Guido
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Guido is a given name of Italian origin also utilised as a given name in Spanish. Guido is derived from the Ancient Germanic Wido. and Latin name Vito
. The French and English version is Guy
.
In the United States
, "guido" is sometimes used as a derogatory slur
to refer to those who appear to fall within a perceived exaggerated Italian-American stereotype.
Vito
Vito is an Italian name of disputed origin, usually thought to originate from Latin "vita", meaning "life",, and also corresponding to the English and French Guy , or Italian and Spanish Guido...
. The French and English version is Guy
Guy (given name)
Guy is a given name, which may derive from two sources:* Through Germanic, it is the French and English form of Guido....
.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, "guido" is sometimes used as a derogatory slur
Slur
Slur can mean:*Pejorative, any term of disparagement.*Slur , unclear or abnormal enunciation.*Slur , a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato ....
to refer to those who appear to fall within a perceived exaggerated Italian-American stereotype.
First name
- Guido of AcquiGuido of AcquiSaint Guido of Acqui was Bishop of Acqui in north-west Italy from 1034 until his death....
(c. 1004–1070), Bishop of Acqui - Guido of ArezzoGuido of ArezzoGuido of Arezzo or Guido Aretinus or Guido da Arezzo or Guido Monaco or Guido d'Arezzo was a music theorist of the Medieval era...
(991/992–after 1033), (also Guido Aretinus, Guido da Arezzo, Guido Monaco, or Guido D'Arezzo), music theorist - Guido CagnacciGuido CagnacciGuido Cagnacci was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, belonging to the Forlì painting school and to the Bolognese School....
(1601–1663), Italian painter - Guido Calabresi (b. 1932), American judge and former Dean of Yale Law School
- Guido CavalcantiGuido CavalcantiGuido Cavalcanti was a Florentine poet, as well as an intellectual influence on his best friend, Dante. His poems in their original Italian are available on Wikisource .-Historical background:...
(c. 1250/1259–1300), Italian (Florentine) poet and friend of Dante - Guido CalzaGuido CalzaGuido Calza , born in Milan in Italy, was an Italian archaeologist whose work included excavations in Rome and at the port city of Ostia. Calza served as inspector of the Ostia excavations and as the director of excavations in the Forum Romanum and the Palatine Hill in Rome...
(1888-1946) Italian archeologist - Guido de BresGuido de BresGuido de Bres was a Walloon pastor and theologian, a student of John Calvin and Theodore Beza in Geneva. He was born in Mons, County of Hainaut, Southern Netherlands, and martyred at Valenciennes, aged 45...
(1522-1567) Pastor, theologian, author of Belgic Confession - Guido delle ColonneGuido delle ColonneGuido delle Colonne was an early 13th century Sicilian writer, living at Messina, who wrote in Latin...
(early 13th century), Italian writer and contemporary of Dante - Guido DeiroGuido DeiroCount Guido Pietro Deiro was a famous vaudeville star, international recording artist, composer and teacher. He was the first piano-accordionist to appear on big-time vaudeville, records, radio and the screen. Guido usually performed under the stage-name "Deiro"...
(1886-1950), a vaudeville piano-accordionist - Guido GrandiGuido Grandithumb|Guido GrandiDom Guido Grandi, O.S.B. Cam., was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, mathematician, and engineer.-Life:...
(1671–1742), Italian priest and professor of mathematics - Guido Guerrini, (b. 1976), Italian rally driver
- Guido MartinoGuido MartinoGuido Martino was an Italian follower of Benito Mussolini.Martino was an outcast from his peer group for most of his childhood and adolescent years. As a young adult, he moved to Rome to study at the secular university La Sapienza at the same time as Giuseppe Tucci...
(1895 - 1922), Italian fascist - Guido de MarcoGuido de MarcoGuido de Marco was a Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004. A noted statesman and lawmaker, de Marco also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.He is widely regarded as one of the great...
(1931–2010), Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004 - Guido I da Montefeltro (1223–1298), advisor to Pope Boniface VIII
- Guido of Pisa (d. 1169), Italian geographer
- Guido QuaroniGuido QuaroniGuido Quaroni is an Italian voice actor and Supervising Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios. He was one of the developers of solidThinking, a NURBS based 3D modeling and rendering software....
(b. 1970), computer modeller and animation scientist at Pixar Animation Studios - Guido ReniGuido ReniGuido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.-Biography:Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that...
(1575–1642), Italian painter - Guido van RossumGuido van RossumGuido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. In the Python community, Van Rossum is known as a "Benevolent Dictator For Life" , meaning that he continues to oversee the Python development process, making decisions where necessary...
(b. 1960), creator of the Python programming language - Guido WesterwelleGuido WesterwelleGuido Westerwelle [] is a German liberal politician, who, since 28 October 2009, has been serving as the Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and who was Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011. He is the first openly gay person to hold either of those positions...
(b. 1961), Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany
- Guy of AnderlechtGuy of AnderlechtSaint Guy of Anderlecht was a Belgian Christian saint. He was known as the "Poor Man of Anderlecht."-Life and legend:...
(c. 950–1012), Belgian saint - Guy FawkesGuy FawkesGuy Fawkes , also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.Fawkes was born and educated in York...
(later Guido Fawkes) (1570–1606), English Catholic who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot - Paul StainesPaul StainesPaul Staines is an English-born Irish right-wing political blogger. Writer of the pseudonymous "Guido Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours & conspiracy", which had as of February 2009, 118,000 visitors per month, his political blog has been described as "one of Britain's leading political...
(b. 1967), a British political blogger going by the name "Guido Fawkes" after the above
Fictional characters
- Father Guido SarducciFather Guido SarducciFather Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by American comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano .-Background:Novello...
, fictional character portrayed by American comedian Don Novello - Guido HatzisGuido HatzisGuido Hatzis is a Greek-Australian comic character created by Australian comedians Tony Moclair and Julian Schiller and voiced by Moclair. Guido appeared originally on Schiller and Moclair's radio program "Crud" on the Australian Radio Network Triple M....
, comic character created by Australian comedians Moclair and Schiller - Guido CarosellaStrong GuyStrong Guy is the alias of Guido Carosella, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz in New Mutants volume 1 #29 , and was reinvented as Strong Guy by Peter David and Larry Stroman in X-Factor #71 .-Early life:Born in Rhinebeck,...
a.k.a. Strong Guy, a fictional mutant from the Marvel Comics universe - Guido, character from Pixar's 2006 animated film Cars
- Guido, a character in the Myth Adventures series created by Robert Asprin
- Prince Guido (Russ.: Gvidon), character from The Tale of Tsar SaltanThe Tale of Tsar SaltanThe Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan is an 1831 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin, written after the Russian fairy tale edited by Vladimir Dahl...
by Alexander Pushkin