Stefano Ludovico Straneo (also Lodovico) (Turin, 6 June 1902 – Milan, 9 December 1997) was an Italian entomologist, teacher, academic administrator and author.
[2] His collection, Coleoptera: Carabidae and Paussidae, is on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.
Straneo's father was a theoretical physicist and an acquaintance of Albert Einstein.
He showed an early interest in biology and began collecting insects, eventually focusing on carabid beetles.
[3] He received the Italian Golden Medal for Distinguished Educator in Culture And Art in 1972.