Conte

Conte (in English, "count") is a title of Italian nobility used in Italy and other Catholic European countries. The female form is contessa. The equivalent French titles are comte and comtesse.

Conte may also refer to:

• The drawing medium Conté, also known as Conté sticks or crayons
• The toy soldier manufacturer Richard Conte
• A town in France, Conte, Jura
• The Conté royal family, a fictional family in Tamora Pierce's Tortallan world
• Gian Biagio Conte (born 1941), Italian classicist
• Hugo Conte (born 1963), Argentine volleyball player
• Lansana Conté (1934–2008), former President of Guinea
• Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer
• Paolo Conte (born 1937), Italian singer and composer
• Richard Conte (1910–1975), United States actor
• Richard Conte (contemporary artist) (born 1953), French contemporary artist
• Silvio O. Conte (1921–1991), United States congressman
• Steve Conte, American songwriter and guitarist
• Victor Conte, nutritionist at the center of the BALCO steroids scandal
• Conteville, a small town in Normandy France where William the Conqueror's Mother Herleve lived. His famous brothers Robert of Mortain & Odo Bishop of Bayeux born there.

Contessa may also refer to:

• Hino Contessa, a 1960s car made by Hino Motors
• Barefoot Contessa, a cooking show hosted by Ina Garten
• The Barefoot Contessa, a 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner
• Hindustan Contessa, an Indian car made by Hindustan Motors based on the Vauxhall Victor
• The Contessa, a character on the PBS game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
• The Contessa, a villain from the Sly Cooper video game franchise
• Contessa Premium Foods
• Contessa, a ship used by Volkoff Industries in the TV series Chuck

See also

• Conté (disambiguation)
• Contes (disambiguation)