List of Famous people named Mario
Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza was an American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s.
Mario Abdo Benítez
Mario Abdo Benítez, nicknamed "Marito", is a Paraguayan Conservative politician who is the Current President of Paraguay.
Mario Gaspar Pérez
Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains Villarreal CF as a right back.
Mario Ledesma
Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France spanning 10 years. Since retiring he has coached at the highest level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and is now the head coach of the Argentine national team.
Mario Kempes
Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. His father, Mario, also a footballer, inspired him to play from a young age. He is also widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. At the age of seven he began playing with a junior team and at fourteen, he joined the Talleres reserves. A prolific goalscorer, at club level he is best known for playing for Valencia, finishing as La Liga's top goalscorer twice, and amassing 116 goals in 184 league games for the club.
Mario Meoni
Mario Andrés Meoni was an Argentine politician who served as Minister of Transport from 2019 until his death in 2021. He had previously served as intendente (mayor) of Junín, a partido in Buenos Aires Province, from 2003 to 2015.
Mario Hezonja
Mario Hezonja is a Croatian professional basketball player. He represents the Croatian national team internationally. He was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.
Mario Molina
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez, known as Mario Molina, was a Mexican chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. He was the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the third Mexican born person to receive the Nobel award.
Mário Jardel
Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, playing a major part in the squad that won the 1995 Copa Libertadores. With his exceptional positioning ability, he was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP, scoring 266 goals in 274 matches for those clubs.
Mario Díaz-Balart
Mario Rafael Díaz-Balart Caballero is a Republican U.S. Representative for Florida's 25th congressional district. He was elected in 2002, and his current district includes much of southwestern Miami-Dade County, including the city of Hialeah, and much of the northern portion of the Everglades.