What is "massimo"

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

Surname:

• Massimo family, Roman noble family, notable since the Middle Ages
  • Camillo Massimo (1620-1677), Italian cardinal

Given name:

• Massimo Bottura (born 1962), Italian restaurateur
• Massimo Brambati (born 1966), Italian footballer
• Massimo Brancaccio (1965-2005), Italian drag queen performer, stage name Billy More
• Massimo Bray (born 1959), Italian intellectual and politician
• Massimo Bubola (born 1954), Italian singer-songwriter
• Massimo Crippa (born 1965), Italian footballer
• Massimo D'Alema (born 1949), Italian politician
• Massimo Oddo (born 1976), Italian footballer
• Massimo Pigliucci (born 1964), Italian-American Philosopher
• Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone, 1951), Italian pop singer, film and stage actor
• Massimo Savić (born 1962), Croatian pop singer, also known mononymously as Massimo
• Massimo Troisi (1953-1994), Italian actor
• Massimo Vignelli (1931-2014), Italian designer