List of Famous people born in Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Dominik Windisch
Dominik Windisch is an Italian biathlete.
Milo Manara
Maurilio Manara, known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.
Ettore Tolomei
Ettore Tolomei was an Italian nationalist and fascist. He was designated a Member of the Italian Senate in 1923, and ennobled as Conte della Vetta in 1937.
Perkeo of Heidelberg
Perkeo of Heidelberg was a notable jester and court dwarf of Elector Palatine Charles III Philip in Heidelberg. As guardian of the Great Heidelberg Tun, he has since become an unofficial mascot of the city and region. His name, story and image have been connected with a variety of festivals, traditional songs, cultural and scientific institutions, hotels, restaurants and private companies ever since.
Tamara Lunger
Tamara Lunger is an Italian mountaineer, who started her career as a ski mountaineer.
Hans Heinrich Euler
Hans Heinrich Euler was a German physicist. He received his PhD in 1935 at the University of Leipzig under Werner Heisenberg with a thesis Über die Streuung von Licht an Licht nach der Diracschen Theorie.
Alfredo Prucker
Alfredo Prucker was an Italian nordic skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s.
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI, is an Italian race walker. He was the Olympic 50k walk champion but retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences. He was acquitted in February 2021.
Franz Thaler
Franz Thaler was an author from South Tyrol, a peacock quill embroiderer and a survivor of the concentration camp in Dachau and the satellite camp in Hersbruck.
Arno Kompatscher
Arno Kompatscher is an Italian politician, governor of South Tyrol and from 15 June 2016 president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.