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Riva (surname)
Riva is an Italian surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 57.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Riva'' were residents of Italy (frequency 1:1,405), 7.1% of India (1:143,430), 5.3% of Brazil (1:51,231), 5.3% of Argentina (1:10,805), 4.5% of the Philippines (1:29,793), 4.1% of Bangladesh (1:52,025), 2.7% of the United States (1:174,602), 2.6% of Peru (1:16,250), 1.9% of France (1:47,539) and 1.5% of Switzerland (1:7,358). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,405) only in one region: Lombardy (1:281) People * Aldo Riva (1923–?), Italian professional football player * Antonello Riva (born 1962), Italian former basketball player * Antonio Riva (pilot) (1896-1951), Italian World War I flying ace * Carlo Riva (1922–2017), Italian motorboat designer and builder * Celso Riva (born c. 1974), Italian independent video game designer * César Humberto Chávez Riva Gálvez (born 1964), former Peruvian international football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italians
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Celso Riva
Celso Riva (born c. 1974) is an Italian independent video game designer of several critically acclaimed games, including ''The Goalkeeper'', ''Universal Boxing Manager'', ''Magic Stones'', the '' Heileen'' and '' Vera Blanc'' series, ''Bionic Heart'', and the '' Loren the Amazon Princess''. Life and game design career At the age of twenty, Riva began his career, designing small-scale games for the Italian market. He took a seven-year sabbatical until 2003, when he discovered the shareware distribution model and created the sports management video game ''Universal Soccer Manager'' using BlitzBasic. He moved to C/C++ language and published 10 more games under the Winter Wolves label, then opened a new company, Tycoon Games, on which he has published 6 games: the space war game ''Supernova 2: Spacewar'', the dating sim game ''Summer Session'', the visual novels ''Heileen'' and ''Bionic Heart'', ''College Romance: Rise Of The Little Brother'', and ''Spirited Heart''. For the games ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Riva
Isabella Riva (22 April 1887 - 10 August 1985) was an Italian actress. Born in Nizza Monferrato, Asti as Isabella Trufarelli, daughter of actors, Riva began acting as a child in the stage company ran by her grandparents. After working in several companies, in 1919 she became main actress of the Alfredo Sainati stage company. She was also a film and television actress. Riva retired in 1968, moving to Bologna in the retirement home for actors "Lyda Borelli" where she continued to teach acting for several years. Selected filmography * ''Snow White and the Seven Thieves'' (1949) * ''The Mill on the Po'' (1949) * ''The Angel of the Alps ''The Angel of the Alps'' ( it, L'angelo delle Alpi) is a 1957 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Luisella Boni, Alberto Farnese and Gino Sinimberghi.Goble p. 238 The film's art direction was by Gianc ...'' (1957) References External links * Italian film actresses 1887 births People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva (4 November 1834 in Ivrea – 10 November 1916) was an Italian lawyer and painter, known for portraits, historical paintings, and landscapes. He was a resident of Milan. One of his masterworks was ''While reading a memorial plaque for the Calvinist Covenanters, Catherine de' Medici Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ... surprised by Mary Stuart'', sent to the Exhibition of Fine Arts at Turin in 1883. To the same exhibition in 1887, he sent ''Ultimi istanti di Cola di Rienzi, last Tribune of Rome''. In 1872 at the Milan Exposition, he displayed, a number of half-figure portraits. At the 1883 Rome Exposition, he displayed ''Two Shepherdesses, an Idyll''. Another painter of the same name was active in Bergamo and Rome (1861–1941). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Riva
Giulia Riva (born 31 January 1992) is an Italian sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China. See also * Italian all-time lists - 4x100 metres relay References External links * 1992 births Living people Italian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Riva
Luigi "Gigi" Riva (; born 7 November 1944) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoyed a remarkable scoring record for Cagliari, thanks to his composure in front of goal, powerful left foot and aerial ability; his speed, strength and eye for goal led the Italian journalist Gianni Brera to nickname him "Rombo di Tuono" (Roar of Thunder). Aside from his debut season with Legnano, Riva remained with the Sardinian club for his entire career: he helped Cagliari achieve promotion to the Italian top-flight for the first time in 1964, and later led the club to their only Serie A title in 1969–70. At international level, Riva won the 1968 UEFA European Championship and was runner-up at the 1970 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team; he also took part at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. With 35 goals in 42 appearances (in all o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fil Bo Riva
Filippo Bonamici, known professionally as Fil Bo Riva, is an Italian singer, songwriter, musician and producer. His style blends elements from indie rock, indie pop, folk and soul and is led by the timbre of his distinct voice. Life Filippo Bonamici was born in Rome to an Italian father and a German mother. Around the age of 10 he started singing and playing guitar - he soon started his first band with his brother and two neighbors. Aged 14, he was sent to Cistercian College Roscrea, a Catholic boarding school in Ireland, where his musical education formed and developed gradually. After school, he lived in Madrid and Munich, working in different jobs, before returning to Rome. In 2012, Bonamici moved to Berlin and started studying Design at the renowned Berlin University of the Arts ( UdK). After several years of intense study and musical abstinence, he discovered fresh inspiration and positive distractions that shaped his songwriting. He dropped out of University in 2015 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Riva
Fernanda Riva (1920–1956), was a Roman Catholic Nun of Canossian Daughter of Charity congregation. Early life Fernanda Riva was born on 17 April 1920 in Monza, Italy. She joined the Canossian Missionary Novitiate in Vimercate, Milan, on 19 March 1939. She continued her First Formation at St. Joseph's Convent, Belgaum, and pronounced her First Vows, on 24 December 1941. She completed her B.A., B. Ed at the Colleges in Belgaum from 1943 to 1947, and came to Mumbai for her master's degree in Education. Missionary to India Riva came to Bombay (now Mumbai), India on 30 October 1939. She was principal of the St. Joseph's College for Women Alleppey, Kerala. From July 1950 to September 1953 Riva served at Canossa High School, Mahim, first as a teacher and then as principal. In September 1953, Riva was transferred to St. Joseph's Convent, Alleppey, Kerala, to start the St. Joseph's College for Women there and take over as its first principal. This took a good bit of her energy – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Riva
Ferdinando Riva (3 July 1930 – 15 August 2014) was a Swiss football forward who played for Switzerland in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FC Mendrisio-Stabio and FC Chiasso FC Chiasso is a Swiss football club based in Chiasso. It was founded in 1905. Chiasso also played in the Italian first league between 1914 and 1923. The team's most glorious period was between 1948 and 1961, when the team was promoted to the .... References External linksFIFA profile 1930 births 2014 deaths Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Chiasso players 1954 FIFA World Cup players Swiss Super League players {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva (; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) and '' Amour'' (2012). Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in ''Hiroshima mon amour'', and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for '' Thérèse Desqueyroux'' (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's ''Amour'', she won a BAFTA Award and the César Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Early life Riva was born Paulette Germaine Riva on 24 February 1927 in Cheniménil, France, the daughter of Jeanne Fernande ( née Nourdin), a seamstress, and René Alfred Riva, a sign painter from Italy. Growing up in Remiremont, Riva showed an early passion for acting, performing in plays at her local theatre, but worked for several years as a seamstress. After seeing an advertisement on a local newspaper, Riva applied to an acting school in Paris. At 26, she moved to Paris to pursue acting despite her fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Riva
Eddy Riva (born 17 April 1973 in Thionville, Moselle) is a French race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful .... Achievements References * 1973 births Living people People from Thionville French male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Sportspeople from Moselle (department) {{France-racewalk-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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