List of Famous people born in Italy

Marcus Valerius Messalla was a consul of the Roman Republic in 161 BC.

Laudivio Zacchia was an Italian Catholic cardinal.

Marco Cimatti was an Italian cyclist who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1932 Olympics. In 1934, he turned professional and won three stages of the 1937 Giro d'Italia and the opening stage of the 1938 Giro. In 1937, he founded a small company named Cimatti, which initially produced bicycles, but in the 1950s–60s changed to mopeds and motorcycles. His son Enrico later expanded the business to export motorcycles to the United States, France, Norway and Tunisia.

Silvio Bagolini was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 137 films between 1936 and 1973.

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino was an Italian poet and opera librettist. He was the son of the composer Carlo Pallavicino (1630?-1688).

Sidney Costantino, Baron Sonnino was an Italian statesman, 19th Prime Minister of Italy and twice served briefly as one, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910. He also was the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War, representing Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Egano Righi-Lambertini was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.