List of Famous people born in Italy

Bartolomeo Roverella (1406–1476) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Carlo Emery was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites are often closely related to their hosts.

Leandro Alberti (1479–1552) was an Italian Dominican historian.

Ludovico Simoneta was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.

Vincenzo Cerulli was an Italian astronomer and founder of the Collurania-Teramo Observatory in Teramo, central Italy, where he was born.

Blessed Carino Pietro of Balsamo, sometimes called St. Acerinus, was the murderer of Saint Peter of Verona who later repented his actions and became a Dominican lay brother. He is venerated as a beatus by the Catholic Church.

Leonardo Patrasso was an Italian Franciscan and Cardinal.

Carlo Blasis was an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance theoretician born in Naples. He is well known for his very rigorous dance classes, sometimes lasting four hours long. He danced in France, Italy, London and Russia. Blasis insisted that his students learn theories and definitions of dance steps. He trained all of Enrico Cecchetti's teachers and it is thought that Blasis's influence in his training is what led Cecchetti to create the Cecchetti method of ballet.