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Volpi Cup For Best Actor Winners
Volpi is a surname of Italian origin, meaning ''foxes'' or ''of the fox''. The name refers to: * Alberto Volpi (b. 1962), Italian road bicycle racer * Albino Volpi (1889–1939), Italian fascist and early supporter of Benito Mussolini * Alessandro Volpi (b. 1963), Italian politician and historian * Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter * Alice Volpi (b. 1992), Italian right-handed foil fencer * Bruno Volpi (b. 1993), Argentine professional footballer * Charles P. de Volpi (1911–1981), Canadian philatelist * Christian Volpi (b. 1965), French water polo player * Francesco Volpi (b. 1972), Italian designer (Strategic and graphic design) * Franco Volpi (actor) (1921–1997), Italian actor and voice actor * Franco Volpi (philosopher) (1952-2009), Italian philosopher, historian of philosophy and professor * Gabriele Volpi, Italian-born Nigerian businessman *Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (11 December 1892 – 17 March 1979) was an Italian tenor wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Volpi
Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata (born 1938 in Venice, Kingdom of Italy) is an Italian-Algerian nobleman and a former automobile racing manager and Formula One team owner. He inherited a fortune, at the age of 24, from his father, Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, a politician, financier and founder of the renowned Venice Film Festival. During World War II, Giovanni Volpi's father served in Benito Mussolini's cabinet as the minister of Finance and one of his chief advisors. He designed several of Mussolini's austerity measures and escaped prosecution after the war. His father also acquired and restored Villa Barbaro at Maser, Italy, built originally for the Barbaro family. Giovanni Volpi is the son of Giuseppe and his second wife, Nathalie El Kanoni. Giovanni Volpi founded a racing team, Scuderia Serenissima, in 1961 and quickly became one of Ferrari's best customers. In 1962, Scuderia Serenissima commissioned to Piero Drogo and Giotto Bizzarrini the design of the Ferrari 250 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiago Volpi
Tiago Luis Volpi (born 19 December 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio. Career Early career Volpi started his career at Fluminense in 2008, before moving to São José a year later, he was loaned to Luverdense in 2011. Querétaro On 20 December 2014, Volpi was signed by Mexican club Querétaro. On 16 January 2015, Volpi made his officially debut with Querétaro against Leones Negros UdeG, Gallos Blancos won 1-0. The first tournament he played with the team, Volpi, accompanied with Brazilian teammates Ronaldinho, Sinha, William, Danilinho, and Camilo Sanvezzo help the team reach the first final in the franchise history, the team won the second-leg game celebrated in the Corregidora Stadium with a 3-0 final score, but Club Santos Laguna won with an aggregate scoreline of 5-3. The Mexico national team expressed interest in acquiring Volpi for naturalisation, before he left Querétaro. São P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Volpi
Sergio Volpi (; born 2 February 1974) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Volpi was capped twice for the Italy senior side at international level, and spent over ten seasons in Serie A throughout his career. Club career Volpi started his career at Brescia. He then spent his career in Italian top division, for Bari, Venezia, Piacenza, Sampdoria and Bologna. In summer 2009, he moved to Serie B side Reggina, signed a 2-year contract. In January 2010, he was loaned to Serie A struggler Atalanta but the team failed to avoid relegation. On 2 July 2010, his contract with Reggina was terminated. International career Volpi made his international debut with the Italy senior side under manager Giovanni Trapattoni, in a friendly match in Palermo against the Czech Republic on 18 February 2004, at the age of 30. Along with Volpi, Simone Barone and Stefano Bettarini also received their first call-up and made their debut during the match, which ended in a 2–2 draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Volpi
Roberto Volpi (born 15 August 1952) was an Italian predominantly steeplechase runner who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. National titles He won four times the national championships at senior level. *Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ... ** 3000 m st: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 References External links * * * 1952 births Living people Italian male steeplechase runners Italian male long-distance runners Italian Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes from Florence 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Volpi
Michelangelo "Mike" Volpi (born 13 December 1966) is an Italian-American businessman and venture capitalist. He worked as an engineer, eventually becoming chief strategy officer at Cisco Systems during the company’s growth era, acquiring over 70 companies in less than five years. He co-founded Index Ventures’ San Francisco office with Danny Rimer in 2009. Early life and education Volpi was born in Milan, Italy. When he was five, his family moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he lived until he moved to the United States in 1984 to attend college. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering (1984-1988) and an MS in manufacturing systems engineering (1988-1989) from Stanford University. After working at HP for several years, returned to Stanford to earn an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business (1992-1994). Career HP Volpi began his career at Hewlett Packard's optoelectronics division in 1989 where he was both in engineering and marketing. While at HP, he met his future wife T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Volpi
Marisa Volpi (19 August 1928 – 13 May 2015) was an Italian art historian and writer. Biography Marisa Volpi was born in Macerata in 1928 to Dante and Matilde Andreani. Volpi grew up in Rome where she attended Giulio Cesare high school. She graduated with a thesis in Philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1952 and then further specialized in art history in Florence in 1956 with the art historian Roberto Longhi. Volpi then taught at the universities of Cagliari and Rome. Volpi worked in 17th and 18th-century modern art and contemporary art and wrote papers on Impressionism, symbolism, and expressionism. Volpi taught until 2003. In 2004 she was appointed Emeritus Professor of History of Contemporary Art. Volpi married Ferdinando Orlandini and often published under the surname "Volpi Orlandini". In 1966 Volpi curated the exhibitions of both Italian and foreign artists at the Editalia Gallery in via del Corso in Rome. Since 1978 Volpi combined the work of being a univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Volpi
Jorge Volpi (full name Jorge Volpi Escalante, born July 10, 1968) is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as ''In Search of Klingsor ( En busca de Klingsor)''. Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s with his first publications and participation in the pronouncement of the " Crack Manifesto" with several other young writers to protest the state of Mexican literature and promote their own work. Volpi's novels are distinct from magical realism and other trends of Latin American literature as they focus on the actions of characters and research into academic topics, especially history and science, and do not always focus on Latin American characters and settings. His work has been translated into twenty five languages and recognized with awards such as ''Biblioteca Breva'' Award and the Debate-Casa de América as well as a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. In addition to his writing he has worked as a cultural attaché, the director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Volpi
Guido Volpi (born 22 August 1995) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays for the Zebre Parma as a Number 8. Volpi made his debut for the Ospreys in 2018, having previously played for ''espoirs'' team of Narbonne, in 2017−2018 season, and the Ospreys ''Development team''. He made his Pro14 debut on 14 September 2018 against the Munster. He played for Doncaster Knights, on loan from Ospreys two times: from January 2020 to the end of the season 2019−2020 and from December 2020 to the end of 2020−2021 season. In May 2021 he signed a one-year contract with Doncaster Knights Doncaster Knights Rugby Football Club ''(formerly, Doncaster RFC)'' are a professional rugby union club representing the city of Doncaster, England. The club play in the 2nd division of English rugby, the RFU Championship. Being the most prom .... References External links Ospreys Player Profile* Ospreys (rugby union) players Living people 1995 births RC Narbonne players Donc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grazia Volpi
Grazia Volpi (29 March 1941 – 7 February 2020), was an Italian film producer. She was one of the first women in Italy who achieved the position of film producer. Biography She started working in the late 1960s as general organizer and production manager on the set of the Taviani brothers' films. Then she became coordinator of "Una Cooperativa Cinematografica", a production company created by the Taviani brothers in 1973. In 1975 she made her debut as a film producer for the Aata cooperative with the films '' Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'' by Ennio Lorenzini and '' The Suspect'' by Francesco Maselli. In 2012 she won the David di Donatello for the best producer for the film '' Caesar Must Die'', directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Personal life and death She was married to film editor Roberto Perpignani. Volpi died on 7 February 2020, at the age of 78. Partial filmography * '' Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'' (1975) * '' The Suspect'' (1975) * '' Young Distance'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Volpi (sailor)
Giuseppe Volpi (born 13 May 1908, date of death unknown) was an Italian sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References External links * 1908 births Place of death missing Date of death unknown Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Italian male sailors (sport) 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Volpi
Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata (19 November 1877 – 16 November 1947) was an Italian businessman and politician. Count Volpi developed utilities, which had brought electricity to Venice, northeastern Italy and the Balkans by 1903. This was most notably Società Adriatica di Elettricità (the Adriatic Electricity Company, or SADEit In 1911–1912, he acted as a negotiator in ending the Italo-Turkish War. He was the governor of the colony of Tripolitania from 1921 until 1925. As the Kingdom of Italy's Minister of Finance from 1925 until 1928, Volpi successfully negotiated Italy's World War I debt repayment with the United States and with the United Kingdom, pegged the value of the lira to the value of gold, and implemented free trade policies. He was replaced in July 1928 by Antonio Mosconi. He was First Procurator of Saint Mark's, an influential position in Venice, from 1927 to 1947, involving the protection and historic preservation of Piazza San Marco and Saint Mark' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
