Giacomo (name)
Giacomo ([ˈdʒaːkomo]) is an Italian name corresponding to English James and Jacob.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Giacomo Acerbo (1888–1969), Italian economist and Fascist politician
- Giacomo Aconcio (1492–1566), Italian jurist, theologian, philosopher and engineer
- Giacomo Agostini (b. 1942), Italian motorcycle road racer
- Giacomo Antonelli (1806–1876), Italian cardinal
- Giacomo Aragall (b. 1939), Catalan tenor
- Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), Italian painter
- Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507–1573), Italian Mannerism architect
- Giacomo Beltrami (1779–1855), Italian jurist, author, and explorer
- Giacomo Biffi (b. 1928), Italian cardinal
- Giacomo Boni (archaeologist) (1859–1925), Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture
- Giacomo Boni (painter) (1688–1766), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa
- Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674), Italian Baroque composer
- Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798), Venetian adventurer and author
- Giacomo Ceruti (1698–1767), Italian late Baroque painter
- Giacomo Colombo (1663–1730) Italian late Baroque sculptor, working in Naples.
- Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), Italian naturalist
- Giacomo Feo (c. 1471–1495), second husband of Caterina Sforza
- Giacomo Durazzo (1717–1794), Italian diplomat and man of the theatre
- Giacomo Gastaldi (ca 1500–1566), Italian cartographer
- Giacomo di Grassi, (16th century), Italian fencing master and author
- Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892–1979), Italian tenor who performed throughout Europe and the Americas
- Giacomo da Lentini (13th century), Italian poet
- Giacomo Leoni (1686–1746), Italian architect
- Giacomo Leone (born 1971), Italian long-distance runner
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist
- Giacomo Lercaro (1891–1976), Italian cardinal
- Giacomo Manzù (1908–1991), Italian sculptor
- Giacomo Matteotti (1885–1924), Italian socialist parliamentarian, murdered by the Fascists for his opposition to Mussolini
- Giacomo Medici (general) (1817–1882), Italian patriot and soldier
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), German-born opera composer
- Giacomo della Porta (c. 1533–1602), Italian architect and sculptor
- Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Italian composer
- Giacomo Quarenghi (1744–1817), Italian architect
- Giacomo Ricci (born 1985), Italian racing driver
- Giacomo Sagripanti, Italian conductor
- Giacomo Tomaselli (born 1999), Italian footballer
Other
- Gian Giacomo Medici di Marignano (1495–1555), Italian condottiero, Duke of Marignano and Marquess of Musso and Lecco in Lombardy
- Laura San Giacomo (born 1962), American actress
Fictional characters
- Giacomo Dante, a character in the manga Gunslinger Girl
- Jackie Aprile, Sr., a character in The Sopranos
- Giacomo, a character in the Baten Kaitos video game series
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