Enrico

Enrico

Pronunciation	[enˈriːko]
Gender	Masculine
Name day	13 July
Other gender
Feminine	Enrica
Origin
Languages	Germanic, via Italian
Meaning	"homeowner"
Other names
Related names	Henry, Henri, Enrique, Hendrik

Enrico is an Italian masculine given name which means homeowner, or king, derived from Heinrich of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrique (Portuguese) and Hendrik (Dutch). Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

A

• Enrico Albertosi (born 1939), Italian football goalkeeper
• Enrico Alfonso (born 1988), Italian football goalkeeper
• Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer
• Enrico Annoni (born 1966), Italian footballer
• Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist

B

• Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer
• Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario
• Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian economist
• Enrico Berlinguer (1923–1984), Italian politician
• Enrico Bertaggia (born 1964), Italian racing driver
• Enrico Betti (1823–1892), Italian mathematician
• Enrico Blasi (born 1972), Canadian hockey coach
• Enrico Bocchieri, American computer engineer
• Enrico Bombieri (born 1940), Italian mathematician
• Enrico Boselli (born 1957), Italian politician
• Enrico Brizzi (born 1974), Italian writer

C

• Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), Italian opera singer
• Enrico Castelnuovo (1839–1915), Italian writer
• Enrico Caterino Davila (1576–1631), Italian historian
• Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945), Italian army officer
• Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), Italian ballet dancer
• Enrico Celio (1889–1980), Swiss politician
• Enrico Chiesa (born 1970), Italian football striker
• Enrico Cialdini (1811–1892), Italian soldier, politician and diplomat
• Enrico Ciccone (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Enrico Clementi (1931–2021), Italian pioneer in computational techniques for quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics
• Enrico Cocozza (1921–1997), Scottish filmmaker
• Enrico Colantoni (born 1963), Canadian actor
• Enrico Corradini (1865–1931), Italian novelist, essayist, journalist and nationalist
• Enrico Cosenz (1820–1898), Italian soldier
• Enrico Cuccia (1907–2000), Italian banker

D

• Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–1205), Doge of the city-state of Venice
• Enrico Dandolo (patriarch) (died 1182), uncle of the doge and patriarch of Grado, Italy
• Enrico Dandolo (patriot) (1827–1849), soldier in the Italian Risorgimento
• Enrico Dante (1884–1967), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Enrico David (born 1966), Italian artist
• Enrico De Angelis (1920–2018), Italian singer
• Enrico de Lorenzo (1933–2021), Italian bobsledder
• Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist and politician
• Enrico Degano (born 1976), Italian road bicycle racer
• Enrico Di Giuseppe (1932–2005), American operatic tenor
• Enrico Donati (1909–2008), American surrealist painter and sculptor

E

• Enrico Echiverri (born 1954), Filipino politician

F

• Enrico Fabris (born 1981), Italian long-track speed skater
• Enrico Fantini (born 1976), Italian footballer
• Enrico Fazzini (21st century), American neurologist
• Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), Italian-American physicist
• Enrico Ferri (criminologist) (1856–1929), Italian criminologist
• Enrico Ferri (politician) (born 1942), Italian politician and magistrate
• Enrico Forlanini (1848–1930), Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer
• Enrico Franzoi (born 1982), Italian cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer

G

• Enrico Gamba (1831–1883), Italian artist
• Enrico Garbuglia (1900–2007), Italian centenarian
• Enrico Gasparotto (born 1982), Italian road racing cyclist
• Enrico Gasparri (1871–1946), Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop
• Enrico Gatti (born 1955), Italian classical violinist
• Enrico Gentile (born 1921), Italian singer
• Enrico Ghezzi (born 1952), Italian cinema critic, writer, actor, film director and screenwriter
• Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909), Italian zoologist and anthropologist
• Enrico Gilardi (born 1957), Italian basketball player
• Enrico Giovannini (born 1957), Italian economist and statistician
• Enrico Guicciardi (1812–1895), Italian colonel and senator

H

• Enrico Haffner (1640–1702), Italian painter

K

• Enrico Kern (born 1979), German football coach and former player
• Enrico Komning (born 1968), German politician
• Enrico Kühn (born 1977), German bobsledder

L

• Enrico Letta (born 1966), Italian politician
• Enrico La Loggia (born 1947), Italian politician
• Enrico Lo Verso (born 1964), Italian actor
• Enrico Lorenzetti (1911–1989), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

M

• Enrico Macias (born 1938), Algerian-born French Jewish singer
• Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976), Italian cellist, composer and conductor
• Enrico Henry Mancini (1924–1994), American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist
• Enrico Marconi (1792–1863), Italian-born Polish architect
• Enrico Marini (born 1969), Swiss comic artist
• Enrico Mattei (1906–1962), Italian public administrator
• Enrico Minutoli (died 1412), Italian cardinal
• Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950), Maltese politician
• Enrico Morin (1841–1910), Italian admiral and politician

N

• Enrico Nardi (1907–1966), Italian racing car driver, engineer and designer
• Enrico Nascimbeni (1959–2019), Italian singer, journalist and poet
• Enrico Cardoso Nazaré (born 1984), known as Enrico, Brazilian footballer
• Enrico Nigiotti (born 1987), Italian singer-songwriter
• Enrico Nizzi (born 1990), Italian cross-country skier

P

• Enrico Pace (born 1967), Italian pianist
• Enrico Paoli (1908–2005), Italian chess master
• Enrico Pedrini (1940–2012), Italian theorist and collector of conceptual art
• Enrico Perucconi (1925–2020), Italian sprinter
• Enrico Pieranunzi (born 1949), Italian jazz pianist
• Enrico Platé (1909–1954), Italian motor racing driver and team manager
• Enrico Poitschke (born 1969), German road racing cyclist

R

• Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler, acrobat and performer
• Enrico Rava (born 1939), Italian avant-garde jazz musician
• Enrico Rocca (1847–1915), Italian violin maker
• Enrico Rosenbaum (1944–1979), American songwriter, arranger, producer, guitarist and singer
• Enrico Ruggeri (born 1957), Italian singer-songwriter

S

• Enrico Sabbatini (1932–1998), Italian costume designer and production designer
• Enrico Maria Salerno (1926–1994), Italian theatre and film actor
• Enrico degli Scrovegni (died 1336), Paduan money lender, patron of the painter Giotto
• Enrico Sertoli (1842–1910), Italian physiologist and histologist
• Enrico Sgrulletti (born 1965), Italian hammer thrower
• Enrico Sibilia (1861–1948), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
• Enrico Stefani (1869–1955), Italian architect and archaeologist

T

• Enrico Tameleo (1901–1985), Italian-American mobster
• Enrico Teodorani (born 1970), Italian comic book creator, creator of Djustine
• Enrico Toccacelo (born 1978), Italian auto racer
• Enrico Toselli (1883–1926), Italian pianist and composer
• Enrico Toti (1882–1916), Italian cyclist posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor in World War I

V

• Enrico Valtorta (1883–1951), Italian-born first Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong
• Enrico Verson (1845–1927), Italian entomologist
• Enrico Viarisio (1897–1979), Italian theatre and cinema actor
• Enrico Villanueva (born 1980), Filipino basketball player

W

• Enrico Wijngaarde (born 1974), Surinamese football referee

Z

• Enrico Zuccalli (c. 1640–1724), Swiss architect
• Enrico Zuppi (1909–1992), Italian journalist and photographer

Fictional characters

• Enrico Marini (Resident Evil), from the Resident Evil video game series
• Enrico Maxwell, from the manga and anime series Hellsing
• Enrico Pollini, played by Rowan Atkinson in the film Rat Race
• Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Enrico Matassa, an alias of the character Hank Venture from the show The Venture Bros.

See also

• Errico