Rizzi is a surname of

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origin.

People with the name

Notable people with the surname include: * Sarkis Rizzi (1572-1638), Catholic Lebanese Maronite bishop * Bruno Rizzi (1901–1977), Italian political theorist; cofounder of the Communist Party of Italy *

Camillo Rizzi Camillo Rizzi (or Ricci) (1590–1626) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara. He was a pupil of the painter Ippolito Scarsella. Born at Ferrara, he was mainly active producing altarpieces for the churches of ...

(1580–1618), Italian painter of the Renaissance period * Carlo Rizzi (b, 1960), Italian conductor *

Darren Rizzi Darren Rizzi (born July 21, 1970) is an American football coach who is the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to this, he was the Miami Dolphins special team ...

(born 1970), Special Teams Coordinator for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League * Federico Rizzi (b. 1981), Italian professional football player * Giuseppe Rizzi (1886-1996), Italian professional footballer *

James Rizzi James Rizzi (October 5, 1950 – December 26, 2011) was an American pop artist who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Biography Rizzi graduated from University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He came up with the idea of 3D multip ...

(1950-2011), American pop artist * Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (1930–1991), Argentine poet, novelist, and philosopher * Luigi Rizzi (disambiguation), multiple people * Luigi Rizzi (footballer) (1907-?), Italian professional football player *

Luigi Rizzi (linguist) Luigi Rizzi (born 3 June 1952 in Genoa) is an Italian linguist. Rizzi is currently a full professor at the University of Siena in Italy. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore, the University of Pisa and the University of Paris VIII. Befo ...

(born 1952), Italian linguist * Mario Rizzi (1926-2010), Roman Catholic Italian titular archbishop of Bagnoregio and apostolic nuncio to Bulgaria *

Michael Rizzitello Michael Anthony Rizzitello (March 29, 1927 – October 26, 2005), also known as "Mike Rizzi", was a high ranking Italian American mobster in the Los Angeles crime family. Rizzitello's criminal record stretched back to 1947. He was also featured in ...

(1927–2005), Los Angeles mobster * Michele Rizzi (b. 1988), German professional footballer *

Nicoletta Rizzi Nicoletta Rizzi (1 January 1940 – 17 January 2010) was an Italian television, stage and film actress. Life Rizzi was born in Milan in 1940. She was mainly active on television, where she was best known for the title role in the television se ...

(1940-2010), Italian television, stage and film actress * Paolo Rizzi (born 1969), Italian retired footballer

Fictional characters

Carlo Rizzi (The Godfather) Carlo Rizzi is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ''The Godfather''. In the 1972 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Gianni Russo. In the novel and film Described in the novel as "a punk, sore at the world", Rizzi was born in N ...

, a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather * Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi, a fictional character in the novel and in the 1972 film ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

People with the name

Fictional characters

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