Ruggiero

Ruggiero () is an Italian spelling variant of the name Ruggero, a version of the Germanic name Roger, and may refer to:

As a surname *Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor *Angela Ruggiero (born 1980), American hockey player *Angelo Ruggiero (1940–1989), Member of the New York City Mafia *Benjamin Ruggiero (1926–1994), member of the New York City Mafia *Deb Ruggiero (born 1958), radio personality and politician from Rhode Island *Giuseppe Ruggiero (born 1993) Italian footballer *Joseph S. Ruggiero, better known under his stage name Joey Powers (1934–2017), American singer and songwriter *Paolo Ruggiero (born 1957), Italian general and member of NATO supreme command *Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), Italian politician *Richard S. Ruggiero (1944–2014), New York politician *Salvatore Ruggiero (1945–1982), New York City Mafia associate and older brother of Angelo Ruggiero *Vic Ruggiero, musician and songwriter from New York City

As a given name *Ruggiero (character), character in Ludovico Ariosto's ''Orlando furioso'' *Roger of Lauria, in Italian known as Ruggero or Ruggiero di Lauria (1245–1305), Italian admiral who was commander of the fleet of Aragon *Ruggiero Giovannelli (1560–1625), Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque eras *Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), Italian opera composer *Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012), Italian-American violin virtuoso *Ruggiero Rizzitelli (b. 1967), Italian football who played in Germany

Other *Torre di Ruggiero, a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy *Ruggiero (music), a musical scheme which is at times harmonic and at times melodic *La liberazione di Ruggiero, a 1625 comic opera by Francesca Caccini *''Ruggiero'', an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (1771) *''Ruggiero'', a character in the opera Alcina of Georg Friedrich Händel. Provided by Wikipedia