List of Famous people born in Italy
Lorenzo Strozzi
Lorenzo Strozzi was an Italian abbot and cardinal. He was the son of Filippo Strozzi, a member of the powerful Strozzi family of Florence, and Clarice de' Medici.
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese was an Italian writer, journalist and literary critic.
Carlo Rambaldi
Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects artist, winner of three Oscars: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Giuseppe Fiorello
Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino, is an Italian actor of the cinema and television.
Lionello Venturi
Lionello Venturi was an Italian historian and critic of art. He edited the first catalogue raisonné of Paul Cézanne.
Roberto Vecchioni
Roberto Vecchioni is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist and writer.
Renato Bialetti
Quintus Mucius Scaevola
Quintus Mucius Scaevola was a politician of the Roman Republic, believed to be the son of his namesake who was praetor in 215 BC. He was made praetor in 179 BC, and became governor of Sicily. In 174 BC, he was made consul, and in 171 BC, tribune. In this latter position, he accompanied his brother-in-law Publius Licinius Crassus on campaign against Perseus of Macedonia.
Andrea Solari
Andrea Solari (1460–1524) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Milanese school. He was initially named Andre del Gobbo, but more confusingly as Andrea del Bartolo a name shared with two other Italian painters, the 14th Century Siennese Andrea di Bartolo, and the 15th Century Florentine Andrea di Bartolo.
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 film Non ti pago! was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.