List of Famous people born in Italy
Antonio I della Scala
Antonio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1375 until 1387, initially together with his brother Bartolomeo.
Letizia Moratti
Letizia Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was Mayor of Milan from 2006 to 2011 and later chair of the management board of UBI Banca. She was appointed Vice President and Assessor of Welfare of Lombardy in January 2021.
Paola Comencini
Renato Caccioppoli
Renato Caccioppoli was an Italian mathematician, known for his contributions to mathematical analysis, including the theory of functions of several complex variables, functional analysis, measure theory.
Francesco Facchinetti
Francesco Facchinetti, also known under the mononym Dj Francesco or as Oz, is an Italian DJ, producer, singer, musician and TV presenter. He rose to fame as a singer during the summer of 2003, when he released his debut single, "La canzone del capitano", which became a hit in Italy. Before retiring from his music career in 2007, he released three studio albums, and he competed in the Sanremo Music Festival three times. He is the founder of Italian EDM trio "We Are PresidentS".
Paolo Vitelli
Paolo Vitelli was an Italian knight and condottiero as well as lord of Montone. He was born in Città di Castello. He was the brother of Vitellozzo Vitelli, another condottiero. He worked as a mercenary for the republic of Florence, which he was suspected of treachery and executed.
Felicia Impastato
Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton
Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet was a British baronet.
Gabriellino D'Annunzio
Gabriele Maria "Gabriellino" D'Annunzio was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. He adapted the 1921 film The Ship from a novel by his father. In 1924 he co-directed the epic Quo Vadis with Georg Jacoby, but the project was a commercial failure and he retired from filmmaking. He died on 8 December 1945 at 59 years old, due to a disease that afflicted him.
Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and children's books author. Her novel La storia (History) is included in the Bokklubben World Library List of 100 Best Books of All Time.