List of Famous people born in Veneto, Italy
Guido Piovene
Guido Piovene was an Italian writer and journalist.
Vincenzo Gamba
Vincenzo or Vincenzio Gamba (1606–1649), later Vincenzo Galilei (1619), was the illegitimate son of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and his mistress Marina Gamba (1570–1612). Vincenzo was legitimated by his father in 1619. Like his grandfather Vincenzo Galilei, the younger Vincenzo became a lutenist.
Toti Dal Monte
Antonietta Meneghel, better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano. She may be best remembered today for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, having recorded this role complete in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli as Pinkerton.
Jacopo Bassano
Jacopo Bassano, known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Venetian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname. Trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco the Elder, and studying under Bonifazio Veronese in Venice, he painted mostly religious paintings including landscape and genre scenes. He often treated biblical themes in the manner of rural genre scenes, portraying people who look like local peasants and depicting animals with real interest. Bassano's pictures were very popular in Venice because of their depiction of animals and nocturnal scenes. His four sons: Francesco Bassano the Younger, Giovanni Battista da Ponte, Leandro Bassano, and Girolamo da Ponte, also became artists and followed him closely in style and subject matter.
Luigi Gui
Luigi Gui was an Italian politician and philosopher.
Alex Cordaz
Alex Cordaz is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A side Internazionale as a goalkeeper.
Ezzelino II da Romano
Ezzelino II da Romano, also known as Ezzelino il Monaco was an Italian nobleman of the Ezzelini family, who was lord of Onara, Romano, Bassano and Godego.
Mariano Rumor
Mariano Rumor was an Italian politician and statesman. A member of the Christian Democracy (DC), he served as the 39th Prime Minister of Italy from December 1968 to August 1970 and again from July 1973 to November 1974. As Prime Minister, he led five different governments, supported by various coalitions.
Antonio Negri
Antonio "Toni" Negri is an Italian Spinozistic-Marxist sociologist and political philosopher, best known for his co-authorship of Empire and secondarily for his work on Spinoza.