Ferrari is an Italian

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

, the plural form of

Ferraro Ferraro is an occupational surname of Italian origin meaning blacksmith in Italian (from "ferro", the Italian word for iron). Notable people with this surname include: * Chris Ferraro (born 1973), NHL hockey player, brother of Peter Ferraro * Emanu ...

, meaning

blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such ...

People with the surname

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italians, Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari ...

(1898–1988), founder of Italian automaker Ferrari S.p.A. *

Amato Ferrari Amato Ferrari (born 18 April 1966) is an Italian former auto racing driver. After competing in national events in Italy and Great Britain, he retired from racing in 1994 at the relatively young age of 28. Staying in motorsport, he switched to the m ...

(born 1966), founder of Italian racing team AF Corse * Alex Ferrari (footballer) (born 1994), Italian footballer * Alex Ferrari (singer) (born 1982), Brazilian singer *

Andrea Carlo Ferrari Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death. Ferrari was a well- ...

(1850–1921), Catholic Cardinal *

Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari (August 27, 1884 – February 25, 1948) was a Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President (government title), President of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to sup ...

(1884–1948), Uruguayan politician *

Alfredo Ferrari Alfredo Ferrari (nicknamed Alfredino or Dino; 19 January 1932 – 30 June 1956) was an Italian automotive engineer and the first son of automaker Enzo Ferrari. He was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and died at the age of 24. After ...

(1932–1956), known as Dino, automotive engineer and son of Enzo Ferrari * Belinda Ferrari, Australian microbiologist *

Benedetto Ferrari Benedetto Ferrari (ca. 1603 – 1681) was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist, and theorbo player. Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome (1617–1618), Parma (1619–1623), and possibly in Modena at some ...

(c. 1603–1681), Italian composer * Davide Ferrari (born 1992) Italian footballer *

Defendente Ferrari Defendente Ferrari (c. 1480/1485 – c. 1540) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont. His work marks the transition from late Gothic traditions to Renaissance art in the region. Life and work Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin. ...

(c. 1480 – c. 1540), Italian painter * Dino Ferrari (1914–2000), Italian painter *

Domenico Ferrari Domenico Ferrari (1722 – 1780)Ferrari, Domenico
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Enzo Ferrari (footballer) Enzo Ferrari (born 21 October 1942) is an Italian professional former footballer and manager. Career Footballer As a footballer, he played in Serie A with Palermo; on 12 January 1969, in Rome, he scored a famous goal from 77 meter distance. Co ...

(born 1942), Italian footballer and manager *

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as '' Il segreto di Susanna'' (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by ...

(1876–1948), Italian-German composer * Ettore Ferrari (1848–1929), Italian sculptor * Fausto Ferrari (born 1980), Italian footballer *

Franck Ferrari Franck Ferrari (12 January 1963 – 18 June 2015) was a French baritone. Biography Born in Nice, in a family of Italian origin, of a boxer father and a basketball mother and captain of the Cavigal Nice Basket, Ferrari studied at the Conser ...

(1963–2015), French baritone * Franco Ferrari (disambiguation), several people * Gian Marco Ferrari, Italian footballer *

Giovanni Ferrari Giovanni Ferrari (; 6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder/inside forward on the left. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, one of Italy's best ever players, a ...

(1907–1982), Italian footballer and coach *

Giovanni Baptista Ferrari Giovanni Baptista (also Battista) Ferrari (1584 in Siena – 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, a botanist, and an author of illustrated botanical books and a Syriac-Latin dictionary. Linguistically highly ...

(1584–1655), Italian Jesuit and botanist *

Isabella Ferrari Isabella Ferrari (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, is an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, ''Commissioner Giovanna Scalise'' in the police dram ...

(born 1964), Italian actress *

Jérémy Ferrari Jérémy Ferrari (born 6 April 1985) is a French comedian and radio/television presenter. He is known for his black comedy. In his comedic sketches, he deals with racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and other forms of discrimination. Biography Ferrar ...

(born 1985), French comedian *

Johann Angelo Ferrari Johann Angelo Ferrari (1806-18 May 1876, Vienna was an Austrian entomologist born in Italy who specialised in Coleoptera especially Scolytidae A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was consi ...

(1806–1876), Italian-Austrian entomologist *

Larry Ferrari Larry Ferrari (March 4, 1932 – November 20, 1997), born Lazarus Louis Ferrari, was an American organist who hosted ''The Larry Ferrari Show'' from 1954 to 1997 on WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, a weekly Sunday morning half-hour program of organ m ...

(1932–1997), American organist *

Lodovico Ferrari Lodovico de Ferrari (2 February 1522 – 5 October 1565) was an Italian mathematician. Biography Born in Bologna, Lodovico's grandfather, Bartolomeo Ferrari, was forced out of Milan to Bologna. Lodovico settled in Bologna, and he began his c ...

(1522–1565), Italian mathematician *

Lolo Ferrari Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000), was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world". She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the ...

, (1963–2000), French dancer, pornographic actress, actress and singer *

Luc Ferrari Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer of Italian heritage and a pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alongsid ...

(1929–2005), French-born Italian composer *

Matteo Ferrari Matteo Ferrari (; born 5 December 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major Leagu ...

(born 1979), Italian footballer * Max Ferrari (politician) (born 1971), Italian politician and journalist *

Max Ferrari (soccer) Maximilian Ferrari (born August 20, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for York United of the Canadian Premier League Early life Born in Toronto, Ferrari grew up in Newmarket, Ontario. He began playing you ...

(born 2000), Canadian soccer player * Michel Ferrari (born 1954), Swiss neurologist *

Michele Ferrari Michele Ferrari (born 26 March 1953) is an Italian physician, cycle sport, cycling coach and author, who is mostly known for his role in supplying bicycle racers with Performance-enhancing substance, performance-enhancing drugs, notably Erythropo ...

(born 1953), Italian physician, cycling coach and author * Michelle Ferrari (born 1983), Italian pornographic actress and television personality *

Nick Ferrari Nicolo Ferrari (born 31 January 1959) is a British host, television presenter and broadcast journalist. He is best known as the host of the weekday breakfast show on the London-based radio station LBC, with 1.5 million weekly listeners. He al ...

(born 1959), British broadcaster * Paola Ferrari (basketball) (born 1985), Paraguayan basketball player *

Paola Ferrari (journalist) Paola Francesca Ferrari (born 6 October 1960) is an Italian journalist, television presenter, and politician. She has been active on RAI since the 1990s, hosting its main sports programs such as '' La Domenica Sportiva'' and ''90º minuto''. Te ...

(born 1960), Italian journalist *

Paulo Ferrari Paulo Andrés Ferrari (born 4 January 1982) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current manager of San Martín de San Juan. Career Ferrari grew as a product of Rosario Central, where he h ...

(born 1982), Argentine footballer * Paul Ferreri (1948–2017), Italian/Australian boxer *

Philipp von Ferrary Philip Ferrari de La Renotière (January 11, 1850 – May 20, 1917) was a noted French-born stamp collector, assembling probably the most complete worldwide collection that ever existed, or is likely to exist. Amongst his extremely rare stamps ...

(1850–1917), sometimes spelt ''Ferrari'', philatelist who assembled one of the most complete stamp collections ever * Roberto Ferrari (disambiguation), several people **

Roberto Ferrari (gymnast) Roberto Ferrari (8 December 1890 – 15 August 1937) was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the ...

(1890–1954), Italian gymnast ** Roberto Ferrari (athlete) (born 1967), Italian high jumper **

Roberto Ferrari (fencer) Roberto Ferrari (2 August 1923 – 11 October 1996) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver in 1952 and a bronze in 1960 in the team sabre event. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in 195 ...

(born 1923), Italian Olympic fencer **

Roberto Ferrari (cyclist) Roberto Ferrari (born 9 March 1983) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Tenax, , , , and teams. Career Ferrari was born in Gavardo. After stage 3 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia in Hor ...

(born 1983), Italian cyclist *

Vanessa Ferrari Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is an Italian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Su ...

(born 1990), Italian gymnast

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