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Morpurgo

Morpurgo is an Italian surname of Jewish origin. Originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia) Key ancestor was MOISES JACOB, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria. Petachia (1355 - 1460)had three sons who died in Maribor. Their subsequent multinational progeny took the surnames Maribor, Marburg, Marpurg, Morpurgo, Marlborough, Murphy.

Morpurgo may refer to:

  • Israel Isserlein (1380-1460) son of Petachia, had two sons, Aaron (1420-1490) and Keshel.
  • Salomone Morpurgo (1385 - ) son of Petachia, had one son, Aaron (1415 - 1480) who died in Trieste.
  • Anselmo (Anshel) Morpurgo (1395 - ) son of Petachia, had three sons and two daughters who married their Morpurgo cousins.
  • Samson (ben Joshua Moses) Morpurgo (1681, Bosnia – 1740), a Bosnian-Italian rabbi, physician, and liturgist.
  • Baron Brutus Morpurgo born in Cairo, U.K. multinational financier. Married Lady Clarissa Laide of Clan Ferghys.
  • Baron Anselmo Morpurgo ( - 1933)born in Cairo, married Ida Olga Morpurgo-DeCastro Sierra born in the USA.(Generali A.G.)
  • Baron Aldo Franco Morpurgo (1899 - 1965) son of Anselmo and Ida, Italian architect.
  • Baron Augusto Morpurgo (1937 - ) son of Aldo and Valentina D'Arton, American architect.
  • Baron Attilio Morpurgo (1903 - 1978) son of Anselmo and Ida, married Countess Adele V.L.Nilsen-Vik, Italian-American physician.
  • Baroness Annselm (Annaselma)L.N.V. Morpurgo (1934 - )American poet, novelist, human rights activist, scientific philosopher.
  • Baroness Helga Ida Morpurgo (1935 - ) American visual artist and playwright.
  • Elio Morpurgo (1858 – 1944), Italian politician (it).
  • Luciano Morpurgo (1886 – 1971) Italian photographer and writer (it).
  • Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo (1890, Rome – 1966, Rome), an Italian architect (it).
  • Umberto De Morpurgo (1896, Trieste, Austria – 1961), tennis player
  • Lisa Morpurgo (Dordoni) (1923 – 1998), an Italian writer and astrologer.
  • Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937 – 2014), Italian linguist at Oxford University.
  • Michael (Andrew Bridge) Morpurgo (born 1943, London), English writer, especially of children's novels.
  • Clare Morpurgo (née Lane) (?), wife of Michael.
  • Tina Morpurgo (1907 – 1944), Croatian painter
  • Vid Morpurgo (1838 – 1911), Croatian industrialist, publisher and politician.
  • Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo (1790 – 1871), Jewish-Italian poet.

Morpurgo may also refer to

  • 5521 Morpurgo, an asteroid
  • Palazzo Morpurgo, a palace in Udine

Category:Jewish families Category:Jewish surnames Category:Italian-language surnames Category:Toponymic surnames