Moroder is a germanised version of the

Ladin Ladin may refer to: * Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) * Ladino (disambigua ...

surname Mureda. Moroder ( oˈrodɐr is a surname from Val Gardena (province of Bolzano), present almost exclusively in Ortisei. The migrations, which began as early as the eighteenth century, within a vast network of trade operated by the inhabitants of Val Gardena, have also distributed the surname elsewhere in Italy (Bolzano, Ancona,

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

) and abroad in Valencia and Lyon, and subsequently in Austria, Germany, Santiago de Chile, and the United States. The Moroders of Ortisei, of which there are several branches distinct from the "farm" or "house of origin" (Costamula, Lenert, Lusenberg, Resciesa, Doss, Cialian), are traditionally known as a family of

wood carvers Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (18461939), Austrian-Italian painter and sculptor *

Franz Moroder Franz Moroder Lenèrt (4 September 1847 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian politician and poet. He was the first mayor of Urtijëi in Val Gardena, a merchant, a scholar of Ladin history as well as a strong promoter of the Ladinian language. Biogr ...

(1847-1920), Austrian politician and poet *

Johann Baptist Moroder Johann Baptist Moroder (Urtijëi, 20 February 1870 - Urtijëi, 24 May 1932) was an Austrian sculptor. He mainly focused on sculptures of bigger sizes representing Christian sacred figures; nowadays his works are mainly spread in the Italian region ...

(18701932), Austrian sculptor *

Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt (26 January 1877 in Urtijëi, County of Tyrol – 22 December 1914 in Radlow, Galicia) was an Austrian sculptor specializing in religious art, who was a member of the Moroder family of South Tyrol, which was notable for ...

(18771914), Tyrolean religious artist * Ludwig Moroder "Lenert" (18791953), Italian sculptor and teacher *

Friedrich (Rico) Moroder Friedrich Moroder, also known as Rico (born 21 March 1880, Ortisei in Val Gardena; died 24 January 1937) was a South Tyrolean sculptor. Biography He was the first born son of the painter Josef Moroder Lusenberg Josef Theodor Moroder, also k ...

(18801937), Austrian sculptor *

Adele Moroder Adele Moroder-Lenèrt (Ortisei (now Urtijëi), 17 December 1887 – Ortisei, 11 February 1966) was an Austrian author who spent a considerable part of her life in Italy. She exclusively wrote in Ladin. Biography She was the daughter of Franz Mor ...

(18871966), Austrian author *

Otto Moroder Otto Moroder (born 29 January 1894 in Ortisei in Val Gardena; died 27 July 1977 in Mayrhofen, Zillertal) was an Austrian sculptor from South Tyrol. Biography He was the last born son of Josef Moroder, he learned his trade in his father's worksh ...

(18941977), Austrian sculptor *

Albin Moroder Albin Moroder (born 6 December 1922 in Schlitters in Zillertal; died 17 November 2007 in Mayrhofen) was an Austrian sculptor. Biography Albin Moroder was the second born son of Otto Moroder and Anna Moroder, b. Knottner, as well as a grandson o ...

(19222007), Austrian sculptor *

Alex Moroder Alex Moroder ( Ortisei, 13 May 1923 – Ortisei, 11 November 2006) was an Italian activist. Biography He was the son of sculptor Ludwig Moroder and Adele Moroder. In 1939 he was enrolled in the Italian army with the Alpini fighting Germany. In ...

(19232006), Italian activist *

David Moroder David Moroder (born 28 January 1931 in Ortisei in Val Gardena - died 10 March 1997) was an Italian luger and sculptor. Biography David Moroder comes from the Grödner craftsman family of Moroder. He has four sons, including Walter Moroder ...

(1931–1997), Italian luger and woodcarver *

Luis Moroder Luis Moroder (born 6 December 1940) is an Italian peptide chemist, who pioneered research on the interactions between peptide hormones and cell membrane-bound hormone receptors. He later expanded this research to other biological systems of medic ...

(born 1940), Chemist *

Giorgio Moroder Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...

(born 1940), Italian musician *

Ulrich Moroder Ulrich Moroder (born October 4, 1948, in Ortisei in Val Gardena) is an Italian artist from South Tyrol. Biography In 1974 Moroder received training at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (O. Oberhuber, A. Frohner). In 1976 he went to Pro ...

(born 1948), South Tyrolean artist *

Egon Rusina Moroder Egon Rusina Moroder (born 15 July 1949 in Urtijëi, Val Gardena) is an Italian painter and illustrator from South Tyrol. He lives with his wife and daughter in Urtijëi. Education After finishing secondary school in 1964, he learned woodcarving i ...

(born 1949) Italian painter and illustrator *

Walter Moroder Walter Moroder (born May 10, 1963 in Ortisei in Val Gardena , Italy ) is a contemporary South Tyrolean sculptor and draftsman. Biography Walter Moroder is the son of the Val Gardena sculptor David Moroder. From 1977 to 1980 he attended a diplo ...

(born 1963), South Tyrolean sculptor *

Petra Moroder Petra Moroder (born 3 July 1968) is an Italian freestyle skier. She was born in Bolzano. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, ...

(born 1968), Italian freestyle skier *

Karin Moroder Karin Moroder (born 30 November 1974) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998. Moroder's best finish at the FIS Nord ...

(born 1974), Italian cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medal winner * Daniel Moroder (born 2002), ski jumper