Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius, which is a Persian name. Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
Given name
- Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician
- Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director
- Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper
- Dario Bellezza (1944–1996), Italian poet
- Dario Benuzzi (born 1946), Italian test driver
- Darío Botero (1938–2010), Colombian writer and philosopher
- Dario Campeotto (1939–2023), Danish singer, actor, entertainer
- Dario Cologna (born 1986), Swiss cross-country skier
- Dario Dainelli (born 1979), Italian footballer, former captain of Fiorentina
- Dario Fo (1926–2016), Italian Nobel prize winner
- Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Scottish Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion
- Dario García (born 1968), Argentine judoka
- Dario Hübner (born 1967), Italian footballer
- Dario Hunt (born 1989), American basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Dario Lari (born 1979), Italian rower
- Darío Lecman (born 1971), Argentine weightlifter
- Dario Kordić (born 1960), Bosnian Croat politician, military commander and convicted war criminal
- Dario Marianelli (born 1963), Italian film composer
- Darío Moreno (1921–1968), Turkish-born Sephardic Jewish singer and composer
- Dario Resta (1882–1924), Italian-born Anglo-American Indianapolis 500 winner
- Dario José dos Santos (born 1946), Brazilian footballer
- Dario Šarić (born 1994), Croatian basketball player
- Darío Silva (born 1972), former Uruguayan footballer
- Dario Šimić (born 1975), Croatian footballer
- Dario Vidošić (born 1987), Australian footballer
- Darío Villanueva (born 1950), Spanish literary critic
- Darío Lopilato (born 1981), Argentine actor
Fictional characters
- Dario, the title character of L'incoronazione di Dario, a 1717 dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi, and the 1686 opera L'incoronazione di Dario (Perti)
- Dario, in the animated film Wish
- Dario, criminal in "Licence to Kill", played by Benicio Del Toro
- Dario Bossi, in the video game Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
- Dario, in the video game Chrono Cross
- Dario Brando, father of Dio Brando in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Dario Cueto, played by Luis Fernandez-Gil in the professional wrestling television series Lucha Underground
See also
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