retired professional wrestler
* Rocco Nacino (born 1987), Filipino actor

## Fictional characters

* Johnny Rocco, fugitive gangster in the 1948 film Key Largo, played by Edward G. Robinson
* Rocco Fuentes Echaguei, a fictional character in the 2002–2003 Argentine teenage telenovella Rebelde Way
* Rocco Parondi, in the 1960 Italian film Rocco and His Brothers
* Rocco Pelosi, a supportive character in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and GTA V.
* Rocco the Beaver, a puppet on the Danish TV series Dolph & Wulff med Venner (Dolph & Wulff with Friends)
* Rocco the Dog, a puppet on the Canadian TV series Puppets Who Kill
* Rocco de' Medici, a master swordsman and long-lost heir to the late Duke of Florence in the TV series Leonardo.
* Rocco Barbella, one of Sergeant Bilko′s corporals in The Phil Silvers Show
* Rocco Lampone, a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.
* Rocco, the puppy saved by Tom Hardy’s character in The Drop
* Rocko, from Rocko's Modern Life, a 1990s Nickelodeon animated series
* Rocko, from the cartoon series Undergrads
* Rocky Balboa, from the Rocky film series starring Sylvester Stallone as the films’ title character, who is sometimes called Rocco.
* Rocko, a penguin from the 1995 animated film The Pebble and the Penguin.
* Rocco, Zoe's pet rock and Elmo's nemesis on Sesame Street.

## Other

* The West Maple Omaha Rock, a boulder in Omaha, Nebraska, nicknamed Rocko