List of Famous people born in Italy

Ludovico Ariosto was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. The poem is transformed into a satire of the chivalric tradition. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.

Franca Pilla or Franca Ciampi was the first lady of Italy, when Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was President of Italy from 1999 to 2006.

Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio is an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist.

Andrea Riccardi is an Italian historian, professor, politician and activist, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. He served as Minister for International Cooperation without portfolio in the Monti Cabinet.

Gaspard Dughet, also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.

Leo Chiosso was an Italian lyricist mostly known for his work with Fred Buscaglione. They formed a songwriting duo who produced about forty songs and created Buscaglione's public persona, a humorous tough guy with a penchant for whisky and women.

Carlo Maria Croce is an Italian-American professor of medicine at Ohio State University, specializing in oncology and the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer. Croce and his research have attracted public attention because of multiple allegations of scientific misconduct.

Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina is an Italian-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, since 2013. He has worked in Bolivia since 1979.

Alberto III Pio, Prince of Carpi, was an Italian Renaissance prince. He cultivated interest in humanism and was an intimate of the Medici popes.