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Gagliano (surname)
Gagliano () is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Tony Gagliano (born 1958) Canadian businessman and philanthropist *Alessandro Gagliano (c. 1700–1735), Italian luthier *Alfonso Gagliano (1942–2020), Canadian accountant and politician *Bob Gagliano (born 1958), former American Football player *Fernando Gagliano (c. 1770–1795), Italian luthier *Gaetano Gagliano (1917–2016), Italian-Canadian businessman *Januarius Gagliano (c. 1740–1780), Italian luthier *Leonardo Gagliano (20th century), Brazilian radio speaker and sports commentator *Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643), Italian composer *Nicolò Gagliano (c. 1740–1780), Italian violin-maker *Phil Gagliano (1941–2016), former Major League Baseball infielder *Ralph Gagliano (born 1946), Major League Baseball player *S. Thomas Gagliano (1931–2019), American politician *Tommy Gagliano (1884–1951), Sicilian-American mobster *Rico Gagliano, American journalist and podcaster {{surname, Gagliano Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gagliano
Tony Gagliano LL.D. (; born June 13, 1958) is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the executive chairman and CEO of St. Joseph Communications, Canada's largest private communications company. St. Joseph is the publisher of many of Canada's magazines including Toronto Life and Fashion. Gagliano is President of the Art Gallery of Ontario and is co-founder and chair of Toronto's Festival of Creativity & Arts, Luminato. In 2009 he was appointed onto the board of the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games. Background Tony Gagliano was born to Italian immigrants Gaetano Gagliano and Giussepina Gagliano in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario. He was their seventh child, He has four brothers and five sisters. Gaetano started a small print shop in his basement and encouraged his children to come work for him to help grow the business. Gagliano has a Bachelor of Business Management from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1980). He is married with three children and currently reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Gagliano
Gagliano is the name of a famous family of Italian luthiers from Naples, dating back to the early 18th century. The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen ''Gagliano'' violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Alessandro Gagliano ( 1700 – 1735) Naples, Italy. As a youth, Alessandro worked in the shops of famed luthiers Nicolo Amati and Antonio Stradivari. After returning to Naples from Cremona, he became the founder of the Neapolitan school. Authentic examples of his instruments in good condition are scarce. A few violas, cellos, one double bass, and several violins have survived. *Typical label: Alexandri r AlessandroGagliano Alumnus Antonio Stradivarius fecit Anno 1722 Nicolò Gagliano I (active 1730 – 1780) Naples, Italy. Nicolò Gagliano (also known as ''Nicolo'', ''Nicola'' or the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Gagliano
Alfonso Gagliano (; 25 January 1942 – 12 December 2020) was a Canadian accountant and politician. Early life and family Born in Siculiana, Italy, Gagliano immigrated to Montreal in 1958. His political career began in 1977 when he ran for a seat on the then Jérôme-LeRoyer school board, which no longer exists and used to cover the East End of Montreal Island. In 1965, Gagliano married Ersilia Gidaro and with her bore three children; Vincenzo, Maria and Immacolata. Political career In the 1984 federal election, he ran for Parliament for Saint-Léonard—Anjou narrowly defeating the Progressive Conservative candidate. It was one of the few ridings that the Liberals retained, as they were swept out of power in a massive Conservative landslide. He was re-elected in the 1988 and 1993 elections representing Saint-Léonard, and in the 1997 and 2000 elections representing Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel. From 1996 to 2002, he served in various cabinet posts including Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Gagliano
Robert Frank "Bob" "The Goose" Gagliano (born September 5, 1958), is a former professional American football player. He began his career playing quarterback for Glendale Community College. He then played for United States International University in San Diego, and Utah State University. He was drafted into the National Football League by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1981. In 1994, rookie Perry Klein beat him out for the No. 3 quarterback slot with the Atlanta Falcons. In 1989, he led the Detroit Lions to 5 consecutive victories to conclude the season. This is where he was first pegged with the nickname "The Goose". He also played for the United States Football League's Denver Gold The Denver Gold was a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second major professional football league in the United States, playing a springtime season, from 1983 to 1985. The Gold played their home games at Mi .... References External linksGlendale C.C. Athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Gagliano
Gagliano is the name of a famous family of Italian luthiers from Naples, dating back to the early 18th century. The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen ''Gagliano'' violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Alessandro Gagliano ( 1700 – 1735) Naples, Italy. As a youth, Alessandro worked in the shops of famed luthiers Nicolo Amati and Antonio Stradivari. After returning to Naples from Cremona, he became the founder of the Neapolitan school. Authentic examples of his instruments in good condition are scarce. A few violas, cellos, one double bass, and several violins have survived. *Typical label: Alexandri r AlessandroGagliano Alumnus Antonio Stradivarius fecit Anno 1722 Nicolò Gagliano I (active 1730 – 1780) Naples, Italy. Nicolò Gagliano Nicolò Gagliano (active. c. 1730s – 1787 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Gagliano
Gaetano Gagliano (; August 24, 1917 – April 14, 2016) was an Italian-born Canadian entrepreneur who founded St. Joseph Communications and Salt + Light Television. Career and family Gagliano was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, on August 24, 1917, and immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1956. He first worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway before launching St. Joseph Communications which eventually became the largest private communications company in Canada. He and his wife, Giuseppina, had 10 children, including Tony. Gagliano died on April 14, 2016 at his home in Woodbridge, Ontario at the age of 98. Honours He was named a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester in 1992, and a Member of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ... in 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Januarius Gagliano
Gagliano is the name of a famous family of Italian luthiers from Naples, dating back to the early 18th century. The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen ''Gagliano'' violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Alessandro Gagliano ( 1700 – 1735) Naples, Italy. As a youth, Alessandro worked in the shops of famed luthiers Nicolo Amati and Antonio Stradivari. After returning to Naples from Cremona, he became the founder of the Neapolitan school. Authentic examples of his instruments in good condition are scarce. A few violas, cellos, one double bass, and several violins have survived. *Typical label: Alexandri r AlessandroGagliano Alumnus Antonio Stradivarius fecit Anno 1722 Nicolò Gagliano I (active 1730 – 1780) Naples, Italy. Nicolò Gagliano (also known as ''Nicolo'', ''Nicola'' or the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Gagliano
Leonardo Gagliano Neto was a Brazilian radio announcer and sports commentator. In 1938 he made history in Brazilian communications, at that year's Football World Cup in France as Brazil's Radio Club sports commentator. Through radio sets as well as loudspeakers installed in parks and public thoroughfares throughout the country, he thrilled the Brazilian population with their first nationwide transatlantic live radio Broadcasting, broadcast. * http://terceirotempo.bol.uol.com.br/que-fim-levou/gagliano-neto-4179 * http://guiadoscuriosos.com.br/blog/2014/02/11/a-historia-de-gagliano-neto-o-primeiro-speaker-brasileiro-em-copas-do-mundo/ Brazilian journalists Brazilian people of Italian descent {{Brazil-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Da Gagliano
Marco da Gagliano (1 May 1582 – 25 February 1643) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was important in the early history of opera and the development of the solo and concerted madrigal. Life He was born in Florence and lived most of his life there. After study with a religious confraternity and Luca Bati, he was employed for six years from 1602 by the church of San Lorenzo as a singing instructor. In 1607, he went to Mantua, where he wrote music for the Gonzaga family, including his impressive operatic setting of ''La Dafne''. In 1609, he returned to Florence to become ''maestro di cappella'' at the Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Raffaello, the organisation from which he had received his boyhood musical training. Later that same year, the Medici made him ''maestro di cappella'' of their court, a position he held for 35 years. Music and influence Gagliano wrote an enormous quantity of music, both sacred and secular, for the Medici; in addition, he was a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolò Gagliano
Nicolò Gagliano (active. c. 1730s – 1787 in Naples), although there is some discussion about the exact dates) (also known as ''Nicolo'', ''Nicola'' or ''Nicolaus'' Gagliano - also sometimes known as ''Nicolò I'', to differentiate him from Nicolò II, his grandson), was an Italian violin-maker, the eldest son of Alessandro Gagliano. He made many admirable instruments, often imitated. Some have been mistaken for those of Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, '' Stradivarius'', as well as the collo .... Nicolò was a more prolific maker than his brother Gennaro (Januarius). Nicolò and Gennaro are considered the greatest luthiers in the Gagliano family and the pinnacle of Neapolitan violin-making. Although Nicolò's work is not always entirely consistent in quality, it often shows great distinction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Gagliano
Philip Joseph Gagliano (December 27, 1941 – December 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball player who forged a 12-season, 702-game career in Major League Baseball as a utility infielder/outfielder and pinch hitter for four clubs (principally the St. Louis Cardinals) between and . He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as tall and . A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Gagliano came from a baseball family; he was the nephew of a prominent American Legion and high school coach, Tony Gagliano, and his younger brother Ralph also was an infielder in professional baseball who appeared in the majors, although only for one game in 1965. Phil graduated from Memphis' Christian Brothers High School, where he played for his uncle and was a teammate and schoolmate of Tim McCarver. Gagliano and McCarver, as fellow Cardinals from 1963 through , became two of the four Christian Brothers High School baseball alumni to have played in the World Series as of 2017. Gagliano reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Gagliano
Ralph Michael Gagliano (born October 8, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. An infielder by trade, he appeared in one Major League Baseball game for the Cleveland Indians on September 21, 1965, during which he recorded no at-bats. He has no "official" fielding position since he entered the game as a pinch-runner. He is the brother of Phil Gagliano. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he batted left-handed, thew right-handed, and was listed as tall and . Gagliano entered his only MLB game in the ninth inning of a 9–4 loss to Mel Stottlemyre and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. With one out, Cleveland shortstop Larry Brown hit an infield single to third base and Gagliano pinch ran for him. The next batter, Richie Scheinblum, grounded into a force play, second baseman Bobby Richardson to shortstop Bobby Murcer, and Gagliano was retired. Although that was the only game Gagliano appeared in at the Major League level, he played in 311 games over four yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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