List of Famous people born in Italy

Luigi "Gigi" Simoni was an Italian football official, player and manager. A skilled tactician, as a coach Simoni enjoyed notable success in earning promotion from Serie B to Serie A with the teams he managed, a feat he achieved seven times with five different clubs.

Vittorio Merloni was an Italian entrepreneur and industrialist. He was the honorary chairman of Indesit and Fineldo, the family holding company that controls Indesit and other group interests.

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1859 to 1860.

Roger II was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in 1148. By the time of his death at the age of 58, Roger had succeeded in uniting all the Norman conquests in Italy into one kingdom with a strong centralized government.

Giuseppe Caruso, best known as Pippo Caruso, was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.

Andrea Paolo Mario Dotti was an Italian psychiatrist and the second husband of Audrey Hepburn from 1969 to 1982. He was born in Naples.

Gustavo Giagnoni was an Italian professional footballer and coach. He played as a defender.

Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies was a Princess of the Two Sicilies and titular Duchess consort of Parma as the wife of Robert I, Duke of Parma. Maria Pia was the daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Pia was forced into exile along with the rest of her family after the unification of Italy in 1861.

Luigi Vannucchi was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Dario Hübner is an Italian former footballer, who played as a striker. An opportunistic forward, with an eye for goal, and an accurate finisher and penalty taker, he was, however, questioned for his work-rate and behaviour at times. A prolific centre-forward, he scored over 300 goals throughout his career, only playing in the higher divisions towards the end of his career, becoming the oldest player to win the Serie A top scorer award, which he managed during the 2001–02 Serie A season, at the age of 35; this record was later broken by Luca Toni in 2015, who won the award at the age of 38. 38 of Hübner's career goals came from penalties, whilst he was sent off 10 times throughout his career, also receiving 36 yellow cards.