Bezzina is a Maltese surname. Most people bearing the surname were descendants of Emirs on the islands of Sicily and Malta. Another branch descended from Giuseppe de Bezzina, a former slave, and his slave wife, Gioannella de Bartolo around 1570. Their descendants are from the Maltese villages of Għargħur, Mġarr, Mosta and Naxxar.
Notable people with the surname include:
Dominic Bezzina (18th/19th centuries), Maltese philosopher Emmy Bezzina (born 1947), Maltese politician Gianluca Bezzina (born 1989), Maltese doctor and pop singer Gilbert Bezzina, French violinist and conductor Johann Bezzina (born 1994), Maltese footballer Marcon Bezzina (born 1985), Maltese judoka Steve Bezzina (born 1987), Maltese footballer Toni Bezzina, Maltese politician
See also Bezzina (fly), genus of fruit fly named after entomologist Munro Bezzina
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