List of Famous people born in Italy

Emilio Savonanzi, nicknamed il Reniano (1580-1666) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in and around his native Bologna. He trained under Guido Reni, hence his nickname.

Gabriele Lavia is an Italian actor, film director and theatre director.

Pope Lucius III, born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned from 1 September 1181 to his death. Born of an aristocratic family of Lucca, prior to being elected pope, he had a long career as a papal diplomat. His papacy was marked by conflicts with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, his exile from Rome and the initial preparations for the Third Crusade.

Michelangelo Anselmi was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active mostly in Parma.

Pope Benedict IV was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 900 to his death. The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him "the Great", commended his noble birth and public generosity.

Julian Cesarini the Elder was one of the group of brilliant cardinals created by Pope Martin V on the conclusion of the Western Schism. His intellect and diplomacy made him a powerful agent first of the Council of Basel and then, after he broke with the Conciliar movement at Basel, of Papal superiority against the Conciliar movement. The French bishop Bossuet described Cesarini as the strongest bulwark that the Catholics could oppose to the Greeks in the Council of Florence.

Antimo Liberati was an Italian music theorist, composer, and contralto singer.

Vitaliano Visconti was an Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop.

Alessandro Oliva (1407–1463) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.