Rossi is an Italian surname, said to be the most common surname in Italy

Italy

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. Due to Italian emigration

Emigration

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, it is also very common in other countries, including the United States

United States

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, Argentina

Argentina

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, Uruguay

Uruguay

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, Chile

Chile

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 and France

France

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. Rossi is the plural of Rosso (meaning red

Red

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 in Italian

Italian language

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) although it is argued the surname derives from another source. Please see www.clanrossi.org.

It is also a Finnish surname, not connected with the Italian one.

The name Rossi has been used frequently by various historical sources as The Rossi or Varangian Rossi in reference to an originally Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n tribe that purportedly gave rise to the people known as the Rus' (people)

Rus' (people)

The Rus' were a group of Varangians . According to the Primary Chronicle of Rus, compiled in about 1113 AD, the Rus had relocated from the Baltic region , first to Northeastern Europe, creating an early polity which finally came under the leadership of Rurik...

. Please see www.clanrossi.org.

Variations

Some variations derived from regional traditions and dialects. Northern names commonly end in "o" whereas Southern names commonly end in "i". Other variations derivided from medieval scribes spelloing names based on how they sounded instead of how they were actually spelled. Recorded variations: Rosso, Rossa, Del Rosso, De Rossi, De Russi, Lo Russo, Lorusso, La Russa, Larussa, Rosselli, Rossello, Rosselini, Ruggiu, Ruiu, Ruju, Rubiu, Rossillo, Rossetto, Rossit, Rossini, Rossitti, Rossitto, Rossotto, Russotti, Russello, Russetti, Russino, Russiani, Rossoni, Rossetti, Roussini, Rosselino, Rossato, Della Rossa, DeRossi, De Rubeis, and Russo.

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• Agustín Rossi
  Agustín Rossi
  Agustín Oscar Rossi , also known by his nickname El Chivo Rossi, is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from the province of Santa Fe...
  
  , Argentine politician
• Aldo Rossi
  Aldo Rossi
  Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who accomplished the unusual feat of achieving international recognition in four distinct areas: theory, drawing, architecture and product design.-Early life:...
  
  , an Italian architect and designer
• Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
  Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
  Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi is a former racing driver from Italy, born in Bergamo. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with a privately entered Tyrrell, debuting on August 1, 1976...
  
  , a former racing driver from Italy
• Alexander Rossi (artist), a British artist
• Alexander Rossi (racing driver)
  Alexander Rossi (racing driver)
  Alexander Rossi is an American racing driver who competes in single seater formulae. He is currently competing in in the 2011 World Series by Renault with Fortec Motorsport.-Skip Barber:...
  
  , an American racing driver
• Andrea Rossi (economist)
  Andrea Rossi (economist)
  Andrea Rossi is the Director of the Measurement and Human Rights Program at the Kennedy School of Government in the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, United States where he was policy Fellow ....
  
  , an American economist
• Andrea Rossi (footballer)
  Andrea Rossi (footballer)
  Andrea Rossi is an Italian football defender. He currently plays for A.C. Siena.He is one of the member of Juventus Primavera to won 2006 league....
  
  , an Italian footballer
• Angelo Joseph Rossi
  Angelo Joseph Rossi
  Angelo Joseph Rossi was a U.S. political figure who served as the 31st mayor of San Francisco. He was the first mayor of 100% Italian descent of a major U.S city Angelo Joseph Rossi (January 22, 1878 – April 5, 1948) was a U.S. political figure who served as the 31st mayor of San Francisco....
  
  , a U.S. political figure who served as mayor of San Francisco
• Anthony T. Rossi
  Anthony T. Rossi
  Anthony Talamo Rossi was an Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products, a producer of orange juice founded in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida in the United States which grew from 50 employees to over 8,000 in 2004, expanding into multiple product lines and became one of the world's largest...
  
  , an Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products
• Antonio Rossi
  Antonio Rossi
  Antonio Rossi is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds , one silver , and one bronze .Rossi has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...
  
  , Italian canoer
• Azariah dei Rossi
  Azariah dei Rossi
  Azariah ben Moses dei Rossi was an Italian-Jewish physician and scholar. He was born at Mantua in 1513 or 1514; and died in 1578. He was descended from an old Jewish family which, according to a tradition, was brought by Titus from Jerusalem...
  
  , an Italian-Jewish physician and scholar

C

• Carlo Rossi (architect)
  Carlo Rossi (architect)
  Carlo di Giovanni Rossi, was an Italian architect, who worked the major portion of his life in Russia. He was the author of many classical buildings and architectural ensembles in Saint Petersburg and its environments...
  
   (1775–1849), a Russian architect
• Carlo Rossi (politician)
  Carlo Rossi (politician)
  Carlo Rossi was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Italian immigrants, Rossi joined the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal in 1948. He was a police detective and the head of the Police's hostage-negotiation team.In 1979, he was elected to the Canadian House of...
  
   (1924–1998), a Canadian politician
• Claudia Rossi
  Claudia Rossi
  Claudia Rossi is a Slovak pornographic actress.Rossi began appearing in adult movies in 2003, aged 20, going on to appear in over 200 films in her career...
  
  

D

• Daniel Rossi (fencer)
  Daniel Rossi (fencer)
  Daniel Rossi was a Uruguayan Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , a Uruguayan fencer
• Daniel Rossi (footballer) (born 1981), a Brazilian footballer
• Dino Rossi
  Dino Rossi
  Dino Rossi is an American commercial real estate executive, former Washington State Senator, two-time Republican candidate for Governor of Washington, and former Republican candidate for United States Senate. His first run for the Governor's mansion in the 2004 election became the closest...
  
  , a former Washington State Senator and Republican

E

• Enrico Rossi (politician)
  Enrico Rossi (politician)
  Enrico Rossi is an Italian politician, since 2010 President of Tuscany....
  
   (born 1958), an Italian politician
• Enrico Rossi Chauvenet
  Enrico Rossi Chauvenet
  Enrico Rossi Chauvenet is an Italian footballer.-Youth career:Rossi Chauvenet started his career at hometown club Padova. He also spent 2 seasons at Internazionale's Primavera U20 Youth Team where he won the league champion, along with Mathieu Moreau as Alex Cordaz's backup...
  
   (born 1984), an Italian footballer
• Ernesto Rossi (actor)
  Ernesto Rossi (actor)
  Ernesto Rossi , was an Italian actor and playwright.He was born in Livorno to a middle class family and was intending to study at the university there, when he substituted for an actor in the Calloud theatre company who had become ill. After his successful performance, he continued performing with...
  
   (1827–1896), an Italian actor
• Ernesto Rossi (gangster)
  Ernesto Rossi (gangster)
  Ernest "Hoppy" Rossi was a follower of Frankie Yale and friend and associate of Al Capone before he moved from Brooklyn to Chicago.-Birth and early life:...
  
   (1903–1931), an American gangster
• Ernesto Rossi (politician) (1897–1967), an Italian politician

G

• Gaetano Rossi
  Gaetano Rossi
  Gaetano Rossi was an Italian writer who wrote opera libretti for several composers including Mayr, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Pacini, and Meyerbeer.-Biography:...
  
  , writer and opera librettist
• George Rossi
  George Rossi
  George Rossi is a Scottish actor, best known for playing Detective Constable Duncan Lennox in The Bill from 1998 to 2003. Rossi is of Italian descent, his mother originates from Valvori, a frazione of Vallerotonda in Lazio, Italy.He worked alongside his brother Peter in the family ice-cream van...
  
  , Scottish actor in The Bill
• Giovan Antonio de' Rossi
  Giovan Antonio de' Rossi
  Giovan Antonio de' Rossi was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.He was a contemporary of Carlo Rainaldi. he helped design the Cappella Lancellotti in San Giovanni in Laterano. He designed the church of Santa Maria in Campo Marzio in 1682-1685. He built the oval...
  
   (1616–95), architect
• Giovanni Battista de Rossi
  Giovanni Battista de Rossi
  Giovanni Battista de Rossi was an Italian archaeologist, famous outside his field for his rediscovery of early Christian catacombs.-Life and works:He was born in Rome...
  
   (1822–1894), archaeologist
• Giovanni Rossi
  Giovanni Rossi
  Giovanni Rossi was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1949 to 1954 where he won two victories. In the only Tour de France that he participated, Rossi won the first stage and wore the maillot jaune for one stage after his win...
  
   (1926–1983), a Swiss bicycle racer
• Giuseppe Rossi
  Giuseppe Rossi
  Giuseppe Rossi is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Italian national team.- Early life :...
  
  , an Italian-American footballer
• Graziano Rossi
  Graziano Rossi
  Graziano Rossi is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the father of motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi.He began racing in the World Championship in 1977 riding a Suzuki in the 500cc class...
  
   (born 1954), an Italian motorcycle racer
• Gregory Doc Rossi
  Gregory Doc Rossi
  Doc Rossi is a citternist, composer and scholar born in Dayton, Ohio in 1955, emigrating to Europe in 1984. Today, He Lives In Corsica. He studied music from an early age and began performing at 14. He has B.A.s in Music and English Literature, and was awarded the Ph.D...
  
  , American musician, composer

L

• Lemme Rossi
  Lemme Rossi
  Lemme Rossi was an Italian music theorist who was the first to publish a discussion of 31 equal temperament, the division of the octave into 31 equal parts, in his Sistema musico, ouero Musica speculativa doue SI spiegano i più celebri sistemi di tutti i tre generi of 1666...
  
   (died 1673), an Italian music theorist
• Lukas Rossi
  Lukas Rossi
  Lukas Rossi is a Canadian rock musician and was the winner of the CBS Television reality series Rock Star: Supernova - a televised audition contest to become lead singer of the Hard Rock Supergroup Rock Star Supernova.-Biography:Rossi was born a women and served time in jail...
  
  , a Canadian rock musician and lead singer of Rock Star Supernova
• Luigi Rossi (ca. 1597–1653), an Italian composer
• Luigi Felice Rossi
  Luigi Felice Rossi
  Luigi Felice Rossi was an Italian composer, music teacher, musicologist, and music theorist. He mainly composed instrumental and sacred music. He did write one opera, Gli avventurieri , which premiered successfully in Turin in 1835...
  
   (1805–1863), an Italian composer

M

• Marcelo Rossi
  Marcelo Rossi
  Marcelo Mendonça Rossi is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful...
  
  , a Brazilian priest
• Marco Rossi (footballer born 1978), an Italian football midfielder
• Marco Rossi (footballer born 1987)
  Marco Rossi (footballer born 1987)
  Marco Rossi is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. Cesena, in the role of central defender.In July 2009, Parma exchanged Rossi with Antonio Mirante of Sampdoria, signing a season-long loan. On 24 June 2011, he was signed by Cesena in a co-ownership deal after he spent a year with...
  
  , an Italian football defender
• Mario Rossi
  Mario Rossi
  Mario Rossi was an Italian conductor, noted for his solid and meticulous readings of a repertory ranging from Italian classics to Russian moderns such as Prokoffiev, to the German operatic classicist Christoph Willibald Gluck.He studied composition in Rome with Respighi and conducting with Giacomo...
  
  , Italian conductor
• Mattia de Rossi
  Mattia de Rossi
  Mattia de Rossi was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and surrounding towns.Born in Rome to a family of architects and artisans, he rose to prominence under the mentorship of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and even inherited the position as chief architect of the Fabbrica di...
  
  , an Italian architect of the Baroque period
• Melissa Rossi
  Melissa Rossi
  Melissa Rossi is an American author and journalist who writes about subjects such as American politics and international geopolitical situations...
  
   (born 1965), American journalist
• Michaël Rossi
  Michaël Rossi
  -Career:After racing in karting, Rossi raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006 driving for both SG Formula and Hexis Racing. However he only scored one point in 11 races, placing him 21st in the standings....
  
   (born 1988), a French racing driver
• Michelangelo Rossi
  Michelangelo Rossi
  Michelangelo Rossi was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era....
  
   (1601–1656), Italian composer
• Mino de Rossi
  Mino de Rossi
  Mino de Rossi was a road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics, alongside Marino Morettini, Loris Campana and Guido Messina. He was a professional road cyclist from 1952 to 1968.-References:...
  
  , Italian road bicycle and track cyclist

P

• Paolo Rossi
  Paolo Rossi
  Paolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...
  
   (born 1956), an Italian football striker
• Paolo Rossi (footballer born 1982)
  Paolo Rossi (footballer born 1982)
  Paolo Rossi is an Italian footballer who plays for Reggiana at Lega Pro Prima Divisione on loan from A.S. Cittadella.Rossi started his career at hometown club Torino, where he played his first and only match in Serie A....
  
  , an Italian footballer
• Pasquale Rossi
  Pasquale Rossi
  Pasquale Rossi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Also named Pasqualino. Born in Vicenza, he was mostly self-trained in design. He painted a Baptism for Santa Maria del Popolo and also painted much for the Royal palace of Turin.-References:...
  
   (born 1641), Italian painter
• Pellegrino Luigi Odoardo Rossi
  Pellegrino Rossi
  Pellegrino Rossi was an Italian economist, politician and jurist. He was an important figure of the July Monarchy in France, and the Minister of Justice in the government of the Papal States, under Pope Pius IX.-Biography:...
  
   (1787–1848)
• Pietro Rossi (chess)
  Pietro Rossi (chess)
  Pietro Rossi is an Italian chess endgame study composer.He was born in Treviso on May 26, 1924, but he has lived for a long time in Matera, where he was a Professor of Social Sciences...
  
   (born 1924), an Italian chess endgame study composer
• Pietro Rossi (scientist) (1738–1804), an Italian scientist and entomologist
• Pietro Rossi (sculptor)
  Pietro Rossi (sculptor)
  Pietro Rossi was an Italian sculptor who was active between 1856 and 1882. His reputation is overshadowed by that of his more famous Italian contemporary Giovanni Strazza...
  
   (active 1856-1882), an Italian sculptor
• Portia de Rossi
  Portia de Rossi
  Portia Lee James DeGeneres , known professionally as Portia de Rossi , is an Australian-American actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development...
  
   (born 1973), Australian actress
• Properzia de' Rossi
  Properzia de' Rossi
  Properzia de' Rossi was an Italian female Renaissance sculptor. This daughter of a notary studied under the Bolognese artist and master engraver Marcantonio Raimondi, who is best known today for his engravings of the paintings by Raphael....
  
   (1490–1530), Italian sculptor

S

• Salamone Rossi
  Salamone Rossi
  Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.-Life:...
  
  , an Italian-Jewish violinist and composer
• Semino Rossi
  Semino Rossi
  Semino Rossi is an Argentine-Italian schlager singer living with his south-tyrolian wife in Mils, Tyrol, Austria.-Discography:-External links:*...
  
  , an Argentine-Austrian schlager singer
• Sergio Rossi
  Sergio Rossi
  Sergio Rossi is an Italian fashion designer and distributor of women's shoes and handbags, as well as a limited range of men's shoes. The Sergio Rossi label is owned by the French conglomerate PPR.-Biography:...
  
  , an Italian fashion designer
• Sophia Rossi
  Sophia Rossi
  Sophia Rossi is an American pornographic actress, model and dancer.She appeared in the October 2005 edition of Penthouse and was the "Hustler Honey" in the December 2005 edition of Hustler....
  
  , an American pornographic actress, model and dancer

T

• Teofilo Rossi di Montelera
  Teofilo Rossi di Montelera
  Count Teofilo "Theo" Guiscardo Rossi di Montelera was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s.He was born in Turin....
  
  , an Italian bobsledder
• Theo Rossi
  Theo Rossi
  Theo Rossi is an American actor, best known for his role on the FX series Sons of Anarchy as Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz....
  
  , an actor of television and film
• Tino Rossi
  Tino Rossi
  Tino Rossi was a singer and film actor.Born Constantino Rossi in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, he became a tenor of French cabaret and one of the great romantic idols of his time. Gifted with an operatic voice, a "Latin Lover" persona made him a movie star as well...
  
  , a Corsican singer and film actor

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• Valentino Rossi
  Valentino Rossi
  Valentino Rossi, , is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class.Following his father, Graziano Rossi,...
  
  , an Italian motorcycle racer
• Vasco Rossi
  Vasco Rossi
  Vasco Rossi , also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter. During his career, he has published 25 albums and has written over 150 songs, as well as lyrics for other artists...
  
  , an Italian singer-songwriter
• Víctor Rossi (born 1943), a Uruguayan politician
• Vincenzo de' Rossi (1525–1587), an Italian sculptor, apprentice to Baccio Bandinelli.

Fictional surnames

• SSA David Rossi
  David Rossi
  David Rossi is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, portrayed by Joe Mantegna. The character first appeared in the sixth episode of the third season, replacing Jason Gideon.-Backstory:...
  
   {Criminal Minds- TV show}
• Marco Rossi (Metal Slug), a protagonist of the Metal Slug video game series
• Marco Rossi (3000 Leagues in Search of Mother), the main character in 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
• Michael Rossi
  Michael Rossi
  Michael Rossi, is a fictional book character from Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. Set in a small New England town whose peaceful facade hides love and passion, scandal and hypocrisy...
  
  , a character from the book Peyton Place
• Mr. Rossi
  Mr. Rossi
  Mr Rossi is a cartoon character created by Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto. He was first seen in several short films, about ten minutes each...
  
  , an Italian cartoon character