Lorenzo (name)

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Lorenzo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name of Latin origin. It is used in Italy, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking countries. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome.

List of people with the given name Lorenzo

Television and film

• Lorenzo Caccialanza (born 1955), Italian-born American actor
• Lorenzo Lamas (born 1958), American actor
• Lorenzo Milá (born 1960), Spanish newscaster
• Lorenzo Music (1937-2001), American actor

Politics

• Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino (1492-1519), Italian statesman
• Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), Italian statesman

Music

• Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti (born 1966), Italian rapper and songwriter
• Lorenzo da Firenze, Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento
• Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), Venetian librettist
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951), Italian composer
• Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born 1969), American rapper and hip-hop producer
• Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956), Italian composer
• Lorenzo Smith (born 1972), American singer and songwriter
• Irving Lorenzo, aka Irv Gotti (born 1970), American record producer

Other

• Lorenzo Bandini (1935-1967), Italian motor racing driver
• Lorenzo Cittadini (born 1982), Italian rugby union player
• Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535), Italian painter
• Lorenzo Daniel (born 1966), American track and field sprinter
• Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834), American preacher
• Lorenzo Gafa (1638-1703), Maltese architect
• Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455), Italian artist
• Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556), Italian painter
• Lorenzo Maitani (1255-1330), Italian architect
• Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750-1800), Italian mathematician
• Lorenzo Neal (born 1970), American football player
• Lorenzo Odone (1978-2008), American ALD patient, the first treated with Lorenzo's oil
• Lorenzo Ruiz (born 1600), first Filipino saint
• Lorenzo Scarafoni (born 1965), Italian footballer
• Lorenzo Snow (1814–1901), American LDS apostle and Church president

List of people with the surname Lorenzo

• Fiorenzo di Lorenzo (1440-1522), Italian painter
• Frank Lorenzo (born 1940), American airline executive and corporate raider
• Jorge Lorenzo (born 1987), Spanish motorcycle racer
• Santiago Lorenzo (born 1978), Argentine decathlete

See also

• Lorenzo (disambiguation)
• Lawrence (given name)

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