List of Famous people born in Italy

Maria was Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens and Neopatria from 1377 until her death.

Enrica Bianchi Colombatto is an Italian actress, usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc.

Pietro Ferrero was the joint CEO of Italian confectionery company Ferrero SpA, from 1997 until his death in April 2011.

Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Duke of Lodi, Count of Magenta, was an Italian politician and patriot, serving as vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic (1802–1805). He was a consistent supporter of the Italian unification ideals that would lead to the Italian Risorgimento shortly after his death.

Alfonsina Orsini was a Regent of Florence. She governed the Republic of Florence during the absences of her son in the period of 1515–1519. Her rule was feared as a sign of the end of republican government there. She was born from a noble family and raised in the royal court of Naples. She was the spouse of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici from 1488 and the mother of Lorenzo II de' Medici. She helped restore the Medicis to power after they had been exiled. She worked to secure a French royal marriage for her son, and was also influential at the court of Pope Leo X, her brother-in-law.

Patrick Ottoz is an Italian former athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles.

Maria Caterina Brignole was Princess consort of Monaco by marriage to Honoré III, Prince of Monaco.

Leone Strozzi was an Italian condottiero belonging to the famous Strozzi family of Florence.

Cornelia was the first or second wife of Julius Caesar, and the mother of his only legitimate child, Julia. A daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Cornelia was related by birth or marriage to many of the most influential figures of the late Republic.