Felice

Felice is a unisex given name. It is a common name in Italian, where it is equivalent to Felix. Notable people with the name include:

Arts and entertainment

Acting

• Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), Italian actor
• Felice Farina (born 1954), Italian film director
• Felice Jankell, Swedish actress
• Felice Minotti (1887–1963), Italian actor
• Felice Orlandi (1925–2003), Italian-American actor
• Felice Schachter (born 1963), American actress

Music

• Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), Italian musician
• Felice Anerio (c. 1560–1614), Italian composer
• Felice Blangini (1781–1841), Italian composer
• Felice Bryant (1925–2003), American songwriter
• Felice Chiusano (1922–1990), Italian singer
• Felice DeMatteo (1866–1929), Italian-American composer
• Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Italian musician
• Felice Lattuada (1882–1962), Italian composer
• Felice Romani (1788–1865), Italian librettist, poet, and scholar
• Felice Rosser, American actor and musician
• Felice Taylor (born 1948), American singer
• Felice Varesi (1813–1889), French-Italian singer

Painting

• Felice Abrami (1872–1919), Italian painter
• Felice Boscaratti (1721–1807), Italian painter
• Felice Boselli (1650–1732), Italian painter
• Felice Cappelletti (1656–1738), Italian painter
• Felice Carena (1879–1966), Italian painter
• Felice Casorati (1883–1963), Italian painter
• Felice Cerruti Bauduc (1818–1896), Italian painter
• Felice Cervetti (1718–1779), Italian painter
• Felice Cignani (1660–1724), Italian painter
• Felice Damiani (1530–1608), Italian painter
• Felice Ficherelli (1605–1660), Italian painter
• Felice Giani (1758–1823), Italian painter
• Felice Ludovisi (1917–2012), Italian painter
• Felice Pazner Malkin (born 1929), Israeli artist
• Felice Riccio (1542–1605), Italian painter
• Felice Schiavoni (1803–1881), Italian painter
• Felice Scotto (active early 15th century), Italian painter
• Felice Torelli (1667–1748), Italian painter
• Felice Varini (born 1952), Swiss artist
• Felice Giuseppe Vertua (1820–1862), Italian painter
• Felice Vinelli (c. 1774–1825), Italian painter

Other arts and entertainment

• Felice Arena, Australian children's author and illustrator
• Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), Italian-British photographer
• Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998), American author and motivational speaker, born Felice Buscaglia
• Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), Italian politician, poet and author
• Felice Feliciano (1433–1479), Italian calligrapher
• Felice Damiano, stage name of Dré Steemans (1954–2009), Belgian radio and TV host
• Felice Noordhoff (born 2000), Dutch fashion model
• Felice delle Piane (born 1940), Italian art historian
• Felice Polanzani (c. 1700–after 1771), Italian engraver
• Felice Quinto (1929–2010), Italian photographer
• Felice Rix-Ueno (1893–1967), Austrian textile artist

Military, politics and law

• Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762–1841), Corsican nobleman and military officer
• Felice Besostri (1944–2024), Italian jurist and politician
• Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926), Italian admiral and politician
• Felice Casson (born 1953), Italian politician
• Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), Italian politician and author
• Felice Chilanti (1914–1982), Italian journalist and resistance member
• Felice Cornicola, 8th-century Venetian statesman
• Felice D. Gaer (born 1946), American human rights activist
• Felice Guarneri (1882–1955), Italian economist and politician
• Felice Orsini (1819–1858), Italian revolutionary
• Felice Platone (1896–1962), Italian lawyer, politician, and resistance member
• Felice Schragenheim (1922–1944), German Jewish resistance fighter

Religion

• Felice Cavagnis (1841–1906), Italian canon lawyer and cardinal
• Felice Figliucci (c. 1525–c. 1590), Italian humanist, philosopher, and theologian
• Felice Leonardo (1915–2015), Italian bishop
• Felice Antonio Monaco (1611–1667), Italian cleric, Bishop of Martirano
• Pope Sixtus V (1521–1590), born Felice Peretti di Montalto

Science, mathematics and technology

• Felice Bisleri (1851–1921), Italian pharmacist
• Felice Casorati (mathematician) (1835–1890), Italian mathematician
• Felice Fontana (1730–1805), Italian physicist
• Felice Frankel, American science photographer
• Felice Giordano (1825–1892), Italian engineer and geologist
• Felice Ippolito (1915–1997), Italian engineer and geologist
• Felice Lieh-Mak (born 1941), Hong Kong psychiatrist
• Felice Matteucci (1808–1887), Italian hydraulic engineer

Sports

Association football

• Felice Berardo (1888–1956), Italian footballer
• Felice Borel (1914–1993), Italian footballer
• Felice Cavaliere (born 1981), Italian footballer
• Felice Centofanti (born 1969), Italian footballer
• Félix Demaría (1912–?), Argentine footballer, also known as Felice
• Felice Evacuo (born 1982), Italian footballer
• Felice Gasperi (1903–1982), Italian footballer
• Virgilio Levratto (1904–1968), Italian footballer, sometimes referred to by his middle name, Felice
• Felice Mancini (born 1965), Italian footballer and coach
• Felice Mariani (footballer) (born 1918), Italian footballer
• Felice Mazzu (born 1966), Belgian football manager
• Felice Natalino (born 1992), Italian footballer
• Felice Piccolo (born 1983), Italian footballer
• Felice Prevete (born 1987), Italian footballer
• Félix Romano (1894–1970), Argentine footballer, also known as Felice, who played for the French and Italian national teams
• Felice Soldini (1915–1971), Swiss footballer
• Felice Vecchione (born 1991), Italian-German footballer

Auto and motorcycle racing

• Felice Benasedo (born 1922), Italian motorcycle racer
• Felice Bonetto (1903–1953), Italian racing driver
• Felice Nazzaro (1881–1940), Italian racing driver
• Felice Tedeschi (born 1962), Italian racing driver

Rowing

• Felice Chow (born 1977), Trinidad and Tobago rower
• Felice Fanetti (1914–1974), Italian rower
• Felice Mueller (born 1989), American rower

Other sports

• Felice Darioli (born 1947), Italian cross-country skier
• Felice De Nicolo (born 1942), Italian skier
• Felice Gimondi (born 1942), Italian cyclist
• Felice Herrig (born 1984), American martial artist
• Felice Mariani (judoka) (born 1954), Italian judoka
• Felice Puttini (born 1967), Swiss cyclist
• Felice Rama, Italian rugby union coach
• Felice Torza (1920–1983), American golfer

Writing

• Felice Chilanti (1914–1982), Italian journalist and resistance member
• Felice Newman, American author and sex educator
• Felice Picano (born 1944), American writer
• Felice Schwartz (1925–1996), American feminist writer

Other

• Felice Bauer (1887–1960), Silesian woman who was engaged to Franz Kafka
• Felice Mario Boano, Italian automobile coachbuilder
• Felice Colombo (born 1937), Italian businessman
• Felice Duffy, American attorney and public speaker
• Felice Lifshitz, American historian
• Felice della Rovere (c. 1483–1536), an illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II
• Felix Pedro (1858–1910), Italian immigrant, born Felice Pedroni, who discovered gold in Alaska

See also

• Felise, a list of people with the given name or surname
• Félicien, a list of people with the given name