List of Famous people born in Lazio, Italy
Cesare Battisti
Cesare Battisti is an Italian revolutionary, former member of the Armed Proletarians for Communism (PAC), a far-left militant and terrorist group which committed acts of illegality and crimes in Italy in the late 1970s during the period known as the "Years of Lead". He was sentenced to life imprisonment in Italy for four homicides. He fled Italy first to France and then to Mexico before settling in Brazil where he lived as a free man until an order of extradition issued in December 2018. He then fled to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, where he was arrested in 2019 by an Italian team of Interpol and extradited to Italy where is currently under arrest. He is also a fiction author, having written 15 novels.
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and former model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet (1986) and Death Becomes Her (1992). Rossellini received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in Crime of the Century (1996).
Federico Macheda
Federico Macheda is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.
Vanessa Hessler
Vanessa Hessler is an Italian model and actress. A model since she was 15, Hessler has appeared in many publications throughout Italy, Germany and France.
Monica Vitti
Monica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the early-to-mid 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed focus and began making comedies, working with director Mario Monicelli on many films. She has appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, Michael Caine, and Dirk Bogarde.
Luca Marinelli
Luca Marinelli is an Italian actor.
Giacomo Gianniotti
Giacomo Keaton Gianniotti is an Italian-Canadian actor. He studied theatre at Humber College and made his acting debut in the Italian television series Medicina Generale in 2010. He went on to play recurring roles in the television series Reign (2013) and Murdoch Mysteries (2013–2014). In 2015, Gianniotti began playing a surgical resident, Dr. Andrew DeLuca, in the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.
Dario Argento
Dario Argento is an Italian filmmaker and critic. His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
Alessandro Florenzi
Alessandro Florenzi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, on loan from Roma, and the Italy national team.
Sveva Alviti
Sveva Alviti is an Italian actress and former model who works in both Italian and French-language films.