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Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily. The origin of surname Calì is thought to be from the Greek word ''kalos'' (beautiful), or from its Sanskrit root ''kali'' (time). Notable people with the name Cali: Surname Italy * Aimone Calì (born 1997), an Italian football player * Davide Cali (born 1972), a Swiss-born Italian writer * Francesco Calì (1882–1949), Italian footballer, first captain of the Italian national team * Gaetano Emanuel Calì (1885–1936), Italian composer and orchestra conductor * Gennaro Calì (c. 1799–1877) an Italian sculptor * Giulio Calì (1895–1967), Italian actor * Giuseppe Calì (golfer) (born 1952), Italian golfer * Pina Calì (1905–1949), an Italian painter * Vincenza Calì (born 1983), Italian track and field athlete United States * Carmen Cali (born 1978), American baseball player * Frank Cali (1965–2019), American mobster * John J. Cali (1918–2014), American real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Calì
Giuseppe Calì (14 August 1846 – 1 March 1930) was a Maltese painter of Italian descent. Biography Born in Valletta, Calì was baptised at the Dominican Parish Church of Porto Salvo, one of the seven offsprings of the artist and musician Raffaele Calì, set designer at the Royal Theatre,Dominic Cutajar"The 19th Cent. Realism of Giuseppe Calì (1846-1930) - an artistic sway that lasted 50 years" in: ''Giuseppe Calì'', edit. Edwin A. Camilleri, pub. Malta 1991 and of mezzosoprano Giovanna Padiglione. His parents, who were from Naples, had moved to British Malta in 1840.Michelle Marie GaleaGiuseppe Calì’s Private Works – The Man And Artist ''weconnect'' At age 19, in 1865, thanks to the generosity of the merchant William Stephen Eynaud, Calì moved to Naples to further his artistic formation at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied under neoclassicist Giuseppe Mancinelli (1812-1875). Rather than following Mancinelli's style, the young Calì was attracted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pina Calì
Pina Calì (2 December 1905 – 3 June 1949) was an Italian painter who was born and died in Sicily. Life Calì was born in Casteldaccia, Italy in 1905. She took to painting at the age of fifteen. She did not attend an art college but she received some lessons from the painter Onofrio Tomaselli. By 1926 her paintings were in the "Exhibition of young Sicilian painters" shown locally in Palermo and in Rome. She appeared in another joint exhibition in 1930 and the following year she had her first solo exhibition. The paintings included still life paintings, self portrait paintings and a noted painting of two naked women. In 1937 she married Silvestre Cuffaro, a sculptor and they were an artistic team. Cuffaro was also a professor at Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo. Calì died in 1949 at the age of 43 in Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Calì
Francesco Calì (; 16 May 1882 – 3 September 1949) was an Italian professional football player, coach and referee, who played as a defender. He captained the Italy national football team in their first ever match, on 15 May 1910. Early life Calì was born in Riposto, Sicily on 16 May 1882, to Bruno Calì, a wine merchant. After pirate assaults on his father's business, he and his family immigrated to Switzerland two years later; he was nicknamed Franz. Career Calì played several games as a left-back for Swiss clubs Zürich and Urania Genève Sport. He then played for two rival Genovese teams: Genoa and Andrea Doria. He was also a referee during his time at Andrea Doria. Due to his experience as a footballer, as well as his knowledge of several foreign languages, he was selected as the Italy national team captain, in their first ever game on 15 May 1910, in Milan against France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Calì
Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966. Life and career Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Roman dialect theater and in avanspettacolo. He made his film debut in 1927, in Umberto Paradisi's ''Un balilla del '48'', but his career ultimately started after the Second World War, when he was cast in a good number of films of different genres and quality, even if usually playing very minor roles. Calì is probably best known for his association with director Alberto Lattuada, who gave him his first significant roles, namely Smarazzacucco in '' The Mill on the Po'' (1949) and the sailor in ''The Overcoat'' (1952). Other notable directors with whom Calì worked include Steno, Mario Monicelli, Alessandro Blasetti, Mario Mattoli, Luigi Zampa and Luigi Comencini. Selected filmography * '' Before the Postman'' (1942) * '' The Peddler and the Lady'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Calì (golfer)
Giuseppe Calì (born 28 September 1952) is an Italian professional golfer. Calì was born in Mirano. He turned professional in 1971 and has won twelve professional tournaments in his home country, including five in 1988. Calì played on the European circuit from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s - sometimes on the European Tour itself and sometimes on the second tier Challenge Tour. His best results on the European Tour were sixth places at the 1990 Italian Open and the 1991 Mediterranean Open. In 1990 he won both the Cerruti Open and the Memorial Olivier Barras on the Challenge Tour and topped the Challenge Tour money rankings. He also claimed more than a dozen non- tour regular career (i.e. under fifty) professional tournaments. Calì joined the European Seniors Tour in 2003, and has won the 2005 Mobile Cup and the 2006 London Seniors Masters at that level. Calì represented Italy in the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the World Cup (four times each). Professional wins (15) Challen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Cali
Davide Cali (born 1972) is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in 25 countries and translated into many languages. He also writes under the pseudonyms Taro Miyazawa and Daikon. Biography Even though he was born in Liestal, Switzerland, Davide Calì grew up in Italy where he started his career as a comic book artist working with many fanzines. In 1994 he took a job as a comics author at the iconic Italian comics magazine “Linus”. He held that position until 2008. He started writing children's books in 1998, his first works were published in Italy. Since 2004 his books have been published in France either by Sarbacane and in the magazine “Mes premiers j'aime lire” (Bayard Editions). Currently, his books amount to more than 90. They have been translated in over 30 languages. Davide Calì has also taught illustration-related courses for many organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Emanuel Calì
Gaetano Emanuel Calì (1885 in Catania – 1936 in Syracuse) was an Italian composer, orchestra conductor, and bandleader. He was student of Francesco Paolo Frontini, under whom he began to study classical instead of popular music. Calì composed his most popular piece in Malta in 1910, when he found himself on the island for professional reasons. A ''mattinata'' titled "E vui durmiti ancora", it started him on a career of composing similar songs. This included works such as "Sicilia Bedda", meant to reflect the character of the island of Sicily. Calì divided his artistic activities between classical and popular music; among his works in the former category were symphonic poems, chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ..., liturgical pieces, and patriotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy National Football Team
The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA. Italy's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Italy, and its primary training ground and technical headquarters, Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, is located in Florence. Italy are the reigning European champions, having won UEFA Euro 2020. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of football and the World Cup, having won four titles ( 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) and appearing in two other finals ( 1970, 1994), reaching a third place ( 1990) and a fourth place ( 1978). Italy also won two European Championships (1968, 2020), and appeared in two other finals of the tournament (2000, 2012). Italy's team also achieved a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimone Calì
Aimone Calì (born 11 February 1997) is an Italian football player who plays for Serie D club Romana. Club career In his youth career he represented Roma and Lazio. He made his professional Serie C debut for Carrarese on 18 September 2016 in a game against Cremonese. From 2017 to 2019 he played in the fifth-tier Eccellenza league. In July 2019 he was signed by Serie A club Atalanta, who then on 13 July 2019 loaned him to Catanzaro in Serie C for a two-year term with a purchase option. On 8 August 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Viterbese. The contract was terminated by mutual consent on 30 December 2020. He then returned to one of his previous club Montespaccato, which was promoted into Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant .... References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Cali
Francesco Paolo Augusto "Frank" Cali (, ; March 26, 1965 – March 13, 2019), also known as "Franky Boy", was an American mobster and the eventual acting boss of the Gambino crime family. Law enforcement considered Cali to have been the Gambinos' "ambassador to Sicilian mobsters" and had linked him to the Inzerillo Mafia family from Palermo. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Lipton, he was "seen as a man of influence and power by organized crime members in Italy". Cali was shot and killed outside his home in Staten Island on March 13, 2019. At the time of his death, a number of media organizations described him as the "reputed" acting boss of the Gambino crime family. Early years Cali was born on March 26, 1965, in New York City, to Augusto Cesare Calì and Agata Scimeca, both natives of Palermo, Sicily. His father ran a household goods store in Palermo and a video store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He had a clean police record in the United States, even though he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenza Calì
Vincenza Calì (born 15 October 1983 in Palermo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.Athlete biography: Vincenza Cali' beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 She won three medals, to senior level, with the national relay team at the . Biography She represented[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cali (other)
Santiago de Cali, or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department in Colombia. Cali may also refer to: Populated places * Cali, an informal short form of the name of the American state of California Entertainment * Cali (singer), stage name of French singer Bruno Caliciuria * Cali & El Dandee, a Colombian pop duo comprising Alejandro Rengifo (Cali) and Mauricio Rengifo (Dandee) * '' Cali Chronic'' or ''Cali'', a single released by American rap group Harlem World * Cali Gari, a Japanese experimental rock band Other uses * Calì, a list of people with the surname or given Calì * Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport or Cali Airport, in Columbia * Cali cartel, a drug cartel * Cali River in western Colombia * Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), a nonprofit US law school consortium See also * Cari (other) * Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
