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List of famous Italian people
Famous Italians or Italian-speaking/writing people:
In alphabetical order.
Scientists
- Amedeo Avogadro, (1776-1856), Italian physicist
- Giovanni Battista Beccaria, (1716-1781)
- Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, (1711-1787), Croat-Italian
- Giordano Bruno, (1548-1600), philosopher
- Gerolamo Cardano, (1501-1576), Renaissance polymath
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini, (1625-1712), astronomer
- 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, 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
- Guglielmo Marconi, (1874-1937), engineer, inventor of radio
- Maria Montessori, (1870-1952), creator of Montessori Method
- Giuseppe Peano, (1858-1932), mathematician
- Giuseppe Piazzi, (1746-1826), astronomer
- Gian-Carlo Rota, (1932-1999), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher
- Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, (1500-1557), mathematician
- Evangelista Torricelli, (1608-1647), early scientist
- Alessandro Volta, (1745-1827), eletricity pioneer, eponym of the volt
Explorers
Politicians
- Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- Camillo Benso, count of Cavour
- Enrico Berlinguer, (1922 - 1984), politician
- Mario Berlinguer
- Silvio Berlusconi, (born 1936)
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian president
- Michele Columbu
- Francesco Cossiga, (b. 1928), Italian, Sardinian president
- Alcide De Gasperi
- Enrico De Nicola, (1877-1959), Italian president
- Amintore Fanfani
- Roberto Formigoni, (born 1947)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) - writer and politician
- Giovanni Leone, Italian president
- Franco Maria Malfatti, (1970-1972), Italian President of the European Commission
- Giuseppe Mazzini, (1805-1872), (1805-1872 - writer and politician
- Aldo Moro, (1916-1978), Italian politician
- Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945), Italian dictator, who said "Religion is a species of mental disease."
- Romano Prodi (born 1939) Actual President of the European Commission.
- Giuseppe Saragat, Italian president
- Antonio Segni
- Palmiro Togliatti
Writers
- Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321), Italian poet
- Ludovico Ariosto, (1474-1533), Italian poet
- Giovanni Boccaccio, (1313-1375), Italian novelist
- Dino Buzzati, (1906-1972), Italian author
- Italo Calvino, (1923-1985), Italian writer and novelist
- Giosue Carducci, (1835-1907), Italian poet
- Baldassarre Castiglione, (1478-1529)
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863-1938), Italian adventurer
- Valerio Da Pos, (1740-1822), Italian poet
- Grazia Deledda, (1871-1936), Italian novelist
- Umberto Eco, (b. 1932), Italian semiotic and writer of The Name of the Rose fame
- Oriana Fallaci, (born 1929)
- Marsilio Ficino, (1433-1499), Italian philosopher
- Giovanni Guareschi, (1908-1968), Italian author and satirist
- Carlo Goldoni, (1707-1793), Italian dramatist
- Giacomo Leopardi, (1798-1837), Italian poet
- Primo Levi, (1919-1987), Italian author
- Emilio Lussu, (1890-1975), Italian novelist
- Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) - Italian patriot, poet and writer
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, (1876-1944)
- Eugenio Montale, Italian poet
- Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet
- Francesco Petrarca, (1304-1374)
- Luigi Pirandello, (1867-1936), playwright
- Salvatore Quasimodo
- Italo Svevo
- Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet
- Giovanni Verga, (1840-1922)
- Giorgio Vasari, (1511-1571), Italian architect
- Giambattista Vico (1668 - 1744), Italian philosopher
Cartoonists
Artists
Actors
- Asia Argento, (1975-), Italian actress
- Monica Bellucci, (1964-), Italian actress, model
- Roberto Benigni, (b. 1952), Italian actor
- Rossano Brazzi, (1916-1994), Italian actor
- Vittorio De Sica, (1901-1974), Italian film director
- Vittorio Gassmann, (1922-2000), Italian actor
- Gina Lollobrigida, (born 1927), (Lollo)
- Sophia Loren, (born 1934), Italian actress
- Marcello Mastroianni, (1924-1996), Italian actor
- Moana Pozzi, (born 1961)
- Rocco Siffredi, (b.1964)
- Bud Spencer
- Totò
- Massimo Troisi, (1953-1994)
- Rodolfo Valentino, (1895-1926), Italian actor
Film directors
- Michelangelo Antonioni, (born 1912), Italian film director
- Federico Fellini, (1920-1993), Italian film director
- Giovacchino Forzano, (1884-1970), Italian film director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, (1922-1975), Italian film director
- Roberto Rossellini, (1906-1977), Italian film director
- Luchino Visconti, (1906-1976), Italian film director
Painters
see also: List of Italian painters
- Leon Battista Alberti, (1404-1472), architect
- Fra Angelico, (1387-1445), (Giovanni da Fiesole)
- Sisto Badalocchio
- Alessio Baldovinetti, (1427-1499)
- Sandro Botticelli, (1445-1510), Italian painter
- Donato Bramante, (1444-1514), Italian architect
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, (1475-1564), Italian painter
- 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), (Correggio)
- Gentile da Fabriano, (c.1370-1427), Italian painter
- Antonello da Messina
- Andrea da Monte San Savino (Andrea Sansovino or Sansovino)
- Masolino da Panicale, (c.1383-1447)
- Antonio da Sangallo
- Giuliano da Sangallo
- 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, (c1416-1492), Italian painter
- 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
- Andrea Mantegna, (c.1431-1506), Italian painter
- Simone Martini, (c.1284-1344)
- Masaccio, (1401-1428), Italian painter
- Amedeo Modigliani, (1884-1920), Italian sculptor, painter
- Ugo Nespolo, Italian painter
- Andrea Orcagna, (1320-1368), (Andrea di Cione)
- Perugino, (c.1445-1523), Italian painter
- Baldassarre Peruzzi
- Bernardino Pinturicchio
- Vittore Pisanello
- Raphael, (1483-1520), or Raphael
- 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
Musicians
Composers
- Tomaso Albinoni, (1674-1754), Italian composer
- Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer
- Pasquale Anfossi, Italian opera composer
- Giuseppe Apolloni, Italian opera composer
- Emilio Arrieta, Italian opera composer
- Vincenzo Bellini, (1801-1835), Italian composer
- Arrigo Boito, (1842-1918), Italian composer, opera composer
- Alfredo Catalani, Italian opera composer
- Luigi Cherubini, (1760-1842), Italian composer, opera composer
- Francesco Cilea, Italian opera composer
- Domenico Cimarosa, (1749-1801), Italian composer, opera composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola, (1904-1975), Italian composer, opera composer
- Luigi de Rossi
- Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848), Italian composer, opera composer
- Alberto Franchetti, Italian opera composer
- Umberto Giordano, (1867-1948), Italian composer, opera composer
- Ruggero Leoncavallo, (1858-1919), Italian opera 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, Italian opera composer
- 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
- Gioacchino Rossini, (1792-1868), Italian composer, opera composer
- Antonio Salieri, (1750-1825), Austrian composer
- Alessandro Scarlatti, (1660-1725), Italian composer, opera composer
- Gaspare Spontini, Italian opera composer
- Agostino Steffani, 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
- Franco Baresi, (born 1960), Italian athlete
- Nino Benvenuti, world champion boxer
- Mario D'Agata -- mute-deaf who became a world boxing champion
- Enzo Ferrari, (1898-1988), Italian car designer
- Pietro Mennea
- Reinhold Messner, (born 1944)
- Tazio Nuvolari, (died 1953), race car driver
- Sara Simeoni
- Loris Stecca, world champion boxer
- Dino Zoff, (1942-), Italian soccer player
Other
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