Laureano
| Laureano |
| Gender: |
male |
| Origin: |
Various, from Latin |
| Meaning: |
Various, "laurel wreath," "laurel crowned," "laurel tree," |
Laureano is a male name and a surname, both deriving from Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled". Alternate spelling include Laurean (Romania, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Brazil, France, Mexico, Yugoslavia) and Laurian (Romania, Italy, France).
Non-fictional people
(given names)
- Laureano Barrau, a Spanish impressionist painter.
- Laureano Fuentes, wrote the first opera to be composed on the island (Cuba), La hija de Jéfe (the Chief's daughter).
- Laureano Gómez, the President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953.
- Laureano Ibarra, an American retired competitive pair skater.
- Laureano Leone, a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
- Laureano Olivares, a Venezuelan film and television actor best known for his role in Elia Schneider's movie Sicario at the age of 16.
- Laureano Pineda, the 26th and 29th President (then called Supreme Director) of Nicaragua from 5 May to 11 August 1851, as dissident from 4 August, and from 11 November 1851 to 1 April 1853.
- Laureano Ramírez Padilla, a retired Dominican boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Flyweight division.
- Laurean Rugambwa, was the first modern African Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Laureano Sanabria Ruiz, aka Laure, is a Spanish professional footballer who currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña, mainly as a right back.
- Laureano Tombolini, an unattached Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for Instituto.
- Laureano Vallenilla Lanz, was a Venezuelan intellectual and sociologist.
- Laurian Treboniu, a Transylvanian Romanian politician, historian and linguist.
(surnames)
- Gustavo Laureano, a Puerto Rican guitarist and composer, better known for being the lead singer of the band La Secta AllStar.
- José Laureano, a Puerto Rican professional boxer
- Manny Laureano, the Principal Trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, as well as the Co-Artistic Director of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies.
- Marta Laureano, most notable for her involvement in a controversially ruled child custody battle.
- Napoleão Laureano, a Brazilian cancer specialist.
- Ricky Laureano, a Puerto Rican musician most known for being the guitarist and one of the main songwriters of the Rock en Español band Fiel a la Vega.
- Tony Laureano, an extreme metal drummer, originally from Puerto Rico.
Places
- Italy
See also
References