Alighiero is both a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Alighiero di Bellincione (c. 1210–1283), father of Dante Alighieri Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994), Italian conceptual artist Italo Alighiero Chiusano (1926–1995), Italian independent writer, literary critic, Germanist, literary historian, essayist, author of dramas, and journalist Alighiero Guglielmi (1912–1988), Italian racewalker Alighiero Noschese (1932–1979), Italian comedian
Surname Carlo Alighiero (1927–2021), Italian actor, director, and playwright
See also Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet, writer, and philosopher