List of Famous people born in Lombardy, Italy
Paola Franchi
Paola Franchi is an Italian interior designer, artist, author and former model. Her 2010 autobiography L'amore strappato details her relationship with Italian businessman Maurizio Gucci, who was murdered in 1995 while they were a couple.
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician, actor and film director. He is dubbed "il Molleggiato" because of his dancing.
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left back and central defender for A.C. Milan and the Italy national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever defenders, with some considering him to be the best ever, and as one of the greatest players of all time. As the Milan and Italy captain for many years he was nicknamed "Il Capitano". Maldini held the record for most appearances in Serie A, with 647, until 2020, when he was overtaken by Gianluigi Buffon. He is currently serving as technical director for Milan, as well as being co-owner of USL Championship club Miami FC.
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi, OMRI is an Italian–Australian actress. She holds dual Italian and Australian citizenship. She is best known for her roles in the films White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1992), Emma (1996) and Looking for Alibrandi (2000).
Sandra Ravel
Sandra Ravel was an Italian film actress of the 1930s.
Michele Morrone
Michele Morrone is an Italian actor, model, singer, and fashion designer appearing in both Italian and Polish films. He gained international recognition after portraying the role of Massimo Torricelli in the 2020 erotic romantic drama 365 Days. The film has been breaking Netflix records since its release on 7 June 2020.
Daniel Maldini
Daniel Maldini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan.
Allegra Versace
Allegra Versace Beck, commonly known as Allegra Versace, is an Italian American heiress and socialite. Since 2011 Allegra has been a director of Gianni Versace S.p.A. and has worked in New York City as a theatrical dresser.
Davide Astori
Davide Astori was an Italian professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Christian Maldini
Christian Maldini is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Pro Sesto.
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Juventus. Considered to be one of the greatest deep-lying playmakers of all time, Pirlo was renowned for his vision, ball control, technique, creativity, passing, and free-kick ability.
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo, was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. Visconti was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism in film, but later moved towards luxurious-looking films obsessed with beauty, death and European history – especially the decay of aristocracy. Among his best-known films are Ossessione (1943), Senso (1954), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963), The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971) and Ludwig (1972).
Pippa Bacca
Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, known as Pippa Bacca, was an Italian feminist artist who, together with a fellow artist, was hitchhiking internationally to promote world peace under the motto, "marriage between different peoples and nations", symbolically wearing a wedding dress during her trek.
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
Sonny Colbrelli
Sonny Colbrelli is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. He is named after James "Sonny" Crockett, the character from 1980s American TV-series Miami Vice.
Matteo Darmian
Matteo Darmian is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Italian club Inter Milan, on loan from Parma.
John XXIII
Pope John XXIII was Bishop of Rome and hence head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 to his death in 1963. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was one of thirteen children born to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a village in Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, as nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. In a consistory on 12 January 1953 Pope Pius XII made Roncalli a cardinal as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca in addition to naming him as the Patriarch of Venice. Roncalli was unexpectedly elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after 11 ballots. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the first session opening on 11 October 1962.
Berl Lazar
Rabbi Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar, better known as Berel Lazar, is an Italian Jewish Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has served as the Chief Rabbi of Russia, and chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS. In September 2005 Lazar became a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Manuel Locatelli
Manuel Locatelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013 and has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019, and previously from 1999 to 2001.