Carmine (given name)

Carmine is a male given name of Italian origins. It also has the meaning "purplish-red" from an Aramaic word qirmizī which means “crimson” in English. Notable people with the name include:
 * Carmine Abate (born 1954), Italian writer
 * Carmine Abbagnale (born 1962), Italian competition rower
 * Carmine Agnello (born 1960), American alleged mobster
 * Carmine Alfieri (born 1943), Italian fugitive
 * Carmine Appice (born 1946), American drummer
 * Carmine Benincasa (1947–2020), Italian art critic
 * Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono (1671–1726), grandee of Spain
 * Carmine Cardamone (born 1950), American politician
 * Carmine Caridi (1934–2019), American film actor
 * Carmine Chiappetta (born 2003), Swiss football player
 * Carmine Cirella (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), American composer
 * Carmine Coppola (footballer) (born 1979), Italian footballer
 * Carmine Crocco (1830–1905), Italian brigand
 * Carmine Cucciniello (born 1988), Italian football player
 * Carmine de Laurentiis, Italian mandolist
 * Carmine DeSapio (1908–2004), American politician, Tammany Hall boss
 * Carmine DeSopo (born 1940), American politician
 * Carmine Di Giandomenico (born 1973), Italian visual artist
 * Carmine Di Sibio (born 1963), American chief executive
 * Carmine Esposito (born 1970), Italian footballer
 * Carmine Fatico (1910–1991), American mobster
 * Carmine Furletti (1926–2008), Brazilian football player
 * Carmine Galante (1910–1979), American mobster
 * Carmine Gallo (born 1965), American author
 * Carmine Gallone (1885–1973), Italian film director
 * Carmine Biagio Gatti (born 1988), Italian football player
 * Carmine Gautieri (born 1970), Italian football coach
 * Carmine Gentile, American politician
 * Carmine Gentile (painter) (1678–1763), Italian painter
 * Carmine Giordani (1685–1758), Italian composer
 * Carmine Giordano (born 1982), Italian football player
 * Carmine Giorgi (1910–1965), Brazilian athlete
 * Carmine Giorgione (born 1991), Italian footballer
 * Carmine Giovinazzo (born 1973), American actor
 * Carmine Gorga (born 1935), Italian-American economist
 * Carmine Gori-Merosi (1810–1886), Italian bishop
 * Carmine Guida (born 1975), American musician
 * Carmine Infantino (1925–2013), American comic book artist and editor
 * Carmine Isacco (born 1970), Canadian soccer player
 * Carmine Lombardozzi (1913–1992), American mobster
 * Carmine J. Marasco (1891–1960), American politician and judge
 * Carmine Marcantonio (born 1954), Canadian retired soccer player
 * Carmine Mirabelli (1889–1951), Brazilian spiritual medium
 * Carmine Molaro (born 1975), Italian boxer
 * Carmine Nigro (1910–2001), American chess player
 * Carmine Palumbo (born 1993), Italian footballer
 * Carmine Pariante (born 1966), British psychiatrist
 * Carmine Parlato (born 1970), Italian football manager
 * Carmine Pecorelli (1928–1979), Italian journalist
 * Carmine Persico (1933–2019), American mobster
 * Carmine Preziosi (born 1943), Italian bicycler
 * Carmine Recano (born 1980), Italian actor
 * Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Italian prelate
 * Carmine Rojas (born 1953), American bassist
 * Carmine Romano (1935–2011), American mobster
 * Carmine Saponetti (1913–1990), Italian cyclist
 * Carmine Savino (1911–1993), American politician
 * Carmine Schiavone (1943–2015), Italian politician
 * Carmine Sciandra (born 1952), American gangster
 * Carmine Senise (1883–1958), Italian police officer
 * Carmine Sessa (born 1951), Italian-American mobster
 * Carmine Setola (born 1999), Italian footballer
 * Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canadian poet
 * Carmine Tommasone (born 1984), Italian boxer
 * Carmine Tramunti (1910–1978), Italian-American mobster
 * Carmine Tucci (1933–1990), Italian ice hockey player
 * Carmine Verduci (1959–2014), Italian-Canadian mobster
 * Carmine Vingo (1929–2015), American boxer
 * Carmine Zoccali (born 1947), Italian nephrologist

Fictional characters

 * Carmine, a alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild
 * Carmine, the purple music race car and a character from the Disney animated TV series Little Einsteins season 2 episode Carmine's Big Race
 * Carmine Falcone, a DC comics character.
 * Carmine Lupertazzi, a character from the show The Sopranos
 * Little Carmine, Lupertazzi's son
 * Carmine Lorenzo, the fictional airport Captain of Police in Die Hard 2 played by Dennis Franz
 * Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa, a character from the show Laverne & Shirley
 * Carmine, Cerise Hood's pet dire wolf from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
 * Carmine, Family name in the games “Gears of War”
 * Carmine Esclados, the main antagonist of the RWBY spinoff novel RWBY: After the Fall
 * Carmine, a character from the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's downloadable content expansion pack The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero