Ercole (name)

Ercole is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

A–G

• Ercole dell'Abate (1573–1613), Italian painter
• Ercole Baldini (1933–2022), Italian road racing cyclist
• Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687), Italian composer
• Ercole Boero (1890–1952), Italian water polo player
• Ercole Bottrigari (1531–1612), Italian scholar and mathematician
• Ercole Calvi (1824–1900), Italian painter
• Ercole Cattaneo (1906–date of death unknown), Italian figure skater
• Ercole Chiaia (c.1850–1905, Italian spiritualist
• Ercole Consalvi (1757–1824), Italian Cardinal
• Ercole Coppola (1603–1658), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Ercole Dembowski (1812–1881), Italian astronomer
• Ercole dei Fedeli (c. 1465–c.1504–21), Italian goldsmith and master sword engraver
• Ercole Ferrata (1610–1686) Italian sculptor
• Ercole Gaibara (c. 1620–1690), Italian composer
• Ercole Gallegati (1911–1990) Italian wrestler and Olympic medalist
• Ercole Gennari (1597–1658), Italian painter
• Ercole Gonzaga (1505 1563), Italian Cardinal
• Ercole Grandi (c.1463–1525), Italian painter
• Ercole Graziadei (1900–1981), Italian lawyer
• Ercole Gualazzini (born 1944), Italian cyclist

H–Z

• Ercole Lamia (died 1591), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Ercole Lupinacci (1933–2016), Italian bishop
• Ercole Marelli (1867–1922), Italian engineer and entrepreneur
• Ercole Antonio Mattioli (1640–1694), Italian politician
• Ercole Luigi Morselli (1882–1921), Italian writer
• Ercole Olgeni (1883–1947) Italian rower
• Ercole Pasquini (ca. 1560–1608 or 1619), Italian composer
• Ercole Patti (1903–1976), Italian writer and journalist
• Ercole Procaccini the Elder (1520–1595), Italian painter
• Ercole Procaccini the Younger (c. 1605–1675 or 1680), Italian painter
• Ercole Rabitti (1921–2009), Italian football striker and manager
• Ercole Rangoni (died 1527), Italian Cardinal
• Ercole del Rio (c.1718–c.1802), Italian lawyer and author
• Ercole de' Roberti (c.1451–1496), Italian painter
• Ercole Roncaglia (1886–1965), Italian military officer
• Ercole Ruggiero (17th century), Italian painter
• Ercole Sarti (1593–date of death unknown), Italian painter
• Ercole Sassonia (1551–1607), Italian physician
• Ercole Setti (c.1530–1618), Italian engraver
• Ercole Spada (1937–2025), Italian automobile designer
• Ercole Strozzi (1473–1508), Italian poet
• Ercole Tambosi (died 1570), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
• Ercole Visconti (1646–1712), Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Middle name

• Carlo Ercole Bosoni (1826–1887), Italian composer
• Pietro Ercole Fava (1669–1744), Italian nobleman

Surname

• Christine D'Ercole, American cyclist
• Francesco Ercole (1884–1945), Italian historian and politician
• Henry Ercole (died 1764), Maltese philosopher
• Velia Ercole (1903–1978), Australian novelist

Fictional characters and pseudonyms

• Ercole Ercoli, pseudonym of Italian politician Palmiro Togliatti
• Ercole Visconti, one of the characters in the Pixar film Luca

See also

• Ercole (disambiguation)