Famous People with Name Virginio

Virginio Colombo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Virginio Colombo: was a prolific architect who completed close to 50 works in Buenos Aires in just 21 years before his premature death at the age of 42. Born in 1885 in Milan, Italy, he studied architecture in the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Sommaruga, the city's leading exponent of the Art Nouveau style. A fellow student, Antonio Sant'Elia, later became the number one advocate of Futurism in Italian architecture. During the early part of the 20th century there were many immigrant Italian architects working in Buenos Aires including Francesco Tamburini, who designed the Teatro Colón, Vittorio Meano, who designed the Argentine National Congress, Mario Palanti, who designed the Palacio Barolo, Francisco Gianotti who designed the Confitería El Molino, and Juan Antonio Buschiazzo who made alterations to the Centro Cultural Recoleta and designed the Italian Hospital. Of these architects, Colombo was one of the most active and creative.

Virginio Cáceres Villalba            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Virginio Cáceres Villalba: is a retired football defender from Paraguay.Cáceres started his career in the regional league team from the San Pedro Department and arrived in Asunción at the start of 1984 and signed for Club Guaraní. He soon made an impact and helped the team capture

Virginio "Viri" Rosetta            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Virginio "Viri" Rosetta: was an Italian former football player. He is one of Italy's greatest defenders. He was also a precision passer.Pro Vercelli was then one of the major Italian football teams, and Rosetta won two scudetti in 1921 and 1922. He debuted for Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics, forming a partnership with Renzo De Vecchi.

Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio: a retired Argentine basketball player. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team and competed many years in the Euroleague.Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft but remained in Europe and won the Saporta Cup in 1996 with Tau Ceramica, the team in which he made his debut at the highest level. He played his best basketball for Benetton Treviso, with which he lifted another Saporta Cup trophy in 1999, and he was selected to the All-Euroleague Second Team for the Euroleague 2001-02 season. He also made it to the Euroleague 2002-03 final game.