Massimo () is a masculine Italian given name.

Notable people with the name include:

• Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss-based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist

• Massimo Agostini (born 1964), Italian football manager and former striker

• Massimo Alioto (born 1972), associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore

• Massimo Allevi (born 1969), Italian pole vaulter

• Massimo Ambrosini (born 1977), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo De Ambrosis (born 1964), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Amfiteatrof (1907–1990), Russian-born Italian cellist

• Paolo Massimo Antici (1924–2003), Italian diplomat, founder of the Antici Group

• Massimo Aparo (born 1953), Italian nuclear engineer

• Massimo Apollonio (born 1970), Italian racing cyclist

• Massimo Ardinghi (born 1971), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo Arduini (born 1960), Italian auto tourism racing driver

• (born 1936), Italian professor of Demography

• Massimo Bacigalupo (born 1947), experimental filmmaker, scholar, translator of poetry, essayist, literary critic

• Massimo Baistrocchi (1942–2012), Italian writer, artist, freelance journalist, Italy's Ambassador to Namibia

• Massimo Ballestrero (born 1901, date of death unknown), Italian rowing coxswain

• Massimo Barbolini (born 1964), Italian volleyball coach

• Massimo Barbuti (born 1958), Italian football player and manager

• Massimo Bartolini (born 1962), Italian artist

• Massimo Battara (born 1963), Italian football coach and a former player

• Massimo Beghetto (born 1968), Italian football coach and former player

• Massimo Belardinelli (1938–2007), Italian comic artist

• Massimo Berdini (born 1958), Italian football player

• Massimo Bergami (born 1964), full professor of organizational behaviour at the University of Bologna

• Massimo Bergamin (born 1964), Italian politician

• Massimo Berta (1949–2020), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Bertagnoli (born 1999), Italian football player

• Massimo Bertocchi (born 1985), decathlete from Canada

• Massimo Bertolini (born 1974), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo de Bertolis (born 1975), Italian professional cross-country mountain biker

• Massimo Biolcati (born 1972), Swedish-Italian-American jazz bassist

• Massimo Birindelli (born 1956), Italian sports shooter

• Massimo Bitonci (born 1965), Italian Venetist politician

• Massimo Bogana, Italian bobsledder

• Massimo Bogianckino (1922–2009), Italian pianist, artistic director, and politician

• Massimo Boldi (born 1945), Italian stand-up comedian and actor

• Massimo Bonanni (born 1982), Italian football coach and a former player

• Massimo Bonetti (born 1951), Italian actor and director

• Massimo Bonini (born 1959), Sammarinese professional football player and coach

• Massimo Boninsegni (born 1963), Italian-Canadian theoretical condensed matter physicist

• Massimo Bonomi (born 1967), Italian rugby union player and a sports manager

• Massimo Bontempelli (1878–1960), Italian poet, playwright, novelist and composer

• Massimo Borgobello (born 1971), Italian footballer

• Massimo Boscatto (born 1971), professional tennis player from Italy

• 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 Briaschi (born 1958), Italian professional footballer and FIFA sports agent

• Massimo Brunelli (born 1961), Italian cyclist

• Massimo Bruno (born 1993), Belgian footballer

• Massimo Bruschini (1942–1975), Italian boxer

• Massimo Bubola (born 1954), Italian singer-songwriter

• Massimo Bulleri (born 1977), Italian professional basketball player

• Massimo Busacca (born 1969), Swiss football referee

• Massimo Cacciari (born 1944), Italian philosopher, politician and public intellectual

• Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (born 1961), entrepreneur and film producer

• Massimo Calearo (born 1955), Italian entrepreneur and former politician

• Massimo Calvelli (born 1974), Italian sports executive and former professional tennis player

• Massimo Campigli (1895–1971), Italian painter and journalist

• Massimo Canevacci (born 1942), Italian academic, ethnographer and critical thinker

• Massimo Cannizzaro (born 1981), Italian football coach and former player

• Massimo Capra (born 1960), Italian-born Canadian restaurateur, cookbook author, celebrity chef

• Massimo De Carlo, Italian art dealer, with gallery spaces in Milan, London, and Hong Kong

• Massimo Carlotto (born 1956), Italian writer and playwright

• Massimo Carmassi (born 1943), Italian architect

• Massimo Carminati (born 1958), Italian underworld figure

• Massimo Carnevale (born 1967), Italian cartoonist and illustrator

• Massimo Carpegna (born 1955), Italian conductor

• Massimo Carraro (born 1959), Italian university professor, entrepreneur and politician from Veneto

• Massimo Carrera (born 1964), Italian professional football manager and former player

• Massimo Cartasegna (1885–1964), Italian athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London

• Massimo Casanova (born 1970), Italian politician and MEP

• Massimo Castagna (born 1961), Italian volleyball player

• Fabio Massimo Castaldo (born 1985), Italian politician and MEP

• Massimo Castellani (born 1961), Italian diver

• Massimo Di Cataldo (born 1968), Italian singer-songwriter and actor

• Massimo Cavaliere (born 1962), Italian fencer

• Massimo Ceccaroni (born 1968), Swiss-Italian footballer

• Massimo Ceccherini (born 1965), Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter

• Massimo Ceciliani (born 1997), Italian rugby union player

• Massimo Cellino (born 1956), Italian entrepreneur and football club owner

• Massimo Cenci (born 1967), politician of San Marino

• Massimo Chessa (born 1988), professional Italian basketball player

• Massimo Cialente (born 1952), Italian politician and doctor

• Massimo Ciaramella (born 1970), Italian professional baseball infielder

• Massimo Ciavarro (born 1957), Italian actor and television personality

• Massimo Cierro (born 1964), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo Ciocci (born 1968), Italian professional football player and manager

• Massimo Cioffi (born 1997), Italian rugby union player

• Massimo Citi (born 1955), Italian science fiction writer and reviewer

• Massimo Coda (born 1988), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Codol (born 1973), Italian racing cyclist

• Massimo Colaci (born 1985), Italian volleyball player

• Massimo Colomba (born 1977), Swiss footballer

• Massimo Consoli (1945–2007), known as the father of the Italian gay movement

• Massimo Bruni Corvino (died 1522), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Isernia

• Massimo Corvo (born 1959), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Cosmelli (born 1943), Italian basketball player

• Massimo Costantini (born 1958), Italian table tennis player

• Massimo Crippa (born 1965), Italian footballer

• Massimo Cristaldi (1956–2022), Italian film producer

• Massimo Cuttitta (1966–2021), Italian professional rugby union player and coach

• Massimo D'Alelio (1916–1998), Italian bridge player

• Massimo D'Alema (born 1949), Italian politician

• Massimo Dallamano (1917–1976), Italian director and director of photography

• Massimo D'Amico (born 1979), Italian artist working in the Czech Republic

• Massimo Dapporto (born 1945), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Dell'Acqua (born 1979), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo Demarin (born 1979), Croatian professional cyclist

• Massimo Depaoli (born 1959), Italian politician

• Massimo Di Deco, Italian coxswain

• Massimo Di Domenico (born 1945), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo Di Gesu (born 1970), Italian composer

• Massimo Dobrovic, Istrian Italian actor

• Massimo Donadi (born 1963), Italian politician

• Massimo Donati (born 1981), Italian football coach, pundit and former professional player

• Massimo Donati (cyclist) (born 1967), Italian professional racing cyclist

• Massimo Drago (born 1971), Italian professional football coach and a former player

• , Italian tennis player

• Massimo Egidi (born 1942), Italian economist

• Massimo Ellul, Maltese businessman active in the voluntary organisation field

• Massimo Fabbrizi (born 1977), Italian professional target shooter

• Massimo Faggioli (born 1970), Italian Church historian, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University

• Massimo Fagioli (1931–2017), Italian psychiatrist and psychotherapist

• Massimo Federici (born 1956), Italian politician

• Massimo Felisatti (1932–2016), Italian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and director

• Massimo Fenati (born 1969), Italian comic book artist, illustrator and animator

• Massimo Ferrin (born 1998), Canadian professional soccer player

• Massimo Ficcadenti (born 1967), Italian football manager and former midfielder

• Massimo Fink (1896–1956), Italian bobsledder

• Massimo Florioli (born 1972), Italian professional golfer

• Massimo Altomare (m:A Fog) (born 1979), heavy metal musician

• Massimo Fondelli (born 1954), Italian water polo player

• Pier Massimo Forni (1951–2018), Italian professor at Johns Hopkins University

• Massimo Fornoni (born 1989), Italian footballer

• Massimo Foschi (born 1938), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Franciosa (1924–1998), Italian screenwriter and film director

• Massimo Franco (born 1954), Italian journalist, author, edits the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera

• Massimo Freccia (1906–2004), Italian American conductor

• Massimo Gadda (born 1963), Italian professional football coach and former player

• Massimo Ganci (born 1981), Italian footballer

• Massimo Garavaglia (born 1968), Italian politician, Italian Minister of Tourism

• Massimo Gauci (1774–1854), Maltese lithographer and painter active in the UK

• Massimo Gazzoli (born 1975), Italian football goalkeeper

• Massimo Ghini (born 1954), Italian actor

• Massimo Iosa Ghini (born 1959), Italian architect, designer and professor

• Massimo Ghirotto (born 1961), Italian road bicycle racer

• Massimo Giacomini (born 1939), Italian football player and football manager

• Massimo Giacoppo (born 1983), Italian water polo player, member of Olympic medallist team

• Massimo Severo Giannini (1915–2000), Italian politician and jurist

• Massimo Giletti (born 1962), Italian television host and journalist

• Massimo Giordano (born 1971), Italian-born operatic tenor

• Massimo Giorgetti (born 1959), Italian politician

• Massimo Di Giorgio (born 1958), Italian high jumper

• Massimo Giovanelli (born 1967), Italian rugby union player

• Massimo Girotti (1918–2003), Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades

• Massimo Giuliani (born 1951), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Giunti (born 1974), Italian cyclist

• Massimo Giustetti (1926–2012), the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Biella, Italy

• Massimo Gobbi (born 1980), Italian footballer

• Massimo Goh (born 1999), Italian footballer

• Massimo Gotti (born 1986), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Gramellini (born 1960), Italian writer and journalist working at Corriere della Sera

• Massimo Graziato (born 1988), Italian professional road cyclist

• Massimo Grima (born 1979), professional footballer

• Massimo Guglielmi (born 1970), Italian lightweight rower

• Massimo Guiggiani (born 1956), Italian mechanical engineer, professor of applied mechanics at the Università di Pisa

• Massimo Introvigne (born 1955), Italian Roman Catholic sociologist of religion and intellectual property attorney

• Massimo Di Ioia (born 1987), Canadian soccer player

• Massimo Lana (born 1962), Italian lightweight rower

• Umberto Massimo Lattuca (born 1959), Italian professional football player

• Massimo Liverani (born 1961), Italian rally driver and co-driver

• Massimo Lodolo (born 1959), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Lombardo (born 1973), Swiss footballer

• Massimo Lonardi (born 1953), Italian lutenist

• Massimo Lopez (born 1952), Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, impressionist

• Massimo Lotti (born 1969), Italian footballer

• Massimo Loviso (born 1984), Italian footballer

• Massimo De Luca (born 1987), Italian futsal player

• Massimo Luongo (born 1992), Australian footballer

• Massimo Maccarone (born 1979), Italian football coach and former player

• Massimo Maffezzoli (born 1976), Italian basketball head coach

• Massimo Magnani (born 1951), Italian marathon runner

• Massimo Mallegni (born 1968), Italian politician

• Massimo Manca (born 1964), Italian-born American football kicker

• Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943), Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist

• Massimo Mannelli (born 1956), Italian professional golfer

• Massimo Marazzina (born 1974), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Marchese (born 1965), Italian musician, lutenist, theorbist and recording artist

• Massimo Marchiori (born 1970), Italian mathematician and computer scientist

• Massimo Marconcini (born 1968), Italian rower

• Massimo Margiotta (born 1977), Italian-Venezuelan professional footballer

• Massimo Marino (cyclist) (born 1954), Italian cyclist

• Massimo Marino (TV presenter) (1960–2019), Italian television presenter and actor

• Massimo Mariotti (born 1961), Swiss footballer

• Massimo De Martin (born 1983), Italian professional football player

• Massimo Martino (born 1990), Luxembourgian football player

• Massimo Mascioletti (born 1958), Italian rugby union coach and a former player

• Massimo Masini (born 1945), Italian professional basketball player and coach

• Massimo Massimi (1877–1954), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

• Massimo Mattioli (1943–2019), Italian artist and cartoonist

• Massimo Maugeri, Italian writer, journalist and radio presenter

• Massimo Mauro (born 1962), Italian politician and a former professional football player

• Massimo Mazzucco (born 1954), Italian filmmaker

• Massimo Meola (born 1953), Italian footballer

• Massimo Mida (1917–1992), Italian screenwriter and film director

• Massimo Mila (1910–1988), Italian musicologist, music critic, intellectual and anti-fascist

• Massimo Milano (born 1967), ethnomusicologist, critic and sound experimentalist

• Massimo Minervin (born 1939), Italian Olympic sailor

• Massimo Minetti (born 1978), Italian footballer

• Massimo Mirabelli (born 1991), Canadian soccer player

• Massimo Moia (born 1987), Belgian football midfielder

• Massimo Mollica (1929–2013), Italian actor and stage director

• Massimo Mongai (1950–2016), Italian author of science fiction

• Massimo Montanari, Professor of Medieval History at Bologna University

• Massimo Monti (born 1962), Italian racing driver

• Massimo Morales (born 1964), Italian football manager

• Massimo Morante (1952–2022), Italian musician, guitar player for Goblin

• Massimo Moratti (born 1945), Italian billionaire petroleum businessman

• Massimo Moriconi (canoeist) (born 1956), Italian sprint canoeist

• Massimo Moriconi (musician) (born 1955), Italian bassist

• Massimo Morsello (1958–2001), Italian fascist political and singer-songwriter

• Massimo Murdocca (born 1984), Australian professional soccer player

• Massimo Mutarelli (born 1978), Italian football midfielder

• Massimo Natili (1935–2017), racing driver from Italy

• Massimo Nistri (born 1955), Italian Olympic backstroke swimmer

• Massimo Oberti (1901–1972), Italian sailor

• Massimo Oddo (born 1976), Italian footballer

• Massimo Orlando (born 1971), Italian professional football coach and a former player

• Massimo Ornatelli (born 1986), Italian footballer

• Massimo Osti (1944–2005), Italian garment engineer and fashion designer

• Massimo Pacetti (born 1962), Canadian politician from Quebec

• Massimo Paci (born 1978), Italian football coach and a former player

• Massimo Paganin (born 1970), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Palanca (born 1953), Italian football striker

• Massimo Palazzi (born 1961), the secretary general of the Italian Muslim Assembly, Khalifah for Europe of the Qadiri Sufi Order

• Massimo Pallottino (1909–1995), Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art

• Massimo Palombella (born 1967), Italian Salesian priest and director of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina

• Massimo Panizzi (born 1962), Italian Army Major General, Italian Deputy Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee

• Massimo Paradiso (born 1968), Italian rower

• Massimo Cantini Parrini (born 1971), Italian costume designer

• Massimo Parziani (born 1992), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer

• Massimo Pedrazzini (born 1958), Italian football coach and former player

• Massimo Pellegrini (born 1966), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Pessina (born 2007), Italian footballer

• Massimo Pianforini (1890–1966), Italian film and television actor

• Massimo Pigliucci (born 1964), Italian-American Philosopher

• Massimo Pigoli (born 1958), Italian auto racing driver

• Massimo Piloni (born 1948), Italian professional football coach and a former player

• Massimo Pilotti (1879–1962), Italian jurist and judge

• Massimo Pirri (1945–2001), Italian film director and screenwriter

• Massimo del Pizzo, Italian science fiction writer and critic

• Massimo Podenzana (born 1961), Italian road racing cyclist

• Massimo Podestà, Italian artist and architect

• Massimo Polidoro (born 1969), Italian psychologist, writer, journalist, co-founder and executive director of CICAP

• Massimo Popolizio (born 1961), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Porrati (born 1961), professor of physics, member of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics at New York University

• Massimo Pupillo (1922 – c. 1999), Italian film director

• Massimo Quiriconi (born 1963), Italian race walker

• Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone, 1951), Italian pop singer, film and stage actor

• Massimo Rastelli (born 1968), Italian football manager and former player

• Massimo Ravazzolo (born 1972), Italian rugby union player and a current coach

• Massimo Rigoni (born 1961), Italian ski jumper

• Massimo Rinaldi (1869–1941), Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Rieti

• Massimo Rivola (born 1971), Italian motorsport official

• Massimo Rizzo (born 1974), Swiss football manager and former player

• Massimo Rizzo (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player

• Massimo Roccoli (born 1984), Italian motorbike rider

• Massimo Rosa (born 1995), Italian mountain bike racer

• Massimo Rosi (1944–1995), Italian swimmer

• Massimo Rotundo (born 1955), Italian comics artist

• Massimo Sacchetti, eclectic contemporary Italian artist

• Massimo Sacchi (born 1950), Italian swimmer

• Massimo Salvadè (born 1971), Italian figure skater

• Massimo Salvadori (1908–1992), British-Italian historian and anti-Fascist

• Massimo Sammartino (born 1995), Italian footballer

• Massimo Sandi (born 2002), Peruvian footballer

• Massimo De Santis (born 1962), Italian football referee

• Massimo Sarmi (born 1948), Italian businessman

• Massimo Savić (1962–2022), Croatian pop singer, also known mononymously as Massimo

• Massimo Scaglione (1931–2015), Italian television director, writer and politician

• Massimo Scali (born 1979), Italian competitive ice dancer

• Massimo Scaligero (1906–1980), Italian spiritual teacher and member of "Gruppo di Ur"

• Massimo Scarpa (born 1970), Italian professional golfer

• Massimo Scolari (born 1943), Italian architect, painter and designer

• Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (1916–1989), Italian film actor

• Massimo Sica, convicted triple murderer

• Massimo Sigala (born 1951), Italian racing driver and co-founder of Trident Racing

• Massimo Silva (born 1951), Italian professional football coach and a former player

• Massimo Stano (born 1992), Italian racewalker

• Massimo Stanzione (1585–1656), Italian Baroque painter

• Massimo Storgato (born 1961), Italian professional football coach and a former player

• Massimo Strazzer (born 1969), Italian professional cyclist

• Massimo Sulli (born 1963), Italian Olympic judoka

• Massimo Susic (born 1967), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Taibi (born 1970), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Tamburini (1943–2014), Italian motorcycle designer for Cagiva, Ducati, and MV Agusta

• Michele Massimo Tarantini (born 1942), Italian film director

• Massimo Tarantino (born 1971), Italian professional football player

• Massimo Tazzer (born 1999), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Teglio (1900–1990), Italian aviator

• Massimo Teodori (born 1938), Italian author and politician

• Massimo Terzano (1892–1947), Italian cinematographer

• Massimo Tononi (born 1964), Italian banker and politician

• Massimo Trella (1932–2002), Italian engineer

• Massimo Trevisan (born 1968), Italian freestyle Olympic swimmer

• Massimo Troiano (died 1570), Italian composer, poet, chronicler of life at the court of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria

• Massimo Troisi (1953–1994), Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director

• Massimo Santoro Tubito (born 1660), Italian priest and writer

• Massimo Andrea Ugolini (born 1978), politician and Captain Regent of San Marino

• Massimo Urbani (1957–1993), Italian jazz alto saxophonist

• Massimo Valeri (born 1972), professional tennis player from Italy

• Massimo Vanni (born 1946), Italian film and television actor

• Massimo Venier (born 1967), Italian film director and screenwriter

• Massimo Venturiello (born 1957), Italian actor and voice actor

• Massimo Vergassola, Italian physicist, currently at the University of California

• Massimo Vigliar (born 1949), Italian film producer

• Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014), Italian designer

• Massimo Vitali (born 1944), Italian photographer

• Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian professional footballer

• Massimo Wertmüller (born 1956), Italian actor

• Massimo Wilde (1944–2017), Italian politician

• Massimo Zanetti (born 1948), Italian entrepreneur and former politician

• Massimo Zappino (born 1981), Brazilian footballer of Italian descent

• Massimo Zedda (born 1976), Italian politician, Mayor of Cagliari

• Massimo Zucchelli (born 1972), Italian alpine skier

Fictional characters with the name include:

• Massimo Marone, on The Bold and the Beautiful

• Don Massimo Torricelli, one of the main characters in 365 Days

See also

• Massimo (surname)

• Massimino

• Maxim (given name), the equivalent name in Slavic languages

• Maxime, the equivalent name in French

• Maximus (disambiguation), the equivalent Roman name