Marconi
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Marconi may refer to:
- Enrico Marconi, also known as Henryk Marconi, an architect
- Leandro Marconi, an architect, son of Enrico Marconi
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), an Italian-born radio pioneer.
- Marconi sailing club a sailing club in Essex, England
- Marconi Stallions, a Sydney football club,
- Marconi class submarine, an Italian class of submarine.
- Marconi scandal, a British political scandal.
Corporations:
- Marconi Company, founded by Guglielmo Marconi; absorbed in 1956 into English Electric, which in turn was purchased by GEC in 1968 and used as the focus of its defence businesses.
- Marconi Electronic Systems or GEC-Marconi, defence arm of GEC, sold to British Aerospace in 1999 to form BAE Systems
- Marconi plc, name adopted by GEC in 1999, now a part of Ericsson.
- Alenia Marconi Systems, a former British-Italian defence electronics company, now split between the BAE Systems and Finmeccanica.
- Matra Marconi Space, a former Franco-British aerospace company, now part of Astrium.
