Conti
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- Bill ContiBill ContiWilliam "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.-Early life and career:...
, film music director - Bruno ContiBruno ContiBruno Conti is an Italian ex-football player and former coach of the Serie A club Roma from 14 March 2005 to 30 June 2005. His two sons Daniele and Andrea are both professional footballers...
, former football player and member of the Italian national football team in 1982 - Carlos ContiCarlos ContiCarlos Conti Alcántara was a Spanish comic artist and writer. He created characters such as El loco Carioco - Biography :...
(1916–1975), Spanish comic writer - Francesco Bartolomeo ContiFrancesco Bartolomeo ContiFrancesco Bartolomeo Conti was an Italian composer and player of the mandolin and theorbo.Little is known about the biography of Conti. He was born in Florence, Italy. By 1700 he was already known as a theorbist not only in his native Florence, but also in other cities such as Ferrara and Milan...
(1681–1732), Florentine composer - Francesco ContiFrancesco ContiFrancesco Conti was an Italian artist.Conti was born in Florence, Italy, and spent some time studying art in Rome. He specialized in painting religious-themed works. He studied primarily under Giovanni Maria Morandi and Carlo Maratta. In 1738 he painted one of his most renown works Madonna and...
(1681–1760), Italian artist - Gioacchino ContiGioacchino ContiGioacchino Conti , best known as Gizziello, was an Italian soprano castrato opera singer.-Biography:Conti was born in Arpino...
, 18th-century castrato singer - Louis Armand II de Bourbon, prince de Conti, Prince of Conti from 1709–1727
- Niccolò Da ContiNiccolò Da ContiNiccolò de' Conti was an Italian merchant and explorer of the Republic of Venice, born in Chioggia, who traveled to India and Southeast Asia, and possibly to Southern China, during the early 15th century...
, 15th century Venetian merchant and explorer - Nina ContiNina ContiNina Conti is a British actress, comedian and ventriloquist. Her on-stage puppet sidekick is a depressed monkey named Monk.- Early life :...
, ventriloquist and daughter of Tom Conti - Mario Conti, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow
- Mario Sergio ContiMario Sergio ContiMario Sergio Conti is a Brazilian journalist. He was the editor of the newspaper Veja and of Jornal do Brasil.-External links:*...
, Brazilian journalist - Tom ContiTom ContiThomas "Tom" Conti is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist.-Early life:Born Thomas Conti in Paisley, Renfrewshire, he was brought up Roman Catholic, but he considers himself anti-religious...
, Scottish actor, theatre director, and novelist - Torquato ContiTorquato ContiTorquato Conti was an Italian military commander who served as a General-Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War. His barbarous treatment of defenceless villagers earned him the nickname, The Devil...
, General-Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War
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- "Conti", an abbreviation for the German automobile part manufacturer Continental AGContinental AGContinental AG, internally often called Conti for short, is a worldwide leading German manufacturer of tires, brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, engine injection systems, tachographs and other parts for the automotive and transport industries. The company is based in Hanover, Germany...
- Musée Conti, a historical-based wax museum in New Orleans, Louisiana located on Conti Street in the French Quarter. Musée Conti tells of the history behind the New Orleans area in a chronological order using 154 life-sized wax figures.