List of Famous people born in Italy
Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni was an Italian actor, voice actor and director.
Mario Corso
Mario Corso was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames "Mandrake" and "God's Left Foot", due to his skills, free kick technique and crossing ability.
Edoardo Vesentini
Edoardo Vesentini was an Italian mathematician and politician who introduced the Andreotti–Vesentini theorem. He was awarded the Caccioppoli Prize in 1962.
Gregory IX
Pope Gregory IX was Bishop of Rome, and as such, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 to his death. He is known for issuing the Decretales and instituting the Papal Inquisition, in response to the failures of the episcopal inquisitions established during the time of Pope Lucius III, through his papal bull Ad abolendam issued in 1184.
Cesare Lombroso
Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the established classical school, which held that crime was a characteristic trait of human nature. Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, degeneration theory, psychiatry, and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage or atavistic.
Giovanni Coppa
Giovanni Coppa was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as a diplomat of the Holy See, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.
Arturo Brachetti
Arturo Brachetti is an Italian quick-change artist considered the best quick change performer in the world. In the Guinness Book of Records he is described as the quickest and most prolific quick change artist in the world.
Carlo Delle Piane
Carlo Delle Piane was an Italian film actor. From 1948 until his death, he appeared in more than 100 films.
Dario Grava
Dario Grava is a French retired professional football defender.
Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers.