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Vito
Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word "''vita''", meaning "life". It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus, meaning "life-giver," as in San Vito or Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern Italian folklore. There is also a Slavic name " Vitomir" that is shortened to "Vito", but has a different etymology. The name "Vito" is sometimes confused with the German name "Wido," which is derived from Ancient Germanic. People People with this name include: * San Vito dei Normanni, Saint Vito Protector of the Normans at sea, since medieval times * Vito F. Cinfio, Italian-American Structural Engineer * Vito R. Bertoldo, American Medal of Honor recipient * Vito Dimitrijević, a Yugoslavian former professional footballer * Vito Dumas, Argentine sailor and travel-writer, who sailed solo around the world * Vito Fossella, American politician from New York * Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss * Vito LoGrasso, American professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Rizzuto
Vito Rizzuto (; February 21, 1946 – December 23, 2013), also known as "Montreal's Teflon Don", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss alleged to be the leader of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. He headed the notorious Rizzuto crime family based in Montreal, Quebec. Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy in 1946 and immigrated to Montreal with his parents in 1954. His father Nicolo married into the mob, and later started his own crime syndicate in Montreal after overtaking the Cotroni crime family in the late 1970s. He had several run-ins with the law but was able to avoid conviction for any major offenses until 2004. In 1981, Rizzuto participated in the killing of three rival capos in New York City ordered by Joe Massino of the Bonanno crime family, and he was indicted by a Brooklyn federal grand jury in connection with these killings in 2004. He was extradited to the United States in 2006, and pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering charges in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Genovese
Vito Genovese (; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. A long-time associate and childhood friend of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped shape the rise of the Mafia and organized crime in the United States. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed the Genovese crime family in his honor. Along with Luciano, Genovese helped the expansion of the heroin trade to an international level. In 1937, he fled to Italy, and for a brief period during World War II, he supported Benito Mussolini's regime in Italy for fear of being deported back to the United States to face murder charges. He returned to the United States in 1945. Genovese served as mentor to Vincent "Chin" Gigante, the future boss of the Genovese crime family. In 1957, Genovese vied for the boss of bosses tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Mannone
Vito Mannone (born 2 March 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lorient. He has represented Italy at U21 level. Previously Mannone played for Arsenal, Barnsley, Hull City, Sunderland, Reading, Minnesota United, Esbjerg fB and AS Monaco. Early career Born in Desio, Lombardy, from Sicilian parents, Mannone was signed by Arsène Wenger during the summer of 2005, joining Arsenal from Atalanta on a three-year deal for a £350,000 compensation fee. He made his Arsenal debut in a pre-season friendly against Barnet on 16 July 2005, as Arsenal ran out 4–1 winners. Club career Arsenal Early career On 18 August 2006, Mannone was sent out on a three-month loan to Championship club Barnsley, where he was expected to challenge Nick Colgan for the number-one spot. He made his debut in the League Cup against Blackpool on 22 August 2006. After a 2–2 draw, the game went to a penalty shootout in which Mannone saved a penalty from Keigan Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Fossella
Vito John Fossella Jr. (born March 9, 1965) is an American politician serving as the Staten Island Borough President since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Fossella previously represented the state's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. A Staten Island native, Fossella initially took office in 1997, after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari. After a DUI arrest in Alexandria, Virginia on May 1, 2008, it was discovered that he was living with Laura Fay, a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel, while Fossella was married. The two had a child together and were living in Virginia as a married couple while he was living in Staten Island with his wife. He announced on his official website on May 20 that he had chosen to serve out the remainder of his term, which ended on January 3, 2009, but decided not to run for re-election.Barre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito LoGrasso
Vito Joseph LoGrasso (born June 18, 1964) is an American actor and professional wrestler, best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling as Big Vito and more recently World Wrestling Entertainment and working for their " developmental territories" Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling as Vito. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1990–1998; 2001–2004) LoGrasso started wrestling in 1990 on the independent circuit until being approached by NOW Wrestling Federation, based in Japan. Vito then went on to work in the USWA and WWC using the name Skull Von Krush. LoGrasso also travelled to Japan on other occasions after his NOW run. Firstly to All Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he holds a rare pinfall elimination over Mitsuharu Misawa in the ''New Year Giant Series'' battle royal of 1998, after hitting a Stunner on the Triple Crown Champion which leaded to his elimination. As Big Vito, he teamed with "Mr. Puroresu" Genichiro Tenryu twice while wrestlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Scotti
Vito Giusto Scozzari (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996), also known as Vito Scotti, was an American character actor who played both dramatic and comedy roles on Broadway, in films, and later on television, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances in a career spanning 50 years and for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Of Italian heritage, he played everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor, to an Indian travel agent. Early life and career Vito Giusto Scozzari was born 26 Jan 1918 in San Francisco, California. He was the son of Giusto and Virginia Ambroselli Scozzari. His family spent the early 1920s in Naples. The family returned to the United States on 4 July 1924 and lived briefly at 802 South 8th Street in Philadelphia before moving to New York City the following year. In 1925, after the Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Russo
Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990) was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book ''The Celluloid Closet'' (1981, revised edition 1987), described in ''The New York Times'' as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry. In 1985 he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBT inclusion in popular media. Life and work Vito Russo was born 1946 in East Harlem, Manhattan. Growing up Russo was disturbed by the stereotypical portrayals of gay people in media. After witnessing the Stonewall riots, Stonewall riot in 1969 and hearing about another raid the following year, Russo became avidly involved in the emerging Gay Activists Alliance. Russo obtained his undergraduate degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and earned his Master's in film at New York University. While earni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Margera
Vincent Roy Margera (July 3, 1956 – November 15, 2015), commonly known as Don Vito, was an American reality television personality. He was known for his appearances in ''Viva La Bam'', '' Jackass'', ''Haggard'', and the ''CKY'' series alongside his nephew Bam and brother Phil. Early life Margera was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and raised in Concord Township, the son of Darlene (''née'' Stauffer) and Phillip Margera. He was unmarried and lived in a home formerly owned by his brother in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he had moved in the early 2000s. Career Margera became known after appearing as a regular on the MTV television series ''Viva La Bam'', where he was commonly referred to as "Don Vito", a nickname given to him by his nephew Bam. The nickname referred to his near unintelligible speech reminiscent of Don Vito Corleone of ''The Godfather'', as well as saluting the Margera family's Italian heritage. He had previously appeared in sketches and videos with his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vito (rugby Player)
Victor Vasefanua Junior Vito (born 27 March 1987) is a New Zealand former rugby player and All Black who last played blindside flanker for French team La Rochelle. He was a star of New Zealand Sevens, and captained the 2006 New Zealand Under 19 Rugby team. Also in 2006 Vito was nominated for the IRB Under 19 Player of the Year Award. He is a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only 21 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions. Vito attended the Wellington private school, Scots College, where he played for the 1st XV and was a boarder. While playing rugby in New Zealand, Vito was a member of amateur rugby Marist St Pats in Wellington, and was a prominent player in the 2009 Wellington Lions. In 2010 he started for the Hurricanes Super 14 team and was named in the All Blacks extended squad for the first tests of the year. During an interview with the ZM FM Morning Crew, Vito described his new position in the All Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitomir
Vitomir ( pl, Witomir, sr, Витомир) is an old given name of Slavic origin. The word is derived from two Proto-Slavic elements: ''vito'' which means "to rule" and ''mir'' which means "peace, world, prestige". The ''vit'' is also found in the name of the Slavic deity Svetovit. Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nicknames include Vito, Miro, Mirek, and Vitek. Notable people with the name include: *Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski, Polish pilot and writer *Vito Dimitrijević, Yugoslavian footballer *Vitomir Lukić, Bosnian-Croat prose writer and pedagogue * Vitomir "''Vito''" Nikolić, Montenegrin poet and journalist *Vitomir Vutov Vitomir Vutov ( bg, Витомир Вутов) (born 22 November 1971) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper and currently goalkeepers coach of Bulgaria. Career During his career, Vutov played solely for Lokomotiv Mezdra and Litex Lovech. A ..., Bulgarian football goalkeeper * Vitomir Prodanov – ''Patriarch Vikentije'', the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Nikolić
Vitomir "Vito" Nikolić ( sh-Cyrl, Витомир "Вито" Николић; 27 April 1934 – 10 September 1994) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin poet and journalist from Nikšić. His work is often compared to that of Sergey Yesenin, as he is often dubbed as "Montenegrin Yesenin", as well "The Good Spirit of Nikšić". Background Originally from Nikšić, he was born in Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), where his father served in the army. In 1941, he returned to Nikšić with his family. After his father and brother had been killed in World War II, he lived in an orphanage until he turned 18. He spent most of his life in Nikšić, living in poverty, and was well known for his bohemian lifestyle. Works Vito published his first two books of poetry, "Drumovanja" (''Journeys'') and "Sunce, hladno mi je" (''Sun, I'm feeling cold'') without a publisher, hence paying for the costs of their production. Although he had some conflicts with socialist Yugoslav go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitomir Dimitrijević
Vitomir ( pl, Witomir, sr, Витомир) is an old given name of Slavic origin. The word is derived from two Proto-Slavic elements: ''vito'' which means "to rule" and ''mir'' which means "peace, world, prestige". The ''vit'' is also found in the name of the Slavic deity Svetovit. Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nicknames include Vito, Miro, Mirek, and Vitek. Notable people with the name include: *Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski, Polish pilot and writer *Vito Dimitrijević, Yugoslavian footballer *Vitomir Lukić, Bosnian-Croat prose writer and pedagogue * Vitomir "''Vito''" Nikolić, Montenegrin poet and journalist *Vitomir Vutov, Bulgarian football goalkeeper * Vitomir Prodanov – ''Patriarch Vikentije'', the fourth Partriach of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church See also *Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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