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This is a list of Italians or Italian-speaking/writing people that are famous.
In alphabetical order.
Scientists
- Severino Antinori, (b. 1945), gynecologist and embryologist
- Amedeo Avogadro, (1776-1856), physicist
- Giovanni Battista Beccaria, (1716-1781)
- Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, (1711-1787), Croat-Italian physicist
- Giordano Bruno, (1548-1600), philosopher
- Gerolamo Cardano, (1501-1576), Renaissance polymath
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini, (1625-1712), astronomer
- Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825-1888), military officer, mathematician, priest
- Robert Fano, (b. 1917), computer scientist
- Bruno de Finetti, (1906-1985), mathematician, statistician
- Enrico Fermi, (1901-1954), physicist
- Leonardo Fibonacci, (c. 1175-1250) mathematician, eponym of the Fibonacci numbers
- Girolamo Fracastoro, (1478-1553)
- Guido Fubini, (1879-1943), mathematician, eponym of Fubini's theorem in measure theory
- Galileo Galilei, (1564-1642), astronomy pioneer
- Luigi Galvani, (1737-1798), physician and physicist, eponym of galvanization
- Alessio Guarino , (b. 1970), physicist
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, (b. 1909), neurologist
- Salvador Luria, (1912-1991), microbiologist
- Gian Francesco Malfatti (1731-1807), mathematician
- Guglielmo Marconi, (1874-1937), engineer, inventor of radio
- Franco Modigliani, (1918-2003), economist
- Maria Montessori, (1870-1952), physician, teacher, creator of the Montessori method
- Giuseppe Peano, (1858-1932), mathematician
- Giuseppe Piazzi, (1746-1826), astronomer
- Gian-Carlo Rota, (1932-1999), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher
- Emilio Segrè, (1905-1989), physicist
- Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, (1500-1557), mathematician
- Evangelista Torricelli, (1608-1647), early scientist
- Alessandro Volta, (1745-1827), eletricity pioneer, eponym of the volt
- Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832)
Explorers
Politicians
- Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- Camillo Benso, count of Cavour
- Enrico Berlinguer, (1922 - 1984), politician
- Mario Berlinguer
- Silvio Berlusconi, (born 1936)
- Fausto Bertinotti
- Emma Bonino
- Pierferdinando Casini
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian president
- Michele Columbu
- Francesco Cossiga, (b. 1928), Italian president
- Massimo D'Alema
- Alcide De Gasperi
- Enrico De Nicola, (1877-1959), Italian president
- Amintore Fanfani
- Piero Fassino
- Gianfranco Fini
- Roberto Formigoni, (born 1947)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) writer and politician
- Giovanni Leone, Italian president
- Franco Maria Malfatti, President of the European Commission, (1970-1972)
- Giuseppe Mazzini, (1805-1872), writer and politician
- Aldo Moro, (1916-1978), Italian politician
- Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945), Italian dictator
- Marco Pannella
- Sandro Pertini, Italian president
- Romano Prodi (born 1939) Former President of the European Commission.
- Giuseppe Saragat, Italian president
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian president
- Antonio Segni
- Palmiro Togliatti (1893-1964), Italian communist leader
Writers
- Dante Alighieri, (1265 - 1321), Italian poet
- Ludovico Ariosto, (1474 - 1533), Italian poet
- Alessandro Baricco (1958 - ), Italian novelist and playwriter
- Giovanni Boccaccio, (1313 - 1375), Italian novelist
- Alfredo Bracchi (1897 - 1976), Italian lyricists and scriptwriter
- Giordano Bruno, (1548 - 1600), Italian philosopher
- Dino Buzzati, (1906 - 1972), Italian novelist and journalist
- Italo Calvino, (1923 - 1985), Italian writer and novelist
- Giosuè Carducci, (1835 - 1907), Italian poet
- Baldassarre Castiglione, (1478 - 1529), Italian writer
- Carlo Collodi, (orig. Carlo Lorenzini), (1826 - 1890), Italian novelist
- Benedetto Croce, (1866 - 1952), Italian philosopher
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863-1938), Italian poet, dramatist and adventurer
- Valerio da Pos, (1740 - 1822), Italian poet
- Grazia Deledda, (1871 - 1936), Italian novelist
- Umberto Eco, (b. 1932), Italian semiotician and writer of The Name of the Rose fame
- Oriana Fallaci, (born 1929)
- Marsilio Ficino, (1433 - 1499), Italian philosopher
- Dario Fo, (born 1926), Italian dramatist and actor
- Carlo Emilio Gadda, (1893 - 1973), Italian writer
- Giovanni Guareschi, (1908-1968), Italian novelist and satirist
- Francesco Guicciardini, (1483 - 1540), Italian historian
- Carlo Goldoni, (1707 - 1793), Italian dramatist
- Francesco Guccini, (born 1940), Italian novelist
- Giacomo Leopardi, (1798 - 1837), Italian poet
- Primo Levi, (1919 - 1987), Italian writer
- Emilio Lussu, (1890 - 1975), Italian novelist and politician
- Niccolò Machiavelli, (1469 - 1527), Italian writer
- Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) - Italian patriot, poet and writer
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) - Italian writer, considered the father of modern Italian language
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, (1876 - 1944), Italian writer
- Eugenio Montale, (1896 - 1981), Italian poet
- Giovanni Pascoli, (1855 - 1912), Italian poet
- Francesco Petrarca, (1304 - 1374), Italian poet
- Luigi Pirandello, (1867 - 1936), Italian playwright
- Salvatore Quasimodo, (1901 - 1968), Italian poet
- Emilio Salgari, (1862 - 1911), Italian novelist
- Italo Svevo (orig. Aron Hector Schmitz) (1861 - 1928), Italian writer
- Antonio Tabucchi, (1943 - ), Italian writer
- Torquato Tasso, (1544 - 1595), Italian poet
- Giuseppe Ungaretti, (1888 - 1970), Italian poet
- Giorgio Vasari, (1511 - 1571), Italian architect and writer
- Sebastiano Vassalli, (1941 - ), Italian writer
- Giovanni Verga, (1840 - 1922), Italian writer
- Giambattista Vico (1668 - 1744), Italian philosopher
Cartoonists
Actors and Actresses
Film directors
Artists
see also: List of Italian painters
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), architect
- Fra Angelico (1387-1445), (Giovanni da Fiesole)
- Baccio D'Agnolo (c. 1460-1543), sculptor, wood-carver, and architect
- Sisto Badalocchio (1581- c. 1647), painter and engraver
- Alessio Baldovinetti (1427-1499)
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Italian painter
- Donato Bramante (1444-1514), Italian architect
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italian painter,sculptor, architect, and poet
- Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460-1525), Italian painter
- Agostino Carracci (1560-1609), Italian painter
- Caravaggio (1573-1610), Italian painter
- Cimabue, (1240-1302), Italian painter
- Giorgione da Castelfranco, (c. 1477-1510), (Giorgione)
- Antonio da Correggio, (1488-1534), (often short Correggio)
- Gentile da Fabriano, (c.1370-1427), Italian painter
- Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)
- Andrea da Monte San Savino (Andrea Sansovino or Sansovino)
- Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-1447)
- Antonio da Sangallo
- Giuliano da Sangallo (c.1443-1516)
- Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
- Giorgio De Chirico, (1888-1978), Italian painter
- Andrea del Castagno, (c.1421-1457)
- Piero della Francesca, (c.1416-1492), Italian painter and mathematician
- Luca della Robbia, (1400-1482), Italian sculptor
- Andrea del Sarto, (1487-1531), Italian painter
- Giotto, (1267-1337), Italian painter
- Renato Guttuso, (1912-1987), painter
- Fra Filippo Lippi, (c.1406-1469), Italian painter
- Filippino Lippi, (1457-1504), Italian painter
- Lorenzo Lotto, (1480-1556), Italian painter
- Andrea Mantegna, (c.1431-1506), Italian painter
- Simone Martini, (c.1284-1344)
- Masaccio, (1401-1428), Italian painter
- Amedeo Modigliani, (1884-1920), Italian sculptor and painter
- Giorgio Morandi, (1890-1964), Italian painter
- Ugo Nespolo, (born 1941), Italian painter
- Andrea Orcagna, (Andrea di Cione), (1320-1368)
- Perugino, (c.1445-1523), Italian painter
- Baldassarre Peruzzi
- Bernardino Pinturicchio, (Bernardino di Betto), (c.1454 - 1513), Italian painter
- Vittore Pisanello
- Raphael, (Raffaello Sanzio), (1483-1520)
- Guido Reni, (1575-1642), Italian painter
- Rosso (Rosso Fiorentino)
- Luca Signorelli, (c.1445-1523)
- Tiepolo, (1696-1770), Italian painter
- Tintoretto, (1518-1594), Italian painter
- Titian, (1488-1576), (Tiziano Vecellio)
- Paolo Uccello, (1397-1475), Italian painter
- Domenico Veneziano, (c.1400-1461)
- Andrea del Verrocchio, (c.1435-1488), Italian sculptor, painter
- Ettore Ximenes, (1855-1919), Italian painter
Sculptors
Architects
- Gianlorenzo Bernini, (1598 - 1680), Italian architect, sculptor and painter
- Francesco Borromini, (1599 - 1667), Italian architect
- Filippo Brunelleschi, (1377 - 1446), Italian architect
- Carlo Scarpa, (1906 - 1973), Italian architect
- Pier Luigi Nervi, (1891 - 1979), Italian architect
- Giò Ponti (Giovanni), (1891 - 1979), Italian architect
- Renzo Piano, (born 1937), Italian architect
Musicians
- Black Box, 90's house music group
- Ernesto Bonino, singer (born 1922)
- Fred Buscaglione, singer and actor (1921-1960)
- Renato Carosone, pop musician and composer (1920-2001)
- Enrico Caruso, (1873-1921), tenor
- Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944), glamorous opera singer
- Adriano Celentano, (born 1938), pop singer
- Felice Chiusano (1922 - 1990), singer
- Corona, 90's house music group
- Enrico De Angelis, singer
- Mario Del Monaco, (1915-1982), tenor
- Paolo Fresu
- Enrico Gentile, singer
- Tata Giacobetti (1922 - 1988), singer and lyricist
- Francesco Guccini (born 1940), singer and songwriter
- Iacopo Jacomelli, singer
- Gorni Kramer (1913-1995), bandleader and songwriter
- Lucia Mannucci (born 1920), singer
- Mina, singer
- Ennio Morricone, composer (born 1928)
- Natalino Otto, singer and actor (1912-1969)
- Luciano Pavarotti, tenor (born 1935)
- Alberto Rabagliati, singer and actor (1906-1974)
- Titta Ruffo (1877-1953), opera baritone
- Flo Sandon's (born 1924), singer
- Virgilio Savona (born 1920), singer and songwriter
- Tito Schipa (1888 - 1965)
- Renata Tebaldi (born 1922), operatic soprano
- Armando Trovajoli (born 1917), composer and musician
- Claudio Villa (1926-1987), pop singer
Composers
- Tomaso Albinoni (1674-1754), Italian composer
- Franco Alfano (1875-1954), Italian opera composer
- Pasquale Anfossi, Italian opera composer
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822 - 1889), Italian opera composer
- Emilio Arrieta, Italian opera composer
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Italian composer
- Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), Italian composer, opera composer
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), Italian classical guitar composer
- Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), Italian opera composer
- Luigi Cherubini, (1760-1842), Italian composer, opera composer
- Francesco Cilea (1866-1950), Italian opera composer
- Domenico Cimarosa, (1749-1801), Italian composer, opera composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola, (1904-1975), Italian composer, opera composer
- Giovanni D'Anzi, (1906-1974), Italian songwriter
- Luigi de Rossi, 17th century Italian composer
- Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848), Italian composer, opera composer
- Alberto Franchetti, Italian opera composer
- Umberto Giordano, (1867-1948), Italian composer, opera composer
- Francesco Landini, (c.1325-1397), Italian composer, organist
- Ruggero Leoncavallo, (1858-1919), Italian opera composer
- Andrea Luca Luchesi (1741-1801), Italian composer, opera composer
- Raffaele Magosso, (born 1982), Italian clarinettist and composer
- Pietro Mascagni, (1863-1945), Italian composer, opera composer
- Saverio Mercadante, (1795-1870), Italian opera composer
- Claudio Monteverdi, (1567-1643), Italian composer, opera composer
- Giovanni Pacini, (1796-1867), Italian composer, opera composer
- Giovanni Paisiello (1741-1816), Italian opera composer
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), renowned composer of the late Renaissance
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710-1736), Italian composer, opera composer
- Goffredo Petrassi, Italian opera composer
- Niccolo Piccinni, (1728-1800), Italian opera composer
- Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian opera composer
- Amilcare Ponchielli, (1834-1886), Italian opera composer
- Nicola Porpora, (1686-1768), Italian opera composer
- Giacomo Puccini, (1858-1924), Italian composer
- Ottorino Respighi, (1879-1936), Italian composer, opera composer
- Salamone Rossi (c. 1530-c. 1630), Italian early baroque composer
- Gioacchino Rossini, (1792-1868), Italian composer, opera composer
- Antonio Salieri, (1750-1825), Austrian composer
- Alessandro Scarlatti, (1660-1725), Italian composer, opera composer
- Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851), Italian opera composer
- Agostino Steffani (1653-1728), Italian opera composer
- Giuseppe Verdi, (1813-1901), Italian composer, opera composer
- Riccardo Zandonai, Italian opera composer
Conductors (Direttori)
Sports personalities
- Alberto Ascari (1918-1955), race car driver
- Antonio Ascari (1888-1925), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Mario Andretti (born 1940), race driver
- Roberto Baggio (born 1967), footballer
- Stefano Baldini (born 1971), marathoner
- Franco Baresi (born 1960), footballer
- Nino Benvenuti (born 1938), world champion boxer
- Baconin Borzacchini (1898-1933), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Gianluigi Buffon (born 1978), footballer
- Giuseppe Campari (1892-1933), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Igor Cassina (born 1977), gymnast
- Eugenio Castellotti (1930-1957), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Pierluigi Collina (born 1960), football referee
- Fausto Coppi (1919-1960), cyclist
- Eugenio Corini (born 1970), footballer
- Mario D'Agata (born 1926) deaf-mute who became a world boxing champion
- Frankie Dettori (born 1970), Jockey who boasts an impressive Royal Ascott record, with a total of 23 wins from 1990 to 1999.
- Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), footballer
- Luigi Fagioli (1898-1952), race car champion
- Giuseppe Farina (1906-1966), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988), Italian car designer
- Pietro Mennea (born 1952), athlete (most famous in 200 m)
- Reinhold Messner (born 1944), alpinist
- Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953), race car driver
- Marco Pantani (1970-2004), cyclist
- Federica Pellegrini (born 1988), swimmer
- Valentino Rossi (born 1979), motorcycle world champion
- Sara Simeoni
- Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), soccer player
- Loris Stecca, world champion boxer
- Francesco Totti (born 1976), footballer
- Trebisonda Valla (born 1916), athlete
- Achille Varzi (1904-1948), race car champion
- Christian Vieri (born 1973), footballer
- Luigi Villoresi (1909-1997), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Alex Zanardi (born 1966), race car driver
- Dino Zoff (born 1942), footballer
Other
- Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003), industrialist
- Leo Chiosso (born 1920), lyricist
- Alessia di Matteo (born 2003), who received eight organs with one transplant
- Giovanni Falcone, (1939 - 1992), judge
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, (1807-1882), proponent of Italian unification
- Edgardo Mortara (1851 - 1940), Catholic priest, victim of a famous kidnapping, taken from his Jewish family at the age of 6
- Nicola Salerno (1910 - 1969), lyricist under the pseudonym Nisa
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452 - 1498), book-burning priest, ruler of Florence
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