Renato is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Renatus.
Notable people with the name used mononymously include:
- Renato Mirze (born 1982), International brand chef, TV presenter
- San Renato, a saint of the Catholic Church
- Renato (footballer, born 1940) (Renato Pires da Silva), Brazilian retired right back
- Renato (footballer, born 1944) (Renato Cunha Valle), Brazilian retired goalkeeper
- Renato (footballer, born 1957) (Carlos Renato Frederico), Brazilian retired footballer
- Renato (footballer, born 1979) (Renato Dirnei Florêncio Santos), Brazilian retired footballer
- Renato (footballer, born 1998) (Renato Barbosa Vischi), Brazilian footballer
Notable people with the name include:
- Carlos Renato de Abreu (born 1978), Brazilian footballer, retired midfielder last played for Santos
- Renato Aragão (born 1936), Brazilian comedian and actor
- Renato Archer (1922–1996), Brazilian naval officer and politician
- Renato Augusto (born 1988), Brazilian footballer, midfielder, currently playing for Corinthians
- Renato Bartilotti (born 1976), Mexican actor
- Renato Beghe (1933–2012), United States Tax Court judge
- Renato Birolli (1905–1959), Italian painter
- Renato Borghetti (born 1963), Brazilian folk musician and composer
- Renato Brunetta (born 1950), Italian economist and politician
- Renato Caccioppoli (1904–1959), mathematician
- Renato Canova, athletics coach
- Renato Capecchi, Italian opera singer
- Renato Carosone, Italian pianist
- Renato Cellini, Italian conductor
- Renato Cesarini (1906–1969), Italian-Argentine football player and coach
- Renato Chiantoni, Italian actor
- Renato Constantino (1919–1999), Filipino historian
- Renato Corona (1948–2016), Filipino lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- Renato Corsetti (born 1941), president of the World Esperanto Association
- Renato Curcio (born 1941), former leader of the Italian Red Brigades
- Renato D'Aiello, Italian saxophonist
- Renato de Albuquerque, Brazilian civil engineer and entrepreneur
- Renato de Villa (born 1935), Filipino political figure
- Renato del Prado (1940–2013), Filipino actor
- Renato Dulbecco (1914–2012), virologist
- Renato Gaúcho (born 1962), real name Renato Portaluppi, Brazilian footballer
- Renato Guttuso (1911–1987), Italian expressionist painter
- Renato Janine Ribeiro, Brazilian political philosopher
- Renato Jorge, known as Renato (born 1973), Portuguese football coach and former player
- Renato López (born 1983), Mexican television show host and musician
- Renato Leduc Mexican poet and newspaper writer
- Renato Malavasi, Italian actor
- Renato Martino, Italian Cardinal Deacon
- Renato Micallef (born 1951), Maltese pop singer
- Renato Migliorini, Brazilian physician and scientist
- Renato Naranja, chess master
- Renato Núñez, baseball player
- Renato Pagliari, Italian singer, both a soloist and as part of the duo Renée and Renato
- Renato Peduzzi (1839-1884), Italian sculptor
- Renato Pirocchi (1933–2002), Italian race car driver
- Renato Poliafito (born 1974), Italian American cookbook author
- Renato Pozzetto, Italian comedian
- Renato Ribeiro, Brazilian retired footballer
- Renato Eduardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer, midfielder currently playing for São Caetano
- Renato Rosaldo, American anthropologist
- Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), Italian politician
- Renato Ruiz, Mexican professional wrestler
- Renato Russo (born 1960–1996), Brazilian singer and composer
- Renato M. E. Sabbatini (born 1947), Brazilian scientist and writer
- Renato Salvatori, Italian movie actor
- Renato Sanches (born 1997), Portuguese international footballer
- Renato Sobral (born 1975), Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter
- Renato Soru (born 1957), Italian entrepreneur
- Renato Tapia, Peruvian footballer
- Renato Terra, Italian actor and poet
- Renato Vallanzasca, notorious Milanese mobster during the 1970s
- Renato Villalta (born 1955), Italian basketball player
- Renato Zanelli, Chilean baritone and tenor