Dante (name)

Dante is an Italian given name and surname. Etymologically, it is short for an old given name, Durante, and was originally made popular by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, whose real name was Durante.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Commander Dante, another name for Bernardo Buscayno, who became military leader of the New People's Army in the Philippines in October 1970
• Count Dante (1939–1975), American karate instructor
• Dante Agostini (1920–1980), Italian-born French drummer and pedagogue
• Dante Alighieri, 14th-century Tuscan author of The Divine Comedy
• Dante Arthurs (born 1984), Australian child murderer
• Dante Basco (born 1975), Filipino-American actor
• Dante Benedetti (1919–2005), American restaurateur and baseball coach
• Dante Boninfante (born 1977), Italian volleyball player
• Dante Brown (born 1980), American football player
• Dante Calabria (born 1973), American basketball player
• Dante Campbell (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Dante Cappelli (1866–1948), Italian actor
• Dante Caputo (born 1943), Argentine politician
• Dante Carnesecchi (1892–1921), Italian anarchist
• Dante Carver (born 1977), American actor
• Dante DeCaro (born 1981), Canadian guitarist/songwriter
• Dante Fascell (1917–1998), 20th-century Florida politician
• Dante Ferretti (born 1943), Italian art director
• Dante Giacosa (1905–1996), Italian car designer
• Dante Lauretta (born 1970), American chemist
• Dante Leonelli (born 1931), American sculptor
• Dante da Maiano, 13th-century Italian poet
• Dante Maggio (1909–1992), Italian film actor
• Dante Marini (born 1992), American soccer player
• Dante Marioni (born 1964), American glass artist
• Dante Olson (born 1997), American football player
• Dante Pereira-Olson, American actor
• Dante Quinterno (1909–2003), Argentine comics artist
• Dante Rivera (born 1974), American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
• Dante Roberson (born 1972), American musician
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), 19th-century English painter
• Dante Smith (born 1973), a.k.a. Mos Def, American musician, actor and poet
• Dante Spinetta (born 1976), Argentine singer/composer
• Dante Spinotti (born 1943), Italian cinematographer
• Dante Testa (1861–1923), Italian actor and director
• Dante "Tex" Gill
• Dante Tiñga (born 1939), Filipino politician and jurist
• Dante Tomaselli (born 1969), American screenwriter and director
• Dante Troisi (1920–1989), Italian writer and magistrate

Athletes

• Dante Agostini (canoeist) (born 1923), Italian sprint canoeist and Olympic competitor
• Dante Amaral (born 1980), Brazilian volleyball player typically known by his first name only
• Dante Bichette (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player
• Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Dante Booker (born 1977), American football player
• Dante Cunningham (born 1987), American basketball player
• Dante Exum (born 1995), Australian basketball player
• Dante Fowler (born 1994), American college football player
• Dante Hall (born 1978), American football player
• Dante Hughes (born 1985), American football player
• Dante Lavelli (1923–2009), American football player
• Dante López (born 1983), Paraguayan football player
• Dante Love (born 1986), American college football player
• Dante Magnani (1917–1985), American football player
• Dante Marsh (born 1981), Canadian football player
• Dante Micheli (1939–2012), Italian football player
• Dante Mircoli (born 1947), Argentine footballer
• Dante Pettis (born 1995), American football player
• Dante Ridgeway (born 1984), American arena football player
• Dante Rosario (born 1984), American football player
• Dante Rossi (1936–2013), Italian water polo player
• Dante Scarnecchia (born 1948), American offensive line coach, assistant head coach for the New England Patriots
• Dante Senger (born 1983), Argentine footballer
• Dante Washington (born 1970), American soccer player
• Dante Wesley (born 1979), American football player

As a surname

• Joe Dante (born 1946), American director
• Michael Dante (born 1931), American actor, stage and screen director and former professional athlete
• Peter Dante (born 1968), American actor

Fictional people

• Dante (Devil May Cry), the protagonist of the video game series Devil May Cry
• Dante (Fullmetal Alchemist), an antagonist in the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Dante Alighieri, the main character in Tage Danielsson's book and film The Man Who Quit Smoking
• Dante Fiero (Dennis Feinstein), a businessman in US sitcom Parks and Recreation
• Dante Damiano, a character on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Dante Falconeri, a character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital
• Dante Hicks, the protagonist of Clerks, Clerks 2, and Clerks: The Animated Series
• Dante, one of The Titans in the Legends of Dune series of novels
• Dante, a character in the television program One Tree Hill
• Dante, a character in the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
• Dante, a character in the comic strip Sheldon
• Dante, the main character of Demon Lord Dante
• Dante Adams, a character in the 2010 video game Medal of Honor
• Baron Dante, the villain of video games Croc: Legend of the Gobbos and Croc 2
• Commander Dante, the Chapter Master of the Blood Angels in Warhammer 40,000
• Jack Dante, the evil genius inventor in the movie Death Machine
• Kerberos Dante, a Saint Seiya character
• Silvio Dante, a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos
• Dante Moro, an assassination target in the video game Assassin's Creed II
• Dante Vale, a major character from Huntik: Secrets & Seekers series.
• Inferno (Dante Pertuz) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

See also

• Donta, given name and surname
• Dontae, given name
• Donte, given name
• Alan Ameche, an American football player
• Dan Pastorini, an American football player
• Danny Bonaduce, an American actor and radio host
• Daunte Culpepper, an American football quarterback who is currently with the Detroit Lions
• Edmond Dantès, the lead character in the classic Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo
• Ferruccio Busoni, an Italian classical pianist
• Harry August Jansen, an American magician who performed under the name "Dante the Magician"
• Howlin' Dave, a Filipino radio disc jockey
• Roger Squires, a British crossword compiler