Michel Riccio (1445–1515)[1] was an Italian-born French lawyer, public official and historian.

[5][6] In 1498, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) appointed him Senator of Milan.

The following year, in 1506, King Louis XII sent him to Genoa to put an end to a local revolt, to no avail.

[11] As a historian, he wrote volumes about the Italian Wars and the dynastic rulers of the Kingdom of Naples.

[5] The ashes of the historian are kept in the funeral chapel of the family Riccio / Rizzo / Ritius in the basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples.