Famous People with Name Gentile

Gentile Bellini            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gentile Bellini: was an Italian painter. Born in Venice, the son of the painter Jacopo Bellini, he was christened Gentile after Jacopo's master, Gentile da Fabriano.[1] From 1474 he was the official portrait artist for the Doges of Venice.Gentile earliest signed work is The Blessed Lorenzo Giustinian (1445), one of the oldest surviving oil paintings in Venice, (now at the Accademia Museum). During the 1470s Bellini worked on a commission for the Scuola Grande di San Marco, painted in conjunction with his brother, brother, the even better known Giovanni Bellini. From 1474 he was also the official portrait artist for the Doges of Venice,[2] (for example, see image of the Doge Giovanni Mocenigo at right).

Gentile Da Fabriano            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gentile Da Fabriano: was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style.Gentile was born in or near Fabriano, in the Marche. His mother died some time before 1380 and his father, Niccolò di Giovanni Massi, retired to a monastery in the same year, where he died in 1385. Gentile worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best known works are his Adoration of the Magi (1423) and Flight into Egypt.

Claudio Gentile            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Claudio Gentile: an Italian football coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s. One of the toughest and roughest defenders in the history of the game, Gentile was a key part of both the World Cup winning Italy team of 1982, and the success of Juventus of the period.

Rodolfo Adrian Pérez Gentile            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Rodolfo Adrian Pérez Gentile: a former field hockey player from Argentina. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. Pérez finished in ninth and eleventh place with the national squad.

Chris Gentile            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Chris Gentile: is a Scottish footballer who plays for Junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.Gentile began his professional career with Dundee United, signing professional terms in July 1998 but was released in February 2000 without appearing in the first team. He moved onto Dumbarton, playing twice in the final months of that season and in eleven league games the following season.