Ercole (name)
# Ercole (name)

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

## Given name

### 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
