Ruggiero (pronounced [rudˈdʒɛːro]) is an Italian spelling variant of the name Ruggero, a version of the Germanic name Roger, and may refer to:
As a surname
- Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Angela Ruggiero (born 1980), American hockey player
- Angelo Ruggiero (1940–1989), Member of the New York City Mafia
- Benjamin Ruggiero (1926–1994), member of the New York City Mafia
- Deb Ruggiero (born 1958), radio personality and politician from Rhode Island
- Giuseppe Ruggiero (born 1993) Italian footballer
- Joseph S. Ruggiero, better known under his stage name Joey Powers (1934–2017), American singer and songwriter
- Paolo Ruggiero (born 1957), Italian general and member of NATO supreme command
- Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), Italian politician
- Richard S. Ruggiero (1944–2014), New York politician
- Salvatore Ruggiero (1945–1982), New York City Mafia associate and older brother of Angelo Ruggiero
- Vic Ruggiero, musician and songwriter from New York City
As a given name
- Ruggiero (character), character in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso
- Roger of Lauria, in Italian known as Ruggero or Ruggiero di Lauria (1245–1305), Italian admiral who was commander of the fleet of Aragon
- Ruggiero Giovannelli (1560–1625), Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque eras
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), Italian opera composer
- Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012), Italian-American violin virtuoso
- Ruggiero Rizzitelli (b. 1967), Italian football who played in Germany
Other
- Torre di Ruggiero, a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy
- Ruggiero (music), a musical scheme which is at times harmonic and at times melodic
- La liberazione di Ruggiero, a 1625 comic opera by Francesca Caccini
- Ruggiero, an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (1771)
- Ruggiero, a character in the opera Alcina of Georg Friedrich Händel.
See also
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Ruggiero (pronounced [rudˈdʒɛːro]) is an Italian spelling variant of the name Ruggero, a version of the Germanic name Roger, and may refer to:
As a surname
- Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Angela Ruggiero (born 1980), American hockey player
- Angelo Ruggiero (1940–1989), Member of the New York City Mafia
- Benjamin Ruggiero (1926–1994), member of the New York City Mafia
- Deb Ruggiero (born 1958), radio personality and politician from Rhode Island
- Giuseppe Ruggiero (born 1993) Italian footballer
- Joseph S. Ruggiero, better known under his stage name Joey Powers (1934–2017), American singer and songwriter
- Paolo Ruggiero (born 1957), Italian general and member of NATO supreme command
- Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), Italian politician
- Richard S. Ruggiero (1944–2014), New York politician
- Salvatore Ruggiero (1945–1982), New York City Mafia associate and older brother of Angelo Ruggiero
- Vic Ruggiero, musician and songwriter from New York City
As a given name
- Ruggiero (character), character in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso
- Roger of Lauria, in Italian known as Ruggero or Ruggiero di Lauria (1245–1305), Italian admiral who was commander of the fleet of Aragon
- Ruggiero Giovannelli (1560–1625), Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque eras
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), Italian opera composer
- Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012), Italian-American violin virtuoso
- Ruggiero Rizzitelli (b. 1967), Italian football who played in Germany
Other
- Torre di Ruggiero, a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy
- Ruggiero (music), a musical scheme which is at times harmonic and at times melodic
- La liberazione di Ruggiero, a 1625 comic opera by Francesca Caccini
- Ruggiero, an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (1771)
- Ruggiero, a character in the opera Alcina of Georg Friedrich Händel.
See also
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
This page lists people with the
surname Ruggiero.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.