List of Famous people named Umberto

Name Umberto is among the most common names in Italy. Here are some famous Umbertos:

Umberto Eco

First Name Umberto
Born on January 5, 1932
Died on February 19, 2016 (aged 84)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory, and Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

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Umberto Colombo

First Name Umberto
Born on May 21, 1933
Died on October 26, 2021 (aged 88)
Born in Italy, Lombardy
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Umberto Colombo was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Umberto I of Italy

First Name Umberto
Born on March 14, 1844
Died on July 29, 1900 (aged 56)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Umberto I, nicknamed the Good, was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900.

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Umberto Nobile

First Name Umberto
Born on January 21, 1885
Died on July 30, 1978 (aged 93)
Born in Italy, Campania

Umberto Nobile was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the years between the two World Wars. He is primarily remembered for designing and piloting the airship Norge, which may have been the first aircraft to reach the North Pole, and which was indisputably the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America. Nobile also designed and flew the Italia, a second polar airship; this second expedition ended in a deadly crash and provoked an international rescue effort.

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Umberto Tozzi

Umberto Antonio Tozzi
First Name Umberto
Born on March 4, 1952 (age 72)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Umberto Antonio Tozzi is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: "Stella Stai", "Gloria", "Tu" and "Ti Amo".

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Umberto II of Italy

First Name Umberto
Died on March 18, 1983 (aged 13)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Umberto II reigned as the last King of Italy. He reigned for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946, although he had been de facto head of state since 1944, and was nicknamed the May King.

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Umberto Lenzi

First Name Umberto
Born on August 6, 1931
Died on October 19, 2017 (aged 86)
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Umberto Lenzi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.

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Umberto Boccioni

First Name Umberto
Born on October 19, 1882
Died on August 17, 1916 (aged 33)
Born in Italy, Calabria

Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the dynamism of form and the deconstruction of solid mass guided artists long after his death. His works are held by many public art museums, and in 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City organized a major retrospective of 100 pieces.

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Umberto Agnelli

First Name Umberto
Born on November 1, 1934
Died on May 27, 2004 (aged 69)

Umberto Agnelli was an Italian industrialist and politician. He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli and of Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli.

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Umberto Veronesi

First Name Umberto
Born on November 28, 1925
Died on November 8, 2016 (aged 90)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Umberto Veronesi M.D. Knight Grand Cross OMRI was an Italian oncologist, physician, scientist and politician, internationally known for his contributions on prevention and treatment of breast cancer throughout a career spanning over fifty years.

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