List of Famous people born in Veneto, Italy

Rosanna Carteri

First Name Rosanna
Born on December 14, 1930
Died on October 25, 2020 (aged 89)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Rosanna Carteri was an Italian soprano, primarily active from the 1950s through the mid 1960s. After her debut in Rome at age 19 as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, she appeared in leading roles internationally, based at La Scala in Milan. She participated in world premieres such as the title role of Pizzetti's Ifigenia.

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Catullus

Born on November 30, -0085
Died on November 30, -0055 (aged 30)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, which is about personal life rather than classical heroes. His surviving works are still read widely and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art.

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Madame

Born on January 16, 2002 (age 24)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Francesca Calearo, known professionally as Madame, is an Italian rapper and singer-songwriter. After signing a recording contract with Sugar Music, she gained popularity in August 2019, when her single "Sciccherie" was shared by Cristiano Ronaldo on his Instagram profile. The song was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, denoting 35,000 equivalent units in Italy.

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Rik Battaglia

First Name Rik
Born on February 18, 1927
Died on March 27, 2015 (aged 88)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Rik Battaglia was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto. He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his films included Rick Austin, Riccardo Battaglia and Rick Battaglia. He would go on to appear in over 100 films from the 1955 to 1999.

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Loris Francesco Capovilla

First Name Loris
Last Name Capovilla
Born on October 14, 1915
Died on May 26, 2016 (aged 100)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Loris Francesco Capovilla was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and a cardinal. At his death, he was the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop from Italy and the fourth oldest in the world. At the time of his elevation to the rank of cardinal in 2014, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.

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Caleb Ekuban

First Name Caleb
Last Name Ekuban
Born on March 23, 1994 (age 32)
Born in Italy, Veneto
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Caleb Ansah Ekuban is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Born in Italy, Ekuban represents the Ghana national football team.

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Gianni De Biasi

Giovanni De Biasi
First Name Gianni
Born on June 16, 1956 (age 69)
Born in Italy, Veneto
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Giovanni "Gianni" De Biasi is an Italian football coach and former player. He holds dual Italian and Albanian citizenship. De Biasi was the first coach of the Albania national team to lead the team to qualify for a major tournament, namely UEFA Euro 2016.

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Alexander of Battenberg

First Name Alexander
Last Name Battenberg
Born on April 5, 1857
Died on October 23, 1893 (aged 36)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Alexander Joseph, known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (knyaz) of the Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886. The Bulgarian Grand National Assembly elected him as Prince of autonomous Bulgaria, which officially remained within the Ottoman Empire, in 1879. He dissolved the assembly in 1880 and suspended the Constitution in 1881, considering it too liberal. He restored the Constitution in 1883, leading to open conflict with Russia that made him popular in Bulgaria. Unification with Eastern Rumelia was achieved and recognised by the powers in 1885. A coup carried out by pro-Russian Bulgarian Army officers forced him to abdicate in September 1886. He later became a general in the Austrian army.

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Fabio Testi

First Name Fabio
Last Name Testi
Born on August 2, 1941 (age 84)
Born in Italy, Veneto

Fabio Testi is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's film The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in poliziotteschi genre films in the 1970s as well as a few gialli, and gained infamy for his publicised relationships with actresses Ursula Andress and Charlotte Rampling.

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Titian

Died on September 26, 1576
Born in Italy, Veneto

Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno,. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, 'from Cadore', taken from his native region.

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