Valentini (surname)

Valentini is a surname and, less commonly, a given name, of Italian origin. It is etymologically related to the name, Valentine. People with the name include:

People with the surname

• Valentini, an aristocratic family, at one time owners of Canossa Castle
• Alfredo Valentini (born 1946), Sammarinese sports shooter
• Andrea Valentini (designer) (born 1961), American designer
• Andrea Valentini (pentathlete) (born 1977), Italian modern pentathlete
• Andrea Valentini, drummer for Blood, Sweat & Tears since 2001
• Antonio Valentini, president of Central Bank of San Marino
• Antony Valentini, theoretical physicist
• Carlo Valentini (born 1982), San Marinese footballer
• Federico Valentini (born 1982), San Marinese footballer
• Frank Valentini (born 1963), American television producer, executive producer for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, currently General Hospital
• Gian Domenico Valentini (1639–1715), Italian still life painter
• Gino Valentini (born 1958), Chilean football manager and former footballer
• Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582–1649), Italian baroque composer, teacher of Johann Kaspar Kerll
• Giovanni Valentini (classical era composer) (c. 1730–1804), Italian classical composer, poet and painter.
• Giovanni Valentini (pianist), Italian pianist, teacher of Gianluca Luisi
• Giuseppe Valentini (albanologist) (1900–1979), Italian albanologist
• Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753), Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer
• Jean-Pierre Valentini, Trafigura executive, see 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump
• Laura Valentini, Italian philosopher
• Lucia Valentini Terrani (1946–1998), Italian operatic mezzo-soprano
• Mariella Valentini (born 1959), Italian actress
• Michele Valentini (born 1986), Italian professional footballer
• Nicolás Valentini (born 2001), Argentine professional footballer
• Pier Francesco Valentini (1570-1654), Italian music theorist
• Roberto Valentini (c. 1671–1747), Anglo-Italian composer also known as Robert Valentine
• Vincent Valentini (died 1948), American screenwriter

Fictional

• Flip Valentini, character in the Baseball Card Adventures series of novels by Dan Gutman
• Harry Valentini, protagonist of Wise Guys
• Stefano Valentini, primary antagonist in the first half of The Evil Within 2

People with the given name

• Valentini Daskaloudi, (born 1979; ), Greek female fashion model
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou (born 1997; ), Greek woman tennis player
• Valentino Urbani (fl. 1690–1722), Italian male castrato opera singer nicknamed "Valentini"

See also

• Valentini (disambiguation)

References