Durante is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Durante Alberti (1538–1613), Italian painter
  • Durante degli Alighieri (1265–1321), known as Dante Alighieri, Italian poet
  • Durante Duranti (1507–1557), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Durante Nobili (1518–), Italian painter

Surname

  • Adriano Durante (1940–2009), Italian road bicycle racer
  • Alessia Durante (born 1999), Italian weightlifter
  • Andrew Durante (born 1982), Australian football (soccer) player
  • Anita Durante (1897–1994), Italian actress
  • Annalisa Durante (1990–2004), Italian murder victim
  • Anthony Durante (1967–2003), American professional wrestler
  • Caitlin Durante (born 1986), American writer, comedian and podcaster
  • Carlo Durante (1946–2020), Italian paralympic athlete
  • Castore Durante (1529–1590), Italian physician, botanist and poet
  • Charlotte Durante (born 1944), American businesswoman and community activist
  • Checco Durante (1893–1976), Italian film actor
  • Daniel Castillo Durante, Argentine-Canadian author and academic
  • Danna Durante (born 1973), American gymnastics coach
  • David Durante (born 1980), American artistic gymnast
  • Eli Durante, Brazilian football (soccer) player
  • Fortunato Durante (1655–1714), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Francesca Durante (born 1997), Italian football (soccer) player
  • Francesco Durante (1684–1755), Neapolitan composer
  • Francesco Durante (surgeon) (1844–1934), Italian politician and surgeon
  • Hanka Durante (born 1976), German volleyball player
  • Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), Italian-American entertainer
  • Kristina Durante (born 1973), American evolutionary psychologist, writer and academic
  • Marco Durante, multiple people
  • Margaret Durante (born 1988), American country music singer
  • Mark Durante, American pedal steel guitarist
  • Nicandro Durante (born 1956), Brazilian businessman
  • Richard Durante (1930–2003), Canadian politician
  • Sebastiano Deli di Castel Durante (16th century), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Silvestro Durante (died 1672), Italian church musician and composer
  • Stefano Gallini-Durante, Italian-American film producer
  • Viviana Durante (born 1967), Italian-born English prima ballerina

See also

  • Carolina Durante, Spanish indie rock band
  • Durante (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Coda di Volpe
  • Durant (disambiguation)
  • Dante (disambiguation), originally a contracted version of Durante
  • Duranti