Foscolo (surname)

Foscolo was a Venetian aristocratic house. A branch of the family settled in Greece following the Fourth Crusade, their name later hellenized as Foskolos (Greek: Φώσκολος). Notable members include:

• Leonardo Foscolo, Lord of Anafi, 13th-century Venetian ruler of Anafi
• Leonardo Foscolo, 17th-century Venetian commander
• Nikolaos Foskolos (born 1937), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens
• Nikos Foskolos (1927–2013), Greek screenwriter and director
• Paolo Augusto Foscolo, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827), Italian writer, poet and revolutionary