Mori
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Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India.
Italian surname
- Camilo Mori, Chilean painter
- Cesare Mori, Italian "Iron Prefect"
- Claudia Mori, Italian actress, singer, television producer
- Damian Mori, Italian-Australian football player
- Daniele Mori (born 1990) Italian footballer
- Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
- Federico Mori, Italian rugby union player
- Francesco Mori, Italian painter
- Lara Mori, Italian artistic gymnast
- Manuele Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer
- Massimiliano Mori, Italian former professional road bicycle racer
- Michael Mori, aka "Dan Mori", U.S. military lawyer
- Miguel Mori, Argentine footballer
- Nicolas Mori, Italian-English violinist
- Paola Mori, Italian actress and aristocrat
- Primo Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer.
- Ramiro Funes Mori and Rogelio Funes Mori, twin brothers and Argentine footballers
- Scott Alan Mori (1941–2020), American botanist
- Simone Mori (cyclist), Italian former professional racing cyclist
- Uberto Mori, Italian religious figure
Japanese surname
Mori (written: lit. "forest", ) is the 24th most common Japanese surname. Mōri (written: , ) is a separate surname that may be transliterated the same way.
- Ai Mori, professional rock climber
- Akihiko Mori, composer
- Akio Mori, physiologist and writer
- Akira Mori, son of Taikichiro Mori, CEO of Mori Trust
- Mori Arinori, statesman/diplomat
- Bárbara Mori (born 1978), Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer
- Mori Calliope, livestreamer, rapper, and singer
- Mori Chack, graphics designer
- Chiharu Mori, swimmer
- Chinatsu Mori, shotputter
- Daisuke Mori, nurse and serial killer
- Eijiro Mori, footballer
- Eisuke Mori, politician
- Futoshi Mori, rugby player
- Hanae Mori, fashion designer
- Hideki Mori, manga artist
- Mōri Hidemoto, retainer of the Toyotomi clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period
- Hiromichi Mori, linguist
- Hiroshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ikue Mori, musician
- Johnny Mori (born 1949), Japanese-American musician and arts educator/administrator
- Junko Mori, metalwork sculptor
- Kanna Mori, actress
- Kaori Mori, badminton player
- Kaoru Mori, manga artist
- Katsuhiro Mori, champion 'Magic: The Gathering' player
- Katsuji Mori, voice actor
- Kazutoshi Mori, molecular biologist
- Kenzo Mori, Japanese-Canadian journalist
- Mori Koben, adventurer and businessman
- Mōri Koyuki better known as Yuki (Korean : 유키), member & rapper of South Korean idol girl group Purple Kiss under Rainbow Bridge World
- Kyoichi Mori, Japanese whale-watcher
- Larry Mori (1948–2022), American bridge player
- Manny Mori (born 1949), former President of the Federated States of Micronesia (great-grandson of Mori Koben
- Mari Mori, novelist, daughter of Ōgai Mori
- Maria Mori (born 1956), Japanese-American actress
- Mariko Mori, artist
- Masaaki Mori, former footballer
- Masaaki Mori (baseball)
- Masahiro Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Masako Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Masayuki Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Minori Mori, Japanese javelin thrower
- Minoru Mori, son of Taikichiro Mori, building tycoon and namesake for Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
- Mitsugu Mori, fighter ace
- Mitsuko Mori, actress
- Momoe Mori, Japanese entertainer
- Mōri Motonari, daimyō of the Mōri clan
- Mucha Mori, basketball player
- Mori Naganao, daimyō
- Nana Mori, actress
- Naoki Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Naoko Mori, actress
- Nobuteru Mori, businessman
- Mori Ōgai, novelist and physician
- Reiko Mori, Japanese novelist
- Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007
- S. Floyd Mori (born 1939), American educator and politician
- Sakura Mori, Japanese table tennis player
- Satoshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Shigeaki Mori, historian
- Shigefumi Mori, mathematician
- Shigekazu Mori, baseball player
- Shigeki Mori, mayor of Neagari, father of Yoshirō Mori
- Shinichi Mori, enka singer
- Shinji Mori, baseball player
- Shunya Mori, Japanese footballer
- Mori Sōiken, co-leader of the 17th-century Shimabara Rebellion
- Mori Sosen, Japanese painter
- Mori Sumio, Japanese poet
- Taikichiro Mori, founder of Mori Building Company
- Mōri Takachika, daimyō
- Takaji Mori, footballer
- Mōri Takamoto, daimyō, son of Mōri Motonari
- Takayuki Mori, wrestler
- Takeshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tamezo Mori, naturalist
- Tatsuya Mori, film director
- Mōri Terumoto, daimyō, grandson of Mōri Motonari
- Tomoya Mori, Japanese baseball player
- Toshia Mori, actress
- Toshio Mori, American author
- Toshiko Mori, architect
- Tsuneo Mori, radical leftist
- Ushinosuke Mori, anthropologist
- Wataru Mori, actor
- Yasuji Mori, animator
- Yoko Mori, novelist
- Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan
- Yoshiro Mori (mathematician)
- Yoshitoshi Mori, artist
- Mori Yoshinari, 16th-century samurai
- Mori Nagayoshi, son of Mori Yoshinari
- Mori Ranmaru, son of Mori Yoshinari
- Yuito Mori, baseball player
- Yukinojo Mori, singer
- Yuko Mori, politician
- Yusuke Mori, footballer
- Yuto Mori, footballer
Aramaic title of honor==
- Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi", taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, **** (mor), meaning "master" or "lord". Mori, literally meaning, "my master," or "my lord".
Other people named Mori
- Amirkhan Mori, Russian businessman
- Dan Mori (born 1988 as Dean (Din) Mori), Israeli footballer
- Raam Mori, Gujarati author
- Lucija Mori, Slovenian footballer
- Chitrangada Mori, Indian aristocrat
- Mark de Mori, Australian boxer
- Mori Eskandani, American poker player
- Mori Arkin, Israeli businessman
- Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian politician
Fictional characters
- Ai Mori in The Law of Ueki
- Mori Green, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Mori Kibbutz, the brother of Brucie in Grand Theft Auto IV
- Kogoro Mouri, character in Detective Conan
- Mako Mori, character in the film Pacific Rim
- Ran Mouri, character in Detective Conan
- Shin Mōri, character in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
- Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka, character in Ouran High School Host Club
- Yorick Mori, character in the online multiplayer game League of Legends
- Mario Mori, character in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Mori Jin, the main character of The God of Highschool
References
References
- (2008-09-24). "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']". [[Meiji Yasuda Life.
- [[Shelomo Dov Goitein]], ''The Yemenites - History, Communal Organization, Spiritual Life'', Jerusalem 1983, pp. 212;256; 278 ({{ISBN. 965-235-011-7). Goitein, citing [[Amram Qorah]], says that the title was strictly reserved unto those who had procured a license in the [[Schechita. ritual slaughter]] of domesticated animals.
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