Look up Paolo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Paolo may refer to:

• A typical Italian given name, Anglicized as Paul.
• A papal silver coin, first struck during the 16th century under Pope Paul III and named after him. It circulated throughout the Papal States with a value roughly equivalent to the giulio. Similar coins were circulated locally in other Italian states; one was produced in Tuscany from the 16th to the 19th century.

People named Paolo[link]

Athletes[link]

Football players[link]

• Paolo Acerbis (born 1981), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Barison (1936–1979), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Bianco (born 1977), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Cannavaro (born 1981), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Castellini (born 1979), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Conti (born 1950), Italian football goalkeeper
• Paolo De Ceglie (born 1986), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Di Canio (born 1968), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Grossi (born 1985), Italian football player
• Paolo Hernán Dellafiore (born 1985), Italian Argentine footballer
• Paolo Maldini (born 1968), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Montero (born 1971), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
• Paolo Negro (born 1972), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Orlandoni (born 1972), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Poggi (born 1971), Italian football player
• Paolo Pucci (born 1933), Italian freestyle swimmer and water polo player
• Paolo Pulici (born 1950), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Rossi (born 1956), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Sammarco (born 1983), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Seppani (born 1986), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Stringara (born 1962), Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• Paolo Tagliavento (born 1972), Italian football referee
• Paolo Todeschini (1920–1993), Italian professional footballer and football manager
• Paolo Vanoli (born 1972), Italian football (soccer) player
• Paolo Vernazza- Italian-English football (soccer, born 1979), player

Others[link]

• Paolo Angioni (born 1938), Italian equestrian and Olympic champion
• Paolo Bacchini (born 1985), Italian figure skater
• Paolo Barilla (born 1961), Italian Formula One driver
• Paolo Bertolucci (born 1951), Italian tennis player
• Paolo Bettini (born 1974), Italian cyclist
• Paolo Bossini (born 1985), Italian breaststroke swimmer
• Paolo Bugia (born 1981), basketball player
• Paolo Camossi (born 1974), Italian triple jumper
• Paolo Canè (born 1965), Italian tennis player
• Paolo Casarsa (born 1975), Italian decathlete
• Paolo Corallini, Italian aikido specialist
• Paolo Della Bella (born 1977), Swiss hockey player
• Paolo Espino (born 1987), professional baseball player
• Paolo Giordano (born 1982), Italian writer
• Paolo Hubalde (born 1981), Filipino basketball player
• Paolo Lorenzi (born 1981), Italian tennis player
• Paolo Maino (born 1989), Italian football player
• Paolo Mendoza (born 1978), Filipino basketball player
• Paolo Pileri (1944–2007), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion
• Paolo Roberto (born 1969), Swedish boxer
• Paolo Savoldelli (born 1973), Italian cyclist
• Paolo Tiralongo (born 1977), Italian road bicycle racer
• Paolo Tofoli (born 1966), Italian volleyball player
• Paolo Vidoz (born 1970), Italian boxer

Entertainers[link]

• Paolo Rossi (1953), Italian actor and comedian

Actors, directors and screenwriters[link]

• Paolo Ballesteros (born 1982), Filipino actor
• Paolo Barzman, Canadian film and television director
• Paolo Bediones (born 1974), Filipino commercial model, television host, and DJ
• Paolo Bonacelli (born 1939), Italian actor
• Paolo Contis (born 1984), Italian-Filipino actor
• Paolo Iovannone, Canadian actor and singer
• Paolo Kernahan, Trinidad & Tobago news anchor
• Paolo Marinou-Blanco, film director and screenwriter
• Paolo Montalbán (born 1973), Filipino-American actor and singer
• Connor Paolo (born 1990), American actor
• Paolo Sorrentino (born 1970), Italian film director and screenwriter
• Paolo Stoppa (1906–1988), Italian actor and dubber
• Paolo Villaggio (born 1932), Italian actor
• Paolo Virzì (born 1964), Italian film screenwriter and director

Artists[link]

• Paolo Cagliari, also known as Paolo Veronese - Italian Renaissance painter
• Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), Italian painter
• Paolo di Giovanni Fei (1345–1411), Artist
• Paolo Verrucci, Film colorist

Musicians[link]

• Paolo Achenza, Italian jazz musician
• Paolo Agostini, Italian composer
• Paolo Bellasio (1554–1594), Italian composer
• Paolo Conte (born 1937), Italian musician
• Paolo Fresu (born 1961), Italian jazz musician
• Paolo Gregoletto (born 1985), Italian-American bassist
• Paolo Nutini (born 1987), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Paolo Pandolfo, Italian composer
• Paolo Quagliati (c. 1550–1628), Italian composer
• Paolo Ravaglia, Italian musician
• Paolo da Firenze (1355–1436), Italian musician
• Paolo Virchi (1551–1610), Italian composer & instrumentalist

Writers[link]

• Paolo Bacigalupi, Italian science fiction writer
• Paolo Ferrari (1822–1889), Italian dramatist
• Paolo Giovio (1483–1552), Italian historian
• Paolo Emiliano Giudici (1812–1872), Italian writer
• Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882), Italian dramatist
• Paolo Manalo, Filipino poet

Military officers[link]

• Paolo Di Avitabile, Neapolitan general
• Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948), Italian Navy Admiral

Politicians[link]

• Paolo Lucio Anafesto, an Italian politician
• Paolo Bollini (born 1960), San Marinese politician
• Paolo Boselli (1838–1932), Italian Prime Minister
• Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992), Italian anti-Mafia magistrate
• Paolo Busti (1749–1824), Italian magistrate
• Paolo Costa (born 1943), Italian parliamentarian
• Paolo De Castro (born 1958), Italian politician
• Paolo Ferrero (born 1960), Italian politician
• Paolo Gentiloni (born 1954), Italian politician
• Paolo Guzzanti (born 1940), Italian journalist & politician
• Paolo Giordano I Orsini (1541–1585), Grand Duke of Italy
• Paolo Paruta (1540–1598), Italian politician
• Paolo Oss Mazzurana (1833–1895), Italian politician
• Paolo Cirino Pomicino (born 1939), Italian politician
• Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001), Italian politician
• Paolo Renier (1710–1789), penultimate Doge of Venice
• Paolo Treves, Italian politician
• Paolo Troubetzkoy (1866–1938), Italian politician

Religious figures[link]

• Paolo Marella, Cardinal (1895–1984), Roman Catholic Church
• Paolo Romeo, Archbishop (born 1938), Palermo
• Paolo Scolari, also known as Pope Clement III

Scholars[link]

Architects[link]

• Paolo Farinati (c. 1520–c. 1600), Italian architect
• Paolo Labisi, Italian architect
• Paolo Soleri (born 1919), Italian architect
• Paolo Martinelli (born 1952), Italian engineer
• Paolo Portoghesi (born 1931), Italian architect

Astronomers[link]

• Paolo Chiavenna, Italian astronomer
• Paolo Maffei (1926–2009), Italian astronomer
• Paolo Padovani, Italian astronomer

Mathematicians[link]

• Paolo Casati (1617–1707), Italian mathematician
• Paolo Frisi (1728–1784), Italian mathematician & astronomer
• Paolo Ruffini (1765–1822), Italian mathematician & philosopher
• Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397–1482), Italian mathematician & astronomer

Scientists[link]

• Paolo Boccone (1633–1704), Italian botanist
• Paolo Gorini (1813–1881), Italian physicist
• Paolo Mantegazza (1831–1910), Italian neurologist
• Paolo Matthiae (born 1940), Italian archaeologist
• Paolo Paruta (1540–1598), ' aka Fra Paolo - Italian scientist
• Paolo Savi (1798–1871), Italian geologist

Others[link]

• Paolo Boi (1528–1598), Italian chess champion
• Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut
• Paolo Santi (1989–present) Electronic and Electrical Engineer from Balloch, Scotland

Fictional characters[link]

• Paolo Valisari, a teenage pop musician in The Lizzie McGuire Movie played by Yani Gellman
• Paolo (Dune), a character from the Dune universe
• Paolo, a hunky Italian neighbor appearing in several Friends Season One episodes as Rachel's boyfriend
• Paolo the pink elephant, a possible resident in the 2002 video game Animal Crossing for Nintendo GameCube

Places[link]

• San Paolo
• Stadio San Paolo, a 1959 multi-purpose stadium in a suburb of Naples, Italy

See also[link]

• Paulus (disambiguation)
• Paulo
• Paolo Rossi (disambiguation)

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Look up Romani or romani in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Romani relates or may refer to:

Nationality[link]

• The Romani people
  • their Romani language

• The Latin term for the ancient Romans, see Roman citizenship
• The Italian term for inhabitants of Rome
  • Castelli Romani, a group of communes in the province of Rome, Italy
  • Ludi Romani, a religious festival in ancient Rome
• the plural form of the endonym of the Romanian people

Name[link]

• A surname:
  • Girolamo Romani, an Italian painter
  • Felice Romani, an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology
• A given name:
  • Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
• A soubriquet:
  • Romani (adventurer), involved in the Affair of the Poisons

in popular culture:

• Romani, a character in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Other uses[link]

• Romani (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Trebbiano

See also[link]

• Names of the Romani people
• Rom (disambiguation) an alcoholic beverage.

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Governor Nichi Vendola
President of Apulia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office 1992–2006
Personal details
Born	(1958-08-26) 26 August 1958 (age 53) Bari, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Left Ecology Freedom
Profession	journalist

Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and currently the President of Apulia.

Life[link]

Born in Terlizzi, province of Bari (Puglia), Vendola had been a member of the Italian Communist Youth Federation since the age of 14; he studied literature in university, presenting a dissertation about the controversial poet and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini. Vendola then went on to become a journalist for l'Unità, and a leading member of the Italian gay organisation Arcigay.

A member of the National Secretariat of the Italian Communist Party, he fiercely opposed the dissolution of the party proposed by Achille Occhetto in 1991, which lead to the formation of the Democratic Party of the Left. Vendola instead joined the Communist Refoundation Party.

In 1992 Vendola was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, to a seat which he held until 2005. As a member of the Antimafia Commission, he came to prominence as a strong opponent of the Mafia and organised crime presence in the economy and society.

In 2005, Vendola ran for the first primary election ever held in Italy, held by the centre-left coalition The Union to choose their candidate for the presidency of the Apulia region. He won the primary over the rival Francesco Boccia. Many moderates in the alliance criticised the choice, since it appeared impossible that a communist and homosexual could be elected president of a southern Italian region such as Apulia, generally considered to be conservative and strongly Catholic.^[1] Vendola, though, declares himself as "believer" (in the line of Pax Christi): he once said that "the most important book for a communist like me is the Bible".

Vendola during a SEL meeting.

In the regional election in Apulia, held in April 2005, he narrowly defeated the outgoing president Raffaele Fitto, candidate for the centre-right coalition the House of Freedoms, thus becoming the first member of the Communist Refoundation Party to be elected as president of any Italian region.

Vendola is also a poet: some of his poems have been collected in a book, named L'ultimo mare ("The last sea"). His figure has inspired a biographical film, Nichi.

Vendola was one of the two major candidates running for the place of Chairman of the Communist Refoundation party in the July 2008 congress, but lost to an alliance led by the other major candidate, Paolo Ferrero, formerly Minister for Social Solidarity in the Prodi II Cabinet. Following the defeat, Vendola's supporters have renounced to all positions as party executives. On 24 January 2009, at Chianciano Terme, Vendola split from Communist Refoundation and founded the Movement for the Left. In December 2009, Vendola became the first leader of the newly-founded party Left Ecology Freedom, which the Movement for the Left had fully merged into.

In late 2009 his candidacy for re-election was put under question by his centre-left allies from the Democratic Party, who asked him to step down in order to allow the choice of a candidate able to achieve wider support from other political parties, namely the Christian-democratic Union of the Centre. After Vendola refused to step down, chances of having a new primary election quickly increased, and, after some weeks of heated debate, they were ultimately called for 24 January 2010, with Francesco Boccia once again running as Vendola's challenger, supported by the Democratic Party. Vendola easily won the election with more than 67% of the votes, being therefore picked again as leader of the centre-left coalition, and went on to defeat centre-right candidate Rocco Palese by a wide margin.

In July 2010, during a general congress of the so-called "Factories of Nichi", Mr. Vendola announced his candidacy for the Primary Elections of the Italian centre-left, which should anticipate the 2013 Italian general elections. Following his candidacy, the Democratic Party judged sharply his candidacy, while nationwide polls show Vendola winning either over Democratic Party Secretary Pier Luigi Bersani, and Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister of Italy at the time.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Horowitz, Jason (January 19, 2011). "Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to Italy's Berlusconi". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/19/AR2011011906191.html. Retrieved 2011-01-23. 
• Ireland, Doug (November 11, 2010). "A gay prime minister for Italy?". Gay City News. http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/11/10/gay_city_news/news/doc4cdaf136ac067380423658.txt. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 
• Madar, Chase (January 2011). "Nichi Vendola, the Italian Obama". Le Monde diplomatique. http://mondediplo.com/2011/01/15italianobama. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
• Mane, Saviona (October 20, 2010). "Catholic, communist and gay". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/catholic-communist-and-gay-1.309190. Retrieved 2010-11-13. 
• Willan, Philip (December 12, 2010). "Gay left-winger gives electorate a real alternative to Berslusconi era". Herald Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/gay-left-winger-gives-electorate-a-real-alternative-to-berslusconi-era-1.1073869. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 

External links[link]

• (Italian) Official homepage
• (Italian) La fabbrica di nichi
• "i-Italy Meets Nichi Vendola" (video). i-Italy. November 2010. http://www.i-italy.org/16114/i-italy-meets-nichi-vendola. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 

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