Aquino (surname)
Appearance
The surname Aquino comes from one of the historic noble houses in Italy. Although Jure Francorum lived, as Benedetto Croce attests, the family was, however, of longobard blood, as it came from Rodoaldo, who had been Aquino's gastropod in the time of the dukes of Benevento. The Aquinos were counted among the seven great houses of the Kingdom of Naples. Among its most prominent members, the family includes the famous saint Thomas Aquinas.[1]
It has also been adopted elsewhere, particularly by Spaniards in Latin America and in the Philippines, to baptize local indigenous people in honor of the great theologian St. Thomas of Aquino.
Persons with the surname Aquino
- Thomas of Aquino, Italian theologian and philosopher
- Aquino family, a political family in the Philippines
- Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947), Filipino politician
- Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932–1983), Filipino politician and son of Benigno Aquino Sr.
- Benigno Aquino III (born 1960), Filipino politician, son of Benigno Aquino Jr., and former president of the Philippines
- Corazon Aquino (1933–2009), Filipina politician, wife of Benigno Aquino Jr., and former president of the Philippines
- Kris Aquino (born 1971), Filipina television personality and son of Benigno Aquino Jr.
- Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV (born 1977), Filipino politician and cousin of Benigno Aquino III
- Angel Aquino (born 1973), Filipina actress
- Aquino de Bragança, Goan physicist
- Amy Aquino, American actress
- Aristides Aquino, Dominican baseball player
- Daniel Aquino, retired Argentine footballer
- Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos Aquino, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Italy
- Giuseppe Aquino (footballer born 1979), German-born Italian
- Giuseppe Aquino (footballer born 1983), Italian
- Greg Aquino, major league baseball pitcher
- Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
- JR Aquino, American singer, YouTube personality and participant in season 3 of U.S. The Voice
- Luis Aquino, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Salvatore Aquino, Italian criminal
- Sonia Aquino, Italian actress
- Ubaldo Aquino, Paraguayan football referee
References
- ^ "Famiglia Aquino". www.nobili-napoletani.it. Retrieved 2018-06-24.