Ferrara (surname) explained

Ferrara is an Italian surname.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Abel Ferrara (born 1951), American film director
• Adam Ferrara (born 1966), American actor and comedian
• Al Ferrara (born 1939), American baseball player
• Alessandro Ferrara (born 1953), Italian philosopher
• Antonella Ferrara (born 1963), Italian control theorist and engineer
• Antonio Ferrara (1912–?), Argentine footballer
• Christopher Ferrara (born 1952) American attorney, anti-abortion activist, and journalist
• Ciro Ferrara (born 1967), Italian football player
• Donna Ferrara (born 1959), New York politician
• Ed Ferrara (born 1966), American wrestling booker
• Eric Ferrara (born 1970), American author, researcher, movie & television consultant
• Fernando Ferrara (born 1968), Argentine field hockey player
• Franco Ferrara (1911–1985), Italian conductor
• Giacomo Ferrara (born 1990), Italian actor
• Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), American sculptor
• Jean-Jacques Ferrara (born 1967), French politician
• Jerry Ferrara (born 1979), American actor
• Jon V. Ferrara (born 1960), American entrepreneur
• Juan Ferrara (born 1943) Mexican telenovela and film actor
• Katherine Ferrara, American engineer
• Manuel Ferrara (born 1975), French-Spanish pornographic actor
• Mike Ferrara (born 1958), American basketball player
• Napoleone Ferrara (born 1956), Italian-American molecular biologist
• Nicola Ferrara (1910–?), Argentine football player
• Paul Ferrara (born 1939), American photographer
• Paul B. Ferrara (1942–2011), American DNA scientist
• Peter Ferrara (born 1955), American lawyer and activist
• Rosina Ferrara (1861–1934), model to 19th-century American and British painters, muse of John Singer Sargent
• Theresa Ferrara (1951–1979), Italian-American criminal, associate to the Lucchese-Family
• Stéphane Ferrara (born 1956), French boxer and actor
• Tony Ferrara (1927–2009, American baseball player, coach, and scout
• Vincent M. Ferrara (born 1949) Italian-American mobster

See also

• Riccobaldo of Ferrara (1246 – after 1320), Italian notary and writer
• Giacomo Andrea da Ferrara (died 1500), architect active in Milan; the author on a commentary on Vitruvius
  • Ferrara (disambiguation)
• Ferrari (surname)
• Ferraris (surname)
• Ferraro
• Ferrera (surname)
• Ferrero (surname)
• Fabbri (surname)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks , Patrick . Patrick Hanks

   . Patrick Hanks. Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK. 2003. 978-0-19-508137-4. 51655476. 1. 567. 1 June 2019.