List of Famous people born in Italy

Franco Egidio Malerba is an Italian astronaut. He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.

Gianteresio Vattimo is an Italian philosopher and politician.

Salvatore Fisichella, commonly known as Rino Fisichella, is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church with the rank of archbishop. He is the President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. He previously served as President of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Ave Maria Ninchi was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949) and Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971) and Lacombe Lucien (1974).

Giovanni Vitrotti (1874–1966) was an Italian cinematographer and film director who worked prolifically in Italian films from the silent era onwards. He made films in a number of other countries like Germany, Russia and Poland.

Umberto Mastroianni, was an Italian abstract sculptor. In 1989, he received the first Praemium Imperiale for sculpture. During World War II, he was in the Italian resistance movement.

Silvia Paternò di Spedalotto is an Italian noble who previously held the title of Duchess of Aosta.

Philippe Hersant is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.