List of Famous people born in Italy

Ebe Stignani was an Italian opera singer, who was pre-eminent in the dramatic mezzo-soprano roles of the Italian repertoire during a stage career of more than thirty years.

Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli was a doctor and naturalist born in Siena.

Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603–1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.

Ermanno Vallazza was an Italian cyclist.

Giuseppe Azzini was an Italian racing cyclist. He won two stages of the 1913 Giro d'Italia and finished third overall.

Ambrogio Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli, was an Italian monk and theologian who was a prime supporter of the papal cause in the 15th century. He is honored as a saint by the Camaldolese Order.

Angelo Moriondo is the inventor who patented the earliest known espresso machine, in 1884.