List of Famous people born in Italy

Rik Battaglia was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto. He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his films included Rick Austin, Riccardo Battaglia and Rick Battaglia. He would go on to appear in over 100 films from the 1955 to 1999.

Charles Carmine Forte, Baron Forte was an Italian-born Scottish hotelier who founded the leisure and hotels conglomerate that ultimately became the Forte Group.

Loris Francesco Capovilla was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and a cardinal. At his death, he was the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop from Italy and the fourth oldest in the world. At the time of his elevation to the rank of cardinal in 2014, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.

Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times, the Tour de France twice, and the World Championship in 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942.

Roberto Lamarca Gabriele was an Italo-Venezuelan television actor. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Arístides Valerio, the recurring character on the Radio Caracas Televisión drama series Por estas calles.

Andrea Rossi is an Italian entrepreneur who claims to have invented a cold fusion device.

Panos Cosmatos is a Greek-Canadian film director and screenwriter who was born in Italy. He is known for Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy.

Giovanni Francesco Grossi was one of the greatest Italian castrato singers of the baroque age. He is better known as Siface.

Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who has served as President of Lazio since 2013 and Secretary of the Democratic Party since 2019.

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. He openly challenged the Mafia who controlled the neighbourhood, and was killed by them on his 56th birthday. His life story has been retold in a book, Pino Puglisi, il prete che fece tremare la mafia con un sorriso (2013), and portrayed in a film, Come Into the Light (2005). He was the first one killed by the Mafia to be declared Blessed by the Catholic Church.