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Ricardo Montalban

(Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Matalban y Merino)actorBorn: 11/25/1920Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico A Mexican native with an easygoing manner, dark-eyed intensity, and a lyrical Spanish accent, Ricardo…

Sarpi, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Sarpi, PaoloSarpi, Paolopäˈōlō särˈpē [key], 1552–1623, Venetian councillor, theologian, and historian. In 1565 he became a Servite friar and later theologian and adviser to the…

Uccello, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Uccello, PaoloUccello, Paolopäˈōlō &oomacr;t-chĕlˈlō [key], c.1396–1475, Florentine painter. Uccello was little appreciated in his own time, and much of his work has been destroyed…

Soleri, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Soleri, Paolo, 1919–2013, Italian-American architect. He studied architecture in his native Turin (Ph.D., 1946). Soleri's works have been influenced by both Frank Lloyd Wright, with…

Veronese, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Veronese, PaoloVeronese, Paolopäˈōlō vārōnāˈzā [key], 1528–88, Italian painter of the Venetian school. Named Paolo Caliari, he was called Il Veronese from his birthplace, Verona.…

Giovanni di Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Giovanni di PaoloGiovanni di Paolojōvänˈnē dē päˈōlō [key], c.1403–1483, major Italian painter of the Sienese school. Typical of the Sienese painters of his era, he paid scant…

Gentiloni Silveri, Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Gentiloni Silveri, Paolo, 1954–, Italian politician. From a aristocratic Roman family, Gentiloni became a journalist and was originally aligned with the Greens. First elected to…

Pasolini, Pier Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Pasolini, Pier PaoloPasolini, Pier Paolopyĕr päˈōlō päsōlēˈnē [key], 1922–75, Italian writer and film director. A former Roman Catholic and a Marxist, Pasolini brought to his work a…