Venier

Venier (Venetian: [veˈnjɛɾ], Italian: [veˈnjɛr]) is a Venetian surname, derived from the Medieval name Venerius. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrea Venier, castellan of Scutari
• Annibale Venier (born 1951), an Italian rower
• Anton Venier, Austrian luger
• Antonio Venier (c. 1330–1400), Doge of Venice
• Cecilia Venier-Baffo (1525–1583), principal consort and later legal wife of Sultan Selim II (supposed Jewish, Greek, Venetian)
• Francesco Venier, Doge of Venice
• Giacopo Antonio Venier (died 1400), Doge of Venice, called the Cardinal of Cuenca
• Giacopo Venier (1422–1479), Italian cardinal
• Glauco Venier (born 1963), Italian jazz pianist and composer
• Jean-Baptiste Venier (18th-century), French violinist and music publisher
• Mara Venier (born 1950), Italian actress and television presenter
• Marco Venier, Lord of Cerigo (died 1311), Lord of Cerigo
• Marco Venier, Marquess of Cerigo
• Marie Dorion Venier Toupin (ca. 1786–1850), explorer, the only female member of the Pacific Fur Company to the Pacific Northwest in 1810
• Marie Venier (c.1590–1627), French actress
• Maurizio Venier (born 1994), South African
• Nicolò Venier (ca. 1483–1530), Lord of Paros
• Pietro Venier, Governor of Cerigo (died 1372), Governor of Cerigo
• Sebastiano Venier (c. 1496–1578), Doge of Venice
• Simone Venier (born 1984), Italian rower
• Stephanie Venier (born 1993), Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
• Zuan Francesco Venier (died 1518), Co-Lord of Cerigo

Other uses

• House of Venier, a prominent family in the Republic of Venice
• Casa Venier, a small Gothic-style palace in Campo Santa Maria Formosa, in the Sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy
• Palazzo Venier-Manfrin, a Baroque-style palace located facing the Cannaregio Canal in the sestiere of Cannaregio of Venice, Italy
• Teatro Venier, prominent in the operatic life of Venice in the 18th and early 19th centuries.