Famous people named Moretti

Cinema and theatre

• Nanni Moretti (born 1953), Italian director and actor whose The Son's Room won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2001.
• Tobias Moretti (born 1959), Austrian actor known from Inspector Rex and the stage.
• Michèle Moretti (born 1940), French actress.
• Chiara Moretti (1955–2023), Italian actress.
• Raoul Moretti (1893–1954), French composer of film scores and operettas.

Words and ideas

Marino Moretti (1885–1979) was a poet and novelist of the Crepuscolari school from Cesenatico in Romagna. Franco Moretti (born 1950), a literary scholar at Stanford, pioneered "distant reading", the computational study of literature at scale. Amalia Moretti (1872–1947) was one of Italy's early women physicians and a popular health journalist.

Art, sport and magic

The sculptor Giuseppe Moretti (1857–1935) emigrated to the United States and made the colossal iron Vulcan statue that overlooks Birmingham, Alabama. Earlier, Federico Moretti (1769–1839) wrote an influential method for the six-string guitar, and today Filomena Moretti (born 1973) is a leading Italian classical guitarist. In France, the defence lawyer Éric Dupond-Moretti (born 1961) became Minister of Justice. Sport has Italian footballer Emiliano Moretti (born 1981), judoka Elena Moretti (born 1987) and racing driver Giampiero Moretti (1940–2012), founder of the MOMO accessories brand. The illusionist Hans Moretti (1928–2013) became famous for daring escape acts. Several of these bearers came from the north and centre of Italy, where Moretti is most common today.

Music and public life

• Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980), Brazilian-born drummer of The Strokes.
• Bruno Moretti (born 1957), Italian composer of ballet, theatre and film music.
• Alessandra Moretti (born 1973), Italian politician.
• Bob Moretti (1936–1984), Speaker of the California State Assembly.

The name comes from Moro, a nickname for a dark-haired man, and arose in many Italian families; arms belonged to particular lines, not to the surname. Discover the meaning on our Moretti coat of arms page and research tips in Moretti family history and genealogy.