title: Ansaldo (name)
text: # Ansaldo (name)
  
  Ansaldo is an Italian name of Germanic origin. It was originally a masculine given name and was later also used as a surname.
  
  ## People with the given name
  
  * Ansaldo Doria (1134–1174), Genoese statesman and commander of the noble Doria family
  * Ansaldo Poggi (1893–1984), Italian maker of stringed instruments
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Cecilia Ansaldo (born 1949), Ecuadorian professor, writer, and critic
  * Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo (1584–1638), Italian painter from Genoa
  * Giovanni Battista Ansaldo (fl. 1576–1578), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
  * Juan Antonio Ansaldo (1910–1958), Spanish aviator and political activist
  