title: Ruggero
text: # Ruggero
  
  Ruggero (pronounced), the Italian equivalent of Roger, may refer to:
  
  * Ruggero I of Sicily (1031–1101) Norman king of Sicily
  * Ruggero Berlam (1854–1920), Italian architect
  * Ruggero Bonghi (1826–1895), Italian scholar, writer and politician
  * Ruggero Borghi (born 1970), former Italian professional road bicycle racer
  * Ruggero Cobelli (1838–1921), Italian entomologist
  * Ruggero Deodato (born 1939), controversial Italian film director, actor and screenwriter, best known for directing horror films
  * Ruggero Ferrario (born 1897), Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling
  * Ruggero J. Aldisert (born 1919), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  * Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), Italian opera composer
  * Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei (1811–1883), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  * Ruggero Maccari (1919–1989), Italian screenwriter
  * Ruggero Maregatti (1905–1963), Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres
  * Ruggero Marzoli (born 1976), Italian professional road bicycle racer
  * Ruggero Mastroianni (1929–1996), Italian film editor
  * Ruggero Oddi (1864–1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist
  * Pier Ruggero Piccio (1880–1965), Italian aviator and the founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
  * Ruggero Raimondi (born 1941), Italian Bass-Baritone opera singer and sometime screen actor
  * Ruggero Santilli (born 1935), Italian-American physicist and a proponent of fringe theories
  * Ruggero Verity, Italian entomologist who specialised in butterflies
  