Dante (name)

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Dante is an Italian given name and surname.

Notable people with the name include:

• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), 19th century English painter
• Dante Fascell (1917–1998), 20th century Florida politician
• Dante Ferretti, Italian art director
• Dante Bichette (born 1963), MLB player
• Dante Hall (born 1978), NFL player
• Dante Lauretta, American chemist
• Dante Wesley (born 1979), NFL player
• Joe Dante (born 1946), American director
• Michael Dante (born 1931), an American actor, stage and screen director and former professional athlete
• Count Dante, American karate instructor
• Dante Amaral, Brazilian volleyball player
• Dante Pastula, American child actor
• Alan Dante Ameche, American football player
• Dan Pastorini, a.k.a. Dante Pastorini, American football player
• Dante Lavelli, American football player
• Ferruccio Busoni, a.k.a. Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni, Italian classical pianist

[edit] Fictional people

• Edmond Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo
• Dante Hicks is the lead character in the Kevin Smith films Clerks (1994) and Clerks II (2006).
• Jack Dante, the evil genius inventor in the movie Death Machine.
• Dante Alighieri, the main character in Tage Danielsson's book and film The Man Who Quit Smoking.
• Silvio Dante, a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.
• Kerberos Dante, a Saint Seiya character
• Baron Dante, villain of video games Croc: Legend of the Gobbos and Croc 2
• Dante, Devil May Cry

[edit] See also

• Daunte Culpepper, an American football player who is currently with the Oakland Raiders
• Dontae' Jones, a professional basketball player formerly of the Boston Celtics
• Edmond Dantès, the lead character in the classic Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo
• Donté Stallworth, an American football player who is currently with the New England Patriots