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Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius. In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and was the most common name in the 1970s. The Portuguese version of the name is spelled Mário (to highlight the pronunciation of the "a"). It is also associated with the highly popular and beloved Nintendo franchise
Super Mario (also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every m ...
and its eponymous character Mario. Notable people and characters named Mario include:


Given name


Artists and musicians

* Mario (American singer) (born 1986), Mario Dewar Barrett, an American R&B singer * Mario Adorf (born 1930), German actor * Mario Amaya (1933–1986), American art critic * Mario Cantone (born 1959), American comedian and actor *
Mario Chicot Mario Chicot, also simply Mario, is a popular zouk singer from Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited ...
, also simply Mario, zouk singer from Guadeloupe * Mario Domm (born 1977), Mexican singer and member of Camila * Mario Frangoulis (born 1967), Greek tenor * Mario Lanza (1921–1959), Italian American opera tenor singer and actor * Mario del Monaco (1915–1982), Italian tenor * Mario Maurer (born 1988), Thai actor and model *
Mario Milita Mario Milita (June 26, 1923 – August 22, 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography An actor with a career spanning over 65 years, he became well known to the audiences for his work in Animated cartoon, animation. Because of his coa ...
(1923–2017), Italian voice actor *
Mario Moro Patrice et Mario were an Italian singer-guitarist duo that was popular in France the 1940s and 1950s. Patrice (Patrizzio Paganessi, 1915 - 26 April 1992) and Mario ( Mario Moro, 1918 - 9 August 2002) were part of the vogue for Mediterranean music i ...
(1918–2002), Italian singer * Mario Nascimbene (1913–2002), Italian film score composer * Mario Sammarco (1868–1930), Italian operatic baritone *
Mario Sciacca Muri & Mario, at times Muri og Mario is a Danish-Italian pop duo made up of Murad Mahmoud (Muri) and Mario Sciacca (Mario). They formed the duo in 2009 putting out a number of Latin-inspired pop songs on their own Copenhagen-based label "Vieni Q ...
, Italian-Danish singer, part of the Danish pop duo Muri & Mario *
Mario Tozzi Mario Tozzi (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government. Biography Tozzi studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Italy where he met Giorgio Morandi ...
(1895–1979), Italian painter * Mario Vazquez (born 1977), ''American Idol'' contestant and singer * Mario Van Peebles (born 1957), American director and actor * Mario Winans (born 1974), R&B singer


Politicians

* Mario Aoun (born 1951), Lebanese politician * Mario Baccini (born 1957), Italian politician * Mario Chella (1934–2022), Italian politician * Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), governor of New York * Mario Draghi (born 1947), Prime Minister of Italy and former president of the ECB *
Mario Dumont Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 20 ...
(born 1970), Canadian politician * Mario Gentile, municipal politician in Toronto * Mario Landolfi (born 1959), Italian politician * Mario Martinelli (1906 –2001), Italian politician *
Mario Monti Mario Monti, (born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis. Monti served as a European Commiss ...
(born 1943), Italian economist and former Prime Minister of Italy *
Mario Pedini Mario Pedini (1918–2003) was an Italian politician who was a member of the Christian Democrats. He served at the Italian Parliament and Italian Senate. He held different ministerial posts and was one of the early members of the European Parliam ...
(1918–2003), Italian politician * Mario Roberto Santucho (1936–1976), Argentine revolutionary and guerrilla combatant * Mario Savio (1942–1996), American political activist * Mário Soares (1924–2017), Portuguese politician and the former Prime Minister of Portugal *Mario Tanassi (1916–2007), Italian politician *Mario Umana (1914–2005), American judge and politician *Mario Zagari (1913–1996), Italian politician


Sportsmen

*Mario Aerts (born 1974), Belgian cyclist *Mario Ančić (born 1984), Croatian professional tennis player *Mario Andretti (born 1940), American race car driver *Mario Arteaga (born 1970), Mexican footballer *Mario Avellaneda (born 1974), Spanish race walker *Mario Balotelli (born 1990), Italian footballer *Mario Been (born 1963), Dutch footballer and manager *Mario Chalmers (born 1986), American basketball player *Mario Cipollini (born 1967), Italian road cyclist *Mario Corso (1941–2020), Italian footballer *Mario Delaš (born 1990), Croatian basketball player *Mario Domínguez (born 1975), Mexican race car driver *Mario Elie (born 1963), American basketball player *Mario Figueroa (born 1963), Venezuelan road cyclist *Mario Gaspar (born 1990), Spanish footballer *Mario Gómez (born 1985), German footballer *Mario González (Mexican boxer) (born 1969), Mexican boxer *Mario González (swimmer) (born 1975), Cuban swimmer *Mario Goodrich (born 2000), American football player *Mario Götze (born 1992), German footballer *Mario Henderson (1984–2020), American football player *Mario Hezonja (born 1995), Croatian basketball player *Mario Hollands (born 1988), American baseball player *Marios Kaperonis (born 1983), Greek boxer *Mario Kempes (born 1954), Argentine retired footballer *Mario Kummer (born 1962), German track and road cyclist and manager *Mario Lemieux (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player *Mario Lemina (born 1993), Gabonese footballer *Mario Mancini (born 1966), American professional wrestler *Mario Mandžukić (born 1986), Croatian footballer *Mario Manningham (born 1986), American football player *Mario Maraschi (1939–2020), Italian footballer and manager *Mario Melchiot (born 1976), Dutch footballer *Mario Mendoza (born 1950), Mexican baseball player *Mario Mijatović (born 1980), Croatian footballer *Mário Rui (footballer, born 1925), Mário Rui (born 1925), Portuguese footballer *Mário Rui (born 1991), Portuguese footballer *Mário Sabino (born 1972), Brazilian judoka *Mario Salas (footballer) (born 1967), Chilean footballer *Mario Santos de Matos (born 1988), Belgian footballer *Mario Sperry (born 1966), Brazilian heavyweight martial artist *Mario Stanić (born 1972), Croatian footballer *Mario Tremblay (born 1956), Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach *Mario Valles (born 1982), Colombian judoka *Mario Villagran (born 1986), Mexican professional wrestler *Mario Williams (born 1985), American football player *Mário Zagallo (born 1931), Brazilian footballer and coach


Others

*Mario Barth (born 1972), German comedian *Mario Batali (born 1960), American chef *Mario Benedetti (1920–2009), Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet *Mario Berlinguer (1891–1969), Italian lawyer *Mario Bezzi (1868–1927), Italian entomologist *Mario Botta (born 1943), Italian architect *Mario Caldato, Jr. (born 1961), Brazilian-American record producer and engineer *Mario Capecchi (born 1937), Italian-American scientist *Mario Caserini (1874–1920), Italian film director *Mario Ceroli (born 1938), Italian sculptor *Mario Condello (1952–2006), Australian gangster *Mario Conti (1934-2022), Scottish Roman Catholic prelate *Mario Costa (disambiguation), several people *Mario Impemba (born 1963), American sports announcer *Mario Joyner (born 1961), American stand-up comedian *Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., better-known as Perez Hilton, American celebrity gossip blogger *Mario Lopez (born 1973), American actor and television host *Mario Lopez Estrada, Guatemalan businessman *Mario Magnotta (1942–2009), Italian janitor, Internet phenomenon *Mario Monicelli (1915–2010), Italian director and screenwriter *Mario Monticelli (1902–1995), Italian chess player *Mario Napolitano (1910–1995), Italian chess player *Mario Nuzzolese (1915–2008), Italian journalist *Mario Pérez Saldivar (born 1939), Mexican long-distance runner *Mario Pérez Zúñiga (born 1982), Mexican footballer *Mario Pezzi (aviator), Mario Pezzi (1898–1968), Italian aviator *Mario Più, Italian DJ *Mario Puzo (1920–1999), American author known chiefly for his novel ''The Godfather'' *Mario Salcedo (born 1949 or 1950), a long-term passenger on Royal Caribbean International-branded cruise ships *Mario Salieri, Italian porn director *Mario Scaramella (born 1970), Italian lawyer *Mario Segale (1934–2018), American real-estate agent of whom the Mario character is named after *Mario Soldati (1906–1999), Italian film director *Mario Sorrenti (born 1971), Italian American photographer *Mario Testino (born 1954), Italian Peruvian photographer *Marios Tokas (1954–2008), Cypriot songwriter * Mario Vaquerizo (born 1974), Spanish collaborator of radio and television


Surname

*E. A. Mario, Italian composer *Giovanni Matteo Mario (Giovanni Matteo de Candia 1810–1883), operatic tenor singer of the 19th century *Lorenza Mario, Italian dancer


Fictional characters

* Mario, Nintendo video game character


See also

* Mareo (given name), Japanese * Marijo, Croatian * Mariusz, Polish * Μάριος, Greek


References

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