Maurizio is an Italian

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, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned,

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List of people with the given name Maurizio

Art and music

* Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945), singer * Maurizio Bianchi (born 1955), pioneer of noise music * Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960), artist * Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678), composer *

Maurizio Colasanti Maurizio Colasanti is an Italian conductor. Biography Colasanti specializes in contemporary music, more specifically in the opera and classic romantic period. He has worked with such distinguished artists as A.Pay, B.Canino, B.Incagnoli, A. Ro ...

(born 1966), conductor * Maurizio De Jorio, italo disco and Eurobeat musician *

Maurizio Lobina Maurizio Lobina (born 30 October 1973 in Asti) is an Italian musician and singer, most known as a member of the band Eiffel 65, an Italian group who hit big in 1999 with the international success " Blue (Da Ba Dee)." Lobina created the melody fo ...

(born 1973), keyboardist *

Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...

(born 1942), classical pianist *

Maurizio Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Ancient Rome, Roman name Mauritius (given name), Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus (disambiguation), Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moors, Moorish''. List of people with t ...

, minimal techno production duo *

Maurizio Iacono Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They have released fourteen studio albums, one EP and two DVDs as of 2020. Kataklysm won their first Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) for best album of the year in the "heavy metal" categ ...

(born 1975), singer for Death Metal band Kataklysm

Film, television, and media

Maurizio Costanzo Maurizio Costanzo (born 28 August 1938) is an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to ''Paese Sera'' and then as managing editor ...

(born 1938), television personality *

Maurizio De Santis ''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' ( 2005) is a film version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1851 opera ''Rigoletto'' (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave). Filmed in Siena in 2002, it was directed by Gianfranco Fozzi and produced by David Guido Pietroni an ...

, film producer *

Maurizio Giuliano Maurizio Giuliano (born 1975) is an Italian United Nations official, traveller, author and journalist. As of 2004 he was, according to the '' Guinness Book of World Records'', the youngest person to have visited all sovereign nations of the world ...

(born 1975), writer and journalist *

Maurizio Merli Maurizio Merli (February 8, 1940 – March 10, 1989) was an Italian film actor and a star of many Italian police thrillers. Career After a decade of minor film roles, 1974 saw a breakthrough for Merli with his first starring role in a rema ...

(1940–1989), film actor *

Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. His 1989 film ''The Icicle Thief'' won the Golden St. George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1998 he was a member of the jury at the 48th ...

(born 1948), film screenwriter, actor and director *

Maurizio Romano Maurizio Romano (9 March 1966 – 20 September 2003) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Cassino, Romano began his career in the 1990s. He was heavily active in his chosen field as a voice actor during that time. He was best k ...

(1966–2003), voice actor *

Maurizio Silvi Maurizio Silvi (15 May 1949 – 24 May 2022) was an Italian make-up artist who was nominated in the category of Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling during the 74th Academy Awards for his work on the film ''Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Ro ...

, Italian make-up artist

Military and politics

Maurizio Bevilacqua Maurizio Bevilacqua (; born June 1, 1960) is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Vaughan from 2010 to 2022. He was a Liberal member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the 2006 leadership contest, but d ...

(born 1960), Canadian politician *

Maurizio Cheli Maurizio Cheli (born 4 May 1959, in Zocca) is an Italian air force officer, a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA Space Shuttle mission. A native of Modena, Cheli attended the Italian Air Force Academy and trained as a test p ...

(born 1959), air force officer and ESA astronaut *

Maurizio Cocciolone Maurizio Cocciolone (born 22 September 1960 in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy) is an Italian Air Force officer, who served with UN Coalition forces and was a prisoner of war during the Gulf War. He was born in L'Aquila, Abruzzo. On the eve of the Ope ...

(born 1960), Italian Air Force officer who served with UN Coalition forces * Maurizio Galbaio (died 787), seventh traditional and fifth historical Doge of Venice *

Maurizio Gasparri Maurizio Gasparri (Rome, 18 July 1956) is an Italian politician. Gasparri was member of the Italian Social Movement and National Alliance. During the course of his career he has served as Minister of Communications (2001 to 2005 in the Ber ...

(born 1956), politician *

Maurizio Giglio Maurizio Giglio (20 December 1920 - 24 March 1944) was an Italian soldier and policeman. In September 1943, during World War II, the Italian government concluded an armistice with the Allies. He thereafter transmitted military intelligence by ra ...

(1920-1944), Italian soldier, policeman and secret agent for the Allies during World War II *

Maurizio Lupi Maurizio Lupi (born 3 October 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as minister of infrastructure and transport between 28 April 2013 and 20 March 2015. Early life and education Lupi was born in Milan, Italy, on 3 October 1959. He has a deg ...

(born 1959), Italian politician *

Maurizio Pagani Maurizio Pagani (1936–2014) was an Italian engineer and politician who served as the minister of post and telecommunications in the period 1992–1994 in two successive cabinets and as the mayor of Novara. Early life and education Pagani was ...

(1936–2014), Italian engineer and politician

Sports

* Maurizio Anastasi (born 1977), football midfielder *

Maurizio Arrivabene Maurizio Arrivabene (born 7 March 1957) is an Italian manager and sports director. Arrivabene was team principal of Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari. He was appointed team principal in November 2014, replacing Marco Mattiacci, and was replaced ...

(born 1957), Italian Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari (2014-2019) * Maurizio Ciaramitaro (born 1982), football midfielder *

Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walking, race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior (athletics), senior level, at the International athletics championships a ...

(born 1957), former race walker *

Maurizio Domizzi Maurizio Domizzi (born 28 June 1980) is an Italian association football coach and former defender. He is the head coach of Eccellenza amateurs Castelvetro. Club career A S.S. Lazio youth product, Domizzi was farmed to Livorno at Serie C1 in Oct ...

(born 1980), football defender * Maurizio Fondriest (born 1965), retired road racing cyclist * Maurizio Ganz (born 1968), former football forward * Maurizio Gaudino (born 1966), German retired football midfielder *

Maurizio Gherardini Maurizio 'Mo' Gherardini (born September 22, 1955) is an Italian sportsman, currently serving as a general manager of Fenerbahçe. In 2017, he was named the EuroLeague Executive of the Year in a year in which his club Fenerbahçe won the EuroLeag ...

(born 1955), sportsman *

Maurizio Lanzaro Maurizio Lanzaro (born 14 March 1982) is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently in charge as the caretaker of Serie C club Seregno. Playing career A central defender, he made his professional debut with AS Roma on a Serie ...

(born 1982), footballer *

Maurizio Marchetto Maurizio Marchetto (born February 13, 1956) is a former ice speed skater from Italy, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. After his active career Marchetto has been coa ...

(born 1956), former ice speed skater * Maurizio Margaglio (born 1974), ice dancer *

Maurizio Oioli Maurizio Oioli (born 9 July 1981, Domodossola) is an Italian skeleton racer who competed since 2002. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 12th in the men's skeleton event. Oioli also finished 26th in the men's skeleton event at the 2 ...

(born 1981), male skeleton racer *

Maurizio Perissinot Maurizio Perissinot (1 February 1951 – 12 December 2004) was an Italian rally co-driver, mainly for Attilio Bettega. He survived the accident at the 1985 Tour de Corse The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica ...

(1951–2004), rally co-driver * Maurizio Sarri (born 1959), Football coach * Maurizio Stecca (born 1963), former boxer *

Maurizio Zaffiri Maurizio Zaffiri (born 12 January 1978 in L'Aquila) is an Italian rugby union flanker. He started playing with L'Aquila Rugby. He later moved to Gran Parma Rugby and then to Rugby Calvisano. He currently plays for L'Aquila Rugby. Zaffiri has been ...

(born 1978), rugby player

Other

Maurizio Di Gati Maurizio Di Gati (; born July 10, 1966 in Racalmuto) is a Sicilian mafioso and considered to be the boss of the Agrigento province before his arrest in November 2006. Background Di Gati was born in Racalmuto, in the province of Agrigento, the h ...

(born 1966), Sicilian mafioso * Maurizio Gucci (1948–1995), businessman *

Maurizio Minghella Maurizio Minghella (born July 16, 1958) is an Italian serial killer, sentenced to life in prison for the murders of ten sex workers in Turin between 1997 and 2001 when he was on parole for killing five women in his hometown in 1978. He had also be ...

(born 1958), serial killer *

Maurizio Molinari Maurizio Molinari (born 28 October 1964 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist, as of April 2020 Editor in Chief of the daily ''la Repubblica'', after serving five years as editor in chief of la La Stampa. Education and early career Molinari ...

(born 1964), journalist *

Maurizio Zamparini Maurizio Zamparini (9 June 1941 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian businessman. He was the owner and director of football club U.S. Città di Palermo between July 2002 – February 2017 and from July 2017 – December 2018. Biography Zampari ...

(born 1941), businessman

List of people with the family name Maurizio

Adam Maurizio Adam Maurizio was a Swiss botanist, specialist of food technology and cultural history, born 26 September 1862 in Kraków and died 4 March 1941 in Liebefeld near Bern. He gained international recognition for his works on the history of plant food. ...

(1862–1941), Swiss botanist and food technologist. {{given name Italian masculine given names Sammarinese given names