List of Famous people born in Lombardy, Italy

Marino Perani was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward, usually as a winger.

Alessandro Matri is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Gabriella Morreale de Escobar was an Italian-born Spanish chemist who specialised in the thyroid. She and her husband Francisco Escobar del Rey showed that thyroid hormones cross the placenta during pregnancy and are essential for fetal brain development. She established a national newborn screening program for congenital hypothyroidism in Spain and helped to introduce iodised salt to prevent thyroid problems caused by iodine deficiency.

Gianroberto Casaleggio was an Italian entrepreneur and political activist, born in Milan.

Luigi Ventura is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, ending his career as Apostolic Nuncio to France from 2009 to 2019. He became a nuncio and archbishop in 1995 and served in several African countries, Chile, and Canada before being posted to Paris.

Silvia Colloca is an Italian-Australian actress, opera singer, cookbook author, and TV cookery show personality. She has published four cookbooks.

Jean Corti was an Italian-French accordionist and composer. He was the accompanist of Jacques Brel for six years, from 1960 to 1966.

Franziska Scanagatta was an Italian woman who disguised herself as a man in order to attend an Austrian officer school in 1794. She served during the French Revolution and was promoted to Leutnant (lieutenant) in 1800. In 1801 she left the army and was granted a pension by Francis I, Emperor of Austria, when he learned of her story.

Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J., was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where he served as an artist at the imperial court of three emperors – the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. He painted in a style that is a fusion of European and Chinese traditions.

Matteo Guerinoni is an Italian-Indonesian former racer and restaurant owner. In 2015, he became a judge on MasterChef Indonesia on RCTI. He was a commentator on MotoGP on Trans7, and now on Fox Sports Asia.