List of Famous people born in Italy

Milo of Croton was a 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton, who enjoyed a brilliant wrestling career and won many victories in the most important athletic festivals of ancient Greece. His father was named Diotimus (Διοτίμος). In addition to his athletic victories, Milo is credited by the ancient commentator Diodorus Siculus with leading his fellow citizens to a military triumph over neighbouring Sybaris in 510 BC.

Marco D'Altrui is an Italian water polo player. His father Giuseppe was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1960.

Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.

Camillo Castiglioni was an Italian-Austrian Jewish financier and banker, and was the wealthiest man in Central Europe during World War I. Nicknamed “Austrian Stinnes”, he was active in aviation's pioneering days and invested in the arts. Castiglioni was credited as being instrumental to the founding of what would eventually become BMW AG.

Gianni De Magistris is a retired Italian water polo player. He was part of Italian teams that won the world title in 1978, a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, and two bronze medals, at the 1975 world and 1977 European championships.

Bruno Bianchi was an Italian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Julia Drusilla, known as Drusilla the Younger during her lifetime, was the only child and daughter of Roman Emperor Gaius (Caligula) and his fourth and last wife Milonia Caesonia. The one-year-old Julia Drusilla was assassinated along with her parents on 24 January 41.

Ivan Vidav was a Slovenian mathematician.

Anna Dello Russo is an Italian fashion journalist, editor and author known globally in the fashion industry for her eccentric Street fashion. She has been a creative consultant and editor-at-large for Vogue Japan since 2006. She runs her personal fashion blog with help from a small team of content creators. Due to her successes in the fashion and journalism industry, Dello Russo is an internet personality.

Alessandro Mendini was an Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design. He also worked, aside from his artistic career, for Casabella, Modo and Domus magazines.