Italian surname
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name () and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname, although in official documents, the surname may be written before the given name or names.
Italian names, ...
, which literally means "long, tall" (from
Italiot Greek
Italiot Greek, also known as Italic-Greek, Salentino-Calabrian Greek or Apulia-Calabrian Greek, is a pair of varieties of Modern Greek spoken in Italy by the Griko people.
The Italiot Greek varieties are spoken in areas of southern Italy, a his ...
''macrì'', ultimately from
Modern Greek
Modern Greek (, or , ), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (, ), refers collectively to the dialects of the Greek language spoken in the modern era, including the official standardized form of the language sometimes referred to ...
''makris''). Notable people with the surname include:
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Antonio Macrì
Antonio Macrì (; – 20 January 1975), popularly known as ("Unca Tony"), was a historical and charismatic boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. He was born in Siderno on the Ionian coast of Calabr ...
(ca. 1902 – 1975), Italian leader of the 'Ndrangheta
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Dumitru Macri
Dumitru Macri (28 April 1931 – 20 March 2024) was a Romanian football player and coach.
Club career
Dumitru Macri was born on 28 April 1931 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play football in 1947 at junior level at Flacăra Roșie Bucureș ...
(1931 – 2024), Romanian footballer
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Federica Macrì
Federica Macrì (born 22 August 1990) is an Italian former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Italian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships.
Career
Macrì began gymnasti ...
(born 1990), Italian artistic gymnast
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Franco Macri
Francesco Raùl Macri (15 April 1931 – 2 March 2019) was an Italian-Argentine contractor, developer, industrialist and father of former Argentine President Mauricio Macri.
Life and career Childhood in Italy
Macri was born in Rome, to Giorgio M ...
(1930 – 2019), Italian-Argentine businessman
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Giuseppina Macrì
Giuseppina Macrì (born 3 September 1974 in Crotone) is an Italian judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She held five Italian senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-five medals in her career, inc ...
(born 1974), Italian judoka
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Jorge Macri
Jorge Macri (born 5 March 1965) is an Argentine politician who is the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires since 7 December 2023, and previously served as Minister of Government of Buenos Aires from 2021 to 2023. He is the cousin of former presiden ...
(born 1965), Argentine politician
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Matt Macri
Matthew Michael Macri (born May 29, 1982) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Minnesota Twins in 2008.
Amateur career
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Macri graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 200 ...
(born 1982), American baseball player
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Mauricio Macri
Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previously ...
(born 1959), former President of Argentina
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Nicole Macri
Nicole Macri (born 1973) is an American politician, who was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in the 2016 elections.Teresa Macrì (born 1960), Italian art critic, curator and writer