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Landini (surname)
Landini is an Italian surname that may refer to *Adelmo Landini (1896–1965), Italian inventor, pupil and assistant of Guglielmo Marconi *Agnese Landini (born 1976), Italian teacher, wife of former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi *Maurizio Landini (born 1961), Italian trade unionist *Andrea Landini (1847–1935), Italian painter *Claude Landini, Swiss basketball player *Fausto Landini (born 1951), Italian football coach and player *Francesco Landini (c.1325/1335–1397), Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker *Maria Landini (c.1668–1722), Italian soprano *Massimiliana Landini Aleotti (born 1942/43), Italian billionaire heiress *Raúl Landini (1909–1988), Argentine boxer *Spartaco Landini (1944–2017), Italian football defender *Taddeo Landini (c.1561–1596), Italian sculptor and architect See also *Landi (other) *Lando (other) *Landolfi {{surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelmo Landini
Adelmo Landini (1896; Pontecchio di Sasso Marconi, Bologna – August 1965), was an Italian inventor, pupil and assistant of Guglielmo Marconi. He was also an inventor in his own right, devising and developing various mechanical devices and others in the field of radio. Landini graduated from Bologna with a technical qualification and served in the Great War as a signaller (telegraphist) in the engineering branch of the Italian army. During his military service he was awarded two medals and a commendation. In 1927 he became the radio officer and technical assistant of Marconi on the yacht, ''Elettra (ship 1904), Elettra''. It was a lucky coincidence that he came from Pontecchio Polesine, Pontecchio, a place near Marconi's home and where the latter had conducted his early experiments. Recalling his interview, Landini later commented, "When I told Marconi that I was from Pontecchio, and that I'd seen him in 1904, he was moved and we went on to exchange a few words in the local diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnese Landini
Agnese Landini (; born 11 November 1976) is an Italian teacher, wife of former Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi. Life and work Landini was born in Florence, in 1976 and has one brother, Filippo, who is a priest. During her childhood, Landini was a scout in the Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts of Italy (AGESCI). In her later years, she met her future husband, Matteo Renzi. On August 27, 1999 Agnese Landini married Renzi, with whom she has two sons, Francesco and Emanuele, and a daughter, Ester. Like her husband, she is a regular Mass-goer. She is a teacher of Italian literature, Latin and history in a lyceum of Florence. Personal life Landini enjoys running, like her husband, and reading books; moreover she is a fan of opera and classical music. When Renzi was nominated Prime Minister and went to Rome to live in the official residence of the Italian prime minister, Palazzo Chigi, she decided to remain in Pontassieve, near Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Landini
Maurizio Landini (born 7 August 1961) is an Italian trade unionist. Since January 2019, he is the General Secretary of CGIL. He was also former general secretary of FIOM from 2010 to 2017. Landini is considered a socialist and is famous for his populist political style. Biography Landini was born in Castelnovo ne' Monti, near Reggio Emilia, in 1961. He was the second-last of five children; his father, who fought along with the Italian partisans during the World War II, was a ''cantoniere'', a road maintenance worker who needed to live near the workplace due to service requirements, while his mother was a housewife. Landini grew up in San Polo d'Enza and, after middle school, he attended the building's surveyor secondary school, but he was forced to leave it due to financial difficulties of his family, and started working when he was only 15 years old as an apprentice welder in a cooperative in the engineering sector in Reggio Emilia. During the 1980s he became an official of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Landini
Andrea Landini (10 December 1847 – 1935) was an Italian painter. Bibliography He was born in Florence. He began his studies in design at Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under professor Riccardo Pasquini, and from there moved to the studio of professor Antonio Ciseri. He also painted and exhibited in Paris. He was mainly a portrait artist, but has also painted genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ... subjects. Among his main genre works are: ''The Seduction'' and ''The Return''. Among his many portraits, many life size, are those of Signora Guerrazzi of Livorno; of contessa Lavinia Bocca; of Landini's sister; of the writer signora Elena Landini Ruffino; and finally a commissioned portrait of the Princess of Wales. Also notable is the portrait of the Countess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Landini
Claude Landini (1 March 1926 – 30 May 2021) was a Swiss basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1926 births 2021 deaths Swiss men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Switzerland Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva {{Switzerland-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Landini
Fausto Landini (born 28 June 1951 in San Giovanni Valdarno) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a striker. He currently manages the youth team of A.C. Sangiovannese 1927. Landini played for Juventus during 1970. His older brother Spartaco Landini played for the Italy national football team The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing bo .... References 1951 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players AS Roma players Juventus FC players Bologna FC 1909 players Benevento Calcio players ASD Sangiovannese 1927 players Italian football managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Province of Arezzo {{Italy-footy-forward-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Landini
Francesco Landini ( or 1335 – 2 September 1397; also known by many names) was an Italian composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument maker who was a central figure of the Trecento style in late Medieval music. One of the most revered composers of the second half of the 14th century, he was by far the most famous composer in Italy. Name Francesco's name is recorded in many variants throughout medieval manuscripts and documents, including, Francesco degli Organi, Francesco il Cieco, Francesco da Firenze, Magister Franciscus de Florentia, Magister Franciscus Coecus Horghanista de Florentia, Francesco degli orghani and Cechus de Florentia. Modern scholars no longer accept the idea that Francesco was a member of the Landini family and prefer to use the names "Francesco degli Organi" or "Francesco degliorghani" (Francesco of the organs), "Francesco da Firenze'"(Francesco of Firenze), and "Francesco il Cieco" or "Franciscus cecus" (Francesco the blind) to refer to the compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Landini
Maria Landini ( 1668 – 22 June 1722) was an Italian soprano who began her career as a singer at the court of Queen Christina in Rome but was primarily active at the imperial court in Vienna from 1711 until her death. She created numerous soprano roles in operas and oratorios by Fux, Caldara, and her second husband, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti and was reputedly the highest paid musician in Vienna at the time.Sadie, Julie Anne (1998)''Companion to Baroque Music'' p. 250. University of California Press. '' Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'' (2016)"Landini-Contini (Landini-Conti, La Conti, La Contini, La Landina, di Chateauneuf, detta Landini, di Castelnuovo), Maria" Retrieved 18 July 2016 . Life and career Landini's mother, Francesca Portui, was the maid of Queen Christina of Sweden and married to Francesco Landini, the captain of Christina's guards. However, Francesco Landini was not her real father. Maria was born from a relationship between her mother and the marquise Orazio Del M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimiliana Landini Aleotti
Massimiliana Landini Aleotti (born in Lerici, August 7, 1942) is an Italian billionaire heiress, the owner (with her two children) of the pharmaceutical company Menarini based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, and one of the world's ten richest women. As of February 2016, ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...'' estimated her net worth at US$11.6 billion. Her daughter Lucia is chairman of Menarini, and son Alberto Giovanni is vice chairman. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleotti, Massimiliana Landini Living people Female billionaires Italian billionaires Italian businesspeople Year of birth uncertain 1940s births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Landini
Raúl Athos Landini (July 14, 1909 – September 29, 1988) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buenos Aires. In 1928 he won the silver medal in the welterweight class after losing the final against Ted Morgan. 1928 Olympic results Below is the record of Raul Landini, an Argentine welterweight boxer who competed at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Thomas Lown (United States) on points *Round of 16: Defeated Valter Palm (Estonia) on points *Quarterfinal: Defeated Cor Blommers (Netherlands) on points *Semifinal: Defeated Raymond Smillie Ray Lewis Nelson Smillie (January 18, 1904 – April 21, 1993) was a Canadian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he won the bronze medal in the welterweight class after winning the third place match against Robert Gal ... (Canada) on points *Final: Lost to Ted Morgan (New Zealand) on points (was awarded silver medal) References profile 1909 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartaco Landini
Spartaco Landini (; 31 January 1944 – 16 April 2017) was an Italian football defender and later a manager. Club career During his club career, Landini played for F.C. Internazionale Milano, U.S. Città di Palermo and S.S.C. Napoli in Serie A. International career Landini earned 4 caps for the Italy national football team in 1966, and participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. After retirement After he retired from playing football, Landini became one of Genoa C.F.C.'s directors. Personal life Spartaco's brother, Fausto Landini, also played football professionally, as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm .... Spartaco Landini died in Genova on 16 April 2017 at the age of 73. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taddeo Landini
Taddeo Landini (c. 1561 – March 13, 1596) was an Italian sculptor and architect of the Mannerist period, active mainly in his native Florence and after 1580, in Rome. Biography His initial training was in Tuscany, and to Rome, he brought the decorative style of Florentine fountains. In Florence, in the early 1580s, he sculpted a copy of Michelangelo's ''Risen Christ'' for the church of Santo Spirito. He was also called to sculpt the statue of ''Winter'', a man shivering, on the Ponte Santa Trinita over the river Arno. The bridge was designed by Ammanati. The other three seasons were completed by either Caccini and Francavilla. Moving to Rome, he completed the relief of ''Christ washing the Feet of the Disciples'' and a triton for the fountains in Piazza Navona. He also completed a large, no longer extant, gilt-bronze seated statue of Pope Sixtus V in the Campidoglio. A smaller bust still remains. His most famous work is that the four bronze mannered adolescents were ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
