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Galante
Galante is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Galante (pedigree), a family of Jewish scholars which flourished in the Middle Ages ** Abraham ben Mordecai Galante (died 1560), kabalist and author ** Mordecai Galante (died 1781), rabbi of Damascus ** Moses Galante (died 1806), rabbi of Damascus ** Moses Galante (the Elder) (or Moshe ben Mordechai Galante; died 1608), rabbi, disciple of Joseph Caro ** Moses Galante (the Younger) (or Moshe ben Yonatan Galante; 1621-1689), rabbi ** Mordecai Galante (died 1781), Chief rabbi of Damascus and author of Gedullat Mordekai ** Moses Galante (died 1806), chief rabbi of Damascus * Andrea Galante (born 1982), Argentine actress * Anyela Galante, Anyela Galante Salerno (born 1991), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder * Carmine Galante (1910-1979), a member of the Bonanno crime family * Cecilia Galante, Cecilia (Plummer) Galante, American author * Fabio Galante (born 1973), Italian footballer * Forrest Galante (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Galante
Carmine Galante (; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mobster. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from is mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo" (a Sicilian term for cigar). Galante had a long career in organized crime and rose to acting boss (unofficial) of the Bonanno crime family. He was assassinated in 1979 while dining in a restaurant. Biography Background Camillo Carmine Galante was born on February 21, 1910, in a tenement building in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. His parents, Vincenzo "James" Galante and Vincenza Russo, had emigrated from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, to New York City in 1906, where Vincenzo was a fisherman. Carmine Galante had two brothers, Samuel and Peter Galante, and two sisters, Josephine and Angelina Galante. On February 10, 1945, Galante married Helen Marulli, by whom he had three children; James Galante (not Jimmy Galante former owner of Danbury Thrashers), Camille Galante, and Angela G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrest Galante
Forrest Galante (born March 31, 1988) is an American outdoor adventurer, television personality, and conservationist. He works in the field of wildlife biology, specializing in the exploration of animals on the brink of extinction. He is the host of the television shows '' Extinct or Alive'' on Animal Planet and "Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante" as well as multiple Shark Week shows. Early life Shortly after his birth in California, Galante and his family moved to Harare, Zimbabwe, where his mother ran a safari business. He and his sister, named Summer, were raised on a farm that cultivated flowers and fruit, and served as a home to livestock and wild African animals. Throughout his youth, Galante spent time exploring the African bush, learning to wrangle snakes, trap small animals, and snorkel the reefs of the Bazaruto Archipelago. In Zimbabwe, he attended an English boarding school and headed up the Junior Herpetology Society, studying native flora and fauna. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Galante
James Galante (born January 5, 1953) is an American convicted felony, felon and associate of the Genovese crime family, owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor-league hockey team and a defunct racecar team fielding cars for Ted Christopher, and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal (AWD), a company that holds waste disposal contracts for most of western Connecticut and Westchester County, New York, Westchester and Putnam County, New York, Putnam counties in New York (state), New York. In 1999, Galante was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. In June 2008, Galante admitted to charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service, and faced between five and seven years in prison under Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and was also forced to forfeit his controlling interest in 25 different garbage-related businesses, estimated to be worth over $100 million.Altimari, Dave.Galante Admits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inese Galante
Inese Galante (born 12 March 1954) is a Latvian soprano opera singer. Galante is known for a great beauty of tone, nuanced pianissimos and sensitive command of dynamics and colour. Her performance of Vavilov's ''Ave Maria'' (often attributed to Giulio Caccini), from her "Debut" album 1995 started spreading worldwide interest in the piece. Career Galante was born in Riga to a musical family. She entered the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga in 1977. While still a student at the Academy, she became a soloist of the Latvian National Opera. Parallel to her work in Riga she was engaged in opera productions at other theatres, particularly at the Kirov Opera (Mariinsky theatre) in Saint Petersburg, Russia where she had a fruitful collaboration with conductor Valery Gergiev. From 1991 until 1999, Galante was soloist at National Theatre Mannheim and Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. Since then she has been touring and performing all over the world. Galante's voice has been heard at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Galante
Cecilia (Plummer) Galante is a twenty-first century American author. Background Galante has a BA from King's College in Pennsylvania, and an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont. Prior to becoming a successful author, she taught high school English and wrote a monthly book column for the ''Times Leader'' newspaper. In 2011, at a fundraising event for St. Martin's Ministry (an outreach to poor and homeless people on Maryland's Eastern Shore run by the Benedictine Sisters and Volunteers at St. Gertrude's Monastery in Ridgely, Maryland), Ms. Galante revealed that she was "once a needy mother with an infant daughter in a battered women’s shelter.” Publications ''The Patron Saint of Butterflies'' Her first book, '' The Patron Saint of Butterflies'' published in April 2008, is an acclaimed, allusion of the life experiences of children raised at the Mount Hope religious commune in New York under the auspices of scholar, philosopher, and cult leader Herbert T. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Galante
Theodore "Ted" Galante is an American architect who has received critical recognition for his designs of university, municipal and key commercial buildings. His clients have included Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, the New York City Fire Department, City of Boston, and many others. Early and personal life As a child, Galante worked with his father in his metal working shop and helped build a family home, learning many hand skill trades along the way. One key component was preparing drawings for parts of the house to be built. By the time Galante entered college, he was skilled as a draftsman and had spent three years as architect’s apprentice. Galante earned his first professional degree after five years of study, leaving his undergraduate program with a Silver Medal in Design. He completed his Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Works After Galante finished his Masters program, Cran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Anthony Galante
Joseph Anthony Galante (July 2, 1938 – May 25, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, Diocese of Camden in New Jersey from 2004 to 2013. He previously held several positions as a bishop in Texas from 1992 to 2004, after serving in the Roman Curia as undersecretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Congregation for Religious from 1986 to 1992. Biography Early life Joseph Galante was born on July 2, 1938, in Philadelphia. He attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960. Galante was Holy Orders, ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 16, 1964. At the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, he earned his Doctor of Canon Law (Catholic Church), Doctor of Canon Law degree and at the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Galante
Matthew Joseph Galante (born March 22, 1944) is a former minor League baseball infielder and Major League coach and acting manager. Playing career The , Galante attended St. John's University. While at St. John's in 1964, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. Galante was selected as the 833rd and final pick of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees. He played in the Yankees system from 1966 to 1971, and spent the 1972 and 1973 seasons with the Evansville Triplets, the AAA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Coaching career After his playing career ended, he spent several years as a minor league manager and scout. He was a Houston Astros coach from 1985 to 2001 with the exception of 1997, when he worked in the club's front office and then stepped in as manager of the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs when Steve Swisher resigned a few days into the season. Matt Galan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose "Pepe" Galante
Jose "Pepe" Galante is an Argentine winemaker in the Uco Valley, Mendoza. He is considered by many to be the father of modern wine making in Argentina. Life Jose Galante studied oenology at the Facultad Tecnologica de Enologia e Industrias Frutihorticolas "Don Bosco" in Rodeo del Medio, Maipu, Mendoza. He later taught as this University during his career at Catena group. Winemaking Galante, along with Paul Hobbs, modernized wine making in Argentina, transforming Argentine wine and bringing quality Argentine wine, most notably malbec, to the U.S. market under the Bodega Catena Zapata label. The 1999 Bodega Catena Zapata Nicolas Catena Zapata Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec blend, made by Jose Galante, was well received and awarded 93pts from ''Wine Spectator ''Wine Spectator'' is an American lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine and wine culture, and gives out ratings to certain types of wine. It publishes 15 issues per year with content that includes news, articles, profi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Galante
Joe Galante (born December 18, 1949, New York City, NY) is an American music industry executive. He is noted for his role in developing the careers of Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Vince Gill, Clint Black, Miranda Lambert, and The Judds, among others. Galante was be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame by Kix Brooks in 2022 alongside Keith Whitley and Jerry Lee Lewis. RCA Galante began working at RCA Records in New York in 1971. He was transferred to RCA Nashville in 1974; although originally intended to be a temporary stay, Galante remained in Nashville as a director at the label. During the early years of his career, he was criticized because he lacked a traditional background in the music industry. Galante continued to be promoted at the label, becoming vice president of promotion and marketing. In 1982, he was named head of RCA's Nashville division; then 32, he became the youngest person ever named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Galante
Svetlana Alekseevna Galante (born 23 May 1973) is a Russian judoka and a sambo practitioner. She is considered to be one of the greatest practitioners of Sambo and is a member of the FIAS Hall of fame. Biography Galante was born in 1973 in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR. In 1985, she moved to Kamchatka Oblast in the Russian SFSR. She graduated from the Far Eastern State Academy of Physical Culture in Russia. Sports career Galante compared in both Judo and Sambo. She started in Judo where she won a Bronze medal at the 1991 European Junior Judo Championships. Galante competed in the women's half-heavyweight event in Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She lost in the round of 16 to Ulla Werbrouck, the eventual Gold Medal winner. In the Repechage, she defeated Cristina Curto in the quarterfinals before losing to Ylenia Scapin in the semifinals. Her final position was ranked 7th. Later on she earned two Silver Medals in Judo at the World Military Championships and one Bronze Medal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Galante
Fabio Galante (born 20 November 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Playing career Galante was born in Montecatini Terme, Province of Pistoia. He started his professional career for Serie C1 side Empoli F.C., then coached by Luciano Spalletti. He successively moved to Genoa C.F.C. in 1994, where he won the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup. He then switched to Internazionale in 1996. With Internazionale, Galante played three seasons, mostly as a backup player, winning an UEFA Cup title in 1998. In 1999, he signed for Torino Calcio, initially on loan. Torino paid 5.1 billion lire to sign Galante permanently in June 2000, but at the same time selling half of the registration rights of Riccardo Fissore and Franco Semioli to Inter for 6 billion lire (Fissore was later bought back by Torino the following summer for 2 billion lire, meaning the club had acquired Fissore by paying Inter 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
