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Ferraro
Ferraro is an occupational surname of Italian origin meaning blacksmith in Italian (from "ferro", the Italian word for iron). Notable people with this surname include: * Chris Ferraro (born 1973), NHL hockey player, brother of Peter Ferraro * Emanuele Ferraro (born 1978), Italian footballer * Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), U.S. politician and 1984 Vice-President candidate * Gustavo Ferraro, Argentinian banker * James Ferraro, American experimental musician * John Ferraro (1924–2001), Los Angeles city council man * Joshua Ferraro, American entrepreneur and computer scientist * Margaret Hart Ferraro also known as Margie Hart (1913–2000), striptease dancer and wife of John Ferraro * Mario Ferraro (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Mike Ferraro (born 1944), former major league baseball player * Nathan Ferraro, Canadian musician with rock band The Midway State * Nicholas Ferraro (1928–1984), New York politician and judge * Peter Ferraro (born 1973), NHL hockey player, brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 March 26, 2011) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1984 presidential election, running alongside Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party. She was also a journalist, author, and businesswoman. Ferraro grew up in New York City and worked as a public school teacher before training as a lawyer. She joined the Queens County District Attorney's Office in 1974, heading the new Special Victims Bureau that dealt with sex crimes, child abuse, and domestic violence. In 1978 she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she rose rapidly in the party hierarchy while focusing on legislation to bring equity for women in the areas of wages, pensions, and retirement plans. In 1984, former vice presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ferraro
John Ferraro (May 14, 1924 – April 17, 2001) was an American politician and businessman who was a Democratic member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1966 until his death in 2001, the longest tenure of any member in the city's history. Before politics, he was an insurance broker, and had been an all-American football player at the University of Southern California. Biography Parents and education Ferraro was born May 14, 1924, in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles, "the youngest son of a family of eight children whose Italian immigrant parents ran a macaroni factory before going broke during the Depression." He attended Bell High School in Bell, California, where he graduated in 1942, and he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Southern California after World War II. Military service Ferraro enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was commissioned as an ensign in 1945. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ferraro
James Ferraro (born November 6, 1986) is an American experimental musician, producer, composer and contemporary artist. He has been credited as a pioneer of the 21st century genres hypnagogic pop and vaporwave, with his work exploring themes related to hyperreality and consumer culture. His music has drawn on diverse styles such as 1980s electronic music, easy listening, drone, lo-fi, sound collage, and R&B. Ferraro began his career in the early 2000s as a member of the Californian noise duo The Skaters, after which he began recording solo work under his name and a wide variety of aliases. He released projects on labels such as Hippos in Tanks and New Age Tapes. Ferraro received wider recognition when his polarizing 2011 album ''Far Side Virtual'' was chosen as Album of the Year by ''The Wire''. Biography Early life and The Skaters Ferraro was born in Rochester, New York to Italian and African-American parents. He came from a musical background; his father was a musician, DJ, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Ferraro
Raymond Vincent Ferraro (born August 23, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player and currently sports commentator, broadcaster for NHL on ESPN, ESPN/NHL on ABC, ABC and formerly of TSN Hockey, TSN. He played for 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers (1984–85 NHL season, 1984–1990–91 NHL season, 1990), New York Islanders (1990–1994–95 NHL season, 1995), New York Rangers (1995–96 NHL season, 1995–1996), Los Angeles Kings (1996–1998–99 NHL season, 1999), Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000 NHL season, 1999–2001–02 NHL season, 2002) and St. Louis Blues (2002). Biography Playing career Ferraro was a prolific scorer in junior hockey, including a 108-goal and 192-point season for the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Brandon Wheat Kings in 1983–84 WHL season, 1983–84. He also was a member of the 1982–83 Portland Winterhawks, Portland Winter Hawks squad that won the 1983 Memorial Cup. Ferraro's teammate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Miranda Ferraro
Pier Miranda Ferraro (30 October 1924 – 18 January 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international opera career from 1951 through 1981. He particularly excelled in the dramatic Italian repertoire with his signature role being the title role in Giuseppe Verdi's opera '' Otello''. Other important roles in his performance repertoire included Radames in Verdi's ''Aida'', Alvaro in '' La Forza del Destino'', and des Grieux in Giacomo Puccini's ''Manon Lescaut''. He also found success in the German repertoire portraying Wagnerian heroes. Although he was a gifted singer and had a highly impressive list of performance credits, he never achieved the international recognition enjoyed by his most important contemporaries, such as Franco Corelli or Mario Del Monaco. After retiring from the opera stage in 1981 he took up a second highly successful career as a voice teacher. Biography Born Pietro Ferraro in Altivole, Ferraro took his stage name from his wife's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Ferraro
Mario Ferraro (born September 17, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). After one season with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the junior United States Hockey League he joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spending two seasons there before signing with the Sharks. Ferraro made his NHL debut with the Sharks in 2019. Playing career Ferraro spent the 2016–17 season with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League. He scored 41 points in 60 games with the Buccaneers, tying for first among defencemen for goals and second in assists and points. As a result he was named to the USHL First-All Star Team and All-Rookie Team. After the season Ferraro was selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the San Jose Sharks at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He subsequently went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and set a team record for points by a freshman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ferraro
Michael Dennis Ferraro (born August 18, 1944) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played for the New York Yankees (; ) and the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers (; ). Ferraro threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Early life and amateur career Ferraro attended Kingston High School in Kingston, New York where he played baseball, basketball and football. As a senior in high school, he led all of Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan and Orange Counties with a .585 batting average on the baseball field and with 21.5 points per game on the basketball court. Professional playing career Ferraro was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees, where he would have two stints in the Majors with New York. He was left unprotected in the 1968 expansion draft, and he was selected by the Seattle Pilots, but after only five games and four at-bats, he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles, where he spent two years in the minors. However, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ferraro
Peter Joseph Ferraro (born January 24, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He and his twin brother Chris became the second set of identical twins to play on the same NHL team, (the New York Rangers) in the 1995–1996 NHL hockey season. The first was Ron and Rich Sutter. Playing career Ferraro was born in Port Jefferson, New York. As a youth, he and his brother Chris played in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers minor ice hockey teams. He was the first of the twins to be drafted into the NHL, and was drafted in the first round (#24 overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. During his NHL career, he played for the New York Rangers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals. Despite playing professional hockey for a combined thirty years, neither Ferraro managed to play over 100 NH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuele Ferraro
Emanuele Ferraro (born 8 September 1978) is an Italian football coach and former player. Playing career Early career Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Sicily, Ferraro started his career with Lombardy club Brescia. After a Serie D season with Ospitaletto, which 10 km away from province capital Brescia, he left for German Fußball-Regionalliga club Magdeburg and played his first match on 11 August 1999. In mid-2000, Ferraro returned to Italy and played a season for Serie C2 club Gubbio. In the next season he left for Serie D team Grosseto. He finished as the group F runner-up and later admitted to Serie C2. In 2002–03 season, he scored a career high of 19 league goals for Serie D team Corigliano. Ascoli In June 2003, he was signed by Serie B team Ascoli. Ferraro was lack of chance to play and left for Serie C1 club Vis Pesaro in January 2004. In June 2004, he was signed by Serie C2 club Ancona. Once again he scored a double figure for the team and the whole team only sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Ferraro
Vince Ferraro is an American business executive best known for his global marketing vice president positions with Hewlett-Packard and Eastman Kodak. Education Vince Ferraro graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and an MBA from Arizona State University. Career with HP Ferraro started working for Hewlett-Packard in 1983 as a senior financial analyst. He would be promoted to several management and executive positions over the years, including North American channel marketing director for commercial national accounts and vice president of marketing for several divisions of the company. In addition to marketing, he used his blog to help problem solve compatibility problems between HP products and Microsoft Vista. In 2007 and 2008 Ferraro was a speaker at the Chief Marketing Officer Council summit. Ferraro spent over twenty-five years with the company and eventually retired from HP as VP of Worldwide Marketing for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ferraro
Christopher M. Ferraro (born January 24, 1973) is an American retired ice hockey player who formerly played in the National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional .... Along with his twin brother, Peter Ferraro, Peter, became the second set of identical twins to play on the same NHL team: the New York Rangers in the 1995-96 NHL season, 1995–96 season. Playing career As a youth, Ferraro and his brother Peter played in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers minor ice hockey teams. Chris Ferraro was the later of the Ferraro twins to be drafted into the NHL. He was drafted in the fourth round, 85th overall, in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers. During his NHL career, he pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Ferraro
Salvatore Ferraro (born 8 September 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Cattolica San Marino. Club career Ferraro started his career at Internazionale. In 2001-2002 he was part of the Nerazzurri youth team, but made his debut against Feyenoord on 11 April 2002, playing 90 minutes in the return leg of the UEFA Cup semifinal. A few days later, he played his only Serie A game, replacing Clarence Seedorf in the clash against Chievo. In January 2003, he was graduated from Primavera Team (under-20 Team), he was loaned to Prato of Serie C1. A.C. Milan Ferraro (half of rights were valued at €1.75M), along with Alessandro Livi, Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75M) and Marco Varaldi (half of the rights valued €1.75M) were moved to city rival A.C. Milan, and Matteo Giordano (50% valued €1.5M), Ronny Diuk Toma (50% valued €1.5M), Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5M) moved to Inter. Both clubs co-owned the 8 players. The deal la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
