List of Famous people born in Italy
Nunzio Galantino
Nunzio Galantino is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was named President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA) on 26 June 2018. He was the Secretary-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 30 December 2013 to 26 June 2018 and Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio from 2012 to 2015.
Augusto Marcaletti
Augusto Marcaletti is a former Italian racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1962 Tour de France.
Renato Soru
Renato Soru is an Italian politician and entrepreneur, the founder of the internet service company Tiscali, based in Cagliari. Forbes listed him as one of the world's richest people, with a net worth of over $4 billion (US) as of September 2001.
Ismaele Mario Castellano
Dante Spinotti
Dante Spinotti, A.S.C., A.I.C. is an Italian cinematographer and a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is known for his collaborations with directors Michael Mann, Michael Apted, Deon Taylor, and Brett Ratner, and is frequently credited with helping to pioneer the use of high-definition digital video in cinematography. He is a BAFTA Award recipient and two-time Academy Award nominee.
Allegro Grandi
Allegro Grandi was an Italian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Grandi committed suicide in his bicycle shop in Caracas in 1973.
Vittorio Sodano
Vittorio Sodano (Victor) is an Italian make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work in Apocalypto (2006) and for Il divo (2010). Born in Naples on 1 September 1974, at age 16, in London, he began his work as a make-up artist as a sculptor and prosthodontist in a laboratory for film special effects. In 1996 he made his début in cinema with the film Prima che il tramonto by Stefano Incerti, for which he won an award for make-up and special effects at the Locarno Film Festival. With considerable knowledge in the field of special effects make-up and application of prosthesis he began to assert himself in the Italian and European cinema, becoming a personal makeup artist of Italian's actresses Margherita Buy, Laura Morante, Mariangela Melato and Valeria Golino. Vittorio Sodano has also taught at several academies of fine arts.
Italo Valenti
Ivo Baldi Gaburri
Ivo Baldi Gaburri was an Italian-born Peruvian Roman Catholic bishop.
Oscar Andriani
Oscar Andriani was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969.