Lanza may refer to:

People

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* Adam Lanza (1992–2012), American spree killer and perpetrator of the 2012

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people. Twenty of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and t ...

Alcides Lanza Alcides Emigdio Lanza (born 2 June 1929) is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of conte ...

(born 1929), Canadian composer *

Andrew Lanza Andrew Joseph Lanza (born March 12, 1964) is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He currently serves as a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 24th district, which encompasses most of Staten Island. He was first elec ...

(born 1964), New York State senator * Angela Lanza, American singer * Beatrice Lanza (born 1982), Italian athlete *

Cesare Lanza Cesare Lanza (born 8 July 1942) is an Italian journalist and author. Born in Cosenza, Lanza started working as a journalist at fourteen years old.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1976 he becam ...

(born 1942), Italian journalist and author *

Chuck Lanza Charles Louis Lanza (born September 20, 1964) is a former American football Center (gridiron football), center who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in ...

(born 1964), NFL player *

Clara Lanza Marquise Clara Hammond Lanza (February 12, 1858 – July 15, 1939) was an American novelist whose realist fiction often centered on troubled marriages. Several were praised for exhibiting realism and originality. She published her first work in ...

(1858–1939), American author *

Cosimo Damiano Lanza Cosimo Damiano Lanza (born 12 April 1962) is an Italian pianist, harpsichordist and composer. Biography Born in Leporano, Southern Italy, his artistic training was developed under the leadership of distinguished teachers, for the piano Michele ...

(born 1962), Italian pianist, harpsichordist and composer * Damián Lanza (born 1982), Ecuadorian footballer * Francesco "Frank" Lanza (died 1937), first crime boss of the Lanza crime family *

Giovanni Lanza Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza (15 February 1810 9 March 1882) was an Italian politician and the eighth prime minister of Italy from 1869 to 1873. Biography Lanza was born in the Piedmontese city of Casale Monferrato. He studied medicin ...

(1810–1882), Italian politician *

Giuseppe Lanza Giuseppe Lanza, Duke of Camastra, was a 17th-century Sicilian nobleman who oversaw the reconstruction of many Sicilian towns and cities following the earthquake of 1693. He was created 1st Duke of Camastra, and Prince of Santo Stefano. He mar ...

, 17th century Sicilian nobleman *

Jack Lanza John Mortl Lanzo (October 14, 1935 – December 8, 2021) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Blackjack Lanza. Along with his long-term tag team partner, Blackjack Mulligan, Lanza was one-half of The Blackjacks: " ...

(aka Blackjack Lanza) (1935-2021), wrestler *

James Lanza James "Jimmy the Hat" Lanza (October 23, 1902 – February 14, 2006) was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the San Francisco crime family. He was the son of the first known boss of the San Francisco crime family and took over in 1961. It is ...

(1902–2006), Italian-American mobster better known as 'Jimmy the Hat' *

Jessy Lanza Jessy Lanza is a Canadian electronic songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has released three albums, '' Pull My Hair Back'' (2013), '' Oh No'' (2016) and '' All the Time'' (2020), to critical praise on UK label H ...

(born 1985), Canadian musician *

Joseph Lanza Joseph A. "Socks" Lanza (1904 – October 11, 1968) was a New York labor racketeer and a member of the Genovese crime family, who controlled the Fulton Fish Market in Lower Manhattan through the United Seafood Worker's Union local 359 from 1923 ...

(1904–1968), New York labor racketeer and member of the Genovese crime family *

Laura Lanza Laura Lanza, Baroness of Carini (1529 – 4 December 1563) was an Italian noblewoman who was murdered, allegedly by her father, in Carini, Sicily, for having committed adultery. Biography Laura Lanza di Trabia was born to Cesare Lanza, Baro ...

(1529–1563), noblewoman in Sicily and murder victim *

Mario Lanza Mario Lanza (, ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at ...

(1921–1959), American actor and opera singer * Nimal Lanza, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament *

Pietro Lanza di Scalea Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938) was an Italian noble and politician. He served as the minister of war in 1922 and as the minister of the colonies between 1924 and 1926. He was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament. Early life Lanza w ...

(1863–1938), Italian noble and politician *

Robert Lanza Robert Lanza (born 11 February 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American medical doctor and scientist, currently Head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine, and Chief Scientific Officer of the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medici ...

(born 1956), American scientist

Given name

Lanza del Vasto Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist. He was born in San Vito dei Normanni, I ...

(1901–1981), Italian philosopher and activist.

Geography

* Lanza (Milan Metro), station of Milan Metro *

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

, one of the Canary Islands

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