List of Famous people born in Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Franz Joseph de Bragança
Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza was a member of the exiled branch of House of Braganza and an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. During his life he was involved in a number of incidents ranging from sex scandals to swindles.
Duke Robert of Württemberg
Duke Robert Maria Klemens Philipp Joseph of Württemberg was a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duke of Württemberg.
Marc Jongen
Marc Stephan Jongen is a German politician (AfD). From 2003 to 2017 he was a research assistant for philosophy at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe.
Bernardo Clesio
Bernardo III Clesio or von Cles was an Italian Cardinal, bishop, diplomat, humanist and botanist.
Giuseppe Merlo
Giuseppe "Beppe" Merlo was an Italian tennis player, who is considered the inventor of the two-handed backhand, many years before this style of stroke was made internationally popular by Bjorn Borg and became the backhand technique preferred by the majority of recreational and professional players.
Mary de Rachewiltz
Mary de Rachewiltz is an Italian-American poet and translator.
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
Enzo Moser
Enzo Moser was an Italian professional road bicycle racer from 1962 to 1967. He was the first winner of the Giro del Trentino in 1962. He came from a famous family of cyclists, the most famous of whom is his younger brother Francesco Moser, which also includes older brother Aldo, younger brother Diego and nephews Leonardo Moser and Moreno Moser, all of whom are or were professional cyclists. His achievements also include two days in the pink jersey during the 1964 Giro d'Italia. He was born in Palù di Giovo, Trentino, which incidentally is also the birthplace of Gilberto Simoni. He was killed in an agricultural accident on 25 July 2008.
Julius Caesar Scaliger
Julius Caesar Scaliger, or Giulio Cesare della Scala, was an Italian scholar and physician, who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the New Learning. In spite of his contentious disposition, his contemporary reputation was high. Jacques Auguste de Thou claimed that none of the ancients could be placed above him and that he had no equal in his own time.
Luigi Negrelli
Nikolaus Alois Maria Vinzenz Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe, was a Tyrolean civil engineer and railroad pioneer mostly active in parts of the Austrian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.