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Maffei is a surname of Italian origin.


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Alberto Maffei Alberto Maffei (born 11 May 1995) is an Italian snowboarder. He competed in the 2017 FIS Snowboard World Championships, and in the 2018 Winter Olympics, in big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a ...
(born 1995), Italian snowboarder *
Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei Alessandro Scipione, Marquis de Maffei, (3 October 1662, Verona – January 1730, Munich) was an Italian Lieutenant General of Infantry in the service of the Electorate of Bavaria. He was the brother of the Italian writer and archaeologist Franc ...
(1662–1730), Bavarian general * Agnese Maffeis (born 1965), Italian discus thrower and shot putter *
Andrea Maffei Andrea Maffei (1798 – 1885) was an Italian poet, translator and librettist. He was born in Molina di Ledro, Trentino. A follower of Vincenzo Monti, he formed part of the 19th-century Italian classicist literary culture. Gaining laurea in juris ...
(1798–1885), Italian poet and librettist *
Andrea Maffei (architect) Andrea Maffei is an Italian architect, born in Modena in 1968. He studied architecture and engineering at the University of Florence and graduated cum laude in 1994. He was an associate director for the projects based in Italy by Arata Isozaki. ...
(born 1968), Italian architect * Angela Maffeis (born 1996), Italian cyclist * Antonio Maffei (died 1482), Italian bishop * Antonio Maffei da Volterra (1450–1478), Italian clergyman and member of the Pazzi Conspiracy * Arturo Maffei (1909–2006), Italian long jumper and footballer *
Ascanio Maffei Ascanio Maffei (died 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Urbino (1646–1659). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Ascanio Maffei was born in Rome, Italy. On 25 Jun 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as ...
(died 1659), Italian bishop * Blanca Renée Arrillaga Oronoz de Maffei (1917–2011), Uruguayan chemist, botanist, and agrostologist *
Bernardino Maffei Bernardino Maffei ( Bergamo, 27 January 1514 – Rome, 16 July 1553) was an Italian archbishop and cardinal. He studied jurisprudence at Padua, and during the frequent absence of Dandino acted as secretary to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, an ...
(1514–1553), Italian archbishop and cardinal * Cecilia Maffei (born 1984), Italian speed skater *
Cesare Maffei Cesare Maffei (born 1805) was an Italian people, Italian painter of the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical period, active in Tuscany. Biography He was the son of an ornamental painter, and his brother Alessandro, was a decorative painter. Cesare studie ...
(1805–???), Italian painter *
Clara Maffei Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in Bergamo – 13 July 1886, in Milan) was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei. Life At 17 ...
(1814–1886), Italian socialite and salon hostess * Claire Mafféi (1919–2004), French actress *
Claudio Maffei Claudio Maffei (born 23 December 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Bitonto. Club career Formed on Bari youth system, Maffei was signed by Pisa in 2018. After, was loaned to Serie C clubs Olbia, ...
(born 1999), Italian footballer *
Damian Maffei Damian Paul Maffei (born June 27, 1977) is an American actor. He appeared in the thriller film '' Closed for the Season'' (2010) and played an antagonist in the slasher films '' The Strangers: Prey at Night'' (2018) and ''Haunt Haunt is a synon ...
(born 1977), American actor *
Dan Maffei Daniel Benjamin Maffei ( ; born July 4, 1968) is an American politician and professor who was the United States representative for from 2013 to 2015. Maffei previously represented the district, then numbered as , from 2009 to 2011. He has also ...
(born 1968), American politician *
Francesco Maffei Francesco Maffei (1605 – 2 July 1660) was an Italian painter, active in the Baroque style. Biography He probably trained in his birthplace of Vicenza with his father, and painted mostly in the towns of the Veneto (Venetian mainland). He di ...
(1605–1660), Italian painter *
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of ...
(1675–1755), Venetian archaeologist and author * Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1533–1603), Italian Jesuit and writer *
Giovanni Camillo Maffei Giovanni Camillo Maffei da Solofra was an Italian doctor, philosopher and musician of the mid-16th century, in the middle Renaissance. Between 1562 and 1573 he lived in Naples, where he served Giovanni di Capua, count of Altavilla and music lov ...
(fl. 1562-1573), Neapolitan physician and music theorist *
Giuliano Maffei Giuliano Maffei, O.F.M. or Giuliano Matteis (died 1510) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1505–1510) and Bishop of Bertinoro (1477–1505). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giuliano Maffei was ordained ...
(died 1510), Italian bishop * Giuseppe Maffei (born 1974), Italian runner *
Greg Maffei Greg Maffei (born May 24, 1960) is an American businessman. He is the president and chief executive officer of Liberty Media and the chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, Sirius XM and TripAdvisor. He is the chairman emeritus of Starz and E ...
(born 1960), American businessman *
Ivan Maffeis Ivan Maffeis (born 18 November 1963) is an Italian journalist and priest of the Catholic Church who has been named archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Perugia. After becoming a priest, he spent twenty years work ...
(born 1963), Italian journalist and bishop *
Ivano Maffei Ivano Maffei (born 24 September 1958) is an Italian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to ...
(born 1958), Italian cyclist *
Joseph Anton von Maffei Joseph Anton von Maffei (4 September 1790 – 1 September 1870) was a German industrialist. Together with Joseph von Baader (1763–1835) and Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (1817–1884), Maffei was one of the three most important railway pione ...
(1790–1870), German industrialist * Leonard Maffei (died 1989), Italian-American cyclist *
Marcantonio Maffei Marcantonio Maffei (29 November 1521 – 22 August 1583) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Background Marcantonio Maffei was born in Bergamo on 29 November 1521, the son of nobles Girolamo Maffei and Antonia Mattei. His olde ...
(1521–1583), Italian bishop and cardinal *
Michele Maffei Michele Maffei (born 11 November 1946) is a retired Italian fencer. He won a gold and three silver medals in the team sabre A sabre (French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated wi ...
(born 1946), Italian fencer *
Orazio Maffei Orazio Maffei (1580–1609) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 16 Sep 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Lante della Rovere, Bishop of Todi, with Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, and Girolamo di Porzia, Bishop of A ...
(1580–1609), Italian cardinal *
Paolo Maffei Paolo Maffei (2 January 1926 – 1 March 2009) was an Italian astrophysicist and science writer. He was born in Arezzo and was director of the Catania Observatory and an astronomer at Arcetri, Bologna, Asiago and Hamburg. He studied ...
(1926–2009), Italian astrophysicist *
Paolo Alessandro Maffei Paolo Alessandro Maffei (11 January 1653 – 26 July 1716) was an antiquarian with a humanist education, who was active in Rome. Maffei was the son of Paolo Maffei and his wife Giovanna di Raffaele, both of patrician families of Volterra. He was a ...
(1653—1716), Italian antiquarian and humanist *
Raffaello Maffei Raffaello Maffei (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order. He was a native of Volterra, Italy, and therefore is called Raphael Volaterranus or Raphael of Volterra; a ...
(1451–1522), Italian humanist, historian and theologian


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Places

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Istituto Maffei Istituto Maffei, officially called Liceo Ginnasio di Stato 'Scipione Maffei', is one of the oldest high school in Italy. It is situated in the center of Verona in northern Italy. It is a grammar school, with students who focus on the classics and ...
, school in Verona, Italy *
Palace of Maffei Marescotti The Palace of the Vicariate or Palace of Maffei Marescotti ( it, Palazzo Maffei Marescotti or Palazzo del Vicariato) is the name given to a religious building in Rome, Italy. Is an ancient palace, originally a nobiliary palace, located in the R ...
, ancient palace in Rome, Italy * Palazzo Maffei, historic palace in Verona, Italy


Companies

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Maffei (company) Maffei was a manufacturer of railway locomotives based in Munich, Germany. Established in 1836, it prospered for nearly a century before going bankrupt in 1930 and becoming amalgamated with the firm of Krauss to form Krauss-Maffei. Follow ...
, German locomotives manufacturer *
KraussMaffei KraussMaffei is a German manufacturer of injection molding machines, machines for plastics extrusion technology, and reaction process machinery. It was acquired by ChemChina in 2016. History Locomotives KraussMaffei was formed in 1931 from a me ...
, German manufacturer **
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW) is an arms industry company based in Munich, Germany. The company produces various types of equipment as well as rail locomotives, tanks, self-propelled artillery, and other armoured vehicles. KMW ...
, German arms manufacturer


Astrology

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Maffei Group The IC 342/Maffei Group (also known as the IC 342 Group or the Maffei 1 Group) corresponds to one or two galaxy groups close to the Local Group. The member galaxies are mostly concentrated around either IC 342 or Maffei 1, which would be the brig ...
, group of galaxies **
Maffei 1 Maffei 1 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. Once believed to be a member of the Local Group of galaxies, it is now known to belong to a separate group, the IC 342/Maffei Group. It was named after Paolo Maffei, who ...
, massive elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia **
Maffei 2 Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Maffei 2 and Maffei 1 were both discovered by Paolo Maffei in 1968 from their infrared emission. Maffei 2 lies in the Zone of Avoidan ...
, intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia {{Surname Surnames Surnames of Italian origin