List of Famous people born in Veneto, Italy
Antonio Fogazzaro
Antonio Fogazzaro was an Italian novelist and proponent of Liberal Catholicism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
Elio Bartolini
Elio Bartolini was an Italian writer, screenwriter and poet. He was a co-author of screenplays of Michelangelo Antonioni's Il grido (1957), L'Avventura (1960) and L'Eclisse (1962). In 1975 he directed his only film, L'altro dio.
Antonio Bailetti
Antonio Bailetti was an Italian professional road bicycle racer who won a gold medal in the team time trial race at the 1960 Olympics. After that Bailetti turned professional. In 1962, he won a stage in the Tour de France and in the Giro d'Italia, after a 120 km solo escape; he repeated this achievement next year. He retired after a heavy fall in Spring 1969.
Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto is an Italian former road racing cyclist. He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. All total in his career he completed 28 grand tours.
Oscar Gatto
Oscar Gatto is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for seven different teams. His nickname is 'Oscar the Cat' because his surname (Gatto) is the Italian word for "cat", and his first name is Oscar.
Stefania Berton
Stefania Berton is an Italian former competitive pair skater. With partner Ondřej Hotárek, she is the 2013 European bronze medalist, the 2013 Skate Canada International champion, and a three-time Italian national champion. Berton/Hotárek are the first Italian pair skaters to win European and Grand Prix medals.
Silvano Maria Tomasi
Silvano Maria Tomasi C.S. is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1 November 2020. He was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva from 2003 to 2016. He previously worked in the Roman Curia, became an archbishop in 1996, and represented the Holy See as an apostolic nuncio in Africa from 1996 to 2003.
Luigi Bettazzi
Luigi Bettazzi is an Italian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Romano Guardini
Romano Guardini was a German Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in the 20th century.
Mauro Bettin
Mauro Bettin is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, three editions of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España.