Lorenzo (name)
Encyclopedia
Lorenzo is a common male given name in Spanish and Italian culture. The name is a variant of Lawrence
, which means from Laurentum.
Lawrence (given name)
Lawrence is a male given name. Some notable persons named Lawrence are listed below:-Antarctic Explorer:* Lawrence Oates , member of the ill fated Scott expedition to the South Pole.-Christianity:...
, which means from Laurentum.
Television and film
- Lorenzo CaccialanzaLorenzo CaccialanzaLorenzo Caccialanza is an Italian-born American football goalkeeper and actor.-Soccer:Caccialanza played for several years in the Italian leagues before moving to the United States to pursue an acting career. In 1986, he played for the Hollywood Kickers when they won the Western Soccer Alliance...
(born 1955), Italian-born American actor - Lorenzo LamasLorenzo LamasLorenzo Lamas y de Santos is an American actor. Lamas is known for playing Lance Cumson on the popular 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful...
(born 1958), American actor - Lorenzo MiláLorenzo MiláLorenzo Milá Mencos is a Spanish newscaster and journalist. He is the son of José Luis Milá Sagnier, count of Montseny; younger brother of Mercedes Milá ; and married to Sagrario Ruiz de Apodaca , with three children.Milá obtained his Information Sciences degree in 1978 at the...
(born 1960), Spanish newscaster - Lorenzo MusicLorenzo MusicLorenzo Music was an American actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician. His best-known roles include voicing the animated cartoon cat Garfield, and Carlton the doorman on the CBS sitcom Rhoda...
(1937-2001), American actor
Politics
- Lorenzo II, Duke of UrbinoLorenzo II, Duke of UrbinoLorenzo di Piero de' Medici was the ruler of Florence from 1513 to his death from the plague in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino from 1516 to 1519....
(1492-1519), Italian statesman - Lorenzo de' MediciLorenzo de' MediciLorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets...
(1449-1492), Italian statesman
Music
- Lorenzo Cherubini, aka JovanottiJovanottiLorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.The name Jovanotti derives from the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto , i.e. giovanotti. Lorenzo Cherubini originally auditioned a band with the name "I Giovanotti", but the record producer only was...
(born 1966), Italian rapper and songwriter - Lorenzo da FirenzeLorenzo da FirenzeLorenzo da Firenze was an Italian composer and music teacher of the Trecento. He was closely associated with Francesco Landini in Florence, and was one of the composers of the period known as the Italian ars nova.Little is known about his life, but some details can be inferred from the music...
, Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento - Lorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte....
(1749-1838), Venetian librettist - Lorenzo FerreroLorenzo FerreroLorenzo Ferrero is a contemporary Italian composer with a predilection for opera, a librettist, author, and book editor. He started composing at an early age and wrote over a hundred compositions thus far, including twelve operas, three ballets, and numerous orchestral, chamber music, solo...
(born 1951), Italian composer - Lorenzo Jerald PattersonMC RenLorenzo Jerald Patterson , better known by his stage name MC Ren, is a rapper who formed part of the group N.W.A. His moniker is derived from his first name .-Early life:...
(born 1969), American rapper and hip-hop producer - Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956), Italian composer
- Lorenzo SmithLorenzo Smith-Biography:Lorenzo Smith was born on May 23, 1972 in Havana, Florida. As a child, he sang in the churches and was an avid listener of Michael Jackson, El Debarge, James Brown and Sam Cooke. In high school, Lorenzo was active and competed in sports, a fact reflected by his strong build.In 1990,...
(born 1972), American singer and songwriter - Irving Lorenzo, aka Irv Gotti (born 1970), American record producer
Other
- Lorenzo BandiniLorenzo BandiniLorenzo Bandini was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Scuderia Centro Sud and Ferrari teams.-Career:...
(1935-1967), Italian motor racing driver - Lorenzo CittadiniLorenzo CittadiniLorenzo Cittadini is an Italian rugby union player. Cittadini, who is a prop, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 2 February 2008.He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand....
(born 1982), Italian rugby union player - Lorenzo CostaLorenzo CostaLorenzo Costa was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.-Biography:He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by the his early twenties, and would be more influential to the Bolognese school of painting. However, many artists worked in both nearby cities, and thus others consider him a product...
(1460-1535), Italian painter - Lorenzo DanielLorenzo DanielLoRenzo Daniel is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters. He did so on 1985-05-18 at a meet in Starkville, Mississippi, clocking 20.07. He attended Mississippi State University. Daniel grew up...
(born 1966), American track and field sprinter - Lorenzo DowLorenzo DowLorenzo Dow was an eccentric itinerant American preacher, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He was an important figure in the Second Great Awakening. He was also a successful writer...
(1777-1834), American preacher - Lorenzo GafaLorenzo GafàLorenzo Gafà was a Maltese baroque architect.Born in Vittoriosa , Gafà began his working life as a stone carver and his brother was the renowned sculptor Melchiorre. By the early 1660s he had developed a strong interest in architectural design and in 1661 is known to have been involved in the...
(1638-1703), Maltese architect - Lorenzo GhibertiLorenzo GhibertiLorenzo Ghiberti , born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking.-Early life:...
(1378-1455), Italian artist - Lorenzo LottoLorenzo LottoLorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits...
(1480-1556), Italian painter - Lorenzo MaitaniLorenzo MaitaniLorenzo Maitani was the Italian architect and sculptor primarily responsible for the construction and decoration of the façade of Orvieto Cathedral....
(1255-1330), Italian architect - Lorenzo MascheroniLorenzo MascheroniLorenzo Mascheroni was an Italian mathematician.He was born near Bergamo, Lombardy. At first mainly interested in the humanities , he eventually became professor of mathematics at Pavia....
(1750-1800), Italian mathematician - Lorenzo NealLorenzo NealLorenzo LaVonne Neal is an American football fullback who played in the NFL from 1993–2009. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL Draft...
(born 1970), American football player - Lorenzo OdoneLorenzo OdoneLorenzo Michael Murphy Odone was an American adrenoleukodystrophy patient whose parents, Augusto and Michaela Odone, sought a treatment for the disease and invented Lorenzo's oil....
(1978-2008), American ALDAdrenoleukodystrophyAdrenoleukodystrophy is a rare, inherited disorder that leads to progressive brain damage, failure of the adrenal glands and eventually death. ALD is a disease in a group of genetic disorders called leukodystrophies, whose chief feature is damage to myelin...
patient, the first treated with Lorenzo's oilLorenzo's oilLorenzo's oil is a 4:1 mixture of glycerol trioleate and glycerol trierucate , prepared from olive oil and rapeseed oil.... - St. Lorenzo Ruiz (born 1600), first Filipino saint
- Lorenzo ScarafoniLorenzo ScarafoniLorenzo Scarafoni is an Italian ex-footballer. Following his retirement in 1999, he has worked as a coach.-Club:Scarafoni, who could play as either a forward or a winger, began his playing career in the 1981-82 season with his hometown club, Ascoli...
(born 1965), Italian footballer - Lorentzos Mavilis(Λορεντζος Μαβιλης) Greek poet
List of people with the surname Lorenzo
- Fiorenzo di LorenzoFiorenzo di LorenzoFiorenzo di Lorenzo was an Italian painter, of the Umbrian school. He lived and worked at Perugia, where most of his authentic works are still preserved in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria....
(1440-1522), Italian painter - Frank LorenzoFrank LorenzoFrancisco Anthony "Frank" Lorenzo is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is most famous for his leadership of Texas International Airlines and its successor holding company Texas Air Corporation between 1972 and 1990, through which he formed or acquired a number of major U.S...
(born 1940), American airline executive and corporate raider - Jorge LorenzoJorge LorenzoJorge Lorenzo Guerrero , is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He is the 2006 and 2007 250cc World Champion, and the MotoGP World Champion...
(born 1987), Spanish motorcycle racer - Santiago LorenzoSantiago LorenzoSantiago Lorenzo is a male decathlete from Argentina who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best score in Eugene, Oregon on May 31, 2001....
(born 1978), Argentine decathlete
See also
- Lorenzo (disambiguation)
- Lawrence (given name)Lawrence (given name)Lawrence is a male given name. Some notable persons named Lawrence are listed below:-Antarctic Explorer:* Lawrence Oates , member of the ill fated Scott expedition to the South Pole.-Christianity:...