Mario (disambiguation)
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Mario is the Italian and Spanish form of the Roman name Marius. Mario is also a Bulgarian given name. Many famous people and characters are named Mario:
[edit] People
- Mario, the Nintendo mascot
- Mario, an American R&B singer
- Mario Aerts, a professional cyclist from Belgium
- Mario Ančić, a men's professional tennis player from Croatia
- Mario Andretti, an American race car driver
- Mario Batali, an American chef
- Mario Benedetti, an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet
- Mario Berlinguer, a lawyer
- Mario Botta, an architect
- Mario Cipollini, professional road cyclist from Italy
- Mario Cuomo, a former governor of New York
- Mario Dumont, a Quebec politician
- Mario Frangoulis, a Greek tenor
- Mario Jean, a stand-up comedian and film and television actor from Quebec, Canada
- Mario Lanza, an Italian American opera tenor and Hollywood movie star in the 1950s
- Mario Lemieux, a retired professional ice hockey player
- Mario Lopez, an actor and television host
- Mario Matthias, the drummer for the German indie rock band blackmail
- Mario Melchiot, Former Chelsea and Birmingham, Dutch international football (soccer) player
- Mario Mendoza, a former Major League Baseball infielder
- Mario Monti, a businessman
- Mario Piu, an Italian DJ
- Mario Puzo an author
- Mario Salieri, an Italian porn director
- Mario Sandoval, singer-songwritter member of the Mexican Pop duet Lu; see: Lu (duet)
- Mario Savio, an American political activist.
- Mario Sperry, a heavyweight martial artist from Brazil
- Mario Stanić, a former Croatian soccer player
- Mario Tremblay, a professional ice hockey player and coach
- Mario Vasquez, former American Idol 4 contestant and singer
- Mario Williams, an American football player
- Mario Winans, an R&B singer
- Mario Zagallo, a Brazil football player and coach
[edit] Super Mario
- Super Mario, a reference to Nintendo's Mario. (see Mario above)
- Mario Baby, a name given to the pirated Famicom/Nes version of Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
- Super Mario, a nickname for the professional tennis player Mario Ančić
- Super Mario, a nickname for the professional hockey player Mario Lemieux
- Super Mario, a nickname to Polish hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski
- Mario Jr., a reference to Mario Lemieux, in the abilities of then teammate Jaromir Jagr
- Super Mario, a nickname for Austrian Olympic skier Mario Reiter
- Super Mario, a nickname for American football player Mario Williams
- A reference to the frequently energetic, and youthful (Nintendo generationish) Quebec politician, Mario Dumont
[edit] Restaurant
- East Side Mario's, a Canadian restaurant chain
- Mario's Bar in the TV series Taxi