List of Famous people born in Italy
Frank Nitti
Frank Ralph Nitto, known as Frank Nitti, was an Italian born-American gangster in Chicago. One of Al Capone's top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all money flowing through the operation. Nitti later succeeded Capone as boss of the Chicago Outfit.
Eliot Sumner
Eliot Paulina Sumner is an English musician, actor, and electronic music producer. Their debut album, The Constant (2010), was released under the band name I Blame Coco, while their solo work has been released under the name Eliot Sumner. They are the child of musician Sting and actress Trudie Styler.
Andreas Seppi
Andreas Seppi is an Italian professional tennis player from the South Tyrol region in northern Italy, who turned professional in 2002. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces and is coached by Massimo Sartori. Seppi has reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 18.
Vanessa Ferrari
Vanessa Ferrari is an Italian artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Giovanni Michelotti
Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. His notable contributions were for Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Triumph marques. He was also associated with truck designs for Leyland Motors, and with designs for British Leyland after the merger of Leyland and BMC.
Gianni Schicchi de' Cavalcanti
Schicchi was a medieval knight of Florence in the thirteenth century. His life, including his crime of fraud by being a talented imposter, is detailed by Dante in the Inferno, which inspired a Puccini opera and a later play. Dante's depiction of Schicchi's eternal punishment with insanity in hell, inspired a painting by Bouguereau.
Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian Italian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia was an Italian politician and condottiero whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli. He was an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Spanish-Aragonese House of Borgia.
Francesco Guidolin
Francesco Guidolin is an Italian football manager and former player, most recently the manager of Premier League team Swansea City. He has coached various Italian club sides in Serie A, winning the 1996–97 Coppa Italia with Vicenza, while also competing in European competitions with Vicenza, Udinese, Bologna and Palermo, as well as managing Ligue 1 club Monaco.
Francisco Macri
Francesco Raùl Macri was an Italian Argentine businessman and father of former Argentine President Mauricio Macri.