Enrico is an Italian masculine given name which means homeowner, or king, derived from Heinrich of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrique (Portuguese) and Hendrik (Dutch). Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

A

  • Enrico Albertosi (born 1939), Italian football goalkeeper
  • Enrico Alfonso (born 1988), Italian football goalkeeper
  • Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer
  • Enrico Annoni (born 1966), Italian footballer
  • Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist

B

  • Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer
  • Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario
  • Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian economist
  • Enrico Benzing (1932–2026), Italian engineer and journalist
  • Enrico Berlinguer (1923–1984), Italian politician
  • Enrico Bertaggia (born 1964), Italian racing driver
  • Enrico Betti (1823–1892), Italian mathematician
  • Enrico Blasi (born 1972), Canadian hockey coach
  • Enrico Bocchieri, American computer engineer
  • Enrico Bombieri (born 1940), Italian mathematician
  • Enrico Boselli (born 1957), Italian politician
  • Enrico Brizzi (born 1974), Italian writer

C

  • Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), Italian opera singer
  • Enrico Castelnuovo (1839–1915), Italian writer
  • Enrico Caterino Davila (1576–1631), Italian historian
  • Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945), Italian army officer
  • Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), Italian ballet dancer
  • Enrico Celio (1889–1980), Swiss politician
  • Enrico Chiesa (born 1970), Italian football striker
  • Enrico Cialdini (1811–1892), Italian soldier, politician, and diplomat
  • Enrico Ciccone (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
  • Enrico Clementi (1931–2021), Italian pioneer in computational techniques for quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics
  • Enrico Cocozza (1921–1997), Scottish filmmaker
  • Enrico Colantoni (born 1963), Canadian actor
  • Enrico Corradini (1865–1931), Italian novelist, essayist, journalist, and nationalist
  • Enrico Cosenz (1820–1898), Italian soldier
  • Enrico Cuccia (1907–2000), Italian banker

D

  • Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–1205), Doge of the city-state of Venice
  • Enrico Dandolo (patriarch) (died 1182), uncle of the doge and patriarch of Grado, Italy
  • Enrico Dandolo (patriot) (1827–1849), soldier in the Italian Risorgimento
  • Enrico Dante (1884–1967), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Enrico David (born 1966), Italian artist
  • Enrico De Angelis (1920–2018), Italian singer
  • Enrico de Lorenzo (1933–2021), Italian bobsledder
  • Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist, and politician
  • Enrico Degano (born 1976), Italian road bicycle racer
  • Enrico Di Giuseppe (1932–2005), American operatic tenor
  • Enrico Donati (1909–2008), American surrealist painter and sculptor

E

  • Enrico Echiverri (born 1954), Filipino politician

F

  • Enrico Fabris (born 1981), Italian long-track speed skater
  • Enrico Fantini (born 1976), Italian footballer
  • Enrico Fazzini (21st century), American neurologist
  • Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), Italian-American physicist
  • Enrico Ferri (criminologist) (1856–1929), Italian criminologist
  • Enrico Ferri (politician) (born 1942), Italian politician and magistrate
  • Enrico Forlanini (1848–1930), Italian engineer, inventor, and aeronautical pioneer
  • Enrico Franzoi (born 1982), Italian cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer

G

  • Enrico Gamba (1831–1883), Italian artist
  • Enrico Garbuglia (1900–2007), Italian centenarian
  • Enrico Gasparotto (born 1982), Italian road racing cyclist
  • Enrico Gasparri (1871–1946), Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop
  • Enrico Gatti (born 1955), Italian classical violinist
  • Enrico Gentile (born 1921), Italian singer
  • Enrico Ghezzi (born 1952), Italian cinema critic, writer, actor, film director, and screenwriter
  • Enrico Gilardi (born 1957), Italian basketball player
  • Enrico Giovannini (born 1957), Italian economist and statistician
  • Enrico Guicciardi (1812–1895), Italian colonel and senator
  • Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909), Italian zoologist and anthropologist

H

  • Enrico Haffner (1640–1702), Italian painter

K

  • Enrico Kern (born 1979), German football coach and former player
  • Enrico Komning (born 1968), German politician
  • Enrico Kühn (born 1977), German bobsledder

L

  • Enrico La Loggia (born 1947), Italian politician
  • Enrico Letta (born 1966), Italian politician
  • Enrico Lo Verso (born 1964), Italian actor
  • Enrico Lorenzetti (1911–1989), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

M

  • Enrico Henry Mancini (1924–1994), American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, and flutist
  • Enrico Macias (born 1938), Algerian-born French Jewish singer
  • Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976), Italian cellist, composer, and conductor
  • Enrico Marconi (1792–1863), Italian-born Polish architect
  • Enrico Marini (born 1969), Swiss comic artist
  • Enrico Mattei (1906–1962), Italian public administrator
  • Enrico Minutoli (died 1412), Italian cardinal
  • Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950), Maltese politician
  • Enrico Morin (1841–1910), Italian admiral and politician

N

  • Enrico Cardoso Nazaré (born 1984), known as Enrico, Brazilian footballer
  • Enrico Nardi (1907–1966), Italian racing car driver, engineer, and designer
  • Enrico Nascimbeni (1959–2019), Italian singer, journalist, and poet
  • Enrico Nigiotti (born 1987), Italian singer-songwriter
  • Enrico Nizzi (born 1990), Italian cross-country skier

P

  • Enrico Pace (born 1967), Italian pianist
  • Enrico Paoli (1908–2005), Italian chess master
  • Enrico Pedrini (1940–2012), Italian theorist and collector of conceptual art
  • Enrico Perucconi (1925–2020), Italian sprinter
  • Enrico Pieranunzi (born 1949), Italian jazz pianist
  • Enrico Platé (1909–1954), Italian motor racing driver and team manager
  • Enrico Poitschke (born 1969), German road racing cyclist

R

  • Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler, acrobat, and performer
  • Enrico Rava (born 1939), Italian avant-garde jazz musician
  • Enrico Rocca (1847–1915), Italian violin maker
  • Enrico Rosenbaum (1944–1979), American songwriter, arranger, producer, guitarist, and singer
  • Enrico Ruggeri (born 1957), Italian singer-songwriter

S

  • Enrico degli Scrovegni (died 1336), Paduan money lender, patron of the painter Giotto
  • Enrico Maria Salerno (1926–1994), Italian theatre and film actor
  • Enrico Sabbatini (1932–1998), Italian costume designer and production designer
  • Enrico Sertoli (1842–1910), Italian physiologist and histologist
  • Enrico Sgrulletti (born 1965), Italian hammer thrower
  • Enrico Sibilia (1861–1948), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Enrico Stefani (1869–1955), Italian architect and archaeologist
  • Enrico Strydom (born 1992), South African National Pool Player

T

  • Enrico Tameleo (1901–1985), Italian-American mobster
  • Enrico Teodorani (born 1970), Italian comic book creator, creator of Djustine
  • Enrico Toccacelo (born 1978), Italian auto racer
  • Enrico Toselli (1883–1926), Italian pianist and composer
  • Enrico Toti (1882–1916), Italian cyclist, posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor in World War I

V

  • Enrico Valtorta (1883–1951), Italian-born, first Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong
  • Enrico Verson (1845–1927), Italian entomologist
  • Enrico Viarisio (1897–1979), Italian theatre and cinema actor
  • Enrico Villanueva (born 1980), Filipino basketball player

W

  • Enrico Wijngaarde (born 1974), Surinamese football referee

Z

  • Enrico Zuccalli (c. 1640–1724), Swiss architect
  • Enrico Zuppi (1909–1992), Italian journalist and photographer

Fictional characters

  • Enrico Marini (Resident Evil), from the Resident Evil video game series
  • Enrico Matassa, an alias of the character Hank Venture from the show The Venture Bros.
  • Enrico Maxwell, from the manga and anime series Hellsing
  • Enrico Poët, a main character in Italian television series The Law According to Lidia Poët
  • Enrico Pollini, played by Rowan Atkinson in the film Rat Race
  • Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

See also

  • Errico