title: Piperno (surname)
text: # Piperno (surname)
  
  Piperno is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alessandro Piperno (born 1972), Italian writer and literary critic of Jewish descent
  * Dolores Piperno, American archaeologist specializing in archaeobotany
  * Franco Piperno (born 1943), Italian former communist militant
  * Melissa Piperno (born 1984), Canadian ice dancer
  * Reginald of Piperno, or Reginald of Priverno (ca 1230-ca 1290), Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas
  