Dante is an Italian given name and surname. Etymologically, it is short for an old given name, Durante, and was originally made popular by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, whose real name was Durante.
Notable people with the name include:
Commander Dante, another name for Bernardo Buscayno, who became military leader of the New People's Army in the Philippines in October 1970
Count Dante (1939–1975), American karate instructor
Dante Alighieri, 14th-century Tuscan author of The Divine Comedy
Dante Arthurs (born 1984), Australian child murderer
Dante Basco (born 1975), Filipino-American actor
Dante Benedetti (1919–2005), American restaurateur and baseball coach
Dante Boninfante (born 1977), Italian volleyball player
Dante Brown (born 1980), American football player
Dante Calabria (born 1973), American basketball player
Dante Cappelli (1866–1948), Italian actor
Dante Caputo (born 1943), Argentine politician
Dante Carnesecchi (1892–1921), Italian anarchist
Dante Carver (born 1977), American actor
Dante DeCaro (born 1981), Canadian guitarist/songwriter
Dante Fascell (1917–1998), 20th-century Florida politician
Dante Ferretti (born 1943), Italian art director
Dante Giacosa (1905–1996), Italian car designer
Dante Lauretta (born 1970), American chemist
Dante Leonelli (born 1931), American sculptor
Dante da Maiano, 13th-century Italian poet
Dante Maggio (1909–1992), Italian film actor
Dante Marini (born 1992), American soccer player
Dante Marioni (born 1964), American glass artist
Dante Quinterno (1909–2003), Argentine comics artist
Dante Rivera (born 1974), American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Dante Roberson (born 1972), American musician
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), 19th-century English painter
Dante Smith (born 1973), a.k.a. Mos Def, American musician, actor and poet
Dante Spinetta (born 1976), Argentine singer/composer
Dante Spinotti (born 1943), Italian cinematographer
Dante Raul "DR" Teodoro, Filipino-born entrepreneur and philanthropist
Dante Testa (1861–1923), Italian actor and director
Dante Tiñga (born 1939), Filipino politician and jurist
Dante Tomaselli (born 1969), American screenwriter and director
Dante Troisi (1920–1989), Italian writer and magistrate
Dante Agostini (born 1923), Italian sprint canoer and Olympic competitor
Dante Amaral (born 1980), Brazilian volleyball player typically known by his first name only
Dante Bichette (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player
Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
Dante Booker (born 1977), American football player
Dante Cunningham (born 1987), American basketball player
Dante Exum (born 1995), Australian basketball player
Dante Fowler (born 1994), American college football player
Dante Hall (born 1978), American football player
Dante Hughes (born 1985), American football player
Dante Lavelli (1923–2009), American football player
Dante López (born 1983), Paraguayan football player
Dante Love (born 1986), American college football player
Dante Magnani (1917–1985), American football player
Dante Marsh (born 1981), Canadian football player
Dante Micheli (1939–2012), Italian football player
Dante Mircoli (born 1947), Argentine footballer
Dante Ridgeway (born 1984), American arena football player
Dante Rosario (born 1984), American football player
Dante Rossi (1936–2013), Italian water polo player
Dante Scarnecchia (born 1948), American offensive line coach, assistant head coach for the New England Patriots
Dante Senger (born 1983), Argentine footballer
Dante Washington (born 1970), American soccer player
Dante Wesley (born 1979), American football player
Joe Dante (born 1946), American director
Michael Dante (born 1931), American actor, stage and screen director and former professional athlete
Peter Dante (born 1968), American actor
Dante (The Walking Dead), one of main characters and member of Hilltop Colony
Dante (Devil May Cry), the main protagonist in the video game series Devil May Cry
Dante (Fullmetal Alchemist), an antagonist in the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
Dante Alighieri, the main character in Tage Danielsson's book and film The Man Who Quit Smoking
Dante Fiero (Dennis Feinstein), a businessman in US sitcom Parks and Recreation
Dante Damiano, a character on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
Dante Falconeri, a character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital
Dante Hicks, the protagonist of Clerks, Clerks 2, and Clerks: The Animated Series
Dante, one of The Titans in the Legends of Dune series of novels
Dante, a character in the television program One Tree Hill
Dante, a character in the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dante, a character in the comic strip Sheldon
Dante, the main character of Demon Lord Dante
Dante Adams, a character in the 2010 video game Medal of Honor
Baron Dante, the villain of video games Croc: Legend of the Gobbos and Croc 2
Commander Dante, the Chapter Master of the Blood Angels in Warhammer 40,000
Jack Dante, the evil genius inventor in the movie Death Machine
Kerberos Dante, a Saint Seiya character
Silvio Dante, a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos
Dante Moro, an assassination target in the video game Assassin's Creed II
Dante (Dante's Inferno), the main protagonist in the video game franchise "Dante's Inferno"
Dante Vale, a major character from Huntik: Secrets & Seekers series.
Dante, Antagonist in the manhwa God of Highschool
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