# Giorgio (name)

Giorgio is a male Italian given name derived from the Greek Georgios and sometimes a surname. It is equivalent to the English name George. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Eusebio da San Giorgio, Italian painter
* Francesco di Giorgio, Italian painter
* Francesco Giorgio, Italian writer
* Frank Di Giorgio, Canadian city councillor
* Gail Brewer-Giorgio, American author
* Marchesi di San Giorgio, Maltese nobility
* Marosa di Giorgio, Uruguayan writer
* Pietro De Giorgio (born 1983), Italian footballer

## Given name

* Giorgio Ordelaffi, Italian nobility
* Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Ioannina in 1411

### Artists and entertainers

* Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, Italian composer
* Giorgio Amendola, Italian writer
* Giorgio Andreoli, Italian potter
* Giorgio Anselmi, Italian painter
* Giorgio Arlorio, Italian screenwriter and director
* Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
* Giorgio Baffo, Italian poet
* Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti, Italian literary critic
* Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer
* Giorgio Bianchi, Italian film director
* Giorgio Calabrese, Italian songwriter
* Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
* Giorgio Capitani, Italian film director
* Giorgio Cavaglieri, Italian-American painter
* Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
* Giorgio Colangeli, Italian actor
* Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer player
* Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter
* Giorgio Duranti, Italian painter
* Giorgio Faletti, Italian writer
* Giorgio Ferrich, Croatian writer
* Giorgio Ferroni, Italian director
* Giorgio Gaber, Italian singer-songwriter
* Giorgio Gandini del Grano, Italian painter
* Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist
* Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Italian composer
* Giorgio Ghisi, Italian engraver
* Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian record producer
* Giorgio Grassi, Italian architect
* Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Italian tenor
* Giorgio Locatelli, Italian television chef
* Giorgio Mainerio, Italian composer
* Giorgio Manganelli, Italian writer
* Giorgio Massari, Italian architect
* Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter
* Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer
* Giorgio Moser, Italian film director and screenwriter
* Giorgio Orsini, Croatian sculptor
* George Ortuzar, Cuban-American television personality (nicknamed "Giorgio" on his show Giorgiomania)
* Giorgio Pacchioni, Italian performer
* Giorgio Pasotti, Italian actor and martial arts athlete
* Giorgio Pastina, Italian screenwriter and film director
* Giorgio Pressburger, Italian writer
* Giorgio Prosperi, Italian screenwriter
* Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect
* Giorgio Ronconi, Italian baritone
* Giorgio Sadotti, British conceptual artist
* Giorgio Saviane, Italian writer
* Giorgio Scerbanenco, Italian crime writer
* Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer
* Giorgio Sommer, German-Italian photographer
* Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera director
* Giorgio Tirabassi, Italian actor
* Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer
* Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Swiss-born Greek writer
* Giorgio Tuinfort, Suriname-born Dutch music composer and producer
* Giorgio van Straten, Italian writer
* Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect
* Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
* Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Italian-Canadian poet

### Politicians

* Giorgio Adorno, doge of the Republic of Genoa
* Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician
* Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese politician
* Giorgio Carbone, Italian "head of state" of Seborga
* Giorgio Carollo, Italian politician
* Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus
* Giorgio Giudici, Swiss politician
* Giorgio La Malfa, Italian politician
* Giorgio La Pira, Italian politician
* Giorgio Mammoliti, Canadian city councillor
* Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician and activist
* Giorgio Napolitano, Italian president
* Giorgio Orsoni, Italian politician
* Giorgio Ruffolo, Italian economist, journalist and politician
* Giorgio Sonnino, Italian politician
* Giorgio Tonini (born 1959), Italian journalist and politician
* Giorgio Vido, Italian politician

### Scientists and philosophers

* Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist
* Giorgio Abetti, Italian solar astronomer
* Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher
* Giorgio Antonucci, Italian physician
* Giorgio Baglivi, Croatian scientist
* Giorgio Biandrata, Italian physician
* Giorgio Buttazzo, Italian engineer
* Giorgio Ceragioli, Italian engineer and peace activist
* Giorgio Colli, Italian philosophy professor
* Giorgio Del Vecchio, Italian legal philosopher
* Giorgio Jan, Italian zoologist
* Giorgio Levi Della Vida, Italian Jewish linguist
* Giorgio Malinverni, Swiss law professor
* Giorgio Nataletti, Italian musicologist
* Giorgio Parisi, Italian theoretical physicist
* Giorgio Pestelli, Italian musicologist
* Giorgio Samorini, Italian ethnobotanist
* Giorgio Sideri, Italian cartographer

### Sportsmen

* Giorgio Achterberg, Dutch football player
* Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder
* Giorgio Anglesio, Italian fencer
* Giorgio Avola, Italian fencer
* Giorgio Bassi, Italian race car driver
* Giorgio Belladonna, Italian bridge player
* Giorgio Biasini, Italian bobsledder
* Giorgio Bocchino, Italian fencer
* Giorgio Cagnotto, Italian diver
* Giorgio Cecchinel, Italian cyclist
* Giorgio Chiellini, Italian football player
* Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian football striker
* Giorgio Cornacchia, Italian rugby league footballer
* Giorgio Corona, Italian football player
* Giorgio de Bettin, Italian ice hockey player
* Giorgio Di Centa, Italian cross country skier
* Giorgio Duboin, Italian bridge player
* Giorgio Ferrini, Italian football player
* Giorgio Francia, Italian racing driver
* Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian football player
* Giorgio Frinolli, Italian hurdler
* Giorgio Furlan, Italian cyclist
* Giorgio Galimberti, Italian tennis player
* Giorgio Ghezzi, Italian football player
* Giorgio Gorla, Italian sailor
* Giorgio Lalle, Italian breaststroke swimmer
* Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
* Giorgio Lucenti, Italian football player
* Giorgio Marras, Italian sprinter
* Giorgio Mazza, Italian hurdler
* Giorgio Mondini, Swiss racing driver
* Giorgio Morini, Italian football player
* Giorgio Oberweger, Italian athlete
* Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing driver
* Giorgio Perondini, Italian swimmer
* Giorgio Pessina, Italian fencer
* Giorgio Petrosyan, Italian kickboxer
* Giorgio Piantanida, Italian alpine skier
* Giorgio Piantella, Italian pole vaulter
* Giorgio Pichler, Italian luger
* Giorgio Puia, Italian football player
* Giorgio Rasulo, English football player
* Giorgio Rocca, Italian alpine skier
* Giorgio Roselli, Italian football player and coach
* Giorgio Rossano, Italian football player
* Giorgio Rubino, Italian race walker
* Giorgio Santelli, Italian fencer
* Giorgio Sbruzzi, Italian canoeist
* Giorgio Scarlatti, Italian racing driver
* Giorgio Schiavini, Italian football player
* Giorgio Sterchele, Italian football player
* Giorgio Tavecchio, Italian born gridiron football player
* Giorgio Treves de'Bonfili, Italian football player
* Giorgio Vanzetta, Italian cross country skier
* Giorgio Venturin, Italian footballer
* Giorgio Zampori, Italian gymnast

### Other professions

* Giorgio Basta, Italian general
* Giorgio DeLuca, American entrepreneur
* Giorgio Gusmini, Italian cardinal
* Giorgio Panto, Italian entrepreneur
* Giorgio Perlasca, Italian war hero
* Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Roman Catholic social activist, beatified
* Giorgio Banti, Italian Linguist

## Fictional characters

* Giorgio Bruno, from the video game Time Crisis 4
* Giorgio Zott, the main antagonist from the video game Time Crisis 3

## Places

"San Giorgio" is the Italian for Saint George. Placenames with Giorgio or San Giorgio include:

### Municipalities and towns

* Castel Giorgio
* Castel San Giorgio
* Monforte San Giorgio
* Porto San Giorgio
* San Giorgio a Cremano
* San Giorgio Albanese
* San Giorgio a Liri
* San Giorgio Canavese
* San Giorgio della Richinvelda
* San Giorgio delle Pertiche
* San Giorgio del Sannio
* San Giorgio di Lomellina
* San Giorgio di Mantova
* San Giorgio di Nogaro
* San Giorgio di Pesaro
* San Giorgio di Piano
* San Giorgio in Bosco
* San Giorgio Ionico
* San Giorgio La Molara
* San Giorgio Lucano
* San Giorgio Monferrato
* San Giorgio Morgeto
* San Giorgio Piacentino
* San Giorgio Scarampi
* San Giorgio su Legnano
* Torre San Giorgio

### Others

* Monte San Giorgio, Swiss mountain
* Palazzo San Giorgio, palace in Genoa
* Pieve di San Giorgio, church in Argenta
* San Giorgio al Palazzo, church in Milan
* San Giorgio in Velabro, church in Rome
* San Giorgio Maggiore, island of Venice
** Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Palladian church on the island
** San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk, painting by Claude Monet
** San Giorgio Monastery, monastery on the island
* San Giorgio (Siena), church in Siena
* Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Italian sports stadium

## Other uses

* San Giorgio class, Italian type of amphibious transport dock
* San Giorgio-class cruiser, class of Italian armoured cruisers
* Yes, Giorgio, musical with Luciano Pavarotti