List of Famous people born in Italy
Silvana Pampanini
Silvana Pampanini was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She caused sensation when she took part in the 1946 Miss Italy contest and the following year she started her movie career. Her original plans to be an opera singer never materialized.
Davide Moretti
Davide Moretti is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was a plodding conservative and upholder of the established social order who served in several magisterial positions alongside Julius Caesar and conceived a lifelong enmity towards him. In 59 BC he was consul alongside Julius Caesar. Their partnership was contentious to the extent that Caesar arranged for Bibulus to be doused in feces in Rome's main forum on the eve of an important vote. Bibulus withdrew from public politics for the rest of his term.
Leopoldo de Gregorio
Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache, OWE, known in Spanish as Marqués de Esquilache and in Italian as Marchese di Squilliace, was a Sicilian statesman who acted as minister of Charles III of Spain.
Cristiana Capotondi
Cristiana Capotondi is an Italian actress.
Luca De Aliprandini
Luca De Aliprandini is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Cles, Trentino, he competed for Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. He won a silver medal in the giant slalom's event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021.
Riccardo Montolivo
Riccardo Montolivo is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He most notably played for Fiorentina, Milan, and the Italy national team.
Trento Longaretti
Trento Longaretti was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists, including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini. He stated that painting is an "elixir for long life", and continued to paint and exhibit as a centenarian.
Giorgio Locatelli
Giorgio Locatelli is an Italian chef working in the United Kingdom.