Andrea
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Andrea is a given name
common in many parts of the world:
ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man as opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human being is άνθρωπος, ánthropos, ανθρώπου, anthrópou); ανήρ might be related with the Indo-European
root ner which means man, vital force. The original Greek name, Andréas, represents the hypocoristic
, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the andr- prefix, like Androgeos
, Androcles, Andronikos.
In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia
(Elias
), Enea (Aeneas
), Luca
(Lucas
), Mattia (Matthias
), Nicola
(Nicholas
), Tobia
(Tobias
).
It is traditionally popular because, according to the Christian Bible
, Saint Andrew
was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus
and one of the twelve Apostles.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
common in many parts of the world:
- In CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, Serbian, Macedonian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of AndrewAndrewAndrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...
, AndreasAndreasAndreas is a common male name in Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The name derives from the Greek noun ἀνήρ – with genitive ἀνδρός –, which means "man" . See article on Andrew for more information...
, András, AndrésAndresAndres or Andrés may refer to:* Hurricane Andres * Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois United States* Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France- People :...
or AndreAndreThe name Andre or André may be one of these people. The given name is a French and Portuguese form of Andrew.-First name: * André A Saint Lucian entertainer* Andre The Giant, a pro wrestler* Andre Agassi, an American tennis professional...
. - In ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, Andrea is quite exclusively a (extremely used) masculine name, the equivalent of AndrewAndrewAndrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...
. - In CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, Andrea is a feminine name; Andreja is another form of feminine name, while Andrija, Andro and Andrej are masculine forms. The only exception is IstriaIstriaIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
, where Andrea is a male name. - In RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
Andreea is a feminine name and it is written with an extra "e". AndreiAndreiAndrey or Andrei is the Bulgarian, Moldovan, Russian or Romanian form of Andrew. Notable people with the name include:*Andrei Arshavin, Russian football player*Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist...
is the masculine form. - Andréa is a Brazilian Portuguese form of Andrea also used in Portugal along with Andréia.
- In Basque languageBasque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
Andrea is a variant of Andere, both used as female names. In fact, it means "woman, lady". - In BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
Andrea is used as the feminine form of "Andrei". - "Andrea" in this particular lettering, can be pronounced in many ways.
Origin of the name
It derives from the GreekGreek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man as opposed to the woman (while man in the meaning of human being is άνθρωπος, ánthropos, ανθρώπου, anthrópou); ανήρ might be related with the Indo-European
Indo-European
Indo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages** Aryan race, a 19th century and early 20th century term for those peoples who are the native speakers of Indo-European languages...
root ner which means man, vital force. The original Greek name, Andréas, represents the hypocoristic
Hypocoristic
A hypocorism is a shorter form of a word or given name, for example, when used in more intimate situations as a nickname or term of endearment.- Derivation :Hypocorisms are often generated as:...
, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the andr- prefix, like Androgeos
Androgeos
Androgeos or Androgeus was the name of two individuals in Greek and Roman mythology.In Greek mythology, Androgeos was the father of Sthenelus and a son of Minos and Pasiphaë. Aegeus, King of Athens, killed Androgeos because he won every prize during a feast. As punishment, the Athenians had to...
, Androcles, Andronikos.
In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia
Elia
Elia may refer to:* European League of Institutes of the Arts , an organization of art schools* Elia , a prominent public artwork in Denmark* Elia, a historical and alternative name for the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada...
(Elias
Elias
Elias is the Latin transliteration of the Greek name , which in turn is the Hellenized form of the , meaning "Yahweh is my God". Another form of Eliyahu in English is Elijah.The name belonged most notably to Elijah , the Hebrew prophet...
), Enea (Aeneas
Aeneas (disambiguation)
Aeneas was a Trojan hero and important figure in Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad.Other people and things called Aeneas include:Ancient*Aeneas was a paralyzed man in Lydda cured by Saint Peter in the Acts of the Apostles...
), Luca
Luca
Luca is Italian and Romanian for the name Luke.Luca or LUCA may refer to: the Last Universal Common Ancestor.*Luca is the greek word for legendary- People :* Luca , including a list of people with the given name Luca...
(Lucas
Lucas
Lucas is the Latin form of the Greek name Loukas , and it's a common name in many modern languages.Lucas may refer to several things.-Real:*Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Borussia Dortmund...
), Mattia (Matthias
Matthias
Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθιας, in origin similar to Matthew.See also: -People with the given name Matthias:Notable people named Matthias include the following:In nobility:* Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary...
), Nicola
Nicola (name)
Nicola is an ancient Italian male personal name derived from Nichos meaning "victory," and laos meaning "people," therefore implying the meaning "winner of the people." The English form of the same name is Nicholas.Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian...
(Nicholas
Nicholas
Nicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...
), Tobia
Tobía
Tobía is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain.-References:...
(Tobias
Tobias
Tobias is a Greek version of the Hebrew biblical name "Toviyah" , meaning "Yahweh is good". It is a popular male given name in Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and amongst Jewish people. In English-speaking countries it is often shortened to Toby. Other diminutives are Tobi , Tobsen and...
).
It is traditionally popular because, according to the Christian Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...
was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
and one of the twelve Apostles.
Females
- Andrea AlföldiAndrea AlföldiAndrea Alföldi is a retired female race walker from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km event in 1992.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1964), Hungarian race walker - Andrea AllanAndrea AllanAndrea Allan is an actress who appeared in many British films of the 1960s and '70s.This included the Carry On films, Carry on Spying and Carry on Cowboy, as well as The Wrong Box with Dudley Moore, Spanish Fly with Leslie Phillips and Vampira with David Niven...
(born 1946), American actress - Andrea Anders (born 1975), American actress
- Andrea ArmstrongAndrea ArmstrongAndrea Armstrong is an American who is a former NCAA basketball player.After a stellar high school basketball career, Armstrong began her collegiate sports career in 2001, with the Kansas State University basketball team. She played for Kansas State until the 2002 season...
(born 1982), former American collegiate basketball player - Andrea ÁvilaAndrea ÁvilaAndrea Verónica Ávila is a retired long and triple jumper from Argentina, who won two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996.-References:*...
(born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper - Andrea BakerAndrea BakerAndrea Baker is an American actress, best known for voicing Clover in the American adaption of Totally Spies!.-Career:...
, American actress - Andrea BarberAndrea BarberAndrea Laura Barber is an American actress who is best known for having played Kimmy Gibbler on the ABC sitcom Full House.- Personal life :...
(born 1976), American actress - Andrea BarthwellAndrea BarthwellAndrea Grubb Barthwell, M.D., worked in the White House under President of the United States George W. Bush as Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy....
, American federal civil servant and Illinois political hopeful - Andrea BergAndrea Berg (volleyball)Andrea Berg is a volleyball player from Germany, who was a member of the German Women's Team from 2001 to 2006. She played as a middle-blocker.- External links :...
(born 1981), German volleyball player - Andrea BorrellAndrea BorrellAndrea Leonora Borrell Hernández is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth and in fourth place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
(born 1963), Cuban basketball player - Andrea BowenAndrea BowenAndrea Lauren Bowen is an American actress who is best known for playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives . She has won two SAG Awards.-Biography:...
(born 1990), American actress - Andrea BrownAndrea BrownAndrea Brown is an African American female singer from Boston, Massachusetts. She is also the cousin of singer Bobby Brown....
(born 1974), American singer - Andrea CorrAndrea CorrAndrea Jane Corr is an Irish musician, songwriter and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon, and Jim...
(born 1974), Irish musician - Andrea Davis (born 1980), Beauty Pageant Titleholder, Mrs. Pacific IslandsMrs. Pacific IslandsMrs. Pacific Islands represents married women across the Pacific Island chain to include the Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, the Midway Islands, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands and Easter Island and is a part of the Mrs. United America Pageant. The Mrs. United America Pageant celebrates...
- Andrea DemirovićAndrea DemirovicAndrea Demirović also known as simply Andrea, is a Montenegrin singer and a student of the Cetinje Music Academy - Music Pedagogy....
(born 1985), Montenegrin singer - Andrea DewarAndrea DewarAndrea Dewar is a Canadian water polo player. She is a graduate of McGill University in physical therapy, 2001. She was part of the bronze medal winning women's water polo team at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, Japan.-References:...
(born 1979), Canadian water polo player - Andrea DworkinAndrea DworkinAndrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography, which she argued was linked to rape and other forms of violence against women....
(1946–2005), American radical feminist and writer - Andreea Ehritt-VancAndreea Ehritt-VancAndreea Ehritt-Vanc is a Romanian professional tennis player. Vanc plays predominantly in doubles; and has won two WTA Tour titles.-Wins :-Finalist :-External links:...
(born 1973), Romanian tennis player - Andrea FarkasAndrea FarkasAndrea Farkas is a former Hungarian international team handball goalkeeper who currently works as goalkeeping coach for Dunaújvárosi NKKSE. Among her achievements with the national team is an Olympic bronze medal from 1996 and an Olympic silver medal from 2000...
(born 1969), Hungarian handball goalkeeper - Andrea FeldmanAndrea FeldmanAndrea Feldman was an American actress and Warhol Superstar. She committed suicide in 1972.-Career:Andrea Feldman was a native New Yorker. She attended Quintano's School for Young Professionals, a high school for the performing arts...
(born 1948), American actress - Andrea FioroniAndrea FioroniAndrea Paula Fioroni is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. A year earlier she claimed the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.-...
(born 1969), Argentine field hockey player - Andrea FischerAndrea FischerAndrea Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health...
(born 1960), German politician - Andrea GibsonAndrea GibsonAndrea Gibson born April 22, 1975 is an award-winning poet and activist. She currently lives in Colorado. Her poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, and today's struggles facing non-heterosexual people. Gibson disclosed that she chose to write what was in her bones and thus these subject...
spoken word artist and activist - Andrea GhezAndrea GhezAndrea Mia Ghez is an American astronomer and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA. She received a BS in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and her Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in 1992...
(born 1965), American astronomer - Andrea GlassAndrea GlassAndrea Glass is a professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 53rd, which she reached on 1 February 1999, the year in which she reached the third round of the Australian Open, where Anna Kournikova beat her 4-6 6-2 6-3...
(born 1976), German tennis player - Andrea HallAndrea HallAndrea Jean Hall is an American soap opera actress who has since retired from the genre.-Personal life:She is the twin of fellow soap actress, Deidre Hall...
(born 1947), American soap opera actress - Andrea HayesAndrea HayesAndrea Jean Hayes is a retired female backstroke swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She is best known for winning a gold medal at the inaugural 1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan.-References:*...
(born 1969), American backstroke swimmer - Andréa HenriquesAndréa HenriquesAndréa Guida Berlanga Henriques is a female water polo player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 2007 Pan American Games, finishing in fourth place.-References:...
(born 1980), Brazilian water polo player - Andrea HlaváčkováAndrea HlaváckováAndrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011...
(born 1986), Czech tennis player - Andrea Immer Robinson (born 1964), Master Sommelier and Dean of Wine Studies at the French Culinary Institute
- Andrea JaegerAndrea JaegerAndrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...
(born 1965), American former tennis player - Andrea JeremiahAndrea JeremiahAndrea Jeremiah is an Tamil playback singer, voice actor and a film and theatre actress. Beginning her career singing playback, Andrea has gone on to appear in critically acclaimed films such as Pachaikili Muthucharam and Aayirathil Oruvan, winning praise for her portrayals.-Career:Andrea was born...
(born 1985, Indian Tamil playback singer, film actress and a model. - Andrea JungAndrea JungAndrea Jung is a Canadian-American business executive. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal....
(born 1959), business executive - Andrea KoppelAndrea KoppelAndrea Koppel is an American communications strategist, and a former TV journalist.-Education and career:She attended Stone Ridge and earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a concentration in Chinese language and Asian studies from Middlebury College, and is fluent in Mandarin...
(born 1963), American news correspondent - Andrea LauAndrea LauAndrea Rau is a German actress and producer who has appeared in several German films as well as appearing in the television series Derrick. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany.-TV Appearances:...
(born 1947), German actress - Andrea LeedsAndrea LeedsAndrea Leeds was an American film actress. A popular supporting player of the late 1930s, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Stage Door...
(1914–1984), American actress - Andrea LevyAndrea LevyAndrea Levy is a British author, born in London to Jamaican parents who sailed to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.-Identity and writings:...
(born 1956), British author - Andrea LewisAndrea LewisAndrea Desiree Lewis is a Canadian-born actress and singer best known for her portrayal of Hazel Aden on the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Television and Film:...
(born 1985), Canadian actress - Andrea LoweAndrea LoweAndrea Lowe is an English actress.-Career:She started her theatre career at the Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter....
(born 1975), British actress - Andrea MartinAndrea MartinAndrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedienne. She has appeared in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, on stage in productions such as My Favorite Year, Fiddler on the Roof and Candide, and in the television series, SCTV.-Personal life:Martin, the oldest of three...
(born 1947), actress and comedian - Andrea MasonAndrea MasonAndrea Mason is an Australian politician and an Australian Aborigine. In the Federal Election of 2004, she led the Family First Party, a political party with close links with the Assemblies of God in Australia denomination....
(born 1968), Australian politician - Andrea MayrAndrea MayrAndrea Mayr is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running and cycling. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on April 19, 2009, winning the Vienna City Marathon...
(born 1979), Austrian long-distance runner - Andrea McArdleAndrea McArdleAndrea McArdle is an American singer and actress best known for playing Annie in the Broadway musical Annie, as well as for her alto range and strong vocal belt.-Career:She was born in Philadelphia...
(born 1963), American singer and actress - Andrea MitchellAndrea MitchellAndrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter, and commentator for NBC News based in Washington, D.C.. She is the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and has recently reported on the 2008 Race for the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly...
(born 1946), American news correspondent - Andrea MoodyAndrea MoodyAndrea Moody is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay, swimming the third leg, alongside Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, and Marianne Limpert...
(born 1978), Canadian swimmer - Andrea PetkovicAndrea PetkovicAndrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
(born 1987), Glass's German compatriot and tennis player but she was born in TuzlaTuzlaTuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...
, Bosnia. - Andreea RaducanAndreea RaducanAndreea Mădălina Răducan is a retired gymnast from Bârlad, Romania.Răducan began competing in gymnastics at a young age and was training at the Romanian junior national facility by the age of 12½. As one of the standout gymnasts of the Romanian team in the late 1990s, Răducan was known for both...
(born 1983), Romanian gymnast - Andrea RomanoAndrea RomanoAndrea Romano is an American casting director, voice director, and voice actor, whose work includes casting, and voice directing Batman: The Animated Series, Tiny Toon Adventures, "Animaniacs", "Pinky and the Brain", Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and multiple Warner Bros...
, American voice actress - Andrea TemesváriAndrea TemesvariAndrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's...
(born 1966), Hungarian former tennis player - Andrea TeodoraAndrea TeodoraAndrea was born on January 23, 1987. She is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer best known by her stage name, Andrea . She and the Romanian singer Costi Ionita have also performed and released music as Sahara....
(born 1987), Bulgarian singer known by her stage name Andrea - Andrea ThompsonAndrea ThompsonRebecca Andrea Thompson is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, JAG, 24, Heroes and NYPD Blue.-Early life:...
(born 1960), American actress - Andrea TóthAndrea TóthAndrea Tóth is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
(born 1980), Hungarian water polo player - Andrea TrueAndrea TrueAndrea True was an American adult film star and singer from the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips, Andrea Travis, and Catherine Warren, .She is best known for the disco tune "More, More, More", released in 1976,...
(born 1943), porn star and singer - Andrea YatesAndrea YatesAndrea Yates is a former Houston, Texas resident who killed her five children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for some time with very severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis...
(born 1964), American defendant in a notorious filicide case - Andrea Zollo, American singer
- Andrea ZonnAndrea ZonnAndrea Zonn is a singer fiddle player who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. She grew up in an environment surrounded by music. She sings, and plays classical violin, and is fluent in numerous other musical genres. Zonn first met Alison Krauss at a fiddle contest at the Champaign County Fair when she...
(born 1969), American singer and musician - Andrea ZsadonAndrea ZsadonAndrea Zsadon is Hungarian soprano.Zsadon was born in Debrecen on 18 October 1946, and is married to Tibor Szolnoki. Her only film appearance was in 1984 when she appeared in Az Élet muzsikája - Kálmán Imre.- External links :...
, (born 1946) Hungarian soprano
Males
- Andrea AlciatoAndrea AlciatoAndrea Alciato , commonly known as Alciati , was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists.-Biography:...
(1492–1550), Italian jurist - Andrea AmmonioAndrea AmmonioAndrea Ammonio was an Italian cleric and Latin poet born in Lucca, held in high esteem by Erasmus, a friend of his. Sent to England by the Pope, he became Latin secretary to Henry VII of England and a prebendary of Salisbury....
(c. 1478-1517), Italian poet - Andrea AndreaniAndrea AndreaniAndrea Andreani was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours....
(1540–1623), Italian engraver on wood - Andrea AppianiAndrea AppianiAndrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter.-Biography:He was born in Milan. He had been intended to follow his father's career in medicine but instead entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giudici . He received instruction in drawing, copying mainly from sculpture and prints...
(1754–1817), Italian painter - Andrea BacciAndrea Bacci-History:Andrea Bacci is a race car driver born in Florence, Italy on 14 April 1972. He was the 2000 Italian Production Car Championship winner and the 1995 and 1999 Italian CIVT Series champion. He also raced in the 1997 Renault Megane Cup and in one race of the 2001 European Touring Car...
(born 1972), Italian race car driver - Andrea BaldiniAndrea BaldiniAndrea Baldini is an Italian foil fencer.Baldini won the silver medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15-14 versus Peter Joppich....
(born 1985), Italian fencer - Andrea BargnaniAndrea BargnaniAndrea Bargnani , nicknamed "Il Mago" , is an Italian professional basketball player with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He was selected first overall in the 2006 NBA Draft. He is a power forward/center standing at 213 cm and weighing 113.4 kg...
(born 1985), Italian basketball player - Andrea BianchiAndrea BianchiAndrea Bianchi is an Italian film director and writer.-Filmography:* Diabólica malicia * Treasure Island...
(born 1925), Italian film director - Andrea BoattiniAndrea BoattiniAndrea Boattini is an Italian astronomer, a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets.After developing a growing interest in minor planets, he graduated in 1996 from the University of Bologna with a thesis on near-Earth objects...
(born 1969), Italian astronomer - Andrea BocelliAndrea BocelliAndrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
(born 1958), Italian singer, writer and music producer - Andrea BonomiAndrea BonomiAndrea Bonomi was a footballer with A.C. Milan football club. Born in Cassano d'Adda, Italy, and initially nicknamed as Ciapin, Bonomi was the AC Milan captain in the 1950/1951 season, which ended with a Serie A triumph for the rossoneri led by the Gre-No-Li trio.When Bonomi was six years old, he...
(1923–2003), Italian former footballer - Andrea BranziAndrea BranziAndrea Branzi is an Italian architect and designer.-Biography:Branzi was born in Florence, where he also graduated in architecture. Currently he lives and works in Milan, Italy....
(born 1938), Italian architect and designer - Andrea BrioscoAndrea BrioscoAndrea Riccio was an Italian sculptor and occasional architect, whose real name was Andrea Briosco, but is usually known by his sobriquet meaning "curly"; he is also known as Il Riccio and Andrea Crispus...
(c. 1470–1532), Italian sculptor and architect
- Andrea BruschiAndrea BruschiAndrea Bruschi is an Italian actor who has appeared in a number of comedy, action, and suspense films, and has also worked as a producer, director, and screenwriter....
(born 1968), Italian actor - Andrea CamilleriAndrea CamilleriAndrea Camilleri is an Italian writer.-Biography:Originally from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri, began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories.From 1948 to 1950 Camilleri studied stage and film direction at the Silvio...
(born 1925), Italian writer - Andrea CaraccioloAndrea CaraccioloAndrea Caracciolo , is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa.-Career:His first football appearances were for Sancolombano of Italian Serie D ; later playing for Como and Pro Vercelli, both in professional leagues, before being signed by Brescia, the team in which he made his Serie A debut on 6...
(born 1981), Italian footballer - Andrea CasiraghiAndrea CasiraghiAndrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi is the first of three children born to Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an heir to an Italian oil fortune. His maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Grace...
(born 1984), eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of Monaco - Andrea CesalpinoAndrea CesalpinoAndrea Cesalpino was an Italian physician, philosopher and botanist....
(1519–1603), Italian physician, philosopher and botanist - Andrea CollariniAndrea CollariniAndrea Ricardo Collarini is an American-born tennis player who returned to his parents' native Argentina at age three and lived there until he accepted a scholarship from USTA in March 2010. Collarini now represents the United States...
(born 1992), American tennis player - Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (born 1925), Archbishop of Tuscania
- Andrea CostaAndrea CostaAndrea Costa was an Italian socialist activist, born in Imola.He co-founded the Partito dei Lavoratori Italiani in 1892 after renouncing his anarchist principles in 1879. It is probable that this happened due to his marriage to Russian Socialist Anna Kulischov...
(1851–1913), an Italian socialist activist - Andrea DoriaAndrea DoriaAndrea Doria was an Italian condottiere and admiral from Genoa.-Early life:Doria was born at Oneglia from the ancient Genoese family, the Doria di Oneglia branch of the old Doria, de Oria or de Auria family. His parents were related: Ceva Doria, co-lord of Oneglia, and Caracosa Doria, of the...
(1466–1560), Genoese condottiere and admiral. - Andrea EspositoAndrea EspositoAndrea Esposito is an Italian football defender, currently playing for Lecce, on loan from Genoa, in the Italian Serie A.-Career:...
(born 1986), Italian soccer player - Andrea FigalloAndrea FigalloAndrea Figallo is an Italian vocalist and producer.Figallo's involved in the vocal-contemporary a cappella music scene, extensively coaching choirs, conducting, arranging, adjudicating vocal contests and holding workshops on many subjects: singing bass, vocal percussion, vocal group singing and all...
(born 1972), Italian composer and conductor - Andrea da FirenzeAndrea da FirenzeAndrea da Firenze was an Italian composer and organist of the late medieval era. Along with Francesco Landini and Paolo da Firenze, he was a leading representative of the Italian ars nova style of the Trecento, and was a prolific composer of secular songs, principally ballate.-Life:Since Andrea...
(?-1415), Italian composer - Andrea del VerrocchioAndrea del VerrocchioAndrea del Verrocchio , born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, was an Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter who worked at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence in the early renaissance. Few paintings are attributed to him with certainty, but a number of important painters were...
(c. 1435–1488), Florentine sculptor - Andrea diSessaAndrea diSessaAndrea diSessa is an education researcher who was one of the developers of the Logo programming language and coauthored the book Turtle Geometry about Logo...
, educator - Andrea GabrieliAndrea GabrieliAndrea Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as...
(c. 1532/33-1585), Italian composer - Andrea GaudenziAndrea GaudenziAndrea Gaudenzi is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990.Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the third round by America's eventual...
(born 1973), Arnaboldi's Italian compatriot and former tennis player - Andrea GhiurghiAndrea GhiurghiAndrea Ghiurghi is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native country. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Dio Lequaglie...
(born 1966), Italian beach volleyball player - Andrea GuatelliAndrea GuatelliAndrea Guatelli is an Italian footballer player, currently playing for FC Zürich. His position is goalkeeper.Guatelli began his career at Parma where he established a reputation as an exciting prospect...
(born 1984), Italian football player - Andrea LuchesiAndrea LuchesiAndrea Luca Luchesi was an Italian composer.- Biography :Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Caterina Gottardi. The rather wealthy family descended from groups of noble families who had moved from Lucca to Venice in the 14th century...
(1741–1801), Italian composer - Andrea MagiAndrea MagiAndrea Magi is a former amateur boxer from Italy. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1987 European Championships in Turin, Italy in the Men's Light Heavyweight division. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...
(born 1966), Italian boxer - Andrea MannaiAndrea MannaiAndrea Mannai is a retired male boxer from Italy, who won the bronze medal at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and lost to Arthur Johnson of the United States on a 5-0 decision.-References:*...
(born 1963), Italian boxer - Andrea MantegnaAndrea MantegnaAndrea Mantegna was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son in law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality...
(c. 1431–1506), Florentine painter - Andrea OrcagnaAndrea OrcagnaAndrea di Cione di Arcangelo , better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. A student of Andrea Pisano as well as Giotto di Bondone, his younger brothers Jacopo di Cione and Nardo di Cione were also artists...
(c. 1308–1368), Florentine painter, sculptor and architect - Andrea PalladioAndrea PalladioAndrea Palladio was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture...
(1508–1580), Italian architect - Andrea PazienzaAndrea PazienzaAndrea Pazienza , was an Italian comics artist and painter.- Life :Pazienza was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno , in 1956....
(1956–1988), Italian comics artist - Andrea PirloAndrea PirloAndrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...
(born 1979), Italian football player - Andrea PisanoAndrea PisanoAndrea Pisano , also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian sculptor and architect.-Biography:Andrea Pisano was born at Pontedera, where he also died....
(c. 1270–1348), Italian sculptor and architect - Andrea RighiAndrea RighiAndrea Righi is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He is best known for winning three medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.-References:...
(born 1979), Italian freestyle swimmer - Andrea SansovinoAndrea SansovinoAndrea dal Monte Sansovino or Andrea Contucci del Monte San Savino was an Italian sculptor active during the High Renaissance...
(c. 1467–1529), Italian sculptor - Andrea SolariAndrea SolariAndrea Solari was an Italian Renaissance painter. He was initially named Andre del Gobbo, but more confusingly as Andrea del Bartolo...
(c. 1460–1524), Renaissance painter - Andrea StoppiniAndrea StoppiniAndrea Stoppini is an Italian professional tennis player.Stoppini's highest singles ranking has been World Number 161 on July 13, 2009. In the first round of the 2009 Australian Open, Stoppini lost to defending champion Novak Đoković, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5. Stoppini is a righty who turned professional in...
(born 1980), Gaudenzi's Italian compatriot and tennis player - Andrea TafiAndrea Tafi (artist)Andrea Tafi was an Italian artist. He is probably best known for his work on the mosaics of the Baptistery in Florence, which were started in 1225 by Jacobus...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1300–1325), Italian artist - Andrea ZanzottoAndrea Zanzotto-Biography:Andrea Zanzotto was born in Pieve di Soligo , Italy to Giovanni and Carmela Bernardi.His father, Giovanni , had received degrees from the École supèrieure de peinture at Brussels and the Academy of Fine Arts at Bologna...
(born 1921), Italian poet