Giorgio (name)

Giorgio
Pronunciation	Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Italian
Origin
Meaning	"Farmer"
Other names
See also	George, Georg, Jürgen, Yuri, Georgy, Georges, Jorge

Giorgio is a male Italian given name derived from the Greek Georgios and sometimes a surname. It is equivalent to the English name George. Notable people with the name include:

Surname edit

Eusebio da San Giorgio, Italian painter
Francesco di Giorgio, Italian painter
Francesco Giorgio, Italian writer
Frank Di Giorgio, Canadian city councillor
Gail Brewer-Giorgio, American author
Marchesi di San Giorgio, Maltese nobility
Marosa di Giorgio, Uruguayan writer
Pietro De Giorgio (born 1983), Italian footballer

Given name edit

Giorgio Ordelaffi, Italian nobility
Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Ioannina in 1411

Artists and entertainers edit

Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, Italian composer
Giorgio Amendola, Italian writer
Giorgio Andreoli, Italian potter
Giorgio Anselmi, Italian painter
Giorgio Arlorio, Italian screenwriter and director
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
Giorgio Baffo, Italian poet
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti, Italian literary critic
Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer
Giorgio Bianchi, Italian film director
Giorgio Calabrese, Italian songwriter
Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
Giorgio Capitani, Italian film director
Giorgio Cavaglieri, Italian-American painter
Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
Giorgio Colangeli, Italian actor
Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer player
Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter
Giorgio Duranti, Italian painter
Giorgio Faletti, Italian writer
Giorgio Ferrich, Croatian writer
Giorgio Ferroni, Italian director
Giorgio Gaber, Italian singer-songwriter
Giorgio Gandini del Grano, Italian painter
Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist
Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Italian composer
Giorgio Ghisi, Italian engraver
Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian record producer
Giorgio Grassi, Italian architect
Giorgio Locatelli, Italian television chef
Giorgio Mainerio, Italian composer
Giorgio Manganelli, Italian writer
Giorgio Massari, Italian architect
Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter
Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer
Giorgio Moser, Italian film director and screenwriter
Giorgio Orsini, Croatian sculptor
George Ortuzar, Cuban-American television personality (nicknamed "Giorgio" on his show Giorgiomania)
Giorgio Pacchioni, Italian performer
Giorgio Pasotti, Italian actor and martial arts athlete
Giorgio Pastina, Italian screenwriter and film director
Giorgio Pressburger, Italian writer
Giorgio Prosperi, Italian screenwriter
Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect
Giorgio Ronconi, Italian baritone
Giorgio Sadotti, British conceptual artist
Giorgio Saviane, Italian writer
Giorgio Scerbanenco, Italian crime writer
Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer
Giorgio Sommer, German-Italian photographer
Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera director
Giorgio Tirabassi, Italian actor
Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, Swiss-born Greek writer
Giorgio Tuinfort, Suriname-born Dutch music composer and producer
Giorgio van Straten, Italian writer
Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect
Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Italian-Canadian poet

Politicians edit

Giorgio Adorno, doge of the Republic of Genoa
Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician
Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese politician
Giorgio Carbone, Italian "head of state" of Seborga
Giorgio Carollo, Italian politician
Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus
Giorgio Giudici, Swiss politician
Giorgio La Malfa, Italian politician
Giorgio La Pira, Italian politician
Giorgio Mammoliti, Canadian city councillor
Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician and activist
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian president
Giorgio Orsoni, Italian politician
Giorgio Ruffolo, Italian economist, journalist and politician
Giorgio Sonnino, Italian politician
Giorgio Tonini (born 1959), Italian journalist and politician
Giorgio Vido, Italian politician

Scientists and philosophers edit

Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist
Giorgio Abetti, Italian solar astronomer
Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher
Giorgio Antonucci, Italian physician
Giorgio Baglivi, Croatian scientist
Giorgio Biandrata, Italian physician
Giorgio Buttazzo, Italian engineer
Giorgio Ceragioli, Italian engineer and peace activist
Giorgio Colli, Italian philosophy professor
Giorgio Del Vecchio, Italian legal philosopher
Giorgio Jan, Italian zoologist
Giorgio Levi Della Vida, Italian Jewish linguist
Giorgio Malinverni, Swiss law professor
Giorgio Nataletti, Italian musicologist
Giorgio Parisi, Italian theoretical physicist
Giorgio Pestelli, Italian musicologist
Giorgio Samorini, Italian ethnobotanist
Giorgio Sideri, Italian cartographer

Sportsmen edit

Giorgio Achterberg, Dutch football player
Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder
Giorgio Anglesio, Italian fencer
Giorgio Avola, Italian fencer
Giorgio Bassi, Italian race car driver
Giorgio Belladonna, Italian bridge player
Giorgio Biasini, Italian bobsledder
Giorgio Bocchino, Italian fencer
Giorgio Cagnotto, Italian diver
Giorgio Cecchinel, Italian cyclist
Giorgio Chiellini, Italian football player
Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian football striker
Giorgio Cornacchia, Italian rugby league footballer
Giorgio Corona, Italian football player
Giorgio de Bettin, Italian ice hockey player
Giorgio Di Centa, Italian cross country skier
Giorgio Duboin, Italian bridge player
Giorgio Ferrini, Italian football player
Giorgio Francia, Italian racing driver
Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian football player
Giorgio Frinolli, Italian hurdler
Giorgio Furlan, Italian cyclist
Giorgio Galimberti, Italian tennis player
Giorgio Ghezzi, Italian football player
Giorgio Gorla, Italian sailor
Giorgio Lalle, Italian breaststroke swimmer
Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
Giorgio Lucenti, Italian football player
Giorgio Marras, Italian sprinter
Giorgio Mazza, Italian hurdler
Giorgio Mondini, Swiss racing driver
Giorgio Morini, Italian football player
Giorgio Oberweger, Italian athlete
Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing driver
Giorgio Perondini, Italian swimmer
Giorgio Pessina, Italian fencer
Giorgio Petrosyan, Italian kickboxer
Giorgio Piantanida, Italian alpine skier
Giorgio Piantella, Italian pole vaulter
Giorgio Pichler, Italian luger
Giorgio Puia, Italian football player
Giorgio Rasulo, English football player
Giorgio Rocca, Italian alpine skier
Giorgio Roselli, Italian football player and coach
Giorgio Rossano, Italian football player
Giorgio Rubino, Italian race walker
Giorgio Santelli, Italian fencer
Giorgio Sbruzzi, Italian canoeist
Giorgio Scarlatti, Italian racing driver
Giorgio Schiavini, Italian football player
Giorgio Sterchele, Italian football player
Giorgio Tavecchio, Italian born gridiron football player
Giorgio Treves de'Bonfili, Italian football player
Giorgio Vanzetta, Italian cross country skier
Giorgio Venturin, Italian footballer
Giorgio Zampori, Italian gymnast

Other professions edit

Giorgio Basta, Italian general
Giorgio DeLuca, American entrepreneur
Giorgio Gusmini, Italian cardinal
Giorgio Panto, Italian entrepreneur
Giorgio Perlasca, Italian war hero
Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Roman Catholic social activist, beatified

Fictional characters edit

Giorgio Bruno, from the video game Time Crisis 4
Giorgio Zott, the main antagonist from the video game Time Crisis 3

Places edit

"San Giorgio" is the Italian for Saint George. Placenames with Giorgio or San Giorgio include:

Municipalities and towns edit

Others edit

Monte San Giorgio, Swiss mountain
Palazzo San Giorgio, palace in Genoa
Pieve di San Giorgio, church in Argenta
San Giorgio al Palazzo, church in Milan
San Giorgio in Velabro, church in Rome
San Giorgio Maggiore, island of Venice
- Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Palladian church on the island
- San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk, painting by Claude Monet
- San Giorgio Monastery, monastery on the island
San Giorgio (Siena), church in Siena
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Italian sports stadium

Other uses edit

San Giorgio class, Italian type of amphibious transport dock
San Giorgio-class cruiser, class of Italian armoured cruisers
Yes, Giorgio, musical with Luciano Pavarotti