List of Famous people born in Tuscany, Italy
Guido Carlesi
Guido Carlesi was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Carlesi won two stages in the Tour de France and seven stages in the Giro d'Italia. In 1961, he finished 2nd in the general classification of the 1961 Tour de France.
Alessandro Puccini
Alessandro Puccini is an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.
Francesco Ginanni
Francesco Ginanni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Acqua & Sapone, after turning professional with Diquigiovanni–Androni in 2008. As an amateur, Ginanni won five races in 2006 and four races in 2007, including the Giro del Casentino, a 1.2 rated single-day race on the UCI Europe Tour. Ginanni's first professional victory came in the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese in August 2008, which he followed up by winning the Tre Valli Varesine and Giro del Veneto, both races classified as 1.HC – the highest rating for single-day races on the UCI Europe Tour. The Daily Peloton called 2008 "a real breakthrough year" for Ginanni. Ginanni won a further three single-day races in 2009 and, as of March 2010, one in 2010. Ginanni won the Trofeo Laigueglia in both 2009 and 2010, emulating Eddy Merckx and Filippo Pozzato. Ginanni is aiming to win Milan–San Remo, one of the five monuments of road bicycle racing. In the 2010 edition, he finished 7th.
Alessandro Benvenuti
Alessandro Benvenuti is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television. He made his film debut in West of Paperino, for which he won the 1982 Silver Ribbon for Best New Director, therefore he started a critically appreciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies. In 1995 he won a second Silver Ribbon for the script of the film Belle al Bar. In 1996 he received three Globi d'oro nominations for his comedy drama film Ivo the Genius in the categories best film, best actor and best director.
Gualtiero Bassetti
Gualtiero Bassetti is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve since 2009. He has been a bishop since 1994 and was made a cardinal in 2014. He began a five-year term as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference in May 2017.
Fausto Tardelli
Fausto Tardelli is the current Bishop of the Diocese of Pistoia in Roman Catholic church.
Riccardo Nencini
Riccardo Nencini is an Italian politician.
Leo Ortolani
Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.