List of Famous people born in Lombardy, Italy
Stefano Gabbana
Stefano Gabbana is a fashion designer and, along with Domenico Dolce, the co-founder of the Dolce & Gabbana luxury fashion house.
Umberto Colombo
Umberto Colombo was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Gino Strada
Gino Strada was an Italian physician, human rights activist, peace activist, and war surgeon, founder of Emergency, a recognized international non-governmental organization.
Carla Fracci
Carla Fracci OMRI OMCA was an Italian ballet dancer and actress. Thanks to her extensive career and her acclaimed interpretation of several classical romantic ballets such as La Sylphide, Fracci became one of the most experienced and recognized interpreters of Romantic ballets. “As Erik Bruhn once said, [Fracci] gave the world a new idea of the ballerina in 19th-century Romantic ballets.” Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle, and Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961–1967.
Madusa
Debrah Ann Miceli, better known as Madusa, is an Italian American monster truck driver and former professional wrestler. As of 2015, she has been the commissioner of Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. In professional wrestling Miceli is also known by the ring name Alundra Blayze, which she used while in the WWF/WWE. Outside of the WWF, she wrestled under her professional name of Madusa, which was shortened from "Made in the USA". Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she once held the AWA World Women's Championship. In 1988, she was the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so.
Fabio Casartelli
Fabio Casartelli was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist who died at 24 in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.
Marco Simone
Marco Simone is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a striker or winger, and a current manager.
Gala
Gala is an Italian pop singer and songwriter. Her debut album Come into My Life included the multiplatinum singles "Freed from Desire", "Let a Boy Cry" and "Come into My Life" which reached the Top 3 in music charts across Europe, South America, Russia and the Middle East. Gala has sold over six million records worldwide.
Maria Duval
Maria Duval is the woman at the origin of the Maria Duval psychic scam. Claiming to have psychic powers, she gained some fame before her name became associated with a vast and sophisticated mail scam.
Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Sassuolo.