Caputo is a common Italian surname, specially in the area of Campania. It derives from the Latin root of caput or head. Persons with that name include:
Anthony "Acid" Caputo, American DJ, producer and remixerBruce Faulkner Caputo, American politicianChuck Caputo, American politicianDante Caputo, Argentine academic, politician and diplomatDavid A. Caputo, American academicFrancesco Caputo, Italian footballerJohn D. Caputo, American philosopherJoseph Claude Caputo, American jazz musician, known as Joe CabotLisa Caputo, American businesswomanMina Caputo, formerly known as Keith Caputo, American singerPhilip Caputo, American writerSergio Caputo, Italian musicianTheresa Caputo, American television personalityTony C. Caputo, American publisherLisa Nowak (née Caputo), American Naval Aviator and former astronaut