List of Famous people born in Italy

Lorenzo Maria Petronio Gibelli was an Italian composer, singer, and singing teacher. Also known as "Gibellone", he was born in Bologna and studied music there under Giovanni Battista Martini. He was elected to the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna in 1741 and made a "Principe" (Prince) of the academy in 1753. He served as maestro di cappella of several churches in Bologna, most notably the Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore. He had only a modest career as an opera singer, despite having a voice of an extraordinarily wide vocal range from bass to the lower tenor notes. However, he became highly regarded as a voice teacher. Amongst his pupils were the castrato singers Girolamo Crescentini and Francesco Roncaglia and the tenor Matteo Babbini. His compositions include five operas, five oratorios, and over 400 pieces of sacred music.

Evi Maltagliati was an Italian stage, television and film actress.

Lorenzo Ratti was an Italian baroque composer. He was the predecessor of Carissimi at the Collegium Germanicum. He composed six Gospel Dialogues for the oratory. He was a teacher of Benevoli.

Ferdinando Palasciano was an Italian physician and politician, considered one of the forerunners of the foundation of the Red Cross.

Francesco Fasola was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Messina from 1963 until his retirement in 1977; he was also a professed member of the Oblati dei Santu Gaudenzio e Carlo. He served as a rector and parish priest after his ordination in Galliante before he was made a bishop in 1954 for the Agrigento diocese where he served as the coadjutor; he later was moved south to Caltagirone and then was made an archbishop. Fasola placed a particular emphasis during his episcopate on the renovation of ecclesial buildings and the ordination of new priests which was a sacrament he liked to bestow upon seminarians.

Francesco Azzurri was an Italian architect. He was the nephew of the architect Giovanni Azzurri, a professor of architecture at the Academy of St. Luke in Rome.