List of Famous people born in Italy

Francesco Di Carlo

First Name Francesco
Last Name Carlo
Born on February 18, 1941
Died on April 16, 2020 (aged 79)
Born in Italy, Sicily

Francesco Di Carlo was a member of the Sicilian Mafia who turned state witness in 1996. He was accused of being the killer of Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's banker", because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano and his close association with the Vatican Bank. He died after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic on April 16, 2020.

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Elisabetta Visconti

First Name Elisabetta
Born on January 1, 1374
Died on February 2, 1432 (aged 58)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Elisabetta Visconti, also known as Elisabeth or Elizabeth, was a younger child of Bernabò Visconti and his wife, Beatrice Regina della Scala. Elisabetta was a member of the House of Visconti.

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Antonia Visconti

First Name Antonia
Last Name Visconti
Born on January 1, 1350
Died on March 26, 1405 (aged 55)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Antonia Visconti was a daughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. Antonia was Countess of Württemberg by her marriage.

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Leopold, Prince of Salerno

First Name Leopold,
Last Name Salerno
Born on July 2, 1790
Died on March 10, 1851 (aged 60)
Born in Italy, Campania

Leopoldo Giovanni Giuseppe Michele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Silvano Piovanelli

First Name Silvano
Born on February 21, 1924
Died on July 9, 2016 (aged 92)
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Silvano Piovanelli was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1983 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.

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Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

First Name Leopold
Last Name Tuscany
Died on January 29, 1870
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Leopold II, was Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824–1859). He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he begat his eventual successor, Ferdinand. Leopold was recognised contemporarily as a liberal monarch, authorising the Tuscan Constitution of 1848, and allowing a degree of free press.

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Lara Della Mea

First Name Lara
Last Name Mea
Born on January 10, 1999 (age 27)

Lara Della Mea is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Peppino De Filippo

Giuseppe De Filippo
First Name Peppino
Born on August 24, 1903
Died on January 27, 1980 (aged 76)
Born in Italy, Campania

Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.

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Michele Ferrero

First Name Michele
Last Name Ferrero
Born on April 26, 1925
Died on February 14, 2015 (aged 89)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Michele Ferrero was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second largest confectionery company, which he developed from the small bakery and café of his father in Alba, Piedmont. His first big success was adding vegetable oil to the traditional gianduja paste to make the popular spread, Nutella.

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Prince Francis, Count of Trapani

First Name Prince
Last Name Trapani
Born on August 13, 1827
Died on September 24, 1892 (aged 65)
Born in Italy, Campania

Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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