Ruggiero

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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