List of Famous people born in Italy
Federico Consolo
Federico Consolo was an Italian violinist and composer.
Taddeo Gaddi
Taddeo Gaddi (1520–1561) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Nina Zilli
Maria Chiara Fraschetta, better known by her stage name Nina Zilli, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single "50mila", she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010. During the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, Zilli was chosen to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she placed 9th with the song "L'amore è femmina ", included in her second studio album. Zilli returned to the Sanremo Music Festival in 2015, and competed with the song "Sola" from her upcoming album, Frasi&Fumo. She was also a judge of Italia's Got Talent from 2015 to 2017.
Antonio Maria Panebianco
Antonio Maria Panebianco was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became cardinal in 1861 and held several senior positions in the Roman Curia.
Luca Bati
Luca Bati was an Italian Baroque composer and music teacher. One of his pupils was Marco da Gagliano.
Stephen V
Pope Stephen V was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from September 885 to his death. In his dealings with Photius I of Constantinople, as also in his relations with the young Slavic Orthodox church, he pursued the policy of Pope Nicholas I.
Paulinus of York
Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus's activities in the following two decades.
Alessandro Turchi
Alessandro Turchi was an Italian painter of the early Baroque, born and active mainly in Verona, and moving late in life to Rome. He also went by the name Alessandro Veronese or the nickname L'Orbetto. His style has been described as soft and Caravaggesque at the same time.
Sisto Gara della Rovere
Sisto Gara della Rovere, also known as Sisto Franciotti della Rovere, was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Marzio Ginetti
Marzio Ginetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal Vicar of Rome.