Maltese criminologist, politician and naturalist (1868-1926).
Count Alfredo Caruana Gatto (3 September 1868 – 15 October 1926) was a Maltese lawyer, politician and naturalist. He was born on 3 September 1868 in Valletta to Antonio Caruana Gatto and Vincenza Formosa. He studied at the University of Malta, graduating with a BA in 1889 and a LL.D. in 1892. He specialised in criminal law, and he was briefly appointed assistant crown advocate in 1901. Caruana Gatto was an avid naturalist with a particular interest in botany and ornithology, and he was a member of the Società botanica italiana, the Société Botanique de Paris and the Linnean Society of London.