Furio is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of
Italian origin (and derived from
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''Furius'' meaning "furious").
Notable persons and fictional figures with that name include:
People
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Furio Bordon (born c. 1970), Italian playwright
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Marcus Furius Camillus, also known as Marco Furio Camillo (c. 446–365 BCE), Roman general
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Furio Niclot Doglio
Furio Niclot Doglio, MOVM (24 April 1908 – 27 July 1942) was an Italian test pilot and World War II fighter pilot in the '' Regia Aeronautica''. Doglio set nine world aviation records[Furio Fusi
Furio Fusi (born 4 December 1947) is an Italian former sprinter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Olympic results
National titles
*1 win in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, ...]
(born 1947), Italian sprinter
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Furio Nordio (fl. 1960s), Italian bobsledder
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Furio Piccirilli
Furio Piccirilli (March 27, 1868 – January 17, 1949) was an Italian-born American sculptor and one of the Piccirilli Brothers.
Piccirilli was born in Massa, Italy into a family with a long tradition of carving and sculpting. Like his older b ...
(1869–1949) American sculptor
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Furio Radin
Furio Radin (born 1 June 1950) is a Croatian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Croatian Parliament for the Italian national minority, an office he has held since 7 September 1992. He has also been the Chair of the Parliament ...
(fl. since 1990s), Croatian legislator
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Jacopo Furio Sarno (born 1989), Italian actor
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Furio Scarpelli
Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also called ''Scarpelli'', was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous Commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli.Obituary '' ...
(1919–2010), Italian screenwriter
Fictional or fictionalized characters
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Furio, in the Italian film ''The White Sheik'' (1952)
* Titular characters of operas, ''Furio Camillo'', about
Marcus Furius Camillus:
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''Furio Camillo'' (Pacini) (1839), by Giovanni Pacini
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''Furio Camillo'' (Perti) (1692), by
Giacomo Antonio Perti
Giacomo Antonio Perti (6 June 1661 – 10 April 1756) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was ''Maestro di Cappella'' for sixty years. He was the teacher of Giuseppe Torelli and Giovanni Bat ...
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Furio Derek, villain in ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' (1999)
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Furio Giunta
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Main characters Cast table
Main character biographies Tony Sopran ...
, Italian gangster in ''The Sopranos'' (2000–02)
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Furio Tigre
Furio may refer to:
* Furio (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Furio (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Falcomposite Furio, a kit-plane
See also
* Furios (disambiguation)
* Furiosa (disambiguation)
* Furi ...
, witness to a murder in ''
Ace Attorney
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'' (2009)
See also
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Furio (surname) Furio is a surname of Italian origin.
Notable persons with that name include:
* Sonia Furió (1937–1996), Mexican actress
* Carlos Furió Más (born c. 1970), Lead author of "Functional fixedness and functional reduction as common sense reasoning ...
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