List of Famous people born in Italy

Maria Cecilia Fusco was an Italian operatic soprano and voice teacher. In a long career, she appeared regularly at La Scala in Milan, and leading opera houses in Italy and abroad. Her broad repertoire included works from early Italian opera to premieres of contemporary opera.

Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany was a Princess of Tuscany, and later Princess of Isenburg and Büdingen.

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was Bishop of Rome and as such head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.

Alessandro Sforza was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family.

Salvatore Viganò, was an Italian choreographer, dancer and composer.

Don Alfonso Fadrique was the eldest and illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily. He served as vicar general of the Duchy of Athens from 1317 to 1330.

Catherine II, also Catherine of Valois or Catherine of Taranto, was the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople from 1307–1346, although she lived in exile and only had authority over Crusader States in Greece. She was Princess consort of Achaea and Taranto, and also regent of Achaea from 1332–1341, and Governor of Cephalonia from 1341–1346.

Anita Raja is an Italian translator and writer.