Fanti is an Italian surname. Notable people with this name include: Bartolomeo Fanti (1428–1495), beatified Italian Carmelite priest Fausto Fanti (1978–2014), Brazilian actor, comedian and musician Franco Fanti (1924–2007), Italian Olympic cyclist Gabriele Fanti (born 2000), Italian footballer Gaetano Fanti (1687–1759), Italian fresco painter Guido Fanti (1925–2012), Italian politician Manfredo Fanti (1806–1865), Italian general Maria Pia Fanti (born 1957), Italian control theorist Nick Fanti (born 1996), American baseball player Ryan Fanti (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player Silvio Fanti (1919–1997), Swiss psychiatrist A variant of this name, DeFanti, is the surname of: Paul DeFanti, fictional recipient of the Ig Nobel Prize Thomas A. DeFanti (born 1948), American computer graphics researcher See also Afroarabiella fanti, an African moth Fante (disambiguation) Fanti drongo, an African bird Fanti saw-wing, an African bird in the swallow family