Henry Mancini
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The Mancini surname is derived from the Italian 'mancino'meaning 'left handed'.It may also refer to someone who is ambidextrous, or able to use both hands with equal agility.
Biographies
Henry Mancini (1924 –1994), was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores. Mancini also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a "Lifetime Achievement" award in 1995.
Mancini was nominated for an 72 Grammys, winning 20. Additionally he was nominated for 18 Academy Awards, winning four. He also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmys.
Mancini won a total of four Oscars for his music in the course of his career. He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1955 for his original score of The Glenn Miller Story, on which he collaborated with Joseph Gershenson.
Henry Mancini died at the age 70 in Beverly Hills, California of pancreatic cancer. He left unfinished his work on the Broadway stage version of "Victor Victoria". In 1996 the Henry Mancini Institute was founded. Here young music professionals can further their experiences in preparation for careers in music.
Unfortunately, after ten years of providing fully funded annual scholarships to over 800 professional young musicians and hands-on instructional and live-performance music education to over 30,000 students in Los Angeles-area schools, the Henry Mancini Institute (HMI) will officially close its headquarters and cease its operations effective December 31, 2006
Alberto Mancini is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. in 1989. he won the Monte Carlo Open, defeating Boris Becker
Ray Mancini (born 1961) is a former Italian-American boxer from the South Side of Youngstown, Ohio. Mancini inherited his distinctive nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lennie "Boom Boom" Mancini, who laid the foundation for his son's career. The name, however, perfectly suited the younger Mancini's wild, "whirlwind" fighting style. He would be reigning lightweight champion of the world throughout much of the 1980s.
Remo Mancini (born 1951 in Pescara, Italy) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal.
Roberto Mancini (born 1964 is an Italian football coach and former player.
Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, duc de Nivernais1798), French diplomat and writer, was born in Paris, son of Philippe-Jules-François, duc de Nevers, and Maria Anne Spinola, and great-nephew of Cardinal Mazarin.
Ange Mancini (born 1944,) is the prefect of French Guiana, a French overseas département on the north coast of South America.
A native of Siena, he came to Rome in 1592 and quickly made a brilliant medical career, becoming personal physician to pope Urban VIII in 1623.
Dominic Mancini was an Italian who visited England , probably for the purpose of spying for the benefit of the Archbishop of Vienna, though he did not speak English.
Don Mancini (born 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and film director. He's best known for creating the character of Chucky,
Giulio Mancini (1558-1630) was a noted physician, art collector and writer , becoming personal physician to pope Urban VIII in 1623.
Marco Mancini is a senior official in Sismi, the military intelligence agency of Italy. On 5 July, 2006 he was arrested for involvement in the kidnapping of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr. [1]
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini was instrumental in persuading Ferdinand II to participate in the war against Austria in 1848.
In 1860 he prepared the legislative unification of Italy. He suppressed the religious orders, revoked the Concordat, proclaimed the right of the state to Church property, and unified civil and commercial jurisprudence.
In 1862 he became minister of public instruction in the Rattazzi cabinet, and induced the Chamber to abolish capital punishment.
Laura Mancini (1636 - 1657) was the oldest of the five Mancini sisters, nieces of cardinal Mazarin. She was also mother of the great general Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, and aunt of his famous opponent Eugene of Savoy.
Marie Anne Mancini (Rome, 1649 - Paris 1714), niece of Cardinal Mazarin, was the youngest of the five Mancini sisters. Her sisters were Laura, Olympia, Marie and Hortense.
Ortensia or Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin 1699), was the niece of Cardinal Mazarin and a mistress of Charles II. At age 15 she married Armand-Charles de la Meilleraye, one of the richest men of the time.
Olimpia Mancini, (1639 —1708) an Italian noblewoman, was one of the five daughters of Geronima, a sister of Cardinal Mazarin. She was also the mother of the famous general Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Olympia was accused in 1679 in the Poison affair, a murder scandal in France during the reign of King Louis XIV. She is said to have plotted with La Voisin to poison Louise de La Vallière.
Michael A. Mancini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio, is investigating the functional relationship between dynamic nuclear organization and transcription at the cellular level.
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737) was a Nepolitan musician and composer.
Dave Mancini has toured and performed as the drummer for Doc Severinsen, the bandleader for the Tonight Show. He has also toured with Maynard Ferguson, and Chuck Mangione.
