Genovese is an

Italian surname A name in the Italian language consists of a given name ( it, nome), and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname. (In official documents, the Western surname may be written before the given name or names.) Ital ...

meaning, properly, someone from

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

. Its Italian plural form ''

Genovesi Genovesi is a surname of Italian origin. It is the plural form of Genovese, stemming from old Italian usage of "dei Genovesi" as a family name, meaning "of the Genoveses". Notable people with this name include: * Alessandro Genovesi (born 1973), I ...

'' has also developed into a surname.

People

* Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American oboist *

Alfredo Genovese Alfredo Genovese (born in Buenos Aires, November 24, 1964) is a fileteador and visual artist. He is also recognized as researcher and teacher, author of several books about fileteado ''Buenos Aires, porteño'', a typical popular painting from Buen ...

(born 1964), Argentine artist *

Anthony Vincent Genovese Anthony Vincent Genovese (born 1932) was an American architect who practiced in the mid to late-twentieth-century New York (state), New York and New Jersey as a partner in the architectural firm name Genovese & Maddalene. Personal life Anthony Vi ...

(born 1932), American architect *

Bruna Genovese Bruna Genovese (born 24 September 1976 in Montebelluna) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. Biography Genovese won the Italian under 21 half-marathon championship in 1998. She ran her first marathon on 24 Octo ...

(born 1976), Italian long-distance runner *

Damián Genovese Damián Genovese De Mello (born 10 July 1978) is a Venezuelan actor and model. Biography Damián's first television role was in the telenovela '' Hoy te vi'' in 1998. After obtaining small roles in television, he ventured into modelling and wo ...

(born 1978), Venezuelan actor and model *

Domenico Genovese Domenico Genovese (born 2 February 1961) is an English former professional footballer and manager. Playing career Genovese began his career with spells at several non-league sides including two spells with Boston United and one with Kettering ...

(born 1961), English footballer *

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Elizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese (May 28, 1941 – January 2, 2007) was an American historian best known for her works on women and society in the Antebellum South. A Marxist early on in her career, she later converted to Roman Catholicism and became ...

(1941–2007), American historian *

Eugene D. Genovese Eugene Dominic Genovese (May 19, 1930 – September 26, 2012) was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relations between planters and s ...

(born 1930), American historian * Fabio Del Genovese (1902–1976), Italian wrestler *

Frank Genovese Frank Charles "Chick" Genovese (November 23, 1914 – February 12, 1981) was an Americans, American professional baseball baseball player, player, manager (baseball), manager and scout (sport), scout. Genovese was a Minor League Baseball, minor l ...

(1914–1981), American professional baseball player, manager and scout *

George Genovese George Genovese (February 22, 1922 – November 15, 2015) was a Washington Senators baseball player who played for the team in 1950. He also played in the minor leagues for 15 seasons and managed at that level for over a decade. He was born in St ...

(born 1930), American baseball player and scout *

Leo Genovese Leo Genovese (born 1979) is an Argentine jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer. He has played with The Mars Volta. Life and career Genovese was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, in 1979.

(born 1979), Argentine jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer *

María Noel Genovese María Noel Genovese Berisso (born 25 December 1943, in Montevideo), better known for her stage name María Noel, is a former Uruguayan model and actress. In 1962 she took part in Miss Uruguay and Miss World, where she was a runner-up. Afterwa ...

(born 1943), Uruguayan model and actress *

Michael Genovese (disambiguation) Michael or Mike Genovese may refer to: * Michael James Genovese (1919–2006), allegedly a leader of the Pittsburgh crime family * Michael Genovese (artist) (born 1976), American artist * Mike Genovese Mike Genovese (born Peter Michael Genov ...

, several people *

Mike Genovese Mike Genovese (born Peter Michael Genovese on April 26, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor. Career Genovese was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri to an Italian American family. Genovese earned a master's degree in drama at ...

(born 1942), American actor * Pablo Genovese (born 1977), Argentine footballer *

Paolo Genovese Paolo Genovese (born 20 August 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating in Economics and Business Genovese started his career at McCann Erickson, directing over one hundred commercials and w ...

(born 1966), Italian film director *

Richard Genovese Richard Misiano-Genovese (born 1947) is a collagist, photographer, painter, and theorist, and practitioner of transgressive art. Misiano-Genovese is the surrealist initiator of the Altered Lithograph, Excavation Collage and Novel, plus Superimp ...

(born 1947), American painter *

Rino Genovese Rino Genovese (1905–1967) was an Italian film actor.Pruzzo & Lancia p.129 Selected filmography * '' Naples of Former Days'' (1938) * '' Malaspina'' (1947) * '' Madunnella'' (1948) * ''The City Stands Trial'' (1952) * ''Perdonami!'' (1953) * '' ...

(1905–1967), Italian film actor *

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 ch ...

(1897–1969), prominent New York City Mafia Boss *

William Genovese William Genovese is a former greyhat hacker turned security professional, who goes by the alias illwill. History In the early 2000s, Genovese was a former figure in a loose-knit group of computer hackers who called themselves illmobillmob.org t ...

, American computer criminal

Fictional characters

* Phillip Genovese, a character on the television series ''

Crossing Lines ''Crossing Lines'' is a German-French-Italian-American action crime thriller television series created by Edward Allen Bernero and Rola Bauer. The series premiered on June 9, 2013, at the screening for the Opening Ceremonies of the 53rd editio ...

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