Lucrezia or Lucrecia may refer to:
*Lucrezia (given name): an Italian name, feminine of the Roman name Lucretius. The etymological origin of the name is debatable, but is thought to come from the Latin ''lucrum'', meaning "profit, wealth". Other sources believe it may be of Etruscan origin, though its original meaning has been lost.
People
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Lucrezia (singer)
Lucrezia is a female singer from Italy, born in Milan. She is best known for her 2001 cover of Madonna's 1986 hit "Live to Tell", which reached No.2 on ''Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. While Madonna's version was more of a ha ...
, Italian singer
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Lucrecia (singer), Cuban singer
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Lucrezia Aguiari, Italian coloratura soprano
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Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI
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Lucrezia Bori
Lucrezia Bori (24 December 1887 – 14 May 1960) was a Spanish operatic singer, a lyric soprano and a tireless and effective fundraiser for the Metropolitan Opera.
Biography
Lucrezia Bori was born on 24 December 1887, in Valencia, Spain. ...
, Spanish opera singer
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Lucrezia d'Alagno
Lucrezia d'Alagno (c. 1430 – September 23, 1479) was a noblewoman with whom King Alphonso V of Naples had fallen in love. Lucrezia was daughter of Nicholas d'Alagno and Covella Toraldo. Her father, of Amalfitan origin, was lord of Torre Ann ...
(1430–1479), close acquaintance of
Alfonso V of Aragon
*Several women named
Lucrezia de' Medici
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Lucrezia Galletta (1520s - 1580), Italian courtesan and banker
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Lucrécia Jardim
Maria Lucrécia Jardim (born 28 January 1971 in Caconga, Portuguese Angola) is a retired Portuguese sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metr ...
(born 1971), Portuguese athlete
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Lucrecia Kasilag (1917–2008), Filipino composer
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Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith w ...
(born 1966), Argentinian film director
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Lucrezia Millarini
Lucrezia Gaia Millarini (born 18 February 1976) is an English journalist and television presenter currently employed by '' ITV News''.
Early life
Lucrezia Gaia Millarini was born on 18 February 1976 into a family of Italian descent. Before star ...
, British TV news anchor
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Lucrezia Tornabuoni
Lucrezia Tornabuoni (22 June 1427 – 25 March 1482) was an influential Italian political adviser and author during the 15th century. She was a member of one of the most powerful Italian families of the time and married Piero di Cosimo de' Medic ...
, Italian political adviser and poet
Fictional characters
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Lucrecia Crescent
'' Final Fantasy VII'', a role-playing video game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and originally released in 1997, features many fictional characters in both major and minor roles. ''VII'' has been followed by multiple sequels and preque ...
, minor character in the video game ''
Final Fantasy VII''
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Lucrezia Noin
This is a list of characters from the Japanese anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', known in Japan as , and subsequent spin-offs. The codes after the characters' names indicate which series and manga the characters appear in:
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, character from the anime ''
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "Af ...
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*Lucrezia Warren Smith, character in Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel ''
Mrs Dalloway
''Mrs. Dalloway'' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published on 14 May 1925, that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels.
The working ...
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*Lucrecia "Lu" Montesinos Hendrich in Netflix's Original series
''Élite'' (TV series)
*Lucrezia Mongfish, character in the comic series ''
Girl Genius
''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graph ...
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Other
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''Lucrezia'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Ottorino Respighi
See also
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Lucrezia Borgia (disambiguation) Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519) was an Italian aristocrat.
Lucrezia Borgia may also refer to:
* ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (play), an 1833 play written by Victor Hugo
* ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (opera), an 1833 opera composed by Gaetano Donizetti
* ''Lucrez ...
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Lucretia
According to Roman tradition, Lucretia ( /luːˈkriːʃə/ ''loo-KREE-shə'', Classical Latin: ʊˈkreːtɪ.a died c. 510 BC), anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome, whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) and subseq ...
, legendary figure in the history of the Roman Republic
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Lucretia (disambiguation)
Lucretia is a legendary figure in the history of the Roman Republic.
Lucretia may also refer to:
Paintings
* ''Lucretia'' (Artemisia Gentileschi, Los Angeles), Getty Museum
* ''Lucretia'' (Artemisia Gentileschi, Milan), private collection
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for other uses
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Italian feminine given names