List of Famous people born in Italy
Riccardo Sottil
Riccardo Sottil is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Cagliari on loan from Fiorentina.
Giulia Terzi
Giulia Terzi, lives in Arzago d'Adda (BG), is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis aged four. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 4 × 50 mixed freestyle relay, winning a silver medal.
Filippo Giovagnoli
Filippo Giovagnoli is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of League of Ireland Premier Division club Dundalk.
Gemma Galgani
Saint Gemma - Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "Daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion (Passionists).
Paolo De Ceglie
Paolo De Ceglie is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back, wing-back, or as a winger. He spent most of his career with Italian club Juventus, where he won three Serie A titles, among other trophies, but also had loan spells with other Italian teams, as well as a stint with French side Marseille. In his prime, he was known for his pace, and was considered one of the fastest players in Serie A in 2010.
Damiano Caruso
Damiano Caruso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. Caruso was also the 2008 under-23 Italian national champion for the road race.
Madame
Francesca Calearo, known professionally as Madame, is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter. After signing a recording contract with Sugar Music, she gained popularity in August 2019, when her single "Sciccherie" was shared by Cristiano Ronaldo on his Instagram profile. The song was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, denoting 35,000 equivalent units in Italy.
Dorando Pietri
Dorando Pietri, often wrongly spelt Petri was an Italian long-distance runner. He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.
Rachele Mussolini
Rachele Mussolini, also known as Donna Rachele, was the second wife of Italian dictator and fascist leader Benito Mussolini, the daughter-in-law of Alessandro Mussolini and Rosa Mussolini and the sister-in-law of Arnaldo Mussolini.
Enzo Maresca
Vincenzo 'Enzo' Maresca is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy manager.