List of Famous people born in Italy

Lucius Vitellius was the youngest of four sons of procurator Publius Vitellius and the only one who did not die through politics. He was consul three times, which was unusual during the Roman empire for someone who was not a member of the Imperial family. The first time was in the year 34 as the colleague of Paullus Fabius Persicus; the second was in 43 as the colleague of the emperor Claudius; the third was in 47 again as the colleague of the emperor Claudius.

Marino Girolami was an Italian film director and actor.

Edoardo Amaldi was an Italian physicist. Amaldi coined the term “neutrino” in conversations with Enrico Fermi distinguishing it from the heavier “neutron”.

Roberto Agostino Meloni, is an Italian singer and television presenter currently residing in Latvia.

Guido Goldschmiedt was an Austrian chemist. During his career, he collaborated with Bunsen in Heidelberg and Baeyer in Straßburg. In 1891, he became full professor at the University of Vienna and later at the University of Prague. His most remarkable results were establishing the structure of several natural compounds including papaverine and ellagic acid.

Maria Franca Fissolo is a Monaco-based Italian billionaire, the widow of Michele Ferrero, and the owner of Ferrero SpA, Europe's second-largest confectionery company.

Maria De Unterrichter Jervolino was an Italian teacher and politician. She was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 as one of the first group of women parliamentarians in Italy and subsequently served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1948 to 1963.

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Uberto Pasolini Dall'Onda is an Italian film producer, director, and former investment banker known for producing the 1997 film The Full Monty and directing and producing the 2008 film Machan.