List of Famous people born in Italy

Stefano Visconti

First Name Stefano
Last Name Visconti
Born on January 1, 1288
Died on July 4, 1327 (aged 39)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Stefano Visconti was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century.

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Sigismondo d'Este

First Name Sigismondo
Born on August 31, 1433
Died on April 1, 1507 (aged 73)

Sigismondo d'Este was a Ferrarese nobleman. He was lord of San Martino in Rio, Campogalliano, Rodeglia, Castellarano and San Cassiano, governor of Reggio, governor and duke's lieutenant of the duchy of Ferrara and captain-general of the duke of Ferrara's army.

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Giuseppina Projetto

First Name Giuseppina
Born on May 30, 1902
Died on July 6, 2018 (aged 116)
Born in Italy, Sardinia

Italian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Italy who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 151 Italian supercentenarians. There are currently 16 known Italians alive over age 110; the oldest as of 25 February 2021 is Maria Oliva, born 16 April 1909, aged, 111 years, 315 days. The oldest Italian ever was Emma Morano, who was also the last living person born before the year 1900. She died on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days.

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Ivan Capelli

First Name Ivan
Last Name Capelli
Born on May 24, 1963 (age 63)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Ivan Franco Capelli is an Italian former Formula One driver. He participated in 98 Grands Prix, debuting on 6 October 1985. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 31 championship points. From 1998 until 2017 he was a Formula One commentator on the Italian TV station Rai 1.

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Maria d'Este

First Name Maria
Last Name D'Este
Born on December 8, 1644
Died on August 20, 1684 (aged 39)

Maria d'Este was a Modenese princess and Duchess of Parma as the wife of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. She was a daughter of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena and Maria Caterina Farnese.

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Nannina de' Medici

First Name Nannina
Born on February 14, 1448
Died on May 14, 1493 (aged 45)
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Nannina de' Medici, born Lucrezia de' Medici, was the second daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. She was thus the elder sister of Lorenzo de' Medici. She married Bernardo Rucellai. Her father's name was Piero, so she is sometimes known as Lucrezia di Piero de' Medici.

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José de Ribas

First Name José
Last Name Ribas
Born on September 13, 1751
Died on December 2, 1800 (aged 49)
Born in Italy, Campania

Josep de Ribas y Boyons, known in Spanish as José Pascual Domingo de Ribas y Boyons and in Russian as Iosif (Osip) Mikhailovich Deribas, was an Italo-Spanish military officer from Naples, in Russian service. After Empress Catherine took advantage of Potocki's successful international trading post of the Polish Black Sea Trading Company, in Russian-ruled Kherson, she founded Odessa. In recognition of de Ribas' famous victory at nearby Khadjibey, the future city's most famous street, Deribasovskaya, was named after him. José de Ribas is one of the principal figures on the monument of Catherine the Great in Odessa and there is small personal monument to him at the beginning of Deribasovskaya street.

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Ezio Garibaldi

First Name Ezio
Born on January 2, 1894
Died on September 16, 1969 (aged 75)
Born in Italy, Lazio
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Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy

Maria Teresa Ferdinanda Felicita Gaetana Pia
First Name Princess
Last Name Savoy
Died on July 16, 1879
Born in Italy, Lazio

Maria Teresa of Savoy, was Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Parma.

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Gioacchino Rasponi

First Name Gioacchino
Died on September 10, 1877
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