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Andretti, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Andretti, MarioAndretti, Marioăndrĕtˈē [key], 1940–, American auto racing driver, b. Italy. He is the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500 (1969), stock racing's Daytona 500 (…

Molina, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Molina, Mario (Mario José Molina-Pasquel y Henríquez), 1943–2020, Mexican chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1972. Molina was a professor at the Univ. of California, Irvine…

Monti, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Monti, Mario, 1943–, Italian economist and political leader. After studying at Bocconi Univ., Milan, and at Yale, he taught economics at the Univ. of Turin (1970–85) and then at…

Lemieux, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Lemieux, MarioLemieux, Marioləmyöˈ [key], 1965–, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Montreal. A star for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was the team's first pick in the 1984 National Hockey…

Benedetti, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Benedetti, Mario, 1920–2009, Uruguayan writer, one of Latin America's most popular, influential, and prolific authors. The son of Italian immigrants, he grew up and was educated in…

Soares, Mário

(Encyclopedia) Soares, Mário (Mário Alberto Nobre Lópes Soares)Soares, Máriomäˈry&oobreve; swäˈrəsh [key], 1924–2017, Portuguese politician. Soares rose to prominence as a vocal critic of the…

López, Narciso

(Encyclopedia) López, NarcisoLópez, Narcisonärsēˈsō [key]López, Narciso lōˈpās [key], 1798?–1851, Spanish-American soldier, b. Venezuela. After serving in the Spanish army during the Venezuelan…

Mario BIAGGI, Congress, NY (1917)

BIAGGI, Mario, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 26, 1917; graduated from P.S. 171 and Harren High School, New York City; LL.B., New York Law School, 1963; admitted…

Mario DIAZ-BALART, Congress, FL (1961)

DIAZ-BALART, Mario, (brother of Lincoln Diaz-Balart), a Representative from Florida; born in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., September 25, 1961; attended the University of South Florida,…