Valentini (surname)

Valentini is a surname and, less commonly, a given name, of Italian origin. It is etymologically related to the name, Valentine. People with the name include:

People with the surname

 * Valentini, an aristocratic family, at one time owners of Canossa Castle
 * Alfredo Valentini (born 1946), Sammarinese sports shooter
 * Andrea Valentini (designer) (born 1961), American designer
 * Andrea Valentini (pentathlete) (born 1977), Italian modern pentathlete
 * Andrea Valentini, drummer for Blood, Sweat & Tears since 2001
 * Antonio Valentini, president of Central Bank of San Marino
 * Antony Valentini, theoretical physicist
 * Carlo Valentini (born 1982), San Marinese footballer
 * Federico Valentini (born 1982), San Marinese footballer
 * Frank Valentini (born 1963), American television producer, executive producer for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, currently General Hospital
 * Gian Domenico Valentini (1639–1715), Italian still life painter
 * Gino Valentini (born 1958), Chilean football manager and former footballer
 * Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582–1649), Italian baroque composer, teacher of Johann Kaspar Kerll
 * Giovanni Valentini (classical era composer) (c. 1730–1804), Italian classical composer, poet and painter.
 * Giovanni Valentini (pianist), Italian pianist, teacher of Gianluca Luisi
 * Giuseppe Valentini (albanologist) (1900–1979), Italian albanologist
 * Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753), Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer
 * Pier Francesco Valentini (1570-1654), Italian music theorist
 * Jean-Pierre Valentini, Trafigura executive, see 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump
 * Lucia Valentini Terrani (1946–1998), Italian operatic mezzo-soprano
 * Mariella Valentini (born 1959), Italian actress
 * Michele Valentini (born 1986), Italian professional footballer
 * Nicolás Valentini (born 2001), Argentine professional footballer
 * Roberto Valentini (c. 1671–1747), Anglo-Italian composer also known as Robert Valentine
 * Vincent Valentini (died 1948), American screenwriter

Fictional

 * Flip Valentini, character in the Baseball Card Adventures series of novels by Dan Gutman
 * Harry Valentini, protagonist of Wise Guys
 * Stefano Valentini, primary antagonist in the first half of The Evil Within 2

People with the given name

 * Valentini Daskaloudi, (born 1979; Βαλεντίνη Δασκαλούδη), Greek female fashion model
 * Valentini Grammatikopoulou (born 1997; Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου), Greek woman tennis player
 * Valentino Urbani (fl. 1690–1722), Italian male castrato opera singer nicknamed "Valentini"