Ruggiero or Ruggero is the Italian version of the Germanic name Roger and may refer to:

As a Surname

• Adamo Ruggiero (b. 1986), a Canadian actor
• Angela Ruggiero (b. 1980), an American hockey player
• Benjamin Ruggiero (1926-1994), a member of the New York City Mafia
• Deb Ruggiero, a radio personality and politician from Rhode Island
• Renato Ruggiero (b. 1930), an Italian politician
• Salvatore Ruggiero (1930-1982) New York City Mafia associate and older brother of Angelo Ruggiero
• Vic Ruggiero, a musician and songwriter from New York City

As a first name

• Ruggiero (character), a character in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso
• Roger of Lauria (1245–1305), an Italian admiral who was commander of the fleet of Aragon
• Ruggiero Giovannelli (1560–1625), an Italian composer of the Renaissance and Baroque eras
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), an Italian opera composer
• Ruggiero Ricci (b. 1918), an Italian-American violin virtuoso
• Ruggiero Rizzitelli (b. 1967), an 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 operain by Francesca Caccini
• Ruggiero, an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (1771)

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