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Januarius Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later ...

, meaning "devoted to

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") is a Hispanic masculine given name that may refer to the following notable people: *

Genaro Borrego Estrada Genaro Borrego Estrada (born 18 February 1949) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as Governor of Zacatecas between 1986 and 1992 and as Head of the Mexican Social Security Institute during ...

(born 1949), Mexican politician * Genaro Carrió (1922–1997), Argentinian jurist and translator * Genaro Castillo (born 1993), Mexican football player * Genaro Carreño Muro (born 1958), Mexican politician * Genaro David Góngora (born 1937), Mexican jurist * Genaro Díaz (1904–1963), Mexican bobsledder *

Genaro Estrada Genaro Estrada (June 2, 1887 – September 29, 1937) was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico between 1930 and 1932 and the architect of the Estrada Doctrine, which stated that the Mexican govern ...

(1887–1937), Mexican statesman, academic, and writer * Genaro Fessia (born 1981), Argentine rugby union footballer * Genaro García (1977–2013), Mexican boxer *

Genaro García Luna Genaro García Luna (born July 10, 1968) is a former Mexican government official and engineer. He served as Secretary of Public Security in the federal cabinet of Felipe Calderón. Since his term working for the Mexican government, García L ...

(born 1968), Mexican government official and engineer *

Genaro Hernández Genaro Hernández (May 10, 1966 – June 7, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998. He was a two-time super featherweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1991 to 1995, and the WBC and lineal ti ...

(1966–2011), American boxer *

Genaro Léon Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus") may refer to *Genaro (given name) *Genaro (surname) Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus") is the surname of the following notable people: * Donald Genaro (born 19 ...

(born 1960), Mexican boxer * Genaro Lezcano, Argentine basketball player *

Genaro López Genaro López Rodríguez (born 26 July 1954 in Chitra, Calobre District, Veraguas Province, Panama) is a Panamanian union leader and politician. He is best known as secretary-general of the building workers' union Suntracs, 1990–2010; as leade ...

(born 1954), Panamanian union leader and politician *

Genaro Magsaysay Genaro del Fierro Magsaysay (19 September 1924 – 25 December 1978) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was born in Castillejos, Zambales on 19 September 1924. Magsaysay earned a bachelor's degree in law from the Ateneo de Manila University ...

(1924–1978), Filipino politician and lawyer * Genaro Mejía de la Merced (born 1968), Mexican politician * Genaro Prono (born 1989), Paraguayan swimmer * Genaro Rodríguez (born 1998), Spanish football player * Genaro Rojas (born 1970), Mexican sprinter *

Genaro Saavedra Genaro Saavedra (born 1895) was a Filipino track and field athlete and four-time Far Eastern Championship Games champion. While at high school in Ambos Camarines, Saavedra was trained by a Nebraskan sports coach, Clinton "Doc" Fehliman,

(born 1895), Filipino track and field athlete * Genaro Sermeño (born 1948), Salvadorian football player *

Genaro Snijders Genaro Rasan Snijders (born 29 July 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger at non-professional level for FC Abcoude in the Derde Klasse. After retiring from professional football, Snijders worked as an account manager for DTG. Club ca ...

(born 1989), Dutch football winger * Genaro Ruiz Arriaga (born 1955), Mexican politician *

Genaro Ruiz Camacho Genaro Ruiz Camacho, Jr. (September 14, 1954 – August 26, 1998), aka Geno Camacho, was a cannabis dealer and organized crime leader in Texas who was linked to four murders and eventually executed by the state of Texas. Crime On May 20, 1988, ...

(1954–1998), American organized crime leader * Genaro V. Vásquez (1892–1967), Mexican lawyer * Genaro Vázquez Rojas (1930–1972), Mexican school teacher and guerrilla fighter

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