Lorenzo (name)
Lorenzo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name of Latin origin. It is used in Italy, Spain, and other [List of countries where Spanish language|Spanish is an official language|Spanish-speaking countries]. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. Laurentum, which is itself named after the laurel tree, was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome.
People with the given name
Films, television, and games
- Lorenzo Caccialanza, Italian-born American actor
- Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
- Lorenzo Menakaya, Nigerian actor, filmmaker and radio host
- Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
- Lorenzo Milam, American broadcaster
- Lorenzo Music, American actor
- Lorenzo Tucker, American actor
- Lorenzo Zurzolo, Italian actor
Music
- Lorenzo (rapper), French rapper
- Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti, Italian rapper and songwriter
- Lorenzo da Firenze, Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento
- Lorenzo Da Ponte, Venetian librettist
- Lorenzo Ferrero, Italian composer
- Lorenzo Fragola, Italian singer songwriter
- Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, stage name MC Ren, American rapper and hip hop producer
- Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer
- Lorenzo Smith, American singer and songwriter
- Lorenzo Viotti, Swiss conductor
- Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Mexican singer
Politics
- Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino, Italian statesman
- Lorenzo Fontana, Italian politician
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman
- Lorenzo T. Durand, American politician and lawyer
- Lorenzo II, Raja of Larantuka, Larantukan statesman
Sports
- Lorenzo Alexander, American football linebacker
- Lorenzo Bernard, Italian para-cyclist
- Lorenzo Brown, basketball player
- Lorenzo Buffon, Italian football player
- Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player
- Lorenzo Carter (American football), American football player
- Lorenzo "L.J." Cason, American basketball player
- Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby union player
- Lorenzo Daniel, American track and field sprinter
- Lorenzo Doss, American football player
- Lorenzo Duncan, American basketball player
- Lorenzo Fontana, Italian rower
- Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
- Lorenzo Ma'afu, New Zealand rugby league player
- Lorenzo Mata, Mexican-American basketball player
- Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer
- Lorenzo Musetti, Italian tennis player
- Lorenzo Neal, American football player
- Lorenzo Palmisani, Italian footballer
- Lorenzo Ramírez, Mexican footballer
- Lorenzo Romar, American basketball coach
- Lorenzo Scarafoni, Italian footballer
- Lorenzo Sonego, Italian tennis player
- Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer
- Lorenzo Styles, American football player
- Lorenzo Styles Jr., American football player
- Lorenzo Ward, American football coach
- Lorenzo Washington, American football player
Other
- Lorenzo Bandini, Italian motor racing driver
- Lorenzo Costa, Italian painter
- Lorenzo Dow, American preacher
- Lorenzo Gafa, Maltese architect
- Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian artist
- Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter
- Lorenzo Maitani, Italian architect
- Lorenzo Mascheroni, Italian mathematician
- Lorenzo Odone, American ALD patient, the first treated with Lorenzo's oil
- Lorenzo Ornaghi, Italian academic
- Lorenzo Ramero, Italian mathematician
- Lorenzo Ruiz, first Filipino saint
- Lorenzo Snow, American LDS apostle and church president
- Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist, rhetorician, and educator
- Lorenzo Milkyway, Sully the Lightnerd's husband.
People with the surname
- Edelmiro Lorenzo, Spanish footballer
- Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, Italian painter
- Frank Lorenzo, American airline executive and corporate raider
- Gabriele Lorenzo, Italian para swimmer
- Gramiccia Lorenzo, Italian painter
- Gonzalo Lorenzo, Spanish footballer
- Irving Lorenzo, aka Irv Gotti, American record producer
- Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
- O'Donell Lorenzo, Spanish footballer
- Ruth Lorenzo, Spanish singer and composer
- Santiago Lorenzo, Argentine decathlete
Fictional characters
- Lorenzo, a character from Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
- Lorenzo Bartolini, a character in the 2010 film Letters to Juliet
- Lorenzo Montereal, character in the Filipino television series Lorenzo's Time
- Lorenzo St. John, a character from TV series The Vampire Diaries
- Lorenzo Zoil, a character in the 2011 film ''Paul''