List of Famous people born in Italy
Carlotta Ferrari
Carlotta Ferrari was an Italian composer noted for opera.
Cesare Romiti
Cesare Romiti was an Italian economist and businessman. He was best known as an executive of both state-owned firms and private companies, including Fiat and Alitalia. He acquired the nickname Il Duro referring to his management style while he was serving as the head of Fiat.
Carlo Chendi
Angelo Carlo Chendi was an Italian cartoonist.
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Mark
Pope Mark was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336.
Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Saxony
Maria Theresa of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria and a Princess of Tuscany. She was later Queen of Saxony as the second wife and consort of King Anthony of Saxony.
Poppaea Sabina
Poppaea Sabina was a Roman Empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues to become empress.
Maurizio Zanfanti
Maurizio "Zanza" Zanfanti was an Italian playboy who operated in Rimini and claimed to have slept with 6,000 women and to have done more for the Italian Riviera than "100 tourist agencies". He died from a myocardial infarction.
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Oswald von Wolkenstein was a poet, composer and diplomat. In his diplomatic capacity, he traveled through much of Europe to as far as Georgia.
Roby Facchinetti
Camillo Ferdinando Facchinetti, known as Roby Facchinetti is an Italian musician, singer and keyboardist of the band Pooh.