Gino (given name)
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Gino is a masculine given name of Italian
origin. It may be the short form of the Greek
name Ambrogino which means "ever-living" or Luigino or Eugenio, from the Greek name Eugene which means "well-born, noble".
Italy
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origin. It may be the short form of the Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
name Ambrogino which means "ever-living" or Luigino or Eugenio, from the Greek name Eugene which means "well-born, noble".
List of people with given name Gino
- Gino ArmanoGino ArmanoGino Armano is a former Italian footballer. He played for Internazionale 255 times, scoring 73 times, from 1948 to 1956. He won two National Championships, and was one of the strong attack line of Inter in the 50's, with Lennart Skoglund, Stefano Nyers, and Benito Lorenzi. He played also for...
(1927-2003), former Italian football player - Gino BartaliGino BartaliGino Bartali, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice and the Tour de France in 1938...
(1914-2000), renowned Italian cyclist - Gino BechiGino BechiGino Bechi was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially in Verdi roles.-Life and career:...
(1913–1993), Italian operatic baritone - Gino BiancoGino BiancoLuigi Emilio Rodolfo Bertetti Bianco, better known as Gino Bianco was a racing driver who raced a Maserati for the Escuderia Bandeirantes team. He emigrated to Brazil as a child and raced there...
- Gino BoccasileGino BoccasileGino Boccasile was an Italian illustrator.Born in Bari, Boccasile was the son of a perfumer. Early in his youth he lost his left eye, when a drop of quicklime fell into it while he drank from a fountain...
- Gino BritoGino BritoLouis Gino Acocella , better known by his ring name Gino Brito is a Canadian professional wrestler. He was a popular wrestler in Montreal, and was one of the promoters in the city in the 1980s...
- Gino BucchinoGino BucchinoGino Bucchino is the overseas member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for North America and Central America.Bucchino is a doctor in Toronto, Ontario, and was elected as a member of L'Unione ....
- Gino CavicchioliGino CavicchioliGino Cavicchioli was born in Australia and is a Canadian sculptor/artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Having spent most of his formative years in Rome, Italy, he cites the work of the Italian Renaissance as the earliest influence of his style.Cavicchioli is currently the official sculptor...
, Sculptor/Artist - Gino CappellettiGino CappellettiGino Cappelletti is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player. He played at the University of Minnesota, and was a star in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots...
- Gino CapponiGino CapponiMarquis Gino Capponi was an Italian statesman and historian.The Capponi family is one of the most illustrious Florentine houses, and is mentioned as early as 1250; it acquired great wealth as a mercantile and banking firm, and many of its members distinguished themselves in the service of the...
- Gino CerviGino CerviGino Cervi was an Italian actor of international fame.Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi.In 1928, he married Nini Gordini and they had a son, Tonino Cervi...
- Gino CimoliGino CimoliGino Nicholas Cimoli was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.A high school all-star at Galileo High School, Cimoli signed as an amateur free agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949...
- Gino ColaussiGino ColaussiLuigi Colausig was an Italian footballer.Colaussi was born in Gradisca d'Isonzo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia....
- Gino D'AcampoGino D'AcampoGennaro "Gino" D'Acampo is an Italian chef, television personality and winner of ITV's 2009 series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here. D'Acampo lives in the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
- Gino De DominicisGino De DominicisGino De Dominicis was an Italian artist. A controversial and mystifying figure, even the news of his death was greeted with suspicion, as for years earlier he had reported his own demise in the mock conclusion to a biographical essay.His first show was at Rome's Galleria L'Attico in 1969...
- Gino EspositoGino EspositoGino Esposito is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Shane McNamara. The character made his first on-screen appearance on 11 August 2000 and was originally played by Claude Stevens. Gino was the owner of the A Good Hair Day, salon, which both Lyn Scully and...
- Gino FanoGino FanoGino Fano was an Italian mathematician. He was born in Mantua, Italy and died in Verona, Italy.Fano worked on projective and algebraic geometry; the Fano plane, Fano fibration, Fano surface, and Fano varieties are named for him....
- Gino GallagherGino GallagherGino Gallagher was an Irish republican who was Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army. He was killed in Belfast on 30 January 1996, while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit....
- Gino HernandezGino HernandezCharles Eugene Wolfe, Jr. was a professional wrestler better known by his ring name Gino Hernandez. His in-ring nickname was "The Handsome Half-Breed" -Career:...
- Gino IorgulescuGino IorgulescuGeorge Iorgulescu , widely known as Gino Iorgulescu, is a retired Romanian football defender.-Career:He was born in Giurgiu and debuted in Divizia A with Sportul Studenţesc in 1975. He played the majority of his career in this club, and won the league silver medal in 1986...
- Gino Luconi
- Evgeni "Gino" MalkinEvgeni MalkinEvgeni "Geno" Vladimirovich Malkin is a Russian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ....
- Gino MarchettiGino MarchettiGino John Marchetti is a former professional American football player in the National Football League. A defensive end, he played in 1952 for the Dallas Texans and from 1953 to 1966 for the Baltimore Colts.-Early years:...
- Gino Matrundola
- Gino J. MerliGino J. MerliGino Joseph Merli was an American soldier, and recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II.-Biography:...
- Gino MunaronGino MunaronGino Munaron was a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on February 7, 1960. He scored no championship points....
- Gino OdjickGino OdjickWayne Gino "Chief, The Enforcer" Odjick was born on 7 September 1970 in an Algonquin Native Reserve named Chum Sa Bay at Maniwaki, Quebec. He was a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League from 1990–91 to 2001–02....
- Gino PadulaGino PadulaGino Padula is an Argentine footballer.-Career:Padula started his career with Argentine club River Plate in 1996 before moving to Huracán in 1997. In 1998 he moved to Europe to play for Xerez in Spain. His move to Europe was facilitated by the fact that he is the holder of an Italian passport...
- Gino PaoliGino PaoliGino Paoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. He wrote four masterpieces of Italian popular music: "Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale".- Biography :...
- Gino PerenteGino PerenteEugenio Mario Perente-Ramos was the founder of the National Labor Federation , a collection of anti-poverty organizations in the United States...
- Gino PiserchioGino PiserchioEugene "Gino" Piserchio was an American actor, composer and musician. Piserchio appeared in two Andy Warhol films including Beauty No. 2, opposite Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick....
- Gino PivatelliGino PivatelliGino Pivatelli is a former Italian footballer who played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1963. He was included in Italy's squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 7 caps and scored 2 goals for the national team. He also played for Hellas Verona F.C., Bologna...
- Gino PolidoriGino PolidoriGino H. Polidori is a politician from the State of Michigan. He is a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He is a Democrat and he represents the 15th district, which is located in Wayne County and includes the city of Dearborn.- Early life :...
- Gino PolliniGino PolliniGino Pollini was an Italian architect. He was the father of classical pianist Maurizio Pollini. Pollini worked together with Luigi Figini since 1929. He also taught architecture in Milan and Palermo....
- Gino QuilicoGino QuilicoGino Quilico, OC is a Canadian lyric baritone of Italian descent and the son of Canadian baritone Louis Quilico and Lina Pizzolongo.-Early life:...
- Gino Reda
- Gino SeveriniGino SeveriniGino Severini , was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. During his career he worked in a variety of...
- Gino SinimberghiGino SinimberghiGino Sinimberghi was a tenor opera singer from Rome, Italy.Gino studied voice techniques at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. At the age of 23, he won the Vienna International Vocal Competition of 1935...
- Gino SoccioGino SoccioGino Soccio is a Canadian disco record producer. His heritage is Italian. His only US Billboard Hot 100 entry was the #48 hit single "Dancer" in 1979, but he did hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice...
- Gino SovranGino SovranGino Sovran is a former National Basketball Association player.Born in Windsor, Ontario Sovran attended Kennedy Collegiate Institute and was a top basketball player at Assumption College, scoring more than 1,000 points over three seasons, and playing as team captain in the 1943-44 and 1944-45...
- Gino StradaGino StradaGino Strada is an Italian war surgeon and founder of the UN-recognized Italian NGO Emergency. Emergency has operated in thirteen war-torn countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and the Central African Republic.- Biography :Dr...
- Gino TorrettaGino TorrettaGino Louis Torretta is a Heisman Trophy winner who played quarterback for several teams in the National Football League from 1993 to 1997....
- Gino VannelliGino VannelliGino Vannelli is an Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.-Early years:Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing...