List of Famous people born in Italy
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, was a great-grandson of King George II and nephew and son-in-law of King George III of the United Kingdom.
Renzo Burini
Renzo Burini was an Italian professional football player and coach, who played as a striker or as a winger. He was born in Palmanova.
Mario Scaramella
Mario Scaramella is a lawyer, security consultant and academic nuclear expert. He came to international prominence in 2006 in connection with the poisoning of the ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko. As responsible for intelligence analysis and production on KGB and military GRU espionage in Europe, he served as an investigator and adviser to the Mitrokhin Commission. Scaramella was a suspect by the Italian justice department for calumny.
Giuseppe Merlo
Giuseppe "Beppe" Merlo was an Italian tennis player, who is considered the inventor of the two-handed backhand, many years before this style of stroke was made internationally popular by Bjorn Borg and became the backhand technique preferred by the majority of recreational and professional players.
Anna Maria Anguissola
Anna Maria Anguissola was a 16th-century Italian painter born in Cremona, Italy.
Eugenio, Count of Villafranca
Eugenio of Savoy was a prince of the House of Savoy and founder of the Villafranca branch of the royal family of Italy that survived until 1888. He was a brother of Queen Marie Antoinette's tragic confidante, the Princesse de Lamballe.
Antonio Catricalà
Antonio Catricalà is an Italian public manager, politician, professor, lawyer and magistrate.