Gaetano


Gender:
Origin: Latin
586 famous people named Gaetano found on Wikipedia.
3708 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 5568-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 636-th in year 1914
Used in: Italian

Meanings

Gaetano (anglicized Cajetan) is an Italian masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin Caietanus, meaning "from Caieta" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval period, although it also remained in use as a byname indicating people from Gaeta, as in Thomas Cajetan or Gaetanus (1469–1534).
Saint Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene (1480–1547), canonized in 1671, gave rise to the modern given name. The French form of the name is Gaëtan, Gaétan; other variants of the name exist in Roman Catholic areas (Portuguese Caetano, Spanish Cayetano, etc.). A feminine form has also been in use, Gaetana.


From Caieta or Gaeta. In Roman mythology, Caieta was the wet-nurse of Aeneas.

Famous People: 586 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Gaetano Donizetti 1797 Italian composer
2 Gaetano Reina 1889 Sicilian-born American gangster and founder of the Lucchese crime family in New York City
3 Gaetano Scirea 1953 Italian footballer
4 Gaetano Varcasia 1959 Italian actor
5 Gaetano Berardi 1988 Swiss footballer
6 Gaetano Badalamenti 1923 Italian criminal
7 Gaetano Auteri 1961 Italian association football player
8 Gaetano Bresci 1869 Italian assassin
9 Gaetano Bruno 1973 Italian actor
10 Gaetano Mosca 1858 Italian political scientist and journalist
11 Rino Gaetano 1950 Singer-songwriter
12 Gaetano Amato 1957 Italian actor and writer
13 Gaetano Costa 1916 Italian magistrate
14 Gaetano Monachello 1994 Italian footballer
15 Gaetano Pesce 1939 Italian architect
16 Gaetano Morbioli 1967 Italian film director
17 Gaetano Miccichè 1950 Italian manager
18 Gaetano Savatteri 1964 Italian journalist and writer
19 Gaetano Aronica 1963 Italian actor
20 Gaetano D'Agostino 1982 Italian footballer
21 Gaetano Tognetti 1844
22 Gaetano Filangieri 1753 Italian writer
23 Gaetano Pecorella 1938 Italian politician and lawyer
24 Gaetano Riina 1933
25 Gaetano Pugnani 1731 Italian musician
26 Gaetano Faillace 1904 American photographer
27 Gaetano Salvemini 1873 Italian politician
28 Gaetano Sanseverino 1811 Italian theologian
29 Gaetano Silvestri 1944 Italian jurist
30 Gaetano Marzotto 1894
31 Gaetano Kagwa 1972 Ugandan activist
32 Gaetano Di Maio 1927 Italian poet and writer
33 Gaetano Casanova 1697 Italian actor
34 Gaetano Anzalone 1930 Italian politician
35 Gaetano Fidanzati 1935 Italian mobster
36 Gaetano Caltagirone 1929 Italian entrepreneur
37 Gaetano Guadagni 1728 Italian opera singer
38 Gaetano Berruto 1946 Italian linguist
39 Gaetano Azzolina 1931 Italian physician and surgeon
40 Gaetano Letizia 1990 Italian footballer
41 Gaetano Cappelli 1954 Italian writer
42 Gaetano Catanoso 1879 Italian parish priest
43 Gaetano Graci 1927 Italian entrepreneur
44 Gaetano Saffioti 1961 Italian entrepreneur
45 Gaetano Martino 1900 Italian politician
46 Gaetano Kanizsa 1913 Italian psychologist
47 Gaetano Gennai Italian actor
48 Gaetano Polidori 1764 Italian writer
49 Gaetano Rossi 1774 Italian librettist
50 Gaetano Aldo Donato 1940 Catholic bishop
51 Gaetano Gandolfi 1734 Painter
52 Gaetano Grasso 1958 Italian politician and entrepreneur
53 Gaetano Bisleti 1856 Catholic cardinal
54 Gaetano Braga 1829 Italian musician
55 Nick Gaetano American artist
56 Gaetano Manfredonia 1957
57 Gaetano Merola 1881 Italian conductor
58 Gaetano Previati 1852 Italian painter
59 Gaetano Gagliano 1917 Canadian printer
60 Gaetano Errico 1791 Italian saint
61 Gaetano Orlando 1962 Canadian ice hockey player
62 Gaetano Saya 1956 Italian politician - military
63 Gaetano Collotti 1917 Italian police officer
64 Gaetano Grado
65 Gaetano Giardino 1864 Italian general
66 Gaetano Verna 1913 Italian actor and voice actor
67 Gaetano Afeltra 1915 Italian journalist and writer
68 Gaetano Giallanza 1974 Footballer
69 Gaetano Brunetti 1744 Italian composer
70 Gaetano Polverelli 1886 Italian politician and journalist
71 Gaetano Mammone 1756
72 Gaetano Latilla 1711 Italian opera composer
73 Gaetano Lo Presti 1956
74 Gaetano Giulio Zumbo 1656 Italian anatomist
75 Gaetano Arturo Crocco 1877 Italian scientist
76 Gaetano Lococo 1895 American mobster
77 Gaetano Greco 1657 Italian composer
78 Gaetano Alibrandi 1914 Senior papal diplomat and former Personal Secretary to Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
79 Gaetano Lama 1886 Italian composer
80 Gaetano Belloni 1892 Italian racing cyclist
81 Gaetano Coronaro 1852 Italian conductor and composer
82 Gaetano Berenstadt 1687 Italian opera singer
83 Gaetano Giuliano 1929 Italian politician
84 Gaetano Masucci 1984 Italian footballer
85 Gaetano Morazzoni 1932 Italian politician
86 Gaetano Ianni 1948
87 Gaetano Petrelli 1964 Italian association football manager
88 Gaetano Pieraccini 1864 Italian physician and politician
89 Gaetano Savi 1769 Naturalist (1769–1844)
90 Gaetano De Sanctis 1870 Italian historian
91 Gaetano Cipolla American academic
92 Gaetano Bedini 1806 Catholic cardinal
93 Gaetano Benedetti 1920 Italian psychiatrist
94 Gaetano De Cosmo 1945 Italian politician
95 Gaetano Di Vaio 1968 Italian film producer and actor
96 Gaetano Cellini 1873 Italian sculptor and painter (Ravenna 1873 - Turin 1937)
97 Gaetano Daniele 1956 Italian film producer
98 Gaetano Rebecchini 1924 Italian politician
99 Gaetano Cozzi 1922 Italian historian and teacher
100 Gaetano Genovese 1795 Italian architect
101 Gaetano Rummo 1853 Italian politician
102 Gaetano Cicognani 1881 Catholic cardinal
103 Gaetano Chierici 1838 Italian painter
104 Gaetano Montenegro 1947 Italian association football player
105 Gaetano de Lai 1853 Catholic cardinal
106 Gaetano Perusini 1879 Italian physician
107 Gaetano Bardini 1929 Italian opera singer
108 Gaetano Trentanove 1858 American artist
109 Gaetano Gianolla American mobster
110 Gaetano Tanzi 1918 Italian painter
111 Gaetano Filangieri, principe di Satriano 1824
112 Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz 1919
113 Gaetano Rapisardi 1893 Italian architect
114 Gaetano Caridi 1980 Italian footballer
115 Gaetano Piepoli 1947 Italian politician
116 Gaetano Chiaveri 1689 Italian architect
117 Gaetano Moroni 1802 Historian of the Roman Catholic Church
118 Gaetano Fichera 1880
119 Gaetano Caputi 1965
120 Gaetano Fraschini 1816 Opera singer
121 Gaetano Ungaro 1987 Italian footballer
122 Gaetano De Rosa 1973 Italian footballer
123 Gaetano Sateriale 1951 Italian politician
124 Gaetano Vastola 1978 Italian footballer
125 Gaetano Nastri 1968 Italian politician
126 Gaetano Guarino 1902 Italian politician
127 Vincent A. De Gaetano 1952
128 Gaetano Rasi 1927 Italian politician and economist
129 Gaetano Marzotto Sr 1820 Italian politician (1820-1910)
130 Gaetano Koch 1849 Italian architect
131 Gaetano Gebbia 1957 Italian basketball coach
132 Gaetano Aloisi Masella 1826 Cardinal
133 Gaetano Cappa 1969 Italian radio host and record producer
134 Gaetano Starrabba 1932 Italian racing driver
135 Gaetano Pollastri 1886 Italian luthier
136 Gaetano Vergazzola 1936 Italian association football manager and association football player
137 Gaetano L. Vincitorio 1921 American historian
138 Gaetano Vasari 1970 Footballer
139 Gaetano Baldacci 1911 Italian journalist
140 Gaetano da Thiene 1387 Philosopher
141 Juan Gaetano Italian explorer and navigator
142 Gaetano Grieco 1982 Italian footballer
143 Gaetano Minnucci 1896 Italian engineer and architect
144 Gaetano Scorza 1876 Mathematician from Italy
145 Gaetano Pasqui 1807 Italian agronomist
146 Gaetano Esposito 1858 Italian painter
147 Gaetano Capocci 1811 Italian composer
148 Gaetano Gaspari 1807 Italian composer
149 Gaetano Veneziano 1665 Italian composer
150 Gaetano Crivelli 1768 Italian operaratic tenor
151 Gaetano Valeri 1760 Italian composer
152 Gaetano Zompini 1700 Italian artist
153 Gaetano Bonoris 1861 Italian private banker
154 Gaetano Del Giudice 1816 Italian politician
155 Gaetano Zoppi 1850
156 Gaetano Fontana 1970 Italian footballer
157 Gaetano Quagliariello 1883 Italian biochemist
158 Gaetano Antoniazzi 1825 Italian violin-maker
159 Gaetano Andreozzi 1755 Italian composer
160 Gaetano Meo 1850 Painter
161 Gaetano Casati 1838 Italian explorer
162 Gaetano Manno 1982 Footballer
163 Gaetano Bavagnoli 1879 Italian conductor
164 Gaetano Pace Forno 1809 Maltese archbishop
165 Gaetano Matteo Monti 1776 Italian artist
166 Gaetano Piattoli 1703 Italian painter
167 Gaetano Gösta Del Pezzo Leffler 1892 Italian engineer, chess player, and football player
168 Gaetano Santangelo 1782 Italian puppeteer
169 Gaetano Chiaromonte 1872 Italian sculptor and painter (1872-1962)
170 Gaetano Spinelli 1877 Italian painter
171 Gaetano Besozzi 1727 Oboist
172 Gaetano Sabatini 1703 Italian painter
173 Gaetano De Leo 1940 Italian psychologist
174 Gaetano Legnaro 1947 Italian association football player
175 Gaetano Posterino 1974
176 Gaetano Santaiti 1967 Member of a criminal organization
177 Gaetano di Ventimiglia 1888 Italian cinematographer
178 Gaetano Stammati 1908 Italian politician
179 Gaetano Perillo 1897 Italian politician
180 Gaetano Cingari 1926 Italian historian and politician
181 Gaetano Fanti 1687 Austrian painter
182 Gaetano Mormile 1839 Italian painter
183 Gaetano Cecere 1894 American artist
184 Gaetano Fierro 1945 Italian politician
185 Gaetano Ballardini 1878
186 Gaetano Lanzi 1905 Italian boxer
187 Gaetano Cima 1805 Italian architect
188 Gaetano Maria Schiassi 1698
189 Gaetano Scardocchia 1937 Italian writer and journalist
190 Gaetano Arfé 1925 Italian politician, historian, and journalist
191 Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi 1757 Italian engraver, art dealer, and merchant
192 Gaetano Lo Nero 1976 Italian association football player
193 Gaetano Palmaroli 1801 Italian-Spanish painter and engraver
194 Gaetano Rampin 1936 Italian actor
195 Gaetano Lapis 1706 Italian painter
196 Gaetano Molla 1845 Italian conductor
197 Gaetano Magazzari 1808 Italian composer
198 Gaetano Scamarcio 1930 Italian politician
199 Gaetano Rizzuto 1949 Italian journalist
200 Gaetano Milanesi 1813 Italian historian and writer