List of Famous people born in Italy

Giuseppe Spinelli was an Italian cardinal. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Ottorino Celli was an Italian cyclist. He rode in the 1909 Giro d'Italia.

Giuseppe Brotzu was an Italian pharmacologist and politician.

Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola, or simply and perhaps more accurately Benvenuto da Imola, was an Italian scholar and historian, a lecturer at Bologna. He is now best known for his commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.

Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti was an Italian cardinal and famed hyperpolyglot.

Decio Azzolini, seniore was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Giuseppe Martucci was an Italian composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. As a composer and teacher he was influential in reviving Italian interest in non-operatic music. As a conductor he helped to introduce Wagner's operas to Italy and also gave important early concerts of English music there.

Giuseppe Gamba was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and an archbishop of Turin.

Paolo Ferrari (1822–1889), Italian dramatist, was born at Modena. His numerous works, chiefly comedies, and all marked by a fresh and piquant style, are the finest product of the modern Italian drama. After producing some minor pieces, in 1852 he made his reputation as a playwright with Goldoni e le sue Sedici Commedie. Among numerous later plays his comedy Parini e la Satira (1857) had considerable success. Ferrari may be regarded as a follower of Carlo Goldoni, modelling himself on the French theatrical methods. in 1860 he was appointed professor of History at Modena and afterwards at Milan. His collected plays were published in 1877–1880 in 14 volumes.

Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini was an Italian Cardinal. Considered papabile in the Papal conclave, 1758, he was vetoed by Louis XV of France under the jus exclusivae.