| ![Show Contents]() Vito History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy The name comes from the Latin word "vita," meaning "life." Early Origins of the Vito familyThe surname Vito was first found in Treviso, anciently known as Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is in the classical style with seven domes, and houses works by many notable painters and sculptors. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. Early History of the Vito familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vito research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1458, 1469, 1489, 1502, 1508, 1513, 1523, 1610, 1632, 1652, 1660, 1681, 1692, 1753, 1824 and 1848 are included under the topic Early Vito History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vito Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Viti, Vito, Vit, Vitti, Biti, Bitti, Bitto, Vidi, Vido, Vio, Vitelli, Vitello, Vitiello, Vitulli, Vittozzo, Vitone, Vitoni, Bittolo, Bittini, Bitelli, Vidolo, Vitangelo, Vilotti, Vidossi and many more. Early Notables of the Vito familyProminent among members of the family was Cornelio Vitelli (fl. 1489), Italian scholar, born of a noble family at Corneto in the Romagna. 1Vitellozzo Vitelli (c.1458-1502) was an Italian condottiero, Lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari; Timoteo Viti (1469-1523), was an Italian Renaissance painter closely associated with Raphael from...
Another 51 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Vito Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vito RankingIn the United States, the name Vito is the 13,888th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 Migration of the Vito familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. M. and F. A. Viti, who both arrived in San Francisco in 1855; Raffaela DiVito, who traveled from Aquilonia, Italy to Montclain, New York in 1913; crossing the ocean on the SS Italia and Michele-Angelo DeVito, who arrived in New York on board the SS Anglia in 1891..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Vito (post 1700) | + |
- Robert Vito (d. 2013), American multiple Emmy Award winning television correspondent and bureau chief for CNN
- Anthony Vito Recker (b. 1983), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Dr. Vito Pascucci (1922-2003), American who produced Leblanc and Noblet Clarinets, Holton brass, Martin Saxophones, Yanagisawa and Vito Saxophones
- Pietro Vito Ottoboni (1610-1691), Italian pope
- James Vito Auditore (1889-1973), American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920 3
- Vito Palumbo (b. 1972), Italian composer whose music has been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra and others
- Vito Chimenti (1953-2023), Italian football player and manager, who played as a forward
- Vito Annicchiarico (1934-2022), Italian actor known for his roles in Rome, Open City, Down with Misery, and Heart and Soul
- Vito Fabris (1954-2021), Italian basketball player, nicknamed La Cavalla
- Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli F.R.S.A., F.R.S.E, F.AcSS., (b. 1962), British Principal of the University of Glasgow was appointed Knights Bachelor on 17th June 2017, for services to Economics and Higher Education
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