Orsini

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title: "Orsini" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-italian-origin"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsini" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Orsini is a surname of Italian origin, originally derived from Latin ursinus ("bearlike") and originating as an epithet or sobriquet describing the name-bearer's purported strength. Notable people with the surname include the following:

• Aaron Paul Orsini, American researcher on the intersection of psychelics and neurodivergence

• Alessandro Orsini, Italian sociologist

• Angel Orsini, American wrestler and bodybuilder

• Felice Orsini (1819–1858), Italian revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Napoléon III

• Francesca Orsini, Italian scholar of South Asian literature

• Giambattista Orsini (d. 1503), Italian Catholic cardinal

• Marina Orsini (born 1967), Canadian actress

• Nicolás Orsini (born 1994), Argentine footballer

• Richard Orsini, 13th-century ruler in Italy and the Balkans

• Umberto Orsini (born 1934), Italian stage, television, and film actor

• Valentino Orsini (1927–2001), Italian film director

• Orsini family, Italian noble family, including:

  • Alessandro Orsini (cardinal) (1592–1626), cardinal
  • Clarice Orsini (1453–1488), wife of Lorenzo de' Medici, mother of Pope Leo X
  • Fulvio Orsini (1529–1600), Italian historian
  • Giordano Orsini (died 1438) (died 1438), 15th-century Italian cardinal
  • Giordano Orsini (died 1173) (died 1173), Catholic prelate
  • Giorgio Orsini (1410–1475), architect and sculptor
  • Pope Nicholas III, born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini
  • Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (cardinal) (c.1285–1335), nephew of Pope Nicholas III
  • John II Orsini (died 1335), known as the Despot of Epirus
  • Latino Orsini (1411–1477), Catholic cardinal
  • Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294), Catholic prelate
  • Matteo Orsini (d. 1340), Catholic prelate
  • Napoleone Orsini (1420–1480), condottiero and papal commander
  • Paolo Orsini (1369-1416), condottiero
  • Paolo Orsini (1450-1503), condottiero
  • Paolo Giordano I Orsini (1541–1585), first duke of Bracciano
  • Paolo Giordano II Orsini (1591–1656), nobleman
  • Pope Benedict XIII, born Pietro Francisco Orsini
  • Rinaldo Orsini (d. 1450), Lord of Piombino
  • Virginio Orsini (1434–1497), Lord of Bracciano
  • Domenico Napoleone Orsini (b. 1948), Duke of Gravina

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