Niccolò Vitelli (1414 - 1486) was an Italian condottiero of the Vitelli family from Città di Castello. The son of Giovanni Vitelli and Maddalena dei Marchesi di Petriolo, he was orphaned and grew under the tutelage of his uncle Vitellozzo who introduced him into the political life of the area. He was podestà in some of the major Italian cities, including Florence, Siena, Genoa ans Perugia. Following his death in 1486, the city's people had the inscription Pater Patriae ("Father of the Nation") written on his tomb.