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Croce (surname)
Croce is an Italian surname meaning literally "cross". Notable people with the surname include: *A. J. Croce (born 1971), American singer-songwriter *Alberto Croce (born 1944), Italian professional golfer * Alessandro Croce (1650–1704), Italian prelate * Andrea Giuseppe Croce (1914–1986), Italian businessman *Antonio Croce (born 1986) Italian footballer *Arlene Croce (born 1934), American dance critic *Baldassare Croce (1558–1628), Italian painter *Benedetto Croce (1866–1952), Italian philosopher and critic * Carlo M. Croce (born 1944), Italian-American oncologist * Carlo Croce (born 1945), Italian yacht racer * Daniele Croce (born 1982), Italian footballer *Fabiano Santacroce (born 1986), Italian Brazilian association football player * Francesco Croce (1696–1773), Italian baroque architect * Fulvio Croce (1901–1977), Italian lawyer *Giovanni Croce (1557–1609), Italian composer *Giovanni Andrea Croce (died 1595), Italian prelate *Giulio Cesare Croce (1550–1609), Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Croce
Alberto Croce (born 5 May 1944) is an Italian professional golfer who won twice on the European Seniors Tour. Professional wins (8) Other wins (6) *1972 Rome Aloyco Tournament *1976 Memorial Olivier Barras *1978 Italian PGA Championship *1979 Italian PGA Championship *1980 Memorial Olivier Barras *1981 Italian PGA Championship European Senior Tour wins (2) European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0) Team appearances Amateur *St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1964, 1966 Professional *World Cup (representing Italy): 1972, 1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ... * Marlboro Nations' Cup/Philip Morris International (representing Italy): 1973, 1975 External links * Italian male golfers European Senior Tour golfers 1944 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Cesare Croce
Giulio Cesare Croce (1550–1609) was an Italian writer, actor/producer of cantastoria and enigma writer. The son of a blacksmith and a blacksmith himself, after the death of his father, his uncle continued his cultural education. He never had any particular patron but was still able to gradually leave the family business to pursue his passion: story telling. He had an enormous success and was able to travel to fairs, markets, patrician houses, and the Italian courts. His presentations were complemented by a violin. His prolific literary production was contingent upon his own transcriptions of his shows. He was married twice and had 14 children. He died in poverty. His life and choices He had little formal training or teachers and can therefore be considered one of the most successful self-taught authors in Italian literature. Due to his choices, he was never fully part of the literary groups of his time. To be a literary man in his period meant living at court, having patron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pellegrino Croce
Pellegrino Croce (born 24 August 1955) is an Italian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1955 births Living people Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers from Naples {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Croce
Pasquale "Pat" Croce (born November 2, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality. He served as team president of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Philadelphia 76ers from 1996 to 2001. Early life and education Croce is the son of an Italian American father and Irish American mother. He attended West Chester University and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in 1977. Career He began his career as a physical therapist and was a physical conditioning and rehabilitation coach for the Philadelphia Flyers and an administrative director of the Sports Medicine Clinic of Haverford Community Hospital. He is a black belt in taekwondo, and has commentated on Taekwondo during the Summer Olympics. He founded Sports Physical Therapists in 1984 and grew the business into a chain of 40 centers spanning 11 states before selling it in 1993 for $40 million. Some of his clients included Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Croce
Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball player, who plays as a libero. She currently plays for RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF. History was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 19 .... She has twice competed at the Olympics as part of the Italian national team, finishing 5th in 2008 and 2012. She was part of the Italian team that won the 2007 European Championship. In the same year, she was part of the Italian team that won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix. References Profile External links * * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Rome Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onofrio De Santa Croce
Onofrio de Santa Croce (died 20 October 1471) was a cardinal and bishop of Tricarico within the Kingdom of Naples. He was born at Rome, and died there. In 1467, he was sent as papal legate by Pope Paul II to mediate between the expanding Duchy of Burgundy and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in the second Liège war over the desire of the latter for sovereignty. Onofrio had enjoyed previous successes as a diplomat, and was armed with firsthand knowledge of the situation acquired when he accompanied the legate Paul Ferri to the city of Liège in 1463. Despite "tireless efforts," Onofrio failed, and a third Liège war, in October 1468, saw Charles the Bold of Burgundy and Louis XI of France began a siege that would end in the destruction of Liège. Onofrio's memoir is considered "one of the most important 'outside' sources" on the war and events leading up to it. In another attempt to explain the circumstances and consequences of the war, he commissioned the Italian humanist poet Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Croce
Nicolás Emanuel Croce (born 22 July 1985) was an Argentine footballer. His last club was Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Primera División league. History Amateur era Ñubl .... References * * 1985 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Tiro Federal footballers Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Ñublense footballers Aragua FC players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Santa Fe Province 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Keating Croce
Mary Keating Croce DiSabato (December 4, 1928 – October 21, 2016) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly for three two-year terms, where she represented the 6th Legislative District from 1974 to 1980. She served as the Chairwoman of the New Jersey State Parole Board in the 1990s. Personal life Born in Camden, New Jersey on December 4, 1928, she attended Camden High School, graduating as part of the class of 1946.Naedele, Walter F"Mary DiSabato; headed N.J. State Parole Board" ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', October 23, 2016. Accessed October 27, 2016. "Born in Camden, Mrs. DiSabato graduated from Camden High School in 1946 and served as a Sixth District Assemblywoman, covering parts of Camden and Burlington Counties from 1974 to 1980, son Stephen Croce said." A resident of Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, she died at the age of 87 on October 21, 2016. She was survived by her husband, Anthony "Sonny" DiSabato, as well as by two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Eufrasia Della Croce
Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676) was a Carmelite nun and artist. She was born as ''Flavia Benedetti'' in Rome; she entered Carmel in 1628 and painted many works for her Roman convent of S. Giuseppe a Capo le Case of the Discalced Carmelites. Her father was a Roman patrician and she had three brothers, one a Capuchin friar, and one, the abbott Elpidio, secretary to Cardinal Mazarin, who also collected art and was an amateur architect. Maria entered the convent on 3 May 1627 and became a nun a year later. She may have received some artistic training as a child; her work bears some similarity to the colouring of the Bolognese group of artists and she had links with the miniaturist Anna Angelica Allegrini and the architect Plautilla Bricci. She may have helped to train Plautilla, who stayed with her for a sustained period; her brother Elpidio went on to commission Plautilla to design his villa. At some point Maria became the Prioress of the convent. She painted an altarpiec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Croce
Marcos Francisco Croce (6 March 1894 – 10 July 1978) was an Argentine footballer who played as goalkeeper. Croce spent most of his career at Racing Club, but he also played in Alumni, Estudiantes BA, and Sportivo Palermo. Croce is regarded not only as the first great goalkeeper for Racing Club but one of the best in the history of the club.TOP 5: LOS MEJORES ARQUEROS DE RACING CLUB by Por Federico Dotti on Balón Latino, 12 octubre, 2020 Biography Croce debuted in Alumni with only 16 years old, then moving to C.A. Estudiantes. In 1917 he was transferred to Racing Club, where he had a long tenure also winning 10 titles with the club between 1917 and 1925.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Croce
Luigi Croce (born 27 November 1940) is an Italian former yacht racer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1940 births Living people Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Croce
James Joseph Croce (; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After he formed a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen, his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third album, ''You Don't Mess Around with Jim'', produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, '' Life and Times'', included the song " Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only No. 1 hit he had during his lifetime. On September 20, 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album ''I Got a Name'' was released, Croce and five others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
