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Januarius Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, lat ...

, meaning "devoted to

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") is a Hispanic masculine given name that may refer to the following notable people: *

Genaro Borrego Estrada Genaro Borrego Estrada (born 18 February 1949) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as Governor of Zacatecas between 1986 and 1992 and as Head of the Mexican Social Security Institute during t ...

(born 1949), Mexican politician *

Genaro Carrió Genaro Rubén Carrió (16 February 1922 - 17 October 1997) was an Argentinian jurist and translator. He served as President of the Supreme Court of Argentina between 1983 and 1985 designated by president Raúl Alfonsín. He graduated at Law at ...

(1922–1997), Argentinian jurist and translator *

Genaro Castillo Luis Genaro Castillo Martínez (born May 25, 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays for Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete i ...

(born 1993), Mexican football player *

Genaro Carreño Muro Genaro Carreño Muro (born 27 September 1958) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. He currently serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sove ...

(born 1958), Mexican politician *

Genaro David Góngora Genaro David Góngora Pimentel (born September 8, 1937, in Chihuahua, Chih.) is a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1995 to 2009 and served as its President ( Chief Justice) from 1999 to ...

(born 1937), Mexican jurist *

Genaro Díaz Genaro Díaz Raigosa (19 April 1904 – 5 December 1963) was a Mexican bobsledder. He competed in the five-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He is a relative of Mexican president Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( o ...

(1904–1963), Mexican bobsledder *

Genaro Estrada Genaro Estrada (June 2, 1887 – September 29, 1937) was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico between 1930 and 1932 and the architect of the Estrada Doctrine, which stated that the Mexican govern ...

(1887–1937), Mexican statesman, academic, and writer *

Genaro Fessia Genaro Fessia (born July 22, 1981 in Córdoba) is an Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be ...

(born 1981), Argentine rugby union footballer *

Genaro García Genaro García (September 17, 1977 in Chihuahua, Mexico – June 21, 2013) was a professional boxer in the super flyweight and bantamweight divisions from 1994 to 2013, holding the World Boxing Council Fecombox regional bantamweight title from 200 ...

(1977–2013), Mexican boxer *

Genaro García Luna Genaro García Luna (born July 10, 1968) is a former Mexican government official and engineer. He served as Secretary of Public Security in the federal cabinet of Felipe Calderón. Since his term working for the Mexican government, García L ...

(born 1968), Mexican government official and engineer *

Genaro Hernández Genaro Hernández (May 10, 1966 – June 7, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998. He was a two-time super featherweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1991 to 1995, and the WBC and lineal tit ...

(1966–2011), American boxer *

Genaro Léon Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus") may refer to *Genaro (given name) *Genaro (surname) * Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House in Austin, Texas, United States See also *Gennaro (disambiguation) Gennaro (from the Latin Jan ...

(born 1960), Mexican boxer *

Genaro Lezcano Genaro Lezcano (born c.1935) is an Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, ...

, Argentine basketball player *

Genaro López Genaro López Rodríguez (born 26 July 1954 in Chitra, Calobre District, Veraguas Province, Panama) is a Panamanian union leader and politician. He is best known as secretary-general of the building workers' union Suntracs, 1990–2010; as leader ...

(born 1954), Panamanian union leader and politician *

Genaro Magsaysay Genaro del Fierro Magsaysay (19 September 1924 – 25 December 1978) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was born in Castillejos, Zambales on 19 September 1924. Magsaysay earned a bachelor's degree in law from the Ateneo de Manila University ...

(1924–1978), Filipino politician and lawyer * Genaro Mejía de la Merced (born 1968), Mexican politician *

Genaro Prono Genaro Matias Prono Britez (born April 29, 1989) is a Paraguayan swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Prono is a member of the swimming team for Auburn Tigers, and a graduate of marketing at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He i ...

(born 1989), Paraguayan swimmer *

Genaro Rodríguez Genaro Rodríguez Serrano (born 23 March 1998), sometimes known as just Genaro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Córdoba CF. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Gerena, Sev ...

(born 1998), Spanish football player *

Genaro Rojas Genaro Rojas is a Mexican sprinter born on 15 September 1970. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1 ...

(born 1970), Mexican sprinter *

Genaro Saavedra Genaro Saavedra (born 1895) was a Filipino track and field athlete and four-time Far Eastern Championship Games champion. While at high school in Ambos Camarines, Saavedra was trained by a Nebraskan sports coach, Clinton "Doc" Fehliman,

(born 1895), Filipino track and field athlete *

Genaro Sermeño Genaro Antonio Sermeño Quijada (28 November 1948 – 23 December 2022) was an El Salvadoran footballer who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Club career Sermeño played eight years for FAS in which he scored 29 goals. Inte ...

(born 1948), Salvadorian football player *

Genaro Snijders Genaro Rasan Snijders (born 29 July 1989) is a Dutch Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger at non-professional level for FC Abcoude in the Derde Klasse. After retiring from professional football, Sni ...

(born 1989), Dutch football winger *

Genaro Ruiz Arriaga Genaro Ruiz Arriaga (born 1 July 1955) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2012 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the third district of Veracruz duri ...

(born 1955), Mexican politician *

Genaro Ruiz Camacho Genaro Ruiz Camacho, Jr. (September 14, 1954 – August 26, 1998), aka Geno Camacho, was a cannabis dealer and organized crime leader in Texas who was linked to four murders and eventually executed by the state of Texas. Crime On May 20, 1988, ...

(1954–1998), American organized crime leader *

Genaro V. Vásquez Genaro V. Vásquez (1892–1967) was a Mexican lawyer. 1892 births 1967 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni 20th-century Mexican judges Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Attorneys general of Mexico ...

(1892–1967), Mexican lawyer *

Genaro Vázquez Rojas Genaro Vázquez Rojas (June 10, 1931February 2, 1972) was a Mexican school teacher, organiser, militant, and guerrilla fighter. Civic Associations Guerreran Civic Community Genaro Vázquez Rojas studied law at the National Autonomous University of ...

(1930–1972), Mexican school teacher and guerrilla fighter