List of Famous people born in Lombardy, Italy
Guglielmo Piani
Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. also known as William Piani, was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines from 1922 to 1948 and then played a similar role in Mexico until his death in 1956.
Oldradus de Ponte
Oldradus de Ponte was an Italian jurist born in Lodi, active in the Roman curia in the early fourteenth century. Previously he had taught at the University of Padua. According to Joseph Canning he was an authority in both canon law and civil law, and his consilia are the earliest surviving ones.
Cesare Brambilla
Cesare Brambilla was an Italian racing cyclist. He won the 1906 edition of the Giro di Lombardia.
Alberto Bonacossa
Alberto Bonacossa was an Italian tennis player. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Ugo Agostoni
Ugo Agostoni was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Agostoni was professional from 1911 to 1924 during which time he won the Giro dell'Emilia, a stage in the 1912 Giro d'Italia while he was riding for the Peugeot cycling team and another stage in the 1920 Giro d'Italia. Agostoni's greatest win was in Milan–San Remo in 1914. Agostoni was killed during World War II. From 1946 onwards, a race has been organized in his honor called the Coppa Ugo Agostoni which has been won by several great cycling champions such as Felice Gimondi, Franco Bitossi, Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Francesco Moser, Jan Ullrich and Gianni Bugno.
Marietta Bonfanti
Anna Maria Felicita Bonfanti (1845-1921), known as Marie or Marietta Bonfanti, was a 19th-century ballet dancer whose New York City debut came at Niblo's Garden on Monday, September 10, 1866. She then was the prima ballerina in The Black Crook at the same theatre, which premièred two days later. She appeared in Sylvia by Léo Delibes at the Metropolitan Alcazar concert hall on July 15, 1882. In August 1901, Bonfanti performed with Rita Sangalli at the Metropolitan Opera House, during the inaugural season of ballet at the New York City venue. Her talent for expressionist dancing and her private life were covered widely from the mid-1860s until the early 20th century.
Tito Carpi
Giovanni Cazzani
Giovanni Cazzani was an Italian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the head of the Diocese of Cremona; he was granted the title of archbishop in 1944 despite leading a diocese. He had led the Diocese of Cesena prior to his elevation to his new see.
Simone Peterzano
Simone Peterzano was an Italian painter of the later Mannerism, native of Venice. He is mostly known as the master of Caravaggio.
Alessandro Rolla
Alessandro Rolla was an Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher. His son, Antonio Rolla, was also a violin virtuoso and composer.