List of Famous people born in Italy
Giovanni Domenico de Cupis
Giovanni Domenico de Cupis (1493–1553) was an Italian Cardinal, created by Pope Leo X in the consistory of 1 July 1517.
Giacomo Corradi
Paraskevi of Rome
Saint Paraskevi of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. She was arrested and tortured under the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius for her refusal to worship idols. Though he eventually released her after she performed a miracle which cured him of his blindness, she was arrested on multiple later occasions for her Christianity and was eventually beheaded by the Roman governor Tarasius.
Benozzo Gozzoli
Benozzo Gozzoli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions with fine attention to detail and a pronounced International Gothic influence. The chapel's fresco cycle reveals a new Renaissance interest in nature with its realistic depiction of landscapes and vivid human portraits. Gozzoli is considered one of the most prolific fresco painters of his generation. While he was mainly active in Tuscany, he also worked in Umbria and Rome.
Galeazzo Marescotti
Galeazzo Marescotti was an Italian cardinal.
Enrico Caetani
Enrico Caetani was an Italian cardinal.
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna was a Tuscan Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Andrea di Bonaiuto
Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze or Andrea da Firenze (I) was an Italian painter active in Florence.
Giovanni Boccamazza
Giovanni Boccamazza was an Italian Cardinal. He was from the Roman nobility, and was a nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Savelli, who had been an important figure in the Roman Curia since his creation as cardinal in 1261.
Andrea Sansovino
Andrea dal Monte Sansovino or Andrea Contucci del Monte San Savino was an Italian sculptor active during the High Renaissance. His pupils include Jacopo Sansovino.