Ferrara (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

is a city in Italy, the capital of the Province of Ferrara
Province of Ferrara
The Province of Ferrara is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ferrara.It has an area of 2,632 km², about two thirds of the area of the U.S. State of Rhode Island, and a total population of about 350,000 . There are 26 comuni in the province , see...



Ferrara may also refer to:

People:
  • Ferrara Fire Apparatus
    Ferrara Fire Apparatus
    Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. is an American manufacturer of emergency service equipment, primarily fire engines, based in Holden, Louisiana, founded by Chris Ferrara. The facility was built by Firmin Construction Corporation...

    , American manufacturer of emergency services equipment
  • Abel Ferrara
    Abel Ferrara
    Abel Ferrara is an American film screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer , Ms. 45 , King of New York , Bad Lieutenant and The Funeral .-Early life:Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent...

    , American film director
  • Adam Ferrara
    Adam Ferrara
    Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who is currently playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically acclaimed FX series Rescue Me and is also a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear...

    , American actor and comedian
  • America Ferrera
    America Ferrera
    America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress, best known for playing the lead role in the television comedy series Ugly Betty...

    , Latina film actress
  • Ciro Ferrara
    Ciro Ferrara
    Ciro Ferrara is a former Italian footballer and current head coach of the Italy U-21 team. He spent his playing career as a defender initially at Napoli and later on at Juventus. He is also a former manager of Juventus.-Napoli:...

    , Italian international footballer
  • Jerry Ferrara
    Jerry Ferrara
    Jerry Ferrara is an American actor best known for his work as "Turtle" aka Sal on the HBO comedy series Entourage.-Biography:Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrara attended New Utrecht High School. Ferrara is of Italian descent....

    , American actor
  • Franco Ferrara
    Franco Ferrara
    Franco Ferrara was an Italian conductor.After obtaining diplomas in piano, violin, organ and musical composition at the Conservatory of Bologna, Ferrara began his career as violin player in Bologna, in Rome and in Florence, with the Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino...

    , Italian conductor
  • Paul Ferrara
    Paul Ferrara
    Paul Ferrara is an American photographer known for his relation with singer Jim Morrison of the band The Doors . He started as The Doors still photographer and his first production was a souvenir book that was sold at concerts. Many of the iconic images of Morrison’s persona were created by...

    , American photographer
  • Paul B. Ferrara
    Paul B. Ferrara
    Paul B. Ferrara was a scientist and administrator who pioneered the use of DNA profiling in America. In 1989 under his leadership, Virginia became the first state laboratory capable of performing DNA fingerprinting...

    , American DNA scientist
  • Peter Ferrara
    Peter Ferrara
    Peter J. Ferrara is an American lawyer, policy analyst, and columnist who is the current general counsel for the American Civil Rights Union and analyst for The Heartland Institute...

    , American lawyer and activist
  • Rosina Ferrara
    Rosina Ferrara
    Rosina Ferrara was an Italian girl from the island of Capri, who became the favorite muse of American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent....

    , Model to 19th-century American and British painters, muse of American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent
  • Jon V. Ferrara
    Jon V. Ferrara
    Jon V. Ferrara is an American entrepreneur and the founder of , his most recent venture. Ferrara is best known as the co-founder of GoldMine Software Corp, one of the early pioneers in the Sales Force Automation and Customer Relationship Management software categories for Small to Medium sized...

    , American entrepreneur


Military units
  • 23 Infantry Division Ferrara
    23 Infantry Division Ferrara
    The 23 Infantry Division Ferrara was a Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Ferrara was mobilized for war in June 1939 and took part in the invasions of Albania and the Greco-Italian War with the Italian 11th Army, XXV Corps. It was then stationed in Albania and...

     an italian infantry division of World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...



Other:
  • Andrew Ferrara
    Andrew Ferrara
    Andrew Ferrara was a make of sword-blade highly esteemed in Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name is supposed to be derived from the name of the manufacturer, according to some, Andrea dei Ferrari of Belluno, according to others, Andrew Ferrars or Ferrier of Arbroath.The term came to be...

    , a make of sword-blade
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK