Pompeo

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Pompeo is both a masculine Italian given name and a surname, derived from the Roman "Pompeius". Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Pompeo Aldrovandi (1668–1752), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Pompeo Aldrovandini (1677–1735), Italian painter of the Baroque period
• Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), Italian painter
• Pompeo Cannicciari (1670–1744), Italian composer
• Pompeo Colonna (1479–1532), Italian Cardinal, politician and condottiero
• Pompeo Coppini (1870–1957), Italian sculptor who emigrated to the United States
• Pompeo D'Ambrosio (1917–1998), Italian who became a Venezuelan businessman
• Pompeo Ghitti (1631–1703), Italian painter of the Baroque period
• Pompeo Landulfo (1515–1590), Italian painter of the Renaissance period
• Pompeo Marchesi (born 1790), Lombard sculptor of the neoclassical school
• Pompeo Posar (1921–2004), Playboy magazine staff photographer
• Pompeo Targone, Italian military engineer in the service of Ambrose Spinola

Surname:

• Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress, played Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy
• Mike Pompeo (born 1963), United States Secretary of State, former Director of Central Intelligence Agency, former U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district

See also

• Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo, a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli
• Il Pompeo, a dramma per musica in 3 acts by composer Alessandro Scarlatti
• Pompeo Magno (Pompeius Magnus) is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cavalli