Valentini
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- Andrea ValentiniAndrea ValentiniAndrea Valentini graduated from Rhode Island School of Design 1995 with both Fine Arts and Bachelor Interior Architecture Degrees....
(born 1961), American designer - Andrea Valentini, drummer for Blood, Sweat & TearsBlood, Sweat & TearsBlood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...
since 2001 - Andrea Valentini, athlete
- Antonio Valentini, president of Central Bank of San MarinoCentral Bank of San MarinoThe Central Bank of San Marino, , is the central bank of San Marino.The bank was created in 2005 . It has been superseded de facto by the European Central Bank...
- Antony ValentiniAntony ValentiniAntony Valentini is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Clemson University. He is known for his work on the foundations of quantum physics.- Education and career :...
, theoretical physicist - Carlo ValentiniCarlo ValentiniCarlo Valentini is a San Marinese footballer who currently plays for S.S. Murata and the San Marino national football team-References:...
(born 1982), San Marinese footballer - Cesare Valentini (born 1967), Italian composer
- Federico ValentiniFederico ValentiniFederico Valentini is a San Marinese footballer who currently plays for S.P. Tre Penne and for the San Marino national football team.-External links:...
(born 1982), San Marinese footballer - Francesca Valentini, founder of the Italian Language School La Scuola Appia VecchiaItalian Language School La Scuola Appia VecchiaThe Italian Language School, La Scuola Appia Vecchia is a not-for-profit Italian language school with a homestay experience. The school is located in Velletri, a town of 50,000 located in the Alban Hills between Rome and the seaside towns of Anzio and Nettuno....
- Frank ValentiniFrank ValentiniFrank Valentini is an American television producer, director and composer for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. From 1985-1994 he worked as stage manager. In 1994 he was promoted to Associate Producer assuming full producer duties in 1996 and in 2003 he became executive producer, replacing Gary...
(born 1963), American television producer, executive producer for the ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
soap operaSoap operaA soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social... - Gian Domenico ValentiniGian Domenico ValentiniGian Domenico Valentini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He painted still lifes.-Partial Anthology:*Interno di cucina...
(1639–1715), Italian still life painter - Giancarlo De Ferrari Valentini, scientist
- Giovanni ValentiniGiovanni ValentiniGiovanni Valentini was an Italian Baroque composer, poet and keyboard virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he occupied one of the most prestigious musical posts of his time...
(c.1582–1649), Italian baroque composer, teacher of Johann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist.Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted... - Giovanni Valentini (classical composer)Giovanni Valentini (classical composer)Giovanni Valentini was an Italian classical era composer, poet and painter. He is best remembered for his innovative instrumental music. Among his many works are two operas, La statua matematica and Le nozze in contrasto, the latter of which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in November...
(c. 1730 – 1804), Italian classical composer, poet and painter. - Giovanni Valentini, Italian pianist, teacher of Gianluca LuisiGianluca LuisiGianluca Luisi is an Italian pianist known for his interpretations of J. S. Bach. whose complete The Well-Tempered Clavier he recorded. Luisi studied at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro under the guidance of Franco Scala and, later, at the piano Academy in Imola with Giovanni Valentini, Boris...
- Giuseppe ValentiniGiuseppe ValentiniGiuseppe Valentini , nicknamed Straccioncino , was an Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer, though he is known chiefly as a composer of inventive instrumental music. He studied under Giovanni Battista Bononcini in Rome between 1692 and 1697...
(1681–1753), Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer - Jean-Pierre Valentini, a TrafiguraTrafiguraTrafigura is an Amsterdam-based multinational company founded in 1993 trading in base metals and energy, including oil. the company had equity of more than $2 billion and a turnover of $73 billion that generated $440 million of profit....
executive, see 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste spill2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste spillThe 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump was a health crisis in Côte d'Ivoire in which a ship registered in Panama, the Probo Koala, chartered by the Dutch-based oil and commodity shipping company Trafigura Beheer BV, offloaded toxic waste at the Ivorian port of Abidjan... - Lucia Valentini TerraniLucia Valentini TerraniLucia Valentini Terrani was an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Rossini roles.-Life and career:...
(1948–1998), Italian operatic mezzo-soprano - Luigi Valentini, Italian actor
- Marina Valentini, Argentinian director
- Nobel Valentini, Uruguayan football referee
- Paolo Valentini Puccitelli and Valentino Valentini, Forza ItaliaForza ItaliaForza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
leading members - Rita Valentini, female boxer
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- Valentini DaskaloudiValentini DaskaloudiValentini Daskaloudi, born 1979 in Athens, is one of Greece's top fashion models. During the 2001 Miss Star Hellas pageant she won the title Miss Hellas and was chosen to represent Greece at the Miss World pageant which was held in Sun City, South Africa; 93 contestants participated. Valentini...
(born 1979), Greek fashion model - Valentino UrbaniValentino UrbaniValentino Urbani was an Italian alto castrato who sang for the composer George Frideric Handel in the 18th century. He sang the role of Eustazio at the premiere of Handel's Rinaldo, the role of Silvio at the premiere of Il pastor fido, and the role of Egeo at the first performance of Teseo...
, (fl 1690–1722) Italian operaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
singer nicknamed "Valentini"
Fictional characters
- Harry Valentini, protagonist of the 1986 Brian De PalmaBrian De PalmaBrian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
film Wise GuysWise Guys (film)Wise Guys is a 1986 feature film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo. A comedy revolving around two small-time mobsters from Newark, New Jersey, it also features Harvey Keitel, Lou Albano, Dan Hedaya, and Frank Vincent.... - Flip Valentini, a character in Baseball Card AdventuresBaseball Card AdventuresThe Baseball Card Adventures is a novel series is written by Dan Gutman. So far there are 10 books in the series. The 11th book, Ted & Me, is expected to be released in 2012....
, a series of novels by Dan GutmanDan GutmanDan Gutman is an American author from New Jersey. A prolific writer, Gutman has written 80 books, both fictional and non-fictional, under publishers including Penguin Books, Macmillan, Scholastic Press, and HarperCollins...
Other uses
- ValentiniValentini (ancient people)The Valentini were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy . They dwelt south of the Scapitani and the Siculensi and north of the Solcitani and the Noritani. Their chief city was Valentia .-References:*...
, an ancient people of SardiniaSardiniaSardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],... - Valentinni's sharpnose pufferValentinni's sharpnose pufferValentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini, is a pufferfish of the genus Canthigaster, and can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 11 cm. It is also referred to as a black saddled toby.It has four distinct black stripes on its...
(Canthigaster valentini), a pufferfishPufferfishTetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the Tetraodontiformes order. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab...
of the genus CanthigasterCanthigasterCanthigaster is a genus in the pufferfish family .- Species :* Spider-eye puffer, Canthigaster amboinensis * Bennett's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster bennetti... - Bianchi's WarblerBianchi's WarblerBianchi's Warbler is a species of leaf warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam...
(Seicercus valentini), a species of Old World warblerOld World warblerThe "Old World Warblers" is the name used to describe a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas into...
in the SylviidaeSylviidaeSylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...
family - The Davidson/Valentini Award, a GLAAD award named after Michael Valentini, a GLAAD supporter
- Ca'Valentini, a subdivision of the CasalgrandeCasalgrandeCasalgrande is a comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km west of Bologna and about 15 km southeast of Reggio Emilia...
commune in Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-RomagnaEmilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
, 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... - Valentini, an aristocratic family, at one time owners of Canossa CastleCanossa CastleThe Castle of Canossa is a castle in Canossa, province of Reggio Emilia, northern Italy.It is especially known as the seat of the Walk to Canossa, the meeting of Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy .- History :...
- Palazzo ValentiniPalazzo Valentinithumb|240px|Palazzo Valentini.Palazzo Valentini is a palazzo in central Rome, Italy, not far from Piazza Venezia. Since 1873 it has been the base of the provincial and prefectural administration of Rome.-History:...
, a palazzoPalazzoPalazzo, an Italian word meaning a large building , may refer to:-Buildings:*Palazzo, an Italian type of building**Palazzo style architecture, imitative of Italian palazzi...
in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Italy