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Alberto Maffei Alberto Maffei (born 11 May 1995) is an Italian Snowboarding, snowboarder. He competed in the 2017 FIS Snowboard World Championships, and in the 2018 Winter Olympics, in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air, big air. Refe ...
(born 1995), Italian snowboarder * Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei (1662–1730), Bavarian general * Agnese Maffeis (born 1965), Italian discus thrower and shot putter *
Andrea Maffei Andrea Maffei (1798 – 1885) was an Italian poet, translator and librettist. He was born in Molina di Ledro, Trentino. A follower of Vincenzo Monti, he formed part of the 19th-century Italian classicist literary culture. Gaining laurea in ju ...
(1798–1885), Italian poet and librettist *
Andrea Maffei (architect) Andrea Maffei is an Italian architect, born in Modena in 1968. He studied architecture and engineering at the University of Florence and graduated cum laude in 1994. He was an associate director for the projects based in Italy by Arata Isozaki. A ...
(born 1968), Italian architect * Angela Maffeis (born 1996), Italian cyclist * Antonio Maffei (died 1482), Italian bishop * Antonio Maffei da Volterra (1450–1478), Italian clergyman and member of the
Pazzi Conspiracy The Pazzi conspiracy () was a failed plot by members of the Pazzi family and others to displace the Medici family as rulers of Renaissance Florence. On 26 April 1478 there was an attempt to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother ...
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Arturo Maffei Arturo Maffei (9 November 1909, in Viareggio – 17 August 2006, in Torre del Lago) was an Italian long jumper and footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Biography He was the Italian long jump champion in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, ...
(1909–2006), Italian long jumper and footballer * Ascanio Maffei (died 1659), Italian bishop * Blanca Renée Arrillaga Oronoz de Maffei (1917–2011), Uruguayan chemist, botanist, and agrostologist * Bernardino Maffei (1514–1553), Italian archbishop and cardinal *
Cecilia Maffei Cecilia Maffei (born 19 November 1984) is an Italian short track speed skater. Career Maffei competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Italy. She placed third in her round one races of the 500 and 1000 metres, and fifth in the first round of the ...
(born 1984), Italian speed skater *
Cesare Maffei Cesare Maffei (born 1805) was an Italian people, Italian painter of the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical period, active in Tuscany. Biography He was the son of an ornamental painter, and his brother Alessandro, was a decorative painter. Cesare studie ...
(1805–???), Italian painter *
Clara Maffei Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in Bergamo – 13 July 1886, in Milan) was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei. Life At 17 ...
(1814–1886), Italian socialite and salon hostess * Claire Mafféi (1919–2004), French actress *
Claudio Maffei Claudio Maffei (born 23 December 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Martina. Club career Formed on Bari youth system, Maffei was signed by Pisa in 2018. After, was loaned to Serie C clubs Olbia ...
(born 1999), Italian footballer *
Damian Maffei Damian Paul Maffei (born June 27, 1977) is an American actor. He appeared in the thriller film '' Closed for the Season'' (2010) and played an antagonist in the slasher films '' The Strangers: Prey at Night'' (2018) and ''Haunt Haunt is a synon ...
(born 1977), American actor * Dan Maffei (born 1968), American politician *
Francesco Maffei Francesco Maffei (1605 – 2 July 1660) was an Italian painter, active in the Baroque style. Biography He probably trained in his birthplace of Vicenza with his father, and painted mostly in the towns of the Veneto (Venetian mainland). He di ...
(1605–1660), Italian painter *
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of ...
(1675–1755), Venetian archaeologist and author *
Giovanni Pietro Maffei Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1533–1603), also anglicized as John Peter Maffei, was an Italian Jesuit and author. He wrote a life of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and also wrote about the activities of the Society in the Orient ...
(1533–1603), Italian
Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
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Giovanni Camillo Maffei Giovanni Camillo Maffei da Solofra () was an Italian doctor, philosopher, singer, and lutenist of the mid-16th century, in the middle Renaissance. He is best known for his writing on vocal pedagogy, and is the first person to include vocal physiolo ...
(fl. 1562-1573), Neapolitan physician and music theorist *
Giuliano Maffei Giuliano Maffei, O.F.M. or Giuliano Matteis (died 1510) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1505–1510) and Bishop of Bertinoro (1477–1505). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giuliano Maffei was ordain ...
(died 1510), Italian bishop *
Giuseppe Maffei Giuseppe Maffei (born 28 January 1974) is an Italian former middle distance runner, mainly specialized in 3000 metres steeplechase He won two medals at the International athletics competitions. Biography He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics a ...
(born 1974), Italian runner *
Greg Maffei Gregory B. Maffei (born May 24, 1960) is an American businessman. He is the ex president and chief executive officer of Liberty Media and the chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, Sirius XM and TripAdvisor. He is the chairman emeritus of Starz an ...
(born 1960), American businessman *
Ivan Maffeis Ivan Maffeis (born 18 November 1963) is an Italian Prelate of the Catholic Church who is currently serving as the archbishop of Perugia. After becoming a priest, he spent twenty years working in his home diocese of Trento diving his time between pa ...
(born 1963), Italian journalist and bishop *
Ivano Maffei Ivano Maffei (born 24 September 1958) is an Italian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad ( ...
(born 1958), Italian cyclist *
Joseph Anton von Maffei Joseph Anton Ritter von Maffei (4 September 1790 – 1 September 1870) was a German industrialist. Together with Joseph von Baader (1763–1835) and Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (1817–1884), Maffei was one of the three most important railw ...
(1790–1870), German industrialist * Leonard Maffei (died 1989), Italian-American cyclist *
Marcantonio Maffei Marcantonio Maffei (29 November 1521 – 22 August 1583) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Background Marcantonio Maffei was born in Bergamo on 29 November 1521, the son of nobles Girolamo Maffei and Antonia Mattei. His older ...
(1521–1583), Italian bishop and cardinal * Michele Maffei (born 1946), Italian fencer * Orazio Maffei (1580–1609), Italian cardinal *
Paolo Maffei Paolo Maffei (2 January 1926 – 1 March 2009) was an Italian astrophysics, astrophysicist and science writer. He was born in Arezzo and was director of the Catania Observatory and an astronomer at Arcetri, Bologna, Asiago and Hamburg. ...
(1926–2009), Italian astrophysicist *
Paolo Alessandro Maffei Paolo Alessandro Maffei (11 January 1653 – 26 July 1716) was an antiquarian with a humanist education, who was active in Rome. Maffei was the son of Paolo Maffei and his wife Giovanna di Raffaele, both of patrician families of Volterra. He was a ...
(1653—1716), Italian antiquarian and humanist *
Raffaello Maffei Raffaele Maffei (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order. He was a native of Volterra, Italy, and therefore is called Raphael Volaterranus or Raphael of Volterra; ...
(1451–1522), Italian humanist, historian and theologian


See also


Places

* Istituto Maffei, school in Verona, Italy * Palace of Maffei Marescotti, ancient palace in Rome, Italy * Palazzo Maffei, historic palace in Verona, Italy


Companies

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Maffei (company) Maffei was a manufacturer of railway locomotives based in Munich, Germany. Established in 1836, it prospered for nearly a century before going bankrupt in 1930 and becoming amalgamated with the firm of Krauss to form Krauss-Maffei. Following anot ...
, German locomotives manufacturer * KraussMaffei, German manufacturer **
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW), is an arms industry company based in Munich, Germany. The company produces military weapons and vehicles, including tanks, self-propelled artillery, and other armoure ...
, German arms manufacturer


Astronomy

* Maffei Group, group of galaxies ** Maffei 1, massive elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia ** Maffei 2, intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia {{Surname Surnames Surnames of Italian origin