List of Famous people born in Italy

Gerard of Cremona was an Italian translator of scientific books from Arabic into Latin. He worked in Toledo, Kingdom of Castile and obtained the Arabic books in the libraries at Toledo. Some of the books had been originally written in Greek and, although well known in Byzantine Constantinople and Greece at the time, were unavailable in Greek or Latin in Western Europe. Gerard of Cremona is the most important translator among the Toledo School of Translators who invigorated Western medieval Europe in the twelfth century by transmitting the Arabs' and ancient Greeks' knowledge in astronomy, medicine and other sciences, by making the knowledge available in Latin. One of Gerard's most famous translations is of Ptolemy's Almagest from Arabic texts found in Toledo.

Rustichello da Pisa, also known as Rusticiano, was an Italian romance writer in Franco-Italian language. He is best known for co-writing Marco Polo's autobiography, The Travels of Marco Polo, while they were in prison together in Genoa. Earlier, he wrote the Roman de Roi Artus, also known as the Compilation, the earliest known Arthurian romance by an Italian author.

Maria Zanoli was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1961.

Mario Castoldi was an Italian aircraft engineer and designer.

Cesare Speciano or Cesare Speciani (1539–1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1592–1597), Bishop of Cremona (1591–1607), Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1585–1588), and Bishop of Novara (1584–1591).

Cesare Ligario was an Italian painter. He was born in Milan, the son of Giovanni Pietro Ligario. He studied at Venice under Giovanni Battista Pittoni, and afterwards with his father. His grandson, Angelo Ligari, was also a painter, who restored a painting by Pietro at the Collegiata of Sondrio.

Cesare Giulio Viola was an Italian screenwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work in Shoeshine (1946).