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  • Alfred Pisani
    Alfred Pisani
    Alfred Pisani is the founder and controlling shareholder of the Corinthia Group of Companies and has been the Chairman and Chief Executive since the companies inception in 1962. He was responsible for the construction of the Group's first hotel, the Corinthia Palace in Attard, Malta . Pisani has...

     (born 1939), Maltese hotelier
  • Alvise Pisani
    Alvise Pisani
    Alvise Pisani was the 114th Doge of Venice, serving from 17 January 1735 until his death. Prior to his election, he was a career diplomat, serving as Venice's ambassador to France, Austria, and Spain; he also served as a councilor to previous Doges. He was succeeded as Doge by Pietro Grimani.-...

    , Doge
    Doge
    Doge is a dialectal Italian word that descends from the Latin dux , meaning "leader", especially in a military context. The wife of a Doge is styled a Dogaressa....

     of Venice
  • Andrea Pisani
    Andrea Pisani
    Andrea Pisani is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side, Barletta, on loan from Serie A giants Juventus.-Early career:...

  • Bob Pisani
    Bob Pisani
    Robert Pisani has been a news correspondent for financial news network CNBC since 1990. Pisani largely covered the real estate industry and corporate management until 1997. Since then he has reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, surrounded by the flurry of floor traders doing...

    , news correspondent for the financial news network CNBC
  • Carmelo Borg Pisani
    Carmelo Borg Pisani
    Carmelo Borg Pisani was a Maltese-born Italian Fascist who was found guilty by a Maltese war tribunal established by the Government under British rule and executed for treason against His Majesty's Government....

     (1915—1942), Maltese nationalist and Fascist
  • Elizabeth Pisani
    Elizabeth Pisani
    Elizabeth Pisani is the director of Ternyata Ltd., a public health consultancy based in London, UK. She is formerly a journalist and currently an epidemiologist best known for her work on HIV/AIDS, in particular for her controversial book The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business...

    , HIV Epidemiologist
  • Fernando Pisani
    Fernando Pisani
    Fernando Antonio Pisani is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a free agent.-Playing career:...

     (born 1976), Canadian professional ice hockey winger
  • Francesco Pisani
    Francesco Pisani
    Francesco Pisani was an Italian Cardinal, from 1517.He was bishop of Padua in 1524, bishop of Narbonne in 1551, bishop of Albano in 1555, bishop of Frascati in 1557, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1562,and bishop of Ostia in 1564....

    , Italian Cardinal
  • Joseph H. Pisani, (born 1938 New Rochelle NY) American painter/conservator, living in Virginia USA
  • Joseph Pisani
    Joseph Pisani
    Joseph Pisani is an American artist, abstract painter, photographer, travel writer living in Switzerland.-Life:Joseph Pisani was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, by a second generation Italian family with strong ethnic roots...

     (born 1971), American artist, abstract painter, and designer, living in Switzerland
  • Maria Adeodata Pisani
    Maria Adeodata Pisani
    Born 29 December 1806 at Naples, Italy; Died 25 February 1855 at the Benedictine monastery at Mdina, MaltaVenerated: 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II Beatified: 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II...

    , Maltese Saint
  • Vettor Pisani
    Vettor Pisani
    Vettor Pisani was a Venetian admiral.-Biography:He was in command of the Venetian fleet in 1378 during the war against the Genoese, whom he defeated off Capo d'Anzio; subsequently he recaptured Kotor, Šibenik and Rab, which had been seized by the Croatians and Hungarians, the allies of the Genoese...

     (died 1380), Venetian admiral

Other

  • Rocca Pisana
    Rocca Pisana
    Rocca Pisana is a sixteenth-century villa which was designed by the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi for the Pisani family.In Italy there are several villas called Villa Pisani, which take their name from this powerful Venetian family. This villa is also known as La Rocca or La Rocca Pisana...

  • Villa Pisani
    Villa Pisani
    Villa Pisani is the name shared by a number of villas commissioned by the patrician Pisani family of Venice. However, Villa Pisani usually refers to a large, late baroque villa at Stra on the mainland of the Veneto, northern Italy. It was begun in the early 18th century for Alvise Pisani, the most...

  • Villa Pisani (Bagnolo)
    Villa Pisani (Bagnolo)
    thumb|250px|Villa Pisani, the facade facing the river Guà. The towers recall [[Villa Trissino Trettenero]].The Villa Pisani is a patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, located in Bagnolo, a hamlet in the comune of Lonigo in the Veneto region of Italy.- History :The Pisani were a rich family...

  • Villa Pisani (Montagnana)
    Villa Pisani (Montagnana)
    The Villa Pisani is a patrician villa outside the city walls of Montagnana, Veneto, northern Italy.- Architectural details :It was designed by Andrea Palladio about 1552, for Cardinal Francesco Pisani...

  • Italian submarine Vettor Pisani
    Italian submarine Vettor Pisani
    Vettor Pisani was an Italian , serving the Regia Marina during World War II. It was named after Vettor Pisani, a Venetian admiral.Vettor Pisani was laid down in the Cantiere Navale Triestino yards in Monfalcone on 18 November 1925, launched on 24 November 1927, and completed for the Regia Marina on...

    , an Italian Vettor Pisani class submarine, serving the Regia Marina during World War II
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