Lando
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Fictional characters
- Lando CalrissianLando CalrissianLando Calrissian is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi...
, fictional character in Star Wars - Lando Griffin, pseudonym adopted by Peter Griffin in the Family Guy episode "Let's Go to the Hop"
Given name
- Lando BuzzancaLando BuzzancaGerlando Buzzanca is an Italian comedy actor.He left high school in Palermo when he was 16 years old, and moved to Rome to pursue his dream of becoming an actor...
(born 1935), Italian actor - Lando FerrettiLando FerrettiLando Ferretti was an Italian journalist, politician and sports administrator.-Journalism:...
(1895–1977), Italian journalist and politician - Lando FioriniLando FioriniLando Fiorini is an Italian actor and singer. He is known for primarily singing songs from Rome in Italian and Romanesco...
(born 1938), Italian actor and singer - Lando NdasingwaLando NdasingwaLandoald 'Lando' Ndasingwa was a Rwandan politician, leader of the moderate Parti libéral du Rwanda. He was killed in the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide.Ndasingwa was a former professor at the University of Rwanda and ethnic Tutsi...
(died 1994), Rwandan politician - Pope LandoPope LandoPope Lando was elected pope in either July or August 913. He died about six months later, in either February or March 914....
, Roman Catholic Pope from 913 to 914 - Lando, a 7th Century Bishop of Rheims
- Lando of Capua, name of several Italian rulers
- Lando I of CapuaLando I of CapuaLando I was the count of Capua from 843. He was the eldest son and successor of Landulf the Old. Like his father, he supported Siconulf against Radelchis in the civil war dividing the Principality of Benevento in the 840s....
- Lando II of CapuaLando II of CapuaLando II, called Cyruttu, was the count of Capua briefly for six months in 861. He was the eldest son and successor of Lando I.In May 859, a massive joint expedition of Salerno, Naples, Amalfi, and Suessola marched on Capua. Lando I was in a paralysis at that time and his son Lando II took up arms...
- Lando III of CapuaLando III of CapuaLando III was the count of Capua for two years and ten months from 882 to his death. He was a son of Landenulf, gastald of Teano, and grandson of Landulf I of Capua....
- Lando IV of CapuaLando IV of CapuaLando IV was the last independent Lombard ruler in Italy. He was the prince of Capua after leading a local rebellion of the citizens of the city against the Norman prince Richard II, then a minor, in 1091...
- Lando I of Capua
- Lando Emilio Rino Erik
Surname
- Joe LandoJoe LandoJoseph John Lando is an American actor, most recognizable for playing Byron Sully on the TV series Dr...
(born 1961), American actor - Pietro LandoPietro LandoPietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.He had a distinguished career as Captain-General, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire....
, Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545 - Teta LandoTeta LandoAlberto Teta Lando was an Angolan musician.He was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province in the north of the country, and is Bakongo...
(1948–2008), Angolan musician
Other
- Lando is a nickname for ice hockey player Gabriel LandeskogGabriel LandeskogGabriel Ingemar John Landeskog is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently with the Colorado Avalanche organization. He was a member of Sweden's 2011 World Junior Hockey Championship team...
- Herbert v. Lando 441 U.S. 153 (1979), U.S. Supreme Court case involving Anthony Herbert (US soldier)Anthony Herbert (US soldier)Lieutenant Colonel Anthony B. Herbert was an officer in the United States Army, who served in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He is best known for his claims that he witnessed war crimes in Vietnam, which his commanding officer refused to investigate...
- Landó (music)Landó (music)Landó is an Afro-Peruvian form of music in the musica criolla genre. Its unique sound had been likened to the American blues genre.-Influences:...
, style of Peruvian music - Lando, South CarolinaLando, South CarolinaLando is a rural unincorporated community in Chester County, South Carolina, United States and a former textile village. Lando has a post office with the ZIP Code of 29724; the population of the ZCTA for 29724 was 89 at the 2000 census.- History :...
- Lando, German race horse that won the 1995 Japan CupJapan CupThe is the most prestigious horse race run in Japan. It is contested at the end of November at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters over the grass. With a purse of ¥476 million , the Japan Cup is one of the richest races in the world.The Japan Cup is an invitational event...