Genovese

Genovese Coat of Arms

Genovese is an Italian surname meaning, properly, someone from Genoa, but more often (as most of the well known representatives of the name), a clever person, a generalization particularly in Southern Italy of people from Genoa.

List of people with surname Genovese

• Genovese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City's Mafia
  • Vito Genovese (1897-1969), prominent New York City Mafia Boss
• Michael James Genovese (1918-2006), alleged Pittsburgh Mafia boss
• Alfredo Genovese (born 1964), Argentine artist
• Galeigh (Jalee) Medici'Genovese (born 1968, Augusta Sicily). Italian Photographer
• Bruna Genovese (born 1976), Italian long-distance runner
• Domenico Genovese (born 1961), English footballer
• Eugene D. Genovese (born 1930), American historian
  • Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941-2007), his wife, also a historian
• Kitty Genovese (1935-1964), murder victim, whose cries for help were allegedly ignored
  • Genovese syndrome, or bystander effect, named for the Kitty Genovese case
• Michael Genovese (disambiguation)
• Richard Genovese (born 1947), American painter
• William Genovese, American computer criminal

See also

• Genovese Drug Stores, a defunct pharmacy chain in the NYC area
• Genoese (disambiguation)

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