Mazza is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Aldo Mazza, Italian drummer * Benedetta Mazza (born 1989), Italian beauty queen, actress, television presenter and model * Bruno Mazza, Italian footballer *

Chris Mazza Christopher James Mazza (born October 17, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays. Listed at and , he throws a ...

, American baseball pitcher * Cole Mazza (born 1995), American football player *

Cris Mazza Cris Mazza (born 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, and non-fiction author. Early life and education A native of Southern California, Mazza earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from San Diego State University and ...

, American novelist *

Damiano Mazza (artist) Damiano Mazza (active 1573–1590) was an Italian Renaissance artist. He lived in the Venetian city of Padua, 40 km west of Venice. It is known that he studied under Titian. Mazza's best-known painting is '' The Rape of Ganymede'' in the ...

, 16th century Italian painter * Gianni Mazza (born 1944), Italian composer and conductor * Giorgio Mazza, Italian hurdler * Giuseppe Mazza (1817–1884), Italian painter *

Giuseppe Maria Mazza Giuseppe Maria Mazza (13 May 1653 – 6 June 1741) was one of the leading sculptors of Bologna, Italy, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained as a painter, but is best known for his fine sculptural work in terracotta and stucco. ...

(1653–1741), Italian sculptor *

Marco Mazza Marco Mazza (born 25 June 1977) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. Biography His personal best time in the 10,000 metres is 27:44.05 minutes, achieved in April 2002 in Camaiore. This places ...

, Italian long-distance runner *

Mario Mazza Mario Mazza (7 June 1882 - 22 November 1959) was an Italian educator. In 1916 he was one of the founding members of ASCI (Italian: l'Associazione Scautistica Cattolica Italiana) which became The Scouts Scouting, also known as the Scout Movem ...

, Italian educator * Michael Mazza, Canadian Electrical technologist *

Paolo Mazza Paolo Mazza (21 July 1901 – 31 December 1981) was an Italian football manager. He was co-manager of the Italy national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, together with Giovanni Ferrari. Mazza career as a footballer was served entirely in ...

, Italian football manager * Pier Filippo Mazza, Sammarinese footballer * Raúl Mazza, Argentine painter *

Robert Mazza Robert Mazza is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and former judge of the District Court of Western Australia. Before his appointment he founded his own law firm. He is a graduate of the University of Weste ...

, Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia *

Salvador Mazza Salvador Mazza (June 6, 1886November 9, 1946) was a noted Argentine physician and epidemiologist, best known for his strides in helping control American trypanosomiasis, an endemic disease among the rural, poor majority of early 20th century Sou ...

, Argentine physician and epidemiologist *

Tommaso del Mazza Tommaso del Mazza, also known as the Master of Santa Verdiana, (active 1377–1392) was an Italian painter. Biography He trained in Florence, initially in the studio of Andrea Orcagna, but later with his brother Jacopo di Cione. He painted in ...

, 14th-century Florentine painter *

Valeria Mazza Valeria Raquel Mazza (, ; born 17 February 1972) is an Argentine supermodel and businesswoman of Italian ancestry. Mazza rose to prominence in the 1990s and became a household name after appearing on the cover of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ...

, Argentine fashion model *

Ventura Mazza Ventura Mazza or Mazzi or Marzi or Mazi or Magi (circa 1560 - March 6, 1638) was an Italian people, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance. Biography He was born in Cantiano, then part of the Duchy of Urbino. He was a pupil of Federico Barocci. ...

(c. 1560 - 1638), Italian painter *

Viviana Mazza Viviana Mazza (born 15 June 1978, Catania, Sicily) is a writer and a journalist at the foreign desk for the Italian daily newspaper ''Corriere della Sera''. At ''Corriere'' she specializes in covering the United States and the Middle East. She has ...

, Italian writer/journalist

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