Mario (given name)
Mario is the Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, Spanish and Greek form of the Roman name Marius. The Portuguese version of the name is spelt Mário, while the Greek version is spelt Marios. Many notable people and characters are named Mario:
- Mario (entertainer) (born 1986), American R&B singer
- Giovanni Matteo Mario (Giovanni Matteo de Candia 1810–1883), tenor singer
- Mario, Nintendo video game character
- Mario Aerts (born 1974), professional cyclist from Belgium
- Mario Amaya (1933–1986), American art critic
- Mario Ančić (born 1984), men's professional tennis player from Croatia
- Mario Andretti (born 1940), American race car driver
- Mario Arteaga (born 1970), Mexican footballer
- Mario Avellaneda (born 1974), Spanish race walker
- Mario Balotelli (born 1990), Italian footballer
- Mario Batali (born 1960), American chef
- Mario Been (born 1963), Dutch soccer player and manager
- Mario Benedetti (1920–2009), Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet
- Mario Berlinguer (1891–1969), lawyer
- Mario Bezzi (1868–1927), Italian entomologist
- Mario Botta (born 1943), architect
- Mario Caldato, Jr. (born 1961), Brazilian-American record producer and engineer
- Mario Capecchi (born 1937), Italian-American scientist
- Mario Caserini (1874–1920), Italian film director
- Mario Chalmers (born 1986), NBA basketball player
- Mario Cipollini (born 1967), Italian road cyclist
- Mario Condello (1952–2006), Australian gangster
- Mario Corso (born 1941), Italian football (soccer) player
- Mario Cuomo (born 1932), former governor of New York
- Mario del Monaco (1915–1982), Italian tenor
- Mario Delaš (born 1990), Croatian basketball player
- Mario Domínguez (born 1975), Mexican race car driver
- Mario Dumont (born 1970), Quebec politician
- Mario Elie (born 1963), former NBA basketball player
- Mario Figueroa (born 1963), Venezuelan road cyclist
- Mario Frangoulis (born 1966), Greek tenor
- Mario Gaspar Pérez (born 1990), Spanish soccer player
- Mario Gentile, municipal politician in Toronto
- Mario Gómez (born 1985), German football (soccer) player
- Mario González (Mexican boxer) (born 1969), Mexican boxer
- Mario González (swimmer) (born 1975), Cuban breaststroke swimmer
- Mario Jean (born 1965), stand-up comedian and film and television actor from Quebec
- Marios Kaperonis (born 1983), Greek boxer
- Mario Kummer (born 1962), East German track and road cyclist and manager
- Mario Lanza (1921–1959), Italian American opera tenor and actor
- Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., better-known as Perez Hilton, celebrity gossip blogger
- Mario Lemieux (born 1965), NHL player and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Mario Lopez (born 1973), actor and television host
- Mario Magnotta (1942–2009), Italian janitor, Internet phenomenon
- Mario Manningham (born 1986), American football player
- Mario Matthias, drummer for the German indie rock band Blackmail
- Mario Maurer (born 1988), Thai actor and model
- Mario Melchiot (born 1976), Dutch soccer player
- Mario Mendoza (born 1950), baseball player
- Mario Mijatović (born 1980), Croatian soccer player
- Mario Monicelli (1915–2010), Italian director and screenwriter
- Mario Monti (born 1943), Italian economist and Prime Minister of Italy
- Mario Monticelli (1902–1995), Italian chess player
- Mario Napolitano (1910–1995), Italian chess player
- Mario Nascimbene (1913–2002), Italian film score composer
- Mario Pérez Saldivar (born 1939), Mexican long-distance runner
- Mario Pérez Zúñiga (born 1982), Mexican footballer
- Mario Più, Italian DJ
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999), author known chiefly for his novel The Godfather
- Mário Sabino (born 1972), Brazilian judoka
- Mario Salas (footballer) (born 1967), Chilean soccer player
- Mario Salieri, Italian porn director
- Mario Sammarco (1868–1930), Italian operatic baritone
- Mario Sandoval, singer-songwriter member of the Mexican Pop duo Lu
- Mario Santos de Matos (born 1988), Belgian footballer
- Mario Savio (1942–1996), American political activist
- Mario Scaramella (born 1970), Italian lawyer
- Mário Soares (born 1924), Portuguese politician and former Prime Minister of Portugal
- Mario Soldati (1906–1999), Italian film director
- Mario Sorrenti (born 1971), Italian American photographer
- Mario Sperry (born 1966), Brazilian heavyweight martial artist
- Mario Stanić (born 1972), Croatian football (soccer) player
- Mario Testino (born 1954), Italian Peruvian photographer
- Marios Tokas (1954–2008), Cypriot songwriter
- Mario Tremblay (born 1956), Quebec professional ice hockey player and coach
- Mario Valles (born 1982), Colombian judoka
- Mario Vazquez (born 1977), American Idol 4 contestant and singer
- Mario Van Peebles (born 1957), American director and actor
- Mario Villagran (born 1986), Mexican professional wrestler
- Mario Williams (born 1985), American football player
- Mario Winans (born 1974), R&B singer
- Mário Zagallo (born 1931), Brazilian football player and coach
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