List of Famous people born in Italy
Erika Lechner
Erika Lechner is an Italian luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished third in the women's singles event behind Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, but was awarded the gold medal upon the disqualifications of Enderlein, Müller, and Angela Knösel when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.
Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso was an Italian painter and politician. His best-known works include Flight from Etna (1938–39), Crucifixion (1941) and La Vucciria (1974). Guttuso also designed for the theatre and did illustrations for books. Those for Elizabeth David’s Italian Food (1954), introduced him to many in the English-speaking world. A fierce anti-Fascist, "he developed out of Expressionism and the harsh light of his native land to paint landscapes and social commentary."
Daniele Luchetti
Daniele Luchetti is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Emilio Visconti Venosta
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta was an Italian statesman. He is one of the longest-serving Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the history of Italy.
Giorgio Cini
Margareth Madè
Margareth Madè born Margareth Tamara Maccarrone is an Italian model and actress. She uses her artist name because her own surname "Maccarrone" has too many associations with pasta.
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter.
Rina Franchetti
Rina Franchetti was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990.