Petrella is an Italian

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, and may refer to: * Bob Petrella (born 1944), American football player * Clara Petrella (1914–1987), Italian operatic soprano * Errico Petrella (1813–1877), Italian opera composer * Gianluca Petrella, Italian jazz trombonist * Ian Petrella (born 1974), American actor and puppeteer *

Ivan Petrella Ivan Petrella (born November 8, 1969) is an Argentine social theorist and liberation theologian. He is the Secretary of Culture in Argentina's Ministry of Culture and currently teaches at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. H ...

(born 1969), Argentine social theorist *

Marina Petrella Marina Petrella (born in Roma, 23 August 1954) is a former member of the terrorist Italian left wing group called the Red Brigades. She was convicted to life sentence for murder. Biography A former school teacher in the mid 1970s she joined a ...

(born 1954) a former member of Red Brigades *

Patrick Petrella Patrick Petrella is a police detective created by the British mystery writer Michael Gilbert who appears in ten books published between 1959 and 2003 and is probably the best-known of the half-dozen or so recurring characters that Gilbert wrote a ...

, a fictional Spanish-English police detective created by

Michael Gilbert Michael Francis Gilbert (17 July 1912 – 8 February 2006) was an English solicitor and author of crime fiction. Early life and education Gilbert was born on 17 July 1912 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England to Bernard Samuel Gilbert, a writ ...

Riccardo Petrella Riccardo Petrella, born on 5 August 1941 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, is an Italian political scientist and economist; he has a doctorate in political sciences from the University of Florence). Currently professor emeritus at the University of ...

(born 1941), Italian political scientist and economist *

Vito Petrella Vito Petrella (born 12 April 1965) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won four medals at the International athletics competitions, all with the national relays team. He has 20 national team caps, from 19 ...

(born 1965), Italian sprinter

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