List of Famous people born in Italy
Giovanni Carlo Bandi
Giovanni Carlo Bandi JUD was an Italian Cardinal who served as Bishop of Imola.
Prospero Colonna
Prospero Colonna was a cardinal-nephew of Pope Martin V, whose election ended the Western Schism. Colonna was excommunicated for a period due to his rebellion against Martin V's successor, Pope Eugene IV, becoming one of the few excommunicated cardinals. Despite this, Colonna was the leading candidate to succeed Eugene IV in the papal conclave, 1447, where he was two votes away from election for the first three days.
Carlo Oriani
Carlo Oriani was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1913 Giro d'Italia.
Cesare Facchinetti
Cesare Facchinetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.
Filippo Antonio Gualterio
Filippo Antonio Gualterio was made a papal nuncio to France (1700–1706) and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1706.
Iovianus Pontanus
Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano or Latin: Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus, was a humanist and poet from the Duchy of Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name.
Diomede Carafa
Diomede Carafa (1492–1560) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo
Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman.
Filippo Spinelli
Filippo Spinelli (1566–1616) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Antonio Badile
Antonio Badile was an Italian painter from Verona.