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Biondi
Biondi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfredo Biondi (born 1928), Italian politician and lawyer * Dick Biondi (born 1932), Radio Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey * Ernesto Biondi (1855–1917), Italian sculptor who won the grand prix at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris * Fabio Biondi (born 1961), Italian violinist and conductor *Fabrizio Biondi (born 1954), Italian rower *Ferdinand Biondi, CM, CQ (1909–1998), French Canadian radio broadcaster * Frank Biondi (1945–2019), American businessman * Ivan Franjo Biondić (1572–1644), Croatian-Italian writer, diplomat and historian *Jean Biondi (1900–1950), French politician * Josefa Biondi (1916–2019), Argentine politician * Laurent Biondi (born 1959), French former cyclist *Lawrence Biondi, S.J., president emeritus of Saint Louis University * Lidia Biondi (1941–2016), Italian film and television actress *Marcella Biondi (born 1970), retired Italian alpine skier and freestyle s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Biondi
Richard O. Biondi (born September 13, 1932) is an American Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey. Calling himself The Wild I-tralian, he was one of the original "screamers," known for his screaming delivery as well as wild antics on the air and off. In a 1988 interview, Biondi said he had been fired 23 times, with both fits of temper and jokes gone wrong part of the tally. Over many years and many frequencies, Dick's closing line was, "God bless, bye, bye, Duke. Thanks a million for dialing our way." Biondi gained national attention in the 1950s and 1960s as a disc jockey on leading AM radio stations in Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California. Besides being among the first to play Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, and other early rhythm and blues artists, he was also able to meet them. The early Rock and Roll era meant "record hops" where disc jockeys would make personal appearances at local schools and clubs; they often included appearances by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Biondi
Lawrence H. Biondi, SJ is a Catholic Priest who served as the President of Saint Louis University from 1987 to 2013, a period that saw significant changes to campus and the university as a whole. Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ..., Biondi studied at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School where he first became interested in the Society of Jesus. Before joining the Jesuit order's Chicago province in 1973, Biondi taught French and Latin at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1965 to 1967. Biondi earned six degrees. His master's degree in linguistics (''A Comparative Study of Tagmemic and Stratificational Grammars'', 1966) and his doctorate in sociolinguistics (''The Linguistic Development and Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Biondi
Frank Joseph Biondi Jr. (January 9, 1945 – November 25, 2019) was an American businessman and entertainment executive, who held leadership roles at Viacom, Universal Pictures, and HBO. Early life and education Biondi was born in New York City, to Virginia Willis and Frank Biondi Sr., and was raised in Livingston, New Jersey. His father was a former executive at Bell Telephone Company. Biondi graduated from Livingston High School in 1964 and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1994. He graduated with an A.B. in psychology from Princeton University in 1966 after completing an 81-page long senior thesis titled "The Use of a Biographical Inventory for Junior Executive Recruitment in a Large Retail Firm." He later received a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Career In 1968, Biondi got his start as a financial analyst and investment banker on Wall Street for Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt. There, he met Clarence B. Jones, who recommended him for a consulting job a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi (born 15 March 1961) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He is a specialist in Baroque and early music. Biography Born in Palermo, Sicily, Biondi had a late start, having never even held a violin till age 11, but by the following year he had advanced so quickly that he played a concerto with the RAI Symphony Orchestra.Cosic, Miriam (17-18 October 1999). "Baroque con brio", ''The Weekend Australian'', Review, p. 19 When he was 16, he performed Johann Sebastian Bach's violin concertos at the Musikverein in Vienna. Since then, he has performed with a number of baroque ensembles including La Capella Reial, Musica Antiqua Wien, Seminario Musicale, La Chapelle Royale and Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 1990 Biondi founded Europa Galante, an Italian ensemble specializing in baroque music, that he directs. Biondi's recordings include Antonio Vivaldi's ''Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'' including '' The Four Seasons'' and the opera '' Bajazet'', Arcangelo Corell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Biondi
Mario Biondi (born Mario Ranno, on 28 January 1971) is an Italian singer. His pseudonym takes up that of his father Giuseppe Ranno, singer, aka Stefano Biondi. Early life Born in Catania, Italy, Mario Biondi is the son of a popular song singer, and sang in various small choirs during his youth. He is of Sicilian descent. He was passionate about soul and trained by listening to the records of Lou Rawls, Al Jarreau and Isaac Hayes and others, while important for his artistic growth, he declared, was the friendship with fellow citizen Gianni Bella. By 1988, he was a big supporter of Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge .... Years after he accompanied Franco Califano, Peppino Di Capri, Fred Bongusto, Rosario Fiorello and others on their Concert tours. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Biondi (writer)
Mario Biondi (born 17 May 1939) is an Italian writer, poet, literary critic, journalist and translator. His reputation is mainly due to the novel ''Gli occhi di una donna'', which earned him the important Italian award Premio Campiello in 1985.Britannica book of the year: 1986 -R. McHenry, Daphne Daume, J.E. Davis - 1986 Page 312 "Another historical novel was Mario Biondi's Gli occhi d'una donna, a long chronicle, seen through the eyes of a woman, of the rise and fall of two Italian families, one ..." He has a keen interest in Central Asia and Tibetan history and culture, and in recent years has travelled all of the Silk Road through Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and many provinces of China, among which Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai and obviously Xizang (Tibet). Biography Born in Milan and grown up near Lake Como, he graduated from Bocconi University and then worked for sixteen years in publishing (Einaudi, Sansoni, Longanesi), as Chief Press Officer before be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Francesco Biondi
Sir Giovanni Francesco Biondi (also Gian Francesco Biondi; hr, Ivan Franjo Biondić or Biundović) (1572–1644) was an Italian diplomat, romance writer and historian, knighted by James I of England. Life Biondi was born on Lesina (now Hvar in Croatia) in the Adriatic Sea. Entering the service of the Venetian Republic, he was appointed secretary to Pietro Piruli, the Venetian ambassador in Paris, where he stayed from 1606 to 1608. He became a Protestant convert; and then returned to Venice. At the suggestion of Sir Henry Wotton, the English ambassador, Biondi went to England to seek his fortune. Arriving in 1609, with an introduction to James I, he was at first employed in negotiations with Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy over marriages between his children, and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Elizabeth. It all came to nothing, but the king granted him a pension. In 1615 Biondi went to the Calvinist assembly in Grenoble as James I's representative, assuring th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Biondi
Ernesto Biondi (January 30, 1855 – 1917) was an Italian sculptor who won the ''grand prix'' at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 1905 he sued the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art for breach of contract after they refused to display his ''Saturnalia''. The New York Supreme Court ruled against him, stating that the museum director did not have the authority to initiate contracts without a vote from the board of trustees. Biondi preferred to work with bronze and often explored themes from ancient Rome or the Middle East. Biography Biondi was born January 30, 1855, in Morolo, near Frosinone Italy. He studied at Rome's Accademia di San Luca under Girolamo Masini. He first came to wide recognition in 1883, when one of his sculptures was exhibited at a national exposition in Rome.Willard (1900), p. 593. At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair thirteen of his works were displayed.Willard (1900), p. 594. He won the ''grand prix'' at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
Pietro Fumasoni Biondi (4 September 1872 – 12 July 1960) was an Italian people, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1933 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinalate in 1933. Biography Fumasoni Biondi was born in Rome to the Aristocracy, aristocratic Filippo and Gertrude (née Roselli) Fumasoni Biondi; he had a sister who entered the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and became known as Abbess, Mother Gertrude. After studying at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, he was Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood by Cardinal Lucido Parocchi on 17 April 1897. From 1897 to 1916, he was a professor at the Pontifical Urbaniana University and then an official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Sacred Congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Biondi
Alfredo Biondi (29 June 1928 – 24 June 2020) was an Italian politician and lawyer. In 1994 he served as Minister of Justice of the Italian Republic during the first cabinet chaired by Silvio Berlusconi. Biography Born in Pisa, Biondi was Secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) from 1985 to 1986, and later its president. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from June 1968 to May 1972, and then from June 1983 to April 2006. He was a Senator from April 2006 to April 2008. In 1993, together with the last PLI leader, Raffaele Costa, Biondi founded the Union of the Centre, a small faction of the new Forza Italia (FI) party. He served as Minister of Justice for a period of eight months (having previously served also as Ecology Minister in the 1980s). Biondi was appointed President of Forza Italia's National Council in 2004. Following the dissolution of Forza Italia in 2009, Biondi remained in its successor organisation, the People of Freedom The People o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Biondi
Jean Dominique Biondi (9 May 1900 – 10 November 1950) was a French politician. Jean Biondi was born in Sari-d'Orcino, on the island of Corsica. Educated in Ajaccio, the island's capital, and in Paris, he taught at the Lycée Condorcet in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Joining the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), the French socialist party, he was one of the editors of the ''Cri populaire de l'Oise'', newspaper of the SFIO in the Oise département. He was elected mayor of Creil in 1935 and entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1936 following a by-election in the Oise département. He was re-elected at the general election which followed later in the year, bringing Léon Blum's Popular Front government to power. In 1937 he was appointed to the editorial committee of the SFIO's official journal ''Le Populaire''. In July 1940, he was one of the 80 who voted against the grant of special powers to Philippe Pétain and the creation of the Vichy régime. As a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierluigi Biondi
Pierluigi Biondi (born 1 December 1974) is an Italian politician who is member of the Brothers of Italy (FdI). He is married to Elisa Marulli, also a journalist, and has a one daughter. He began his experience as a journalist in the Abruzzo region in 2002 in the staff of Senator Fabrizio Di Stefano. In 2017, he was elected mayor of his hometown of L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle .... References External links * * Pierluigi Biondiat openpolis.it , - Living people 1974 births People from L'Aquila Brothers of Italy politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Mayors of places in Abruzzo {{Italy-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
