Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India.

Italian surname

  • Camilo Mori, Chilean painter
  • Cesare Mori, Italian "Iron Prefect"
  • Claudia Mori, Italian actress, singer, television producer
  • Damian Mori, Italian-Australian football player
  • Daniele Mori (born 1990) Italian footballer
  • Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
  • Federico Mori, Italian rugby union player
  • Francesco Mori, Italian painter
  • Lara Mori, Italian artistic gymnast
  • Manuele Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer
  • Massimiliano Mori, Italian former professional road bicycle racer
  • Michael Mori, aka "Dan Mori", U.S. military lawyer
  • Miguel Mori, Argentine footballer
  • Nicolas Mori, Italian-English violinist
  • Paola Mori, Italian actress and aristocrat
  • Primo Mori, Italian professional road bicycle racer.
  • Ramiro Funes Mori and Rogelio Funes Mori, twin brothers and Argentine footballers
  • Scott Alan Mori (1941–2020), American botanist
  • Simone Mori (cyclist), Italian former professional racing cyclist
  • Uberto Mori, Italian religious figure

Japanese surname

Mori (written: lit. "forest", ) is the 24th most common Japanese surname. Mōri (written: , ) is a separate surname that may be transliterated the same way.

  • , professional rock climber
  • , composer
  • , physiologist and writer
  • , son of , CEO of Mori Trust
  • , statesman/diplomat
  • Bárbara Mori (born 1978), Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer
  • , livestreamer, rapper, and singer
  • , graphics designer
  • , swimmer
  • , shotputter
  • , nurse and serial killer
  • , footballer
  • , politician
  • , rugby player
  • , fashion designer
  • , manga artist
  • , retainer of the Toyotomi clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period
  • , linguist
  • Hiroshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , musician
  • Johnny Mori (born 1949), Japanese-American musician and arts educator/administrator
  • , metalwork sculptor
  • , actress
  • , badminton player
  • , manga artist
  • , champion 'Magic: The Gathering' player
  • , voice actor
  • , molecular biologist
  • , Japanese-Canadian journalist
  • , adventurer and businessman
  • better known as Yuki (Korean : 유키), member & rapper of South Korean idol girl group Purple Kiss under Rainbow Bridge World
  • , Japanese whale-watcher
  • Larry Mori (1948–2022), American bridge player
  • Manny Mori (born 1949), former President of the Federated States of Micronesia (great-grandson of
  • , novelist, daughter of
  • Maria Mori (born 1956), Japanese-American actress
  • , artist
  • , former footballer
  • Masahiro Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Masako Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Masayuki Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Japanese javelin thrower
  • , son of , building tycoon and namesake for Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
  • , fighter ace
  • , actress
  • , Japanese entertainer
  • , daimyō of the Mōri clan
  • , basketball player
  • , daimyō
  • , actress
  • Naoki Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , actress
  • , businessman
  • , novelist and physician
  • , Japanese novelist
  • , Miss Universe 2007
  • S. Floyd Mori (born 1939), American educator and politician
  • , Japanese table tennis player
  • Satoshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , historian
  • , mathematician
  • , baseball player
  • , mayor of Neagari, father of
  • , enka singer
  • , baseball player
  • , Japanese footballer
  • , co-leader of the 17th-century Shimabara Rebellion
  • , Japanese painter
  • , Japanese poet
  • , founder of Mori Building Company
  • , daimyō
  • , footballer
  • , daimyō, son of
  • , wrestler
  • Takeshi Mori (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , naturalist
  • , film director
  • , daimyō, grandson of
  • , Japanese baseball player
  • Toshia Mori, actress
  • Toshio Mori, American author
  • , architect
  • , radical leftist
  • , anthropologist
  • , actor
  • , animator
  • , novelist
  • , former Prime Minister of Japan
  • Yoshiro Mori (mathematician)
  • , artist
  • , 16th-century samurai
  • , son of Mori Yoshinari
  • , son of Mori Yoshinari
  • , baseball player
  • , singer
  • , politician
  • , footballer
  • , footballer

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  • Mori, a word used extensively by Yemenite Jews designating a "rabbi", taken from the Judeo-Aramaic word, (mor), meaning "master" or "lord". Mori, literally meaning, "my master," or "my lord".

Other people named Mori

  • Amirkhan Mori, Russian businessman
  • Dan Mori (born 1988 as Dean (Din) Mori), Israeli footballer
  • Raam Mori, Gujarati author
  • Lucija Mori, Slovenian footballer
  • Chitrangada Mori, Indian aristocrat
  • Mark de Mori, Australian boxer
  • Mori Eskandani, American poker player
  • Mori Arkin, Israeli businessman
  • Hiroko Mori (born 1937), Micronesian politician

Fictional characters

  • Ai Mori in The Law of Ueki
  • Mori Green, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Mori Kibbutz, the brother of Brucie in Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Kogoro Mouri, character in Detective Conan
  • Mako Mori, character in the film Pacific Rim
  • Ran Mouri, character in Detective Conan
  • Shin Mōri, character in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
  • Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka, character in Ouran High School Host Club
  • Yorick Mori, character in the online multiplayer game League of Legends
  • Mario Mori, character in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
  • Mori Jin, the main character of The God of Highschool

See also

  • Kingdom of Mori, a small historical polity in modern-day Indonesia
  • Mori Point, a park in Pacifica, California named after Italian immigrant Stefano Mori
  • Mohri (disambiguation), a Japanese surname
  • Moori (disambiguation)
  • Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand

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