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*[[Manoah Leide-Tedesco]] (1895-1982), Italian composer / conductor
*[[Manoah Leide-Tedesco]] (1895-1982), Italian composer / conductor
*[[Tommy Tedesco]] (1930–1997), American musician
*[[Tommy Tedesco]] (1930–1997), American musician
*[[Valentina Tedesco]] (1987-), Italian (not a cook)


'''People with the surname ''Tedeschi'''''
'''People with the surname ''Tedeschi'''''

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Tedesco (or Todesca, plural Tedeschi) is an Italian word for "German". Etymologically, it derives from Theodiscus, sharing the same root of German "Deutsch". Both Tedesco and Tedeschi are common surnames among Italians (both in Italy and in the diaspora), The surname and its variants means someone from Germany. The surname is also listed as commonly Jewish surnames in Italy. Paul Johnson notes that the 'Natione Tedesca' described Jews of German origin, being among the three Jewish ethnic divisions resident in mid-16th-century Venice.[1]

People

People with the surname Tedesco

People with the surname Tedeschi

People with the surname Tedisco

See also

References

  1. ^ Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews, p.237 "Despite the exactions of the state, the Venetian [Jewish] community flourished. It was divided into three nations, the Penentines in Spain, the Levantines who were Turkish subjects, and the Natione Tedesca or Jews of German origin, the oldest and least wealthy section. They alone were allowed to practice money lending and they spoke Italian. But they were not granted Venetian citizenship;..."