Alberti was an illustrious Florentine family, rivals of the Medicis and the Albrizzi. Alberti is also a musical term:

• Antonio degli Alberti (c.1360–1415); Italian poet.
• Domenico Alberti (c.1710–1740); Italian composer and singer; he gave his name to the musical figuration known as the Alberti bass.
• Friedrich August von Alberti (1795–1878); paleontologist.
• Gasparo Alberti (c.1480–c.1560); Italian composer.
• Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751); Italian composer and violinist.
• Innocentio Alberti (c.1535–1615); Italian composer and instrumentalist.
• Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710); German composer and organist.
• Leone Battista Alberti (1404–1472); Italian polymath, active in many fields.
• Pietro Alberti (16??–17??); Italian composer, organist and violinist who lived in northern Europe.
• Rafael Alberti (1902–1999); Spanish poet.
• Willy Alberti Dutch 20th century artist. Father of Willeke Alberti.
• Willeke Alberti Dutch singer. Daugther of Willy Alberti

• Alberti bass A musical accompaniment figuration, usually in the left hand on a keyboard instrument, and consisting of broken chords in the pattern 1-5-3-5, extensively repeated.