List of Famous people born in Italy

Giovanni Ricordi

First Name Giovanni

Last Name Ricordi

Died on March 15, 1853

Born in Italy, Lombardy

Giovanni Ricordi was an Italian violinist and the founder of the classical music publishing company Casa Ricordi. The musicologist Philip Gossett described him as "a genius and positive force in the history of Italian opera".

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Giovanni Pistorio

First Name Giovanni

Last Name Pistorio

Born on August 7, 1960 (age 66)

Born in Italy, Sicily

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Alberto Ongarato

First Name Alberto

Last Name Ongarato

Born on July 24, 1975 (age 51)

Born in Italy, Veneto

Height 183 cm | 6'0

Alberto Ongarato is an Italian road racing cyclist, who rode most recently for Vacansoleil–DCM.

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Franco Nones

First Name Franco

Last Name Nones

Born on February 1, 1941 (age 85)

Born in Italy, Trentino-South Tyrol

Height 167 cm | 5'6

Francesco "Franco" Nones is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s.

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Marco Velo

First Name Marco

Last Name Velo

Born on March 9, 1974 (age 52)

Born in Italy, Lombardy

Height 184 cm | 6'0

Marco Velo is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.

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Luca Mazzanti

First Name Luca

Last Name Mazzanti

Born on February 4, 1974 (age 52)

Born in Italy, Emilia-Romagna

Luca Mazzanti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013. Mazzanti participated in thirteen Giro d'Italias between 1997 and 2012, while his highest place finish (20th) was achieved in 2006.

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Mauro Facci

First Name Mauro

Last Name Facci

Born on May 11, 1982 (age 44)

Born in Italy, Veneto

Height 182 cm | 6'0

Mauro Facci is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2002 and 2010.

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Ennio Antonelli

First Name Ennio

Born on February 23, 1927

Died on August 6, 2004 (aged 77)

Born in Italy, Lazio

Height 168 cm | 5'6

Boxer

Sportsperson

Ennio Antonelli was an Italian actor and former boxer. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1961 to 1991.

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Ennio Appignanesi

First Name Ennio

Born on June 18, 1925

Died on March 26, 2015 (aged 89)

Born in Italy, Marche

Ennio Appignanesi was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop.

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Gianni Verdesca

First Name Gianni

Born on December 7, 1979 (age 46)

Born in Italy, Apulia

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