List of Famous people born in Italy
Toni Servillo
Marco Antonio Servillo, known as Toni Servillo, is an Italian actor and theatrical director.
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis was an Italian Renaissance painter, illuminator and designer of coins active in Milan. Ambrogio gained a reputation as a portraitist, including as a painter of miniatures, at the court of Ludovico Sforza.
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
Maria Beatrice d’Este was heiress of Modena and Reggio as well as the sovereign of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1796 and from 1815 until her death in 1829.
Alberto Carpani
Alberto Carpani was an Italian singer, best known for his Italo disco releases in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Albert One, and his Eurodance release "Sing a Song Now Now" in 1999 as A.C. One. He was also a DJ and music producer.
Lorenzo Buffon
Lorenzo Buffon is an Italian former football goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club A.C. Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Internazionale, as well as other Italian clubs, winning five Serie A titles. At international he was capped for the Italian international side on 15 occasions, representing his country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Franco Faría
Franco Miguel Faría is an Argentine professional footballer who currently plays for Mushuc Runa.
Dino Tavarone
Dino Tavarone is an Italian-Canadian actor most prominent in the Cinema of Quebec. He is most noted for his role as mafia boss Giuseppe Scarfo in the television series Omertà, and his performance in Manon Briand's film 2 Seconds , for which he received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999.
Henry de Salis
Henry Jerome Augustine Fane de Salis, was an English cleric and JP (Surrey), of Portnall Park, Virginia Water.
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I, known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was nicknamed Testa d'feu for his rashness and military aggression.
Isabella of Savoy
Isabella of Savoy was a daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Catherine Michelle of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of Valois, her paternal grandparents were Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. She was the Hereditary Princess of Modena, dying before her husband succeeded to the Duchy of Modena in 1628.