Ercole (name)

Ercole is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

A–G

 * Ercole dell'Abate (1573–1613), Italian painter
 * Ercole Baldini (1933–2022), Italian road racing cyclist
 * Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687), Italian composer
 * Ercole Boero (1890–1952), Italian water polo player
 * Ercole Bottrigari (1531–1612), Italian scholar and mathematician
 * Ercole Calvi (1824–1900), Italian painter
 * Ercole Cattaneo (1906–date of death unknown), Italian figure skater
 * Ercole Chiaia (c.1850–1905, Italian spiritualist
 * Ercole Consalvi (1757–1824), Italian Cardinal
 * Ercole Coppola (1603–1658), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
 * Ercole Dembowski (1812–1881), Italian astronomer
 * Ercole dei Fedeli (c. 1465–c.1504–21), Italian goldsmith and master sword engraver
 * Ercole Ferrata (1610–1686) Italian sculptor
 * Ercole Gaibara (c. 1620–1690), Italian composer
 * Ercole Gallegati (1911–1990) Italian wrestler and Olympic medalist
 * Ercole Gennari (1597–1658), Italian painter
 * Ercole Gonzaga (1505 1563), Italian Cardinal
 * Ercole Grandi (c.1463–1525), Italian painter
 * Ercole Graziadei (1900–1981), Italian lawyer
 * Ercole Gualazzini (born 1944), Italian cyclist

H–Z

 * Ercole Lamia (died 1591), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
 * Ercole Lupinacci (1933–2016), Italian bishop
 * Ercole Marelli (1867–1922), Italian engineer and entrepreneur
 * Ercole Antonio Mattioli (1640–1694), Italian politician
 * Ercole Luigi Morselli (1882–1921), Italian writer
 * Ercole Olgeni (1883–1947) Italian rower
 * Ercole Pasquini (ca. 1560–1608 or 1619), Italian composer
 * Ercole Patti (1903–1976), Italian writer and journalist
 * Ercole Procaccini the Elder (1520–1595), Italian painter
 * Ercole Procaccini the Younger (c. 1605–1675 or 1680), Italian painter
 * Ercole Rabitti (1921–2009), Italian football striker and manager
 * Ercole Rangoni (died 1527), Italian Cardinal
 * Ercole del Rio (c.1718–c.1802), Italian lawyer and author
 * Ercole de' Roberti (c.1451–1496), Italian painter
 * Ercole Roncaglia (1886–1965), Italian military officer
 * Ercole Ruggiero (17th century), Italian painter
 * Ercole Sarti (1593–date of death unknown), Italian painter
 * Ercole Setti (c.1530–1618), Italian engraver
 * Ercole Spada (born 1937), Italian automobile designer
 * Ercole Sassonia (1551–1607), Italian physician
 * Ercole Strozzi (1473–1508), Italian poet
 * Ercole Tambosi (died 1570), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
 * Ercole Visconti (1646–1712), Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Middle name

 * Carlo Ercole Bosoni (1826–1887), Italian composer
 * Pietro Ercole Fava (1669–1744), Italian nobleman

Surname

 * Christine D'Ercole, American cyclist
 * Francesco Ercole (1884–1945), Italian historian and politician
 * Henry Ercole (died 1764), Maltese philosopher

Fictional characters and pseudonyms

 * Ercole Ercoli, pseudonym of Italian politician Palmiro Togliatti
 * Ercole Visconti, one of the characters in the Pixar film Luca