List of Famous people born in Abruzzo, Italy
Antonio Iannucci
Antonio Iannucci was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Andrea Masciarelli
Andrea Masciarelli is an Italian cyclist. He rode in the 2009 Giro d'Italia and 2010 Giro d'Italia.
Cecco d'Ascoli
Cecco d'Ascoli is the popular name of Francesco degli Stabili, an Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet. Cecco is the diminutive of Francesco, Ascoli was the place of his birth. The lunar crater Cichus is named after him.
Francesco Masciarelli
Francesco Masciarelli is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for the Astana team. He is the son of former racing cyclist Palmiro Masciarelli and brother of fellow racing cyclists Simone Masciarelli and Andrea Masciarelli.
Palmiro Masciarelli
Palmiro Masciarelli is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in one edition of the Tour de France, nine editions of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España.
Annibale de Gasparis
Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, known for discovering asteroids and his contributions to theoretical astronomy.
Giovanni de Sanctis
Giovanni de Sanctis is an Italian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino in Turin, Italy. His name is sometimes spelt DeSanctis, particularly in the Minor Planet Circulars. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 42 numbered minor planets, most of which he discovered at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile in the early 1980s.
Marcello Morgante
Franco Marini
Franco Marini was an Italian politician and a prominent member of the centre-left Democratic Party. From 2006 to 2008 he was the president of the Italian Senate.
Andrea Masi
Andrea Masi is a retired Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position was in the centres but he has also played at fly-half and at full-back. His last club before retirement was the English Premiership club Wasps. In a 16-year international career lasting from 1999 to 2015, Masi won 95 caps for the Italy national team, and was a part of their squad at four World Cups in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015.