List of Famous people born in Marche, Italy
Alessandro Kokocinski
Alessandro Kokocinski was an Italian-Argentine painter, sculptor and set designer, of Polish-Russian origin.
Thomas of Tolentino
Thomas of Tolentino was a medieval Franciscan missionary who was martyred with his three companions in Thane, India, for "blaspheming" Muhammad. His relics were removed to Quanzhou, China, and Tolentino, Italy, by Odoric of Pordenone. He is now venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with his feast day on April 9.
Nicholas of Tolentino
Nicholas of Tolentino, known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic. He is particularly invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. In many Augustinian churches, there are weekly devotions to St Nicholas on behalf of the suffering souls. November 2, All Souls' Day, holds special significance for the devotees of St. Nicholas of Tolentino.
Marco Olivieri
Marco Olivieri is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Empoli on loan from Juventus.
Renata Tebaldi
Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period and was especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. Among the greatest and most beloved opera singers, she has been said to have possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, a voice that was focused primarily on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires. Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini praised Tebaldi's voice as "la voce d'angelo", while La Scala music director Riccardo Muti summed up Tebaldi as "one of the greatest performers with one of the most extraordinary voices in the field of opera."
Blu
Blu is the pseudonym of an Italian artist who conceals his real identity. He was born in Senigallia. He lives in Bologna and has been active in street art since 1999.
Mario Moretti
Mario Moretti is an Italian terrorist and convicted murderer. A leading member of the Red Brigades in the late 1970s, he was one of the kidnappers of Aldo Moro, the president of Italy's largest political party Democrazia Cristiana, and several times premier. In 1978; Moretti later confessed to killing the politician.
Achille Polonara
Achille Polonara is an Italian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He plays primarily as power forward.
Massimo Fagioli
Massimo Fagioli was an Italian psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is best known for his “Human Birth Theory” which aims to define the roots and causes of mental illness in order to propose a structure for diagnosis and psychotherapeutic cure. Fagioli drew his theory from a theoretical framework that encompasses both the physiology of birth and the beginning of human thought. He is also known for the “Analisi Collettiva”, a form of psychotherapeutic group practice that he ran continuously for more than 40 years between January 1975 and December 2016. His medical theory and practice represent the core of “Il sogno della farfalla” psychiatric periodical.
Franco Graziosi
Franco Graziosi is an Italian actor. Entering films in 1960, he made some 28 motion picture and television appearances between then and 2013. He has regularly appeared in television mini-series throughout his career. In 1971, he appeared in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dynamite.