Gaétan

Gaëtan or Gaétan is a first name which can designate:

Gaëtan or Gaétan is a recent French first name derived from the Italian Gaetano meaning "from Gaèta", located between Rome and Naples.^[1]

In Church Latin, Gaetan is written Caietanus.

The feminine forms of Gaétan and Gaëtan are Gaétane (or Gaétanne) and Gaëtane.

• English: Cajetan
• German and Polish: Kajetan
• Italian: Gaetano'
• Portuguese: Caetano
• Spanishl: Cayetano

• Cajetan of Thiene (1480-1547), Gaetano de Thiene was an Italian priest, founder of the Théatins order. He is celebrated on August 7.

• Juan Gaetano, a 16th ^century Spanish navigator.
• Giovanni Gaetano Bottari (1689 1775), Italian scientist.
• Gaetano Filangieri (1753-1788), Italian jurist.
• Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802), Italian painter.
• Gaetano Greco (1657-1728), Italian composer.
• Gaetano Guadagni (1725-1792), Italian opera singer.
• Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798), Italian violinist and composer.
• Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656-1701), Italian sculptor.

• Gaétan Boucher (1958), Quebec speed skater.
• Gaétan Brulotte (1945), Quebec writer.
• Gaétan Malette, Canadian politician.
• Gaëtan Picon (1915 - 1976), French essayist and art critic.

• Gaëtan Bong (born 1988), Cameroonian footballer.
• Gaëtan Deneuve (1985), French footballer.
• Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784 - 1838), French zoologist.
• Gaétan Duchesne (1962 - 2007), Canadian ice hockey player.
• Gaëtan Englebert (1976), Belgian footballer.
• Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1852 - 1934), French psychiatrist, ethnographer and photographer.
• Gaëtan Gorce (1958), French politician.
• Gaëtan Huard (1962), French footballer.
• Gaëtan de Rochebouët (1813 – 1899), French politician.
• Gaëtan de Rosnay (1912 - 1992), French painter.
• Gaétan Soucy (1958), French-speaking Canadian writer and philosopher.
• Gaëtan Roussel (1972), French singer-songwriter.
• Gaëtan Vassart (1978, Belgian and French actor and director.

• Gaétane Thiney (1985), French footballer.

• Gaëtane de Montreuil, Géorgina Bélanger known as “Gaëtane de Montreuil” (1867 - 1951), journalist and writer from Quebec.

• Gaetano Arfé (1925 - 2007), Italian politician, journalist and historian.
• Gaetano Baccani (1792 – 1867), Italian architect.
• Gaetano Badalamenti (1923 - 2004), Italian mafioso.
• Gaetano Bedini (1806 - 1864), Italian prelate, cardinal and diplomat of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Gaetano Belloni (1892 - 1980), Italian cyclist.
• Gaetano Bresci (1869 - 1901), Italian anarchist and regicide.
• Gaetano Cicognani (1881 - 1962), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), Italian opera composer.
• Gaetano Fontana (1970), Italian footballer.
• Gaetano Kanizsa (1913 - 1993), Italian psychologist.
• Gaetano Martino (1900 - 1967), Italian doctor and politician.
• Gaetano Mosca (1858 - 1941), Italian political scientist, journalist and senior civil servant.
• Gaetano Salvemini (1873 - 1957), Italian historian and politician.
• Gaetano Saracco (1856 - 1922), Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Gaetano Savi (1769 - 1844), Italian naturalist.
• Gaetano Scirea (1953 - 1989), Italian footballer.

• Caetano Veloso (1942), Brazilian musician.

• Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (1814 - 1894), Austrian jurist and entomologist.