Modigliani () is a Jewish Italian surname, which may refer to:
People
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Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (, ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and ...
(1884–1920), painter and sculptor
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Elio Modigliani
Elio Modigliani (13 June 1860 – 6 August 1932) was an Italian anthropologist, zoologist, explorer, and plant collector.
Biography
The son of a Florentine banker, he first made his name in the Italian scientific community at the age of 20, wh ...
(1860–1932), anthropologist, zoologist, and plant collector
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Ettore Modigliani
Ettore Modigliani (Rome, 20 December 1873 – Milan, 22 June 1947) was an Italian museum director and art historian.
Career
Modigliani was the director of the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan from 1908 to 1934. During this period, he focused on th ...
(1873–1947), Italian functionary
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Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani (18 June 1918 – 25 September 2003) was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Carnegie Mellon Uni ...
(1918–2003), economist
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Jeanne Modigliani
Jeanne Modigliani (born Giovanna Hébuterne, 29 November 1918 – 27 July 1984) was an Italian-French historian of Jewish art mostly known for her biographical research on her father, artist Amedeo Modigliani. In 1958 she wrote the book ''Modigli ...
(1918–1984), daughter and biographer of Amedeo Modigliani
Other uses
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''Modigliani'' (film), a 2004 biographical film about Amedeo Modigliani
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Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)
"Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes)" is the fourth single released by the American synthpop band Book of Love. The song was included on the band's eponymous debut album '' Book of Love'' in 1986. "Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes)", was released as a si ...
", a 1987 single from the band Book of Love
See also
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Modigliani–Miller theorem, an influential element of economic theory
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Modigliani risk-adjusted performance, a measure of risk-adjusted performance in economics
{{Disambiguation, surname
Surnames of Italian origin
Jewish surnames
