People
Since the appearance of Super Mario Bros., a number of individuals named Mario have been nicknamed "Super Mario" by fans or by the media.
- Mario Andretti (born 1940), American racing driver
- Mario Balotelli (born 1990), Italian footballer
- Mario Basler (born 1968), German footballer
- Mario Cipollini (born 1967), Italian cyclist
- Mario Corti (manager) (born 1946), Swiss businessman
- Mario Gómez (born 1985), German footballer
- Mario Jardel (born 1973), Brazilian football player
- Mario Lemieux (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mario Matt (born 1979), Austrian alpine skier
- Mario Monti (born 1943), Italian economist and politician
- Mario Reiter, (born 1970), Austrian alpine skier
- Mario Williams (born 1985), American football player
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“My children have taught me things. Things I thought I knew. The most profound wisdom they have given me is a respect for human vulnerability. I have known that people are resilient, but I didn’t appreciate how fragile they are. Until children learn to hide their feelings, you read them in their faces, gestures, and postures. The sheer visibility of shyness, pain, and rejection let me recognize and remember them.”
—Shirley Nelson Garner (20th century)
“The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism.... If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.”
—Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)
“To-day women constitute the only class of sane people excluded from the franchise ...”
—Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)