Ruggiero

Ruggiero is an Italian male given name and family name as a variant of Ruggero ; for the bearers of the first name see under Ruggero.

Name bearer

• Ruggiero , figure in Orlando furioso by Ariosto

family name

• Adamo Ruggiero (* 1986), Canadian actor
• Angela Ruggiero (* 1980), American ice hockey player
• Antonella Ruggiero (* 1952), Italian singer
• Benjamin Ruggiero (1926–1994), American gangster
• Charles Ruggiero (* 1971), American jazz musician
• Cosimo Ruggiero (* 1964), Italian chef
• Gaetano de Ruggiero (1816–1896), Italian cardinal and prelate of the Catholic Church
• Gene Ruggiero (1910-2002), American film editor
• Greg Ruggiero (* 1977), American jazz musician
• Guido Ruggiero (* 1944), American historian and university professor
• Michele Ruggiero (1811–1900), Italian architect, building researcher and classical archaeologist
• Pedro Ruggiero , Uruguayan politician
• Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), Italian politician and diplomat
• Rudy Ruggiero (* 1961), German-Italian actor
• Vic Ruggiero (* 19 **), American musician

stage name

• The impostor Domenico Manuel Caetano (~ 1670–1709) referred to himself as the Count of Ruggiero .

See also

• Torre di Ruggiero , town in the Italian province of Catanzaro
• Il Ruggiero , opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, set to music by Johann Adolph Hasse and Antonio Gandini