Gallo
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Gallo can mean:
Gallo is also a surname and can refer to:
Popular culture
- related to GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
, as in Gallo-Roman culture - Gallo languageGallo languageGallo is a regional language of France. Gallo is a Romance language, one of the Oïl languages. It is the historic language of the region of Upper Brittany and some neighboring portions of Normandy, but today is spoken by only a small minority of the population, having been largely superseded by...
, a regional language of France - Gallo (beer)Gallo (beer)Cervecería Centro Americana Sociedad Anónima is a Guatemalan brewery based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was founded by Mariano Castillo Córdova and his brother, Rafael Castillo Córdova.-Gallo:...
, from Guatemala - Gallo MateseGallo MateseGallo Matese is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located in a valley near the Matese Apennines chain and the boundary with Molise, about 70 km north of Naples and about 45 km north of Caserta. Its territory is also home of an artificial lake with the...
, a commune of 761 inhabitants in the province of Caserta, Italy - Gallo Record CompanyGallo Record CompanyGallo Record Company is the largest record label in Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is owned by Avusa Limited . The current Gallo Record Company is a hybrid of two rival South African record labels between the '40s and '80s: the original Gallo Africa and G.R.C...
, a South African record label - The Gallo river, a tributary of the TagusTagusThe Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is long, in Spain, along the border between Portugal and Spain and in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon. It drains an area of . The Tagus is highly utilized for most of its course...
- San Gallo, Italian name for St. Gallen
- nickname for Italian basketball player Danilo GallinariDanilo GallinariDanilo Gallinari is an Italian professional basketball player with Olimpia Milano of the Italian basketball league. He is also under contract with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, and is expected to return to that team when the 2011 NBA lockout ends. He is 2.08 m in height and 102.1 kg in...
of the Denver Nuggets - Spanish word for RoosterRoosterA rooster, also known as a cockerel, cock or chanticleer, is a male chicken with the female being called a hen. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels...
- A SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
slang word for marijuana.
Gallo is also a surname and can refer to:
- American gangsters:
- Albert GalloAlbert GalloAlbert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr. was a New York mobster for the Profaci crime family, later called the Colombo crime family. Gallo led his crew in challenging the Colombo leadership during the Second Colombo War.-Biography:...
, one of the "Gallo brothers" - Joe GalloJoe GalloJoseph Gallo , also known as "Crazy Joey" and "Joe the Blond", was a celebrated New York City gangster for the Profaci crime family, later known as the Colombo crime family...
, one of the "Gallo brothers" - Joseph N. GalloJoseph N. GalloGiuseppe “Uno-Punzone” Nicholas Gallo, Jr. also known as Joseph Nicholas Gallo was a New York mobster, who allegedly became consigliere of the Gambino crime family.-Biography:He was born on January 8, 1912...
, consiglieri of the Gambino crime family - Larry Gallo, one of the "Gallo brothers"
- Albert Gallo
- Anna Maria Gallo, better known as Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of JesusMary Frances of the Five Wounds of JesusSaint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born Anna Maria Gallo. A native of Naples, her family was of the middle class. When she was sixteen, her father attempted to force her into the family business; she refused and asked to join...
, Italian saint - Armando GalloArmando GalloArmando Gallo is an Italian journalist and photographer.Armando Gallo has been a photo journalist since 1967, when he accepted a challenge to interview The Beatles for the Italian magazine, "BIG"...
, an Italian journalist and photographer - Bill GalloBill GalloBill Gallo was a cartoonist and newspaper columnist for the New York Daily News.-Biography:Gallo was born in Manhattan, the son of a journalist father who died when Gallo was 11 years old. Gallo's mother and father were natives of Spain. When Gallo graduated from high school in 1941, he landed a...
, cartoonist and columnist for the New York Daily News - Carla GalloCarla GalloCarla Gallo is an American actress notable for roles in the television series Undeclared, Carnivàle, and Bones, and in the indie film Spanking the Monkey.-Filmography:-External links:...
, U.S. actress - Dean GalloDean GalloDean Anderson Gallo was an American Republican party politician, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing for nearly ten years....
, U.S. congressman - Diego GalloDiego GalloDiego Gallo González is a backstroke swimmer from Uruguay, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for his native country.At the 2000 Olympics, he set the Uruguay Record in the 100 backstroke at 58.18.-References:*...
, a Uruguayan swimmer - Domenico GalloDomenico GalloDomenico Gallo was an Italian composer and violinist.He was born in Venice in 1730. He composed church music, sonatas, and possibly violin concertos. Works of his were mistakenly attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi, including the sonatas upon which Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella was based.-External...
, an Italian composer and violinist whose works are sometimes mistakenly attributed to PergolesiGiovanni Battista PergolesiGiovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
. - E & J Gallo WineryE & J Gallo WineryE & J Gallo Winery was founded in 1933 by Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo in Modesto, California. E & J Gallo Winery is the largest exporter of California wines and is a large promoter of wines from Sonoma County.-History:...
, founded in 1933- Ernest GalloErnest GalloErnest Gallo was the American co-founder of the E & J Gallo Winery. He was ranked 297th on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of billionaires. With his brother they founded the E.&J...
, co-founder - Julio GalloJulio GalloJulio Gallo was one of the founders of the E & J Gallo Winery.-Biography:He was born on March 21, 1910 in Oakland, California to Joseph Gallo, Sr. He had two brothers: his partner in the wine business, Ernest Gallo; and his youngest brother, Joseph Edward Gallo. Joseph Gallo, Sr. died in a...
, co-founder - Joseph Edward GalloJoseph Edward GalloJoseph Edward Gallo was the brother of Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo and owner of Joseph Gallo Farms, a producer of cheeses.-Biography:...
, brother of Ernest and Julio Gallo
- Ernest Gallo
- Fortune GalloFortune GalloFortune Thomas Gallo was an Italian-born opera impresario. Gallo was owner and General Manager of the traveling San Carlo Opera Company from 1913 until its disbandment in the late 1950s.-Biography:...
, impresario of the San Carlo Opera Company - George GalloGeorge GalloGeorge Gallo Jr is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, painter and musician.He is best known for writing Midnight Run and 29th Street, and is an accomplished painter in the style of the Pennsylvania Impressionists...
, an American film producer - Mario GalloMario GalloMario Gallo may refer to several people of Italian descent in the film industry:*Mario Gallo 1923-1984 - American TV actor*Mario Gallo 1878-1945 - Early Italian film director in the Cinema of Argentina...
, an Italian born Argentine film director - Max GalloMax GalloMax Gallo is a French writer, historian and politician.The son of Italian immigrants, Max Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist . In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party. On April 26, 2007, the French Academy recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by...
, a French author who wrote a series of novels based on the life of Napoleon I of France - Melissa GalloMelissa GalloMelissa Fumero is an American actress. She is known for her role as Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live and for her small role as Zoe on Gossip Girl.-Personal life:...
, now uses the name Melissa Fumero - Robert GalloRobert GalloRobert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus , the infectious agent responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.Gallo is the...
, a retrovirus expert famous for his co-discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS - Vincent GalloVincent GalloVincent Gallo is an Italian-American film director and actor. Though he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies, including Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; The Brown Bunny, which he also...
, a film director - Samuel SarfatiSamuel SarfatiSamuel Sarfati , known as Gallo, was a prominent Italian physician and leader of the Jewish community in Rome.- Family :Samuel Sarfati was the father of Joseph Sarfati , personal physician and medical adviser to Pope Clement VII....
, physician to Pope Julius II, known as Gallo
Popular culture
- Boss Gallo, the Gungan hero and ancestor of Boss Nass who united the Gungan tribes 3000 years before Star Wars: Episode I
- Cordelia Gallo, the mother of Victorica from GosickGosickis a Japanese light novel series by Kazuki Sakuraba, published by Fujimi Shobo. Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep...