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Mancini
Mancini () is a surname of Italian origin which, etymologically, comes from the Italian adjective ''mancino'', which literally means "left handed". People Art and literature *Antonio Mancini (1852–1930), Italian painter *Dominic Mancini, 15th-century traveler and author *Don Mancini (born 1963), author of ''Child's Play'' *Giulio Mancini (1559–1630), 17th-century physician, art collector and writer * Hannah Mancini (born 1980), American singer who works and lives in Slovenia *Marie Anne Mancini (1649–1714), patroness of La Fontaine Film and television *Al Mancini (1932–2007), American actor, acting teacher and television writer * Robert Mancini (born 1964), MTV News Music *Francesco Mancini (composer) (1672–1737), 18th-century Italian composer *Giovanni Battista Mancini (1714–1800), Italian voice teacher *Henry Mancini (1924–1994), Grammy-winning American composer and arranger Politics and governance * Mancini family, Italian noble house * Alessandro Mancini (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mancini
Roberto Mancini (; born 27 November 1964) is an Italian football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team. As a player, Mancini operated as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped the team win their first Serie A league title, four Coppa Italia titles, and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He was capped 36 times for Italy, taking part at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, achieving semi-final finishes in both tournaments, although he was never put onto the pitch during the 1990 tournament. In 1997, after 15 years at Sampdoria, Mancini left the club to join Lazio, where he won a further ''scudetto'' and Cup Winners' Cup, in addition to the UEFA Super Cup and two more Coppa Italia titles. Alongside Gianluigi Buffon, he is the player with the most Coppa Italia titles (6). As a player, Mancini would often give team talks at half-time. Towards th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the ''Peter Gunn'' television series as well as the music for ''The Pink Panther'' film series (" The Pink Panther Theme") and " Moon River" from '' Breakfast at Tiffany's''. '' The Music from Peter Gunn'' won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini also scored a No. 1 hit single during the rock era on the Hot 100: his arrangement and recording of the " Love Theme from ''Romeo and Juliet''" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969. Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mancini (Brazilian Footballer)
Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino (; born 1 August 1980), more commonly known as Mancini (), is a Brazilian association football, football coach and former player. Mancini started his career playing as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back for Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro in 1999. After moving to Italy in 2003, he was converted into an attacking player. During his time with AS Roma, Mancini was famed for his Dribbling#Association football, dribbling skills and use of Dummy (football), feints, especially his Step over, step-overs, playing mainly as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger on either flank, and occasionally as a second striker and an attacking midfielder. At international level, he made nine appearances for Brazil national football team, Brazil between 2004 and 2008, and was a member of the squad that won the 2004 Copa América. Club career Early career Regarded as a promising talent, Mancini began his career in his homeland of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mancini Family
The House of Mancini was the name of one of the oldest families of Roman nobility. Their titles and fiefs were numerous: Duke of Nevers and Donzy, Prince of Vergagne and of the Holy Roman Empire with the style of Serene Highness, French Peer, Spanish Grandee, Marquis of Fusignano, Count of Montefortino, Viscount of Clamecy, Baron of Tardello, Tumminii and Ogliastro, Lord of Claye-Souilly, Roman noble and Venetian patrician. ITATION NEEDED They were knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece, of the Order of the Holy Spirit, of the Order of Saint Michael, of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and many more. The humanist Marco Antonio Altieri (1457–1537) includes them in ''Li Nuptiali'', an important collection of news about Rome in the 16th century. The family was granted the Honneurs de la Cour of France. ITATION NEEDED Origins Of Roman origin, the family has thousand-year roots in Italy, and traditionally asserts a line of descent from the gens Hostilia, whose l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hortense Mancini
Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (6 June 1646 – 2 July 1699), was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, and a mistress of Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She was the fourth of the five famous Mancini sisters, who, along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes. Early life, family and marriage One of five sisters noted for their great beauty, she was born ''Ortensia'' in Rome to Baron Lorenzo Mancini, an Italian aristocrat. After his death in 1650, her mother, Girolama Mazzarini, brought her daughters from Rome to Paris in the hope of using the influence of her brother, Cardinal Mazarin, to gain them advantageous marriages. Hortense's four famous sisters were: * Laura (1636–1657), who married Louis de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme and became the mother of the famous French general Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, * Olympe (1638–1708), who married Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Mancini
Antonio Mancini (14 November 1852 – 28 December 1930) was an Italian painter. Biography Mancini was born in Rome, Papal States, and showed precocious ability as an artist. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823–1901), a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi. Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon. Mancini worked at the forefront of the ''Verismo'' movement, an indigenous Italian response to 19th-century Realist aesthetics. His usual subjects included children of the poor, juvenile circus performers, and musicians he observed in the streets of Naples. His portrait of a young acrobat in ''Il Saltimbanco'' (1877–78) captures the fragility of the boy whose impoverished childhood is spent entertaining pedestrian crowds. In 1871 two of his works, exhibite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Mancini
Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: ''Olympe Mancini''; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes because their uncle was Louis XIV's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Olympia was later to become the mother of the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy. She also involved herself in various court intrigues including the notorious Affair of the Poisons, which led to her expulsion from France. Family and early years Olympia Mancini was born on 11 July 1638 and grew up in Rome. Her father was Baron Lorenzo Mancini, an Italian aristocrat who was also a necromancer and astrologer. After his death in 1650, her mother, Geronima Mazzarini, brought her daughters from Rome to Paris in the hope of using the influence of her brother, Cardinal Mazarin, to gain them advantageous marriages. The ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Mancini
Gianluca Mancini (; born 17 April 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team. Club career Perugia Mancini left for Perugia on loan in mid–2015, with an option to purchase. Mancini made his professional debut in the Serie B for Perugia on 11 September 2015 in a game against Pescara. After a brief return to Florence, by the club excising the counter-option. on 1 August 2016, Fiorentina announced that they had sold Mancini to Perugia outright for free. It was later revealed that Fiorentina was eligible to 50% future transfer fee. Atalanta In January 2017, Mancini and Alessandro Santopadre, son of Massimiliano Santopadre, chairman of Perugia, were signed by Atalanta for €200,000 and €1 million transfer fees respectively. They were immediately loaned back to Perugia from Atalanta. The deal was later accused by the prosecutor as a manipulation of transfer fees, which overstated the price-tag of Santopadre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Mancini
Laura Mancini, Duchess of Mercœur (6 May 1636 – 8 February 1657) was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin. She was the eldest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Louis XIV of France as the '' Mazarinettes''. She married Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, grandson of King Henry IV and was the mother of the great general the Duke of Vendôme. Biography Laura was the eldest daughter of Baron Lorenzo Mancini, brother-in-law of Cardinal Mazarin through his wife Girolama Mazzarini. She received the name ''Vittoria'' honour of her paternal grandmother, Vittoria Capoccii. The eldest of ten children, through the influence of her uncle, the personal advisor of Louis XIII of France, Laura and her family were invited to France, leaving Rome in 1653 following the death of her father along with their cousins Laura and Anna Maria. The family resided in the Palais Royal in Paris, home of Queen Anne and her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Mancini
George Donald Mancini (born January 25, 1963) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating and writing the Child's Play (franchise), ''Child's Play'' franchise (1988–present). Career Having been a horror fan since his childhood, Mancini's inspiration for ''Child's Play (franchise), Child's Play'' were films like ''Trilogy of Terror'' and ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "Living Doll (The Twilight Zone), Living Doll"; aware of the "killer doll" as a horror trope, Mancini realized that the concept had never been executed as a feature-length film with animatronic effects work. As a film student at UCLA in the mid-1980s, Mancini was amused by the popularity of the Cabbage Patch Kids line of dolls, and that the ubiquitous dolls were disappearing from toy shelves and prompting physical fights between parents. Mancini's father had worked in the advertising industry all his life, and he knew how effective marketing could result in consumer bedlam. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Anne Mancini
Marie Anne Mancini, Duchess of Bouillon (1649 – 20 June 1714), was an Italian-French aristocrat and cultural patron, the youngest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Louis XIV, List of French monarchs, King of France as the ''Mazarinettes'', because their uncle was the king's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. She is known for her involvement in the famous Affair of the Poisons, and as the patron of La Fontaine. Life Marie Anne's parents were Mancini family, Lorenzo Mancini, a Roman baron, Necromancy, necromancer and Astrology, astrologer, and Girolama Mazzarini, Geronima Mazzarini, sister of Cardinal Mazarin. Her four famous sisters were: * Laura Mancini, Laure (1636–1657), the eldest, who married Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, grandson of King Henry IV of France, Henri IV and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and became the mother of the famous French gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remo Mancini
Remo Mancini (born May 26, 1951) is a former senior corporate executive in both the U.S and Canada, former politician in Ontario, Canada, and currently a “professional corporate director” serving on both private company and publicly listed corporate boards. He was an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the constituency of Essex South from 1975 to 1993. He also served as a cabinet minister in both economic and social portfolios (including Minister of Revenue) in the government of David Peterson. Background Mancini was born in the small remote mountain village of Abbateggio, Province of Pescara, Italy. The first documents about the village's existence date back to the 10th century. A high school “all Ontario” gold medal gymnast, he received athletic scholarships to both U.S and Canadian universities. Injuries ended Mancini's athletic career and formal education.Schumacher Research and Leadership GroupRemo Mancini/ref> Mancini is a graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
