List of Famous people born in Italy

Livia Drusilla, also known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14, was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar throughout his reign, as well as his adviser. She was the mother of the emperor Tiberius, great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, grandmother of the emperor Claudius and the great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. She was deified by Claudius who acknowledged her title of Augusta.

Alessandro Florenzi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, on loan from Roma, and the Italy national team.

Tiberius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor, reigning from AD 14 to 37. He succeeded his stepfather, Augustus.

Mattia Caldara is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Milan, and the Italy national team.

Antonio Carluccio, OBE OMRI was an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London. He has been called "the godfather of Italian gastronomy", with a career of more than 50 years. He is perhaps best known for his television appearances, including his partnership with fellow Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, and their BBC Two television series Two Greedy Italians.

Fabrizio Ravanelli is an Italian football manager and former international player.

Kurt Alois Josef Johann Schuschnigg was an Austrian Fatherland Front politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Dollfuss until the 1938 Anschluss with Nazi Germany. Although Schuschnigg accepted that Austria was a "German state" and that Austrians were Germans, he was strongly opposed to Adolf Hitler's goal to absorb Austria into the Third Reich and wished for it to remain independent.

Luca Attanasio was an Italian diplomat, who served as the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until his death in February 2021.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian opera composer. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him.

Sveva Alviti is an Italian actress and former model who works in both Italian and French-language films.