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People


Surname

* Adam Lanza (1992–2012), perpetrator of the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Newtown Public Schools, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims were 20 children bet ...
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Alcides Lanza Alcides Emigdio Lanza (2 June 1929 – 17 July 2024) was an Argentine-born Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde m ...
(1929–2024), Canadian composer *
Andrew Lanza Andrew Joseph Lanza (born March 12, 1964) is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 24th district, which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having se ...
(born 1964), New York State senator * Angela Lanza, American singer *
Beatrice Lanza Beatrice Lanza (born 22 March 1982) is a triathlete.Profile
She was born in Biella,
(born 1982), Italian athlete *
Cesare Lanza Cesare Lanza (born 8 July 1942) is an Italian journalist and author. Born in Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a popula ...
(born 1942), Italian journalist and author *
Chuck Lanza Charles Louis Lanza (born September 20, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a center for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Steelers in the third ...
(born 1964), NFL player * Clara Lanza (1858–1939), American author * Cosimo Damiano Lanza (born 1962), Italian pianist, harpsichordist and composer * Damián Lanza (born 1982), Ecuadorian footballer * Francesco "Frank" Lanza (died 1937), first crime boss of the Lanza crime family *
Giovanni Lanza Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza (15 February 1810 9 March 1882) was an Italian politician and the eighth prime minister of Italy from 1869 to 1873. Biography Lanza was born in the Piedmontese city of Casale Monferrato. He studied medicin ...
(1810–1882), Italian politician *
Giuseppe Lanza Giuseppe Lanza, Duke of Camastra, was a 17th-century Sicilian nobleman who oversaw the reconstruction of many Sicilian towns and cities following the earthquake of 1693. He was created 1st Duke of Camastra, and Prince of Santo Stefano. He marr ...
, 17th century Sicilian nobleman * Jack Lanza (aka Blackjack Lanza) (1935-2021), wrestler * James Lanza (1902–2006), Italian-American mobster better known as 'Jimmy the Hat' *
Jessy Lanza Jessy Lanza (born September 3, 1985) is a Canadian electronic songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has released four albums, '' Pull My Hair Back'' (2013), '' Oh No'' (2016), '' All the Time'' (2020) and '' Love ...
(born 1985), Canadian musician *
Joseph Lanza Joseph A. "Socks" Lanza (1904 – October 11, 1968) was a New York labor racketeer and a member of the Genovese crime family, who controlled the Fulton Fish Market in Lower Manhattan through the United Seafood Worker's Union local 359 from 1923 ...
(1904–1968), New York labor racketeer and member of the Genovese crime family * Laura Lanza (1529–1563), noblewoman in Sicily and murder victim *
Mario Lanza Mario Lanza ( , ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer a ...
(1921–1959), American actor and opera singer * Nimal Lanza, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament * Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938), Italian noble and politician * Robert Lanza (born 1956), American scientist


Given name

* Lanza del Vasto (1901–1981), Italian philosopher and activist.


Geography

* Lanza (Milan Metro), station of Milan Metro *
Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 163,230 inhabi ...
, one of the Canary Islands


See also

* Lancia (disambiguation) * Lanze, German municipality in Schleswig-Holstein *
Lanzo (disambiguation) Lanzo may refer to: Medicine * Lansoprazole, a proton-pump inhibitor. Its Swedish brand name is "Lanzo" Geography * Lanzo d'Intelvi, a ''frazione'' in the municipality of Alta Valle Intelvi, Province of Como, Lombardy, Italy *Lanzo Torinese, a m ...
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