Ciro is an Italian () and Spanish given name related to
Cyrus
Cyrus ( Persian: کوروش) is a male given name. It is the given name of a number of Persian kings. Most notably it refers to Cyrus the Great ( BC). Cyrus is also the name of Cyrus I of Anshan ( BC), King of Persia and the grandfather of Cyrus ...
. Notable people with the given name include:
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Ciro Alegría
Ciro Alegría Bazán (November 4, 1909 – February 17, 1967) was a Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist.
Biography
Born in Huamachuco District, he exposed the problems of the Native Peruvians while learning about their way of life. ...
(1909–1967), Peruvian journalist, politician and novelist
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Ciro Henrique Alves Ferreira e Silva
Ciro Henrique Alves Ferreira e Silva (born 18 April 1989), commonly known as Ciro Alves or simply Ciro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung.
Club career Sport Recife
Ciro started his ...
(born 1989), Brazilian footballer
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Ciro Annunchiarico (1775–1817), Italian cult leader
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Ciro Chapa (1901-?), Mexican long-distance runner
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Ciro Cirillo
Ciro Cirillo (; February 15, 1921 – July 30, 2017) was an Italian politician and member of the Christian Democracy (DC) political party. He served as the President of the Province of Naples from 1969 to 1975 and the President of Campania from ...
(1921–2017), Italian politician
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Ciro Cruz Zepeda (1945–2022), Salvadoran politician
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Ciro Danucci (born 1983), Italian footballer
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Ciro Denza (1844-1915), Italian painter
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Ciro Díaz, Cuban composer and guitarist
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Ciro Ferrara
Ciro Ferrara (; born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager. His most recent position was as manager of Wuhan Zall. He had also previously coached Juventus and the Italy national under-21 team. As an assistant coach to M ...
(born 1967), Italian footballer and football manager
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Ciro Galvani (1867–1956), Italian stage and film actor
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Ciro Gálvez
Ciro Alfredo Gálvez Herrera (born 16 January 1949 in Surcubamba, Tayacaja Province, Huancavelica) is a Peruvian lawyer, songwriter, professor of Quechua and politician. As candidate of the Andean Renaissance party, he ran unsuccessfully in the ...
(born 1961), Peruvian lawyer, songwriter, professor and politician
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Ciro Ginestra (born 1978), Italian footballer and football manager
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Ciro Gomes
Ciro Ferreira Gomes (; born 6 November 1957), known mononymously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic. Ciro is currently affiliated with and vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
Born in São Paulo
Sã ...
(born 1957), Brazilian politician, lawyer and academic
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Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Career
He made hi ...
(born 1981), Colombian film director and screenwriter
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Ciro Immobile
Ciro Immobile (born 20 February 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Lazio, which he captains, and the Italy national team.
Immobile began his career at Sorrento. In 2009, he was purchased by Juv ...
(born 1990), Italian footballer
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Ciro Ippolito
Ciro Ippolito (born Naples, Italy, 27 January 1947) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known to horror film fans for his 1980 opus '' Alien 2: On Earth'', which he coproduced, wrote and directed.
Biography
Born in ...
(born 1947), Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
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Ciro Liguori (born 1969), Italian rower
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Ciro Mancuso (born 1949), American cannabis trafficker
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Ciro Menotti
Ciro Menotti (22 January 1798 – 23 May 1831) was an Italian patriot.
Biography
Menotti was born in Migliarina, near Carpi, then part of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. A member of the Carboneria since 1817, he was a fervent democratic and p ...
(1798–1831), Italian patriot
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Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho
Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (born 21 November 1968) is a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, politician, and a member of the Progressistas (PP) party, of which he is the current president. He has represented Piauí in the Federal Senate since 2011. Pre ...
(born 1968), Brazilian lawyer and politician
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Ciro Pavisa
Ciro Pavisa (7 March 1890 – 1972) was an Italian painter, known for painting still lifes, landscapes, and sacred subjects in the Marche region.
Biography
Ciro was born in Mombaroccio in the Marche. By the age of 13 years, city council sponsore ...
(1890–1972), Italian painter
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Ciro Pessoa
Ciro Pessoa Mendes Corrêa (12 June 1957 – 5 May 2020), also known by his Dharma name Tenzin Chöpel, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, screenwriter, journalist and poet, famous for being one of the founding members of th ...
(1957–2020), Brazilian singer-songwriter, screenwriter, writer and activist
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Ciro Pinsuti
Ciro Pinsuti (9 May 1829 – 10 March 1888) was an Anglo-Italian composer. Educated in music for a career as a pianist, he studied composition under Rossini. From 1848 he made his home in England, where he became a teacher of singing, and in ...
(1829–1888), Anglo-Italian composer
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Ciro Procuna
Ciro Procuna Naveda is a Mexican sports announcer for ESPN Deportes (ESPN in Spanish in the United States). He is the presenter of ''Futbol Picante'' and ''NFL Semanal''. Procuna has also worked as co-host on SportsCenter on ESPN
ESPN (ori ...
, Mexican sports announcer
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Ciro de Quadros
Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros (January 30, 1940 – May 28, 2014) was a Brazilian leader in the field of Public Health, in particular, the area of vaccines and preventable diseases. He was born in Rio Pardo, Brazil.
Eradication of polio
De Quadros ...
(1940–2014), Brazilian public health doctor
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Ciro Quispe López
Ciro Quispe López is the Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Juli (Peru)
Early life and education
Ciro was born in Cuzco, Peru on 20 October 1973. He studied from San Antonio Abad, seminary. He studied from Regina Apostolorum Athenaeu ...
, Peruvian Roman Catholic bishop
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Ciro Rodriguez
Ciro Davis Rodriguez (born December 9, 1946) is an American politician and social worker who served as a U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 until 2011. The district stretched from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east, a dista ...
(born 1946), American politician
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Ciro Sena Júnior
Ciro Sena Júnior (born 8 June 1982), or simply Ciro Sena, is a Brazilian footballer, a defender who currently plays for Remo
Remo Inc. is an American musical instruments manufacturing company based in Valencia, California, and founded ...
(born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Ciro Sirignano
Ciro Oreste Sirignano (born 1 October 1985) is an Italian football player who plays as a defender for Serie D club Anzio.
Club career
On 1 September 2020, he returned to Paganese.
On 1 September 2021, he moved to Lamezia Terme in Serie D
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(born 1985), Italian footballer
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Ciro Terranova
Ciro Terranova (; July 20, 1888 − February 20, 1938) was an Italian-born New York City gangster and one time underboss of the Morello crime family.
Early life
Terranova was born in the town of Corleone, Sicily. In 1893, Ciro moved to New Yor ...
(1888−1938), American gangster
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