List of Famous people born in Italy
Benito Albino Dalser
Luciano Rossi
Luciano Rossi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1966 and 1987. He was born and died in Rome, Italy.
Luis I Gonzaga
Ludovico I Gonzaga was an Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar.
Maria Monti
Maria Monti is an Italian film actress, singer and theatre artist.
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
Maria Teresa Agnesi was an Italian composer. Though she was most famous for her compositions, she was also an accomplished harpsichordist and singer, and the majority of her surviving compositions were written for keyboard, the voice, or both.
Paolo Soleri
Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He coined the concept of 'arcology' – a synthesis of architecture and ecology as the philosophy of democratic society. He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 at the age of 93.
Ferrante d'Este
Ferrante d'Este was a Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este and Eleonora d'Aragona - he was named after his mother's father Ferdinand I of Naples. His five siblings were Alfonso I d'Este, cardinal Ippolito d'Este, Isabella d'Este, wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, Beatrice d'Este, and Sigismondo d'Este. His two illegitimate half-siblings were Giulio and Lucrezia d'Este.
Leone Sforza
Leone Sforza was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Sforza.
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, also known as Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg,, , was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia von Hauke.
Martin of Aragon, Heir of Sicily
Martin was heir apparent to the throne of Sicily. He was a member of the House of Barcelona.