Rizzi is a surname of

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People with the name

Notable people with the surname include: *

Sarkis Rizzi Sarkis Rizzi, or Sarkis el-Rizzi (in Arabic:سركيس الرزي, in Latin: Sergius Risius, born in 1572 in Bkoufa, Lebanon - died in June 1638 in Rome) was a Lebanese Maronite bishop. On his initiative, he was the first clergyman to print of a ...

(1572-1638), Catholic Lebanese Maronite bishop *

Bruno Rizzi Bruno Rizzi (March 20, 1901 – January 13, 1977) was an Italian unorthodox political theorist. Early activities Bruno Rizzi was born on March 20, 1901, in Porto Mantovano. In 1918, he joined the Italian Socialist Party but left in 1921 to be ...

(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 Giuseppe Rizzi (; 20 January 1886 – 20 June 1960) was an Italian professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He represented the Italy national football team four times, the first being Italy's first ever match on 15 May 1910, the occa ...

(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 Gainesville is the county seat of Al ...

(1950-2011), American pop artist *

Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (September 3, 1930 – October 7, 1991) was an Argentinian poet, novelist, self-taught philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed New Acropolis, an intern ...

(1930–1991), Argentine poet, novelist, and philosopher * Luigi Rizzi (disambiguation), multiple people *

Luigi Rizzi (footballer) Luigi Rizzi (born June 11, 1907 in Milan) was an Italian professional football player. Honours * Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs ...

(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 Mario Rizzi (3 March 1926 – 13 April 2012) was the Roman Catholic Italian titular archbishop of Bagnoregio and apostolic nuncio to Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is ...

(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 Claudio Michele Rizzi (born 13 April 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve ...

(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 Paolo Rizzi (born 30 April 1969 in Calcinate) is an Italian retired footballer. He played as a defender. He played for Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, Atalanta youth teams and he made his debut in Serie A on 26 February 1989 against Hellas Verona. At ...

(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 ...

, a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather *

Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi Constanzia "Connie" Corleone is a fictional character in ''The Godfather'', a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, and the 1972 film ''The Godfather''. In the film, Connie is portrayed by Talia Shire, the sister of the director Francis Ford Coppola. Shire ...

, 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 The Godfather (novel), novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al ...

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