List of Famous people born in Italy

Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and together with Jennifer Isacco she won the bronze in Turin in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was the first Italian sportsperson to win Olympic medals in two disciplines.

Pietro Gazzera was an officer in the Italian Royal Army during World War II, as well as a prewar Italian politician.

Ivano Camozzi is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. He came 4th in the Giant Slalom event, won by compatriot Alberto Tomba.

Giorgio Consolini was an Italian singer. In 1954 he won the Sanremo Music Festival in partnership with Gino Latilla, with the song "Tutte le mamme".

Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a Cardinal since 1991. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019, and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.

Mario Tobino was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist.

Giuseppe "Gipo" Farassino was a songwriter, folk singer and politician in Italy.

Pietro Annigoni was an Italian artist, portrait and fresco painter, best known for his portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, and medallist. His work was in the Renaissance tradition, contrasting with the modernist style that prevailed in his time.

Vincenzo Rossello was an Italian professional road bicycle racer from 1946 to 1957. He won two stages in the Tour de France.

Godepert was king of the Lombards, eldest son and successor of Aripert I. He was an Arian who governed from the ancient capital, Pavia, while his brother, Perctarit, a Roman Catholic, governed from Milan. In a war with his brother, he beckoned Duke Grimoald I of Benevento, who assassinated him in his Pavian palace, the Reggia. Godepert's son Raginpert managed to escape and would later rule, but first, Grimoald would seize the throne.