Rossi 2192795 225303202 2008-07-13T00:00:23Z Life of Riley 6097464 Cross-link to Rosso. '''Rossi''' is an [[Italian surname]], said to be the most common surname in [[Italy]]. Due to Italian [[emigration]], it is also very common in other countries, including the [[United States]], [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Chile]]. Rossi is the plural of ''Rosso'' (meaning [[red]] in [[Italian language|Italian]]). It is also a Finnish surname, not connected with the Italian one. The name Rossi has been used frequently by various historical sources as The Rossi or [[Varangian Rossi]] in reference to an originally [[Scandinavia]]n tribe that purportedly gave rise to the people known as the [[Rus' (people)]]. == People named Rossi == * [[Aldo Rossi]] * [[Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi]] * [[Angelo Joseph Rossi]] * [[Anthony T. Rossi]] * [[Antonio Rossi]], Italian canoer * [[Azariah dei Rossi]], an [[Italian-Jewish]] physician and scholar * [[Bruno Rossi]] (1905-1993), physicist * [[Carlo Rossi]] * [[Daniele De Rossi]] * [[Dino Rossi]] * [[Ernesto Rossi]] (1829-1896) * [[Francis Rossi]], singer, guitarist and songwriter. * [[Giovanni Battista de Rossi]] (1822-1894), archaeologist * [[Giovan Antonio de' Rossi]] (1616-95), architect * [[Giuseppe Rossi]], Italian-American [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]] football (soccer) player * [[Gregory Doc Rossi]] * [[Hugh Rossi]] * [[Jorge Rossi Chavarría]], Costa Rican politician, co-founder of [[Partido de Liberación Nacional]]. * [[Lemme Rossi]] * [[Lukas Rossi]], Lead Singer [[Supernova]] * [[Luigi Rossi]] ([[Luigi de Rossi]]) * [[Mario Rossi]] - Italian conductor * [[Melissa Rossi]] * [[Michelangelo Rossi]] * [[Mino de Rossi]], Italian road bicycle and track cyclist * [[Mr. Rossi]] an Italian cartoon character * [[Néstor Rossi]] (1925-2007), Argentine football (soccer) player and manager * [[Paolo Rossi]], football (soccer) player * [[Pasquale Rossi]] * [[Pietro Rossi (scientist)|Pietro Rossi]] ( 1738-1804), an Italian scientist and entomologist * [[Pietro Rossi (sculptor)|Pietro Rossi]] (active 1856-1882), an Italian sculptor * [[Portia de Rossi]] * [[Properzia de' Rossi]] * [[Pellegrino Rossi|Pellegrino Luigi Odoardo Rossi]] (1787-1848) * [[Salamone Rossi]], (also spelled [[Salomone Rossi]]) * [[Salvatore Antonio Samuel Rossi]] * [[Semino Rossi]] * [[Sergio Rossi]] * [[Sophia Rossi]] a pornographic actress * [[Tino Rossi]] * [[Valentino Rossi]], multiple [[MotoGP]] World Champion * [[Vasco Rossi]], singer * [[Wynn-Anne Rossi]], composer * [[Youssef Rossi]], Moroccan football (soccer) player == See also == * The [[Rossi Codex]] (14th century collection of Italian [[music of the Trecento]]) * [[Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer]] * [[Rossie]] * [[Rosso (surname)]] * [[Russo]] * [[de Rossi]] * [[Mr. Rossi]] * [[Carlo Rossi]] (disambiguation) * [[Marco Rossi]] (disambiguation) * [[Pietro Rossi]] (disambiguation) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{surname}} [[Category:Italian surnames]] [[de:Rossi]] [[es:Rossi]] [[fr:Rossi]] [[it:Rossi (cognome)]] [[nl:Rossi]] [[ja:ロッシ]] [[pl:Rossi]] [[ru:Росси]] [[fi:Rossi]] [[sl:Rossi]]