List of Famous people born in Italy
Giairo Ermeti
Giairo Ermeti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2005 and 2013.
Roberto Rosetti
Roberto Rosetti is an Italian former football referee. He is fluent in Italian (native), English and French. He started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996. He received his FIFA Badge in 2002. Aside from his refereeing duties, Rosetti works as director of a hospital.
Vico Magistretti
Vico Magistretti was an Italian industrial designer, known as a furniture designer and architect. A collaborator of humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers, one of Magistretti's first projects was the "poetic" round church in the experimental Milan neighborhood of QT8. He later designed mass-produced appliances and furniture for companies such as Cassina S.p.A., and won several awards, including the Gold Medal of the Chartered Society of Industrial Artists & Designers in 1986.
Fabio Felline
Fabio Felline is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech.
Alfredo Dallolio
Alfredo Dallolio was an Italian general and politician who served as the Minister of Munitions during the First World War.
Giancarlo Ferretti
Giancarlo Ferretti is the former manager of the now-disbanded Italian professional road bicycle racing team, Fassa Bortolo, sponsored by the Italian cement company of the same name.
Giuseppe Paupini
Giuseppe Paupini was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See before taking a position in the Roman Curia as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary. He became a cardinal in 1969.
Natale Abbadia
Natale Abbadia was an Italian composer, harpsichordist, and conductor. Born in Genoa, Italy, he studied music at the Genoa Conservatory.
Sandro Cuomo
Sandro Cuomo is an Italian épée fencer. He won a team gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a team bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is also three-time team world champion. He is director of épée at the Italian Fencing Federation.
Maria Eisner
Maria Eisner was an Italian-American photographer, photo editor and photo agent. She was active in Europe in her early years, and later moved to the United States.