List of Famous people born in Italy
Riccardo Orsolini
Riccardo Orsolini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Bologna and the Italy national football team.
Gabriele Tinti
Gabriele Tinti was an Italian actor.
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, was an Italian Renaissance prince who ruled as Duke of Milan from 1494, following the death of his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza, until 1499. A member of the Sforza family, he was the fourth son of Francesco I Sforza. He was famed as a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists, and presided over the final and most productive stage of the Milanese Renaissance. He is probably best known as the man who commissioned The Last Supper, as well as for his role in precipitating the Italian Wars.
Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, was an Italian professional boxer and wrestler who reigned as the boxing World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. He won more fights by knockout than any other heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Ray Lovelock
Raymond Lovelock was an Italian actor and musician, best known for his roles in Italian genre cinema.
Alessio Romagnoli
Alessio Romagnoli is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Milan, for which he is captain, and the Italian national team.
Scholastica
Scholastica is a saint of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy. According to a ninth century tradition, she was the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia. Her feast day is 10 February, Saint Scholastica's Day. Scholastica is traditionally regarded as the foundress of the Benedictine nuns.
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Giovanni da Verrazzano was a Florentine explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.
Fabrizia Ramondino
Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008) was an Italian author who has many works "which includes and crosses the boundaries between poetry, novels, plays, travelogues, memoirs, confession, self-reflection, anthropological, cultural and linguistic comment" according to Adalgisa Giorgio, who has conducted research of Ramondino's life and works.
Paolo Savona
Paolo Savona is an Italian economist, professor and politician. He was Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019, his second stint in government after 1993–1994.