List of Famous people born in Italy
Giovanna Felicita Feltria della Rovere
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana. He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awarded the Golden Lion for his career.
Oscar Cavagnis
Oscar Cavagnis was an Italian cyclist. He competed professionally from 1998 to 2002 and rode in the 2002 Giro d'Italia.
Victor de Broglie
Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie, was a French aristocrat.
Justus
Justus was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism, probably arriving with the second group of missionaries despatched in 601. Justus became the first Bishop of Rochester in 604, and attended a church council in Paris in 614.
Damasus I
Pope Damasus I was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture. He spoke out against major heresies in the church and encouraged production of the Vulgate Bible with his support for Jerome. He helped reconcile the relations between the Church of Rome and the Church of Antioch, and encouraged the veneration of martyrs.
Eleonora Gonzaga
For other women of the same name, see Eleanor Gonzaga (disambiguation)
Adelaide of Susa
Adelaide of Turin was the countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the marchioness of Turin in Northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death. She was the last of the Arduinici. She is sometimes compared to her second cousin, and close contemporary, Matilda of Tuscany.
Daniele Verde
Daniele Verde is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Spezia, on loan from Greek side AEK Athens.
Caterina Sforza
Caterina Sforza was an Italian noblewoman, the Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, firstly with her husband Girolamo Riario, and after his death as a regent of her son Ottaviano.