Umberto Somma (20 November 1878 – 31 December 1955) was an Italian general during the interwar period and World War II.

After joining the Royal Italian Army in 1896, he was promoted to corporal and later sergeant on the following year, and in 1898 he was assigned to the 6th Infantry Regiment.

[5][6][7] He then participated as captain and later major in the First World War in the 127th Mobile Infantry Regiment, being seriously wounded in May 1917, while leading an assault on Mount Kuk (for which he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor) during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, and later again in November 1917 during the battle of Ragogna (during the retreat that followed the battle of Caporetto), which left him blind in his left eye and with walking problems.

[29][30] After promotion to lieutenant general in March 1939 he assumed command of the XXII Army Corps, stationed in Libya, until 9 June 1940, when he was replaced by Enrico Pitassi Mannella and retired after having reached the age limits, just before Italy's entry into the Second World War.

[35][36][37] On 18 January 1945 the High Court for Sanctions against Fascism stripped him of his Senatorial rank, but this was appealed and annulled in 1948.