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Lanfranco may refer to:
- Lanfranco, master-builder of the Modena Cathedral
- Guido Lanfranc of Milan (c. 1250–1306), professor of Surgery
- Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647), Italian painter
- Guido Lanfranco (born 1930), Maltese writer on natural history and folklore
- Giovanni Lanfranco (volleyball) (born 1956), Italian volleyball player
- Frankie Dettori, flat racing jockey
- Lanfranco (horse), British-trained thoroughbred racehorse
See also:
- Lanfranc
Lanfranco (active in Modena from c. 1099 to 1110) was an Italian architect. His only known work is the Modena Cathedral. Record of his work there is in the early 13th-century manuscript Relatio de innovatione ecclesie sancti Gemeniani in the Chapter archives of Modena. Here he is described as the "principal and supreme artificer of such an arduous undertaking". Together with Bonsignore, the Bishop of Reggio, Lanfranco discovered the urn with relics of St. Geminianus for the new church in 1106. A Latin apsidal epigraph in the cathedral describes Lanfranco as "famous for ingenuity, knowledgeable and competent director of works, governor and master".
Lanfranco (2 April 1982 – after 1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1984 he showed great promise by winning three of his four races including the William Hill Futurity. In the following year he was overshadowed by his stable compnions Slip Anchor and Oh So Sharp but recorded further victories in the Predominate Stakes and the King Edward VII Stakes. He contested all three legs of the British Triple Crown, finishing seventh in the 2000 Guineas, fifth in the Epsom Derby and third in the St Leger. He was retired from racing after sustaining the last of a series of injuries after winning five of his ten races. He stood as a breeding stallion in New Zealand but had little success as a breeding stallion.