List of Famous people born in Italy
Gianni Moscon
Gianni Moscon is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Diego Sinagra
Diego Armando Maradona Sinagra is an Italian footballer and professional beach soccer player. He is the son of Cristiana Sinagra and Argentine national footballer Diego Maradona.
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is a retired Italian tennis player. She is the winner of five Grand Slam tournaments in doubles. Until 6 April 2015, she held the position of world No. 1 in doubles, and reached a career-high of No. 7 in singles in May 2016. She is the fourth Italian woman to have reached the top 10 in singles, having attained the rank after Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani. At 33 years and 4 days old, she became the oldest player ever to make her first appearance in the top 10.
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is a retired Italian tennis player and Grand Slam champion in both singles and doubles. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. She became a Grand Slam singles champion by winning the US Open in 2015, where she defeated her childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the first all-Italian Grand Slam final.
Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Considered to be the greatest mathematician of ancient history, and one of the greatest of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying concepts of infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems, including: the area of a circle; the surface area and volume of a sphere; area of an ellipse; the area under a parabola; the volume of a segment of a paraboloid of revolution; the volume of a segment of a hyperboloid of revolution; and the area of a spiral.
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti is an Italian actress.
Bimba Bosé
Eleonora Salvatore González, known as Bimba Bosé, was a Spanish model, actress and singer. Her artistic name, Bimba, means female child, in Italian.
Marcus Thuram
Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Berl Lazar
Rabbi Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Italian Jewish Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has served as the Chief Rabbi of Russia, and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. In September 2005 Lazar became a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Salvatore Adamo
Salvatore, Knight Adamo is a Belgian singer and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Italy and grew up from the age of three in Belgium. He holds dual citizenship of Belgium and Italy.