List of Famous people born in Liguria, Italy
Giulia Dotta
Giulia Dotta is an Italian dancer and choreographer. She started dancing from an early age specialising in latin and ballroom dance and has had competition experience at both national and international levels. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the Irish series of Dancing with the Stars.
Federico Chiesa
Federico Chiesa is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Fiorentina, and the Italy national team. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also be deployed as a forward.
Stephan El Shaarawy
Stephan El Shaarawy is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone, as his father is Egyptian.
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini is an Italian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world number 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Fognini's most successful surface is red clay, upon which he has won eight of his nine ATP singles titles, most notably at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, as well as having reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 French Open. Together with Simone Bolelli, Fognini won the 2015 Australian Open doubles championship, becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era.
Enrico Chiesa
Enrico Chiesa is an Italian football coach and former striker.
Sabrina Salerno
Sabrina Salerno, also known as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, songwriter, record producer, glamour model, actress and television presenter.
Gian Piero Ventura
Gian Piero Ventura is an Italian football manager.
Andrea Raggi
Andrea Raggi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is a versatile player, being capable of playing both as a centre back and as a right back.
Beppe Grillo
Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician.
Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor, voice actor, film director and screenwriter. He won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Seven Beauties (1975). He is also known for playing French MI6 agent Rene Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). Giannini is known as the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino.