# Romano (name)

Romano is an Italian surname, also used as a given name.
Notable people with the name include:

## As a given name
### Art and writing

* Romano Amerio (1905–1997), Swiss Italian theologian
* Romano Bilenchi (1909–1989), Italian novelist, short story writer and essayist
* Romano Romanelli (1882–1968), Italian sculptor
* Romano Vio (1913–1984), Italian sculptor

### Politics

* Romano Prodi (born 1939), former prime minister of Italy

### Sports

* Romano Bonagura (1930–2010), Italian bobsledder, 1964 Winter Olympics
* Romano Denneboom (born 1981), Dutch footballer
* Romano Fenati (born 1996), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer
* Romano Perticone (born 1986), Italian footballer who plays for Cesena

### Other people

* Romano Artioli (born 1932), Italian entrepreneur
* Romano Bobone (10th century), Italian cardinal
* Romano Carapecchia (1666–1738), Italian architect
* Romano Guardini (1885–1968), Italian-German Catholic priest

## As a surname
### Acting

* Andrea Romano (born 1955), voice actress
* Andy Romano (1936–2022), American actor
* Carlo Romano (1908–1975), Italian film actor, screenwriter and voice actor
* Christy Carlson Romano (born 1984), American actress
* Gerardo Romano (born 1946), Argentine actor
* Janet Romano, American actress
* Larry Romano (born 1963), American actor
* Lou Romano (born 1972), American animator and voice actor
* Nina Romano, American actress
* Ray Romano (born 1957), American actor and comedian
* Rino Romano (born 1969), Canadian voice actor

### Art and writing

* Antonella Romano (born 1962), French historian of science
* Antoniazzo Romano (1430s–1510s), Italian Early Renaissance painter
* Fabrizio Romano (born 1993), Italian journalist
* Giulio Romano (c. 1490–1546), 16th-century Italian artist
* Lou Romano (born 1972), member of the Art Department in Pixar Animation Studios
* Lalla Romano (1906–2001), Italian novelist, poet, and journalist
* Rose Romano (born 1959), American poet

### Music

* Aldo Romano (born 1941), Italian-French jazz drummer
* Daniel Romano (born 1985), Canadian musician
* Frank Romano (born 1970), American born guitarist, songwriter and record producer
* Tony Romano (musician) (1915–2005), American guitarist and performer

### Politics

* Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician
* Robert E. Romano (1905–1956), American lawter and politician

### Sports

* Al Romano (born 1954), American football player
* Ángel Romano (1893–1972), Uruguayan footballer
* James Romano (1927–1990), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Jason Romano (born 1979), former professional baseball player
* Johnny Romano (1934–2019), American baseball player
* Jordan Romano (born 1993), Canadian baseball player
* Luke Romano (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Megan Romano (born 1991), American swimmer
* Mike Romano (baseball) (born 1972), American baseball player
* Moshe Romano (born 1946), Israeli footballer
* Rubén Omar Romano (born 1958), Argentine-Mexican footballer
* Sal Romano (born 1993), baseball player
* Serge Romano (born 1964), French footballer
* Tom Romano (born 1958), baseball player
* Tony Romano (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player
* Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Israeli athlete murdered at Munich Olympics

### Other people

* Antonio Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
* Da Romano, a medieval Italian family
* Carmine Romano (1935–2011), New York mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family
* Benito Romano (born 1950), Puerto Rican lawyer
* Carla Romano (born 1969), Scottish journalist
* Edward A. Romano, American business executive
* John Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph L. Romano, officer in the United States Air Force
* Morgan Romano (born 1998), American model and beauty queen
* Tony Romano (disambiguation), multiple people
* U. Roberto Romano (1956–2013), American filmmaker
* Jon Romano (born 1987), American TikTok influencer and convicted school shooter

## Fictional characters

* Romano, a character in the American television series Ghost Whisperer
* Italy Romano (Lovino Vargas), a character in the Japanese webcomic Hetalia: Axis Powers
* Robert Romano (ER), a doctor from the American television series ER
* Vic Romano, a character in the American television series Most Extreme Elimination Challenge