List of Famous people born in Italy

Count Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography.

Costanzo de Sarnano, O.F.M. Conv. or Gasparo Torri (1531–1595) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Innocenzo Conti was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Claudio Ridolfi (1560–1644) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome. The three architects who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe are Vignola, Serlio and Palladio.

Francesco Gasparini was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England.

Ciriaco Rocci was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and papal Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and Holy Roman Empire.

Eugenio Bertini was an Italian mathematician who introduced Bertini's theorem. He was born at Forlì and died at Pisa. His legacy is carried on by Andrew Tyler and Brian Timothy Bertini.

Chiara Francini is an Italian actress.