Consolo
Consolo is an Italian surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Benjamin Consolo (1806–1887), Italian translator * Billy Consolo (1934–2008), American baseball player * Bonnie Consolo (1938–2005), American motivational speaker * Federico Consolo (1841–1906), Italian violinist and composer * Vincenzo Consolo Vincenzo Consolo (18 February 1933 – 21 January 2012) was an Italian writer. Consolo was born in Sant'Agata di Militello but resided in Milan from 1969 until his death. He began his literary career in 1963, but gained wider attention in 197 ...

Billy Consolo
William Angelo Consolo ( ; August 18, 1934 – March 27, 2008) was an American professional baseball shortstop and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five different teams between and , most notably the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins. Primarily used in a reserve role, Consolo enjoyed his best season with the 1957 Red Sox, batting .270 in 68 games. He later served as the bench coach for the Detroit Tigers for 15 seasons, from 1979 to 1992 and again in 1995 under manager Sparky Anderson, including for the Tigers' 1984 World Series champions. Listed at , 180 lb., Consolo batted and threw right-handed. Career Born in Cleveland, Ohio to Italian immigrants, Consolo grew up in Los Angeles, graduating from Dorsey High School. While in high school, Consolo (along with longtime friend Anderson) played on the school's baseball team. Consolo also ran track at Dorsey and was named the Los Angeles High School Baseball city player of the year in ...
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Bonnie Consolo
Bonnie J. Consolo (October 12, 1938 – December 27, 2005), née Bonnie Jean Pflug, was a Kentucky native and motivational speaker who was born without hands or arms. Consolo was the third of five children born to Wendell and Ruby (Sorrell) Pflug, and the only one with born with a disability in the family. Consolo was raised on her parents' farm in rural Kentucky, and graduated from high school in Frenchburg, Kentucky. Consolo tried artificial arms; however, she found them uncomfortable and never acclimated to them. She married Frank Consolo in 1966 near Hayward, California. Consolo's life captured the attention of the American media in the 1970s when the independent documentary film ''A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo'' was released in 1975. At the time, Consolo was a housewife living in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband Frank and their two young sons, Mark and Matthew. The film received an Academy Award nomination on February 12, 1976, for Live Action Short Film. The release ...
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Benjamin Consolo
Benjamin Consolo (; 1806–1887) was an Italian Hebrew writer and translator. Consolo was born in Ancona, where he studied at the Talmud Torah under the instruction of Rabbi David A. Vivant. He studied Italian with Count Pietro Alety, a student of Dante, and then Latin with Lorenzo Barili. He was appointed secretary of the Jewish community at Ancona, and later of that at Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ..., where he began translating Hebrew works into Italian. Consolo's works include: ''I Capitoli dei Padri, Trattato Misnico Morale con Commenti'', an Italian translation of Abot; ''I Doveri de' Cuori'' (Prato, 1847); ''Volgarizzamento del Libro di Job'' (Florence, 1874); ''Volgarizzamento delle Lamentazioni di Geremi''; and ''Il Salterio o Canti Nazionali del ...
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Federico Consolo
Federico Consolo (4 April 1841 – 14 December 1906) was an Italian violinist and composer. Background and earlier life Federico Consolo was born to Benjamin Consolo at Ancona in 1841. After studying the violin with Ferdinando Giorgetti in Florence and Vieuxtemps in Brussels, and composition with Fétis and Liszt, he played with great success at almost all the European courts and in the Orient. In 1884, however, he was compelled by a nervous affliction to discontinue violin-playing. He removed to Florence, and devoted himself to composition. National anthem of San Marino He composed the arrangement for the national anthem of San Marino, based on a 10th-century chorale, with lyrics by Giosué Carducci. It was adopted in 1894. Other works Other works include a number of Oriental cycles, concertos, and "Shire Yisrael" ("Libro dei Canti d'Israel," Florence, Bratti Edzioni, 1869), a collection of Sephardic synagogal melodies and original compositions. He subsequently undertoo ...
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