| ![Show Contents]() Lana History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy Early Origins of the Lana familyThe surname Lana was first found in Brescia (Latin: Brixia) in Lomardy, capital of the province of Brescia. The Pizza del Museois the main feature of the town and marks the site of the Forum. Vespasian erected the Capitoleum in 73 A.D. It contains the famous bronze statue of Vistory. The convent of S.Salvatore is also notable, founded by Desiderius, King of Lombardy. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. Early History of the Lana familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lana research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1597, 1631, 1646, 1653 and 1687 are included under the topic Early Lana History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lana Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Lana, Lano, Lani, Lanni, Lanata, Lanaro, Lanario, Lane, Lancca and many more. Early Notables of the Lana familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was - Ludovico Lana (c.1597-1646), Italian Baroque painter. Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer. A professor of physics and ma...
 Lana migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Lana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Nicolas Lana, who arrived in New Orleans in 1826
- Nicolas Lana, aged 28, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1826 1
- Frank Lana, who was naturalized in Iowa in 1871
| Contemporary Notables of the name Lana (post 1700) | + |
- Pietro "Piero" Lana (1888-1950), Italian professional footballer who played as a striker, the first Italy international football player to score a hat-trick
- Gigi De Lana (b. 1995), born Mary Gidget Orfano dela Llana, a Filipino singer, actress, dancer, and model
- Rhine Lana McLin (b. 1948), American Democratic politician, 54th Mayor of Dayton (2002-2010), Member of the Ohio Senate (1995-2001)
- Lana Clelland (b. 1993), Scottish professional footballer who plays for Sassuolo Femminile in the Italian women's Serie A and the Scotland women's national team
- Lana Wood (b. 1946), stage name of Svetlana Gurdin, an American actress and producer and film producer, best known for her role as Plenty O'Toole in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971), younger sister of Natalie Wood
- Lana Jean Clarkson (1962-2003), American actress and fashion model who was fatally shot by songwriter and producer Phil Spector
- Lana Gehring (b. 1990), American short track speed skater at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Lana Eleanor Cantrell AM (b. 1943), Australian Grammy Award nominated singer and entertainment lawyer
- Lana Deym Campbell (b. 1955), award winning American artist (born Countess Svietlana Deym von Stritez) who Salvador Dali once called "one of the most talented persons he had ever met"
- Lana Pollack (b. 1942), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan State Senate 18th District, 1983-94; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984 2
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Lana migration to the United States 
