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This is a list of notable Italians In alphabetical order.
Scientists
- Severino Antinori, (b. 1945), gynecologist and embryologist
- Amedeo Avogadro, (1776-1856), physicist
- Giovanni Battista Beccaria, (1716-1781)
- Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, (1711-1787), physicist
- Giordano Bruno, (1548-1600), philosopher
- Gerolamo Cardano, (1501-1576), Renaissance polymath
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini, (1625-1712), astronomer
- Renato Dulbecco, (b. 1914), biologist
- Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825-1888), military officer, mathematician, priest
- Robert Fano, (b. 1917), computer scientist
- Luigi Fantappiè, (1901-1956), mathematician
- Bruno de Finetti, (1906-1985), mathematician, statistician
- Enrico Fermi, (1901-1954), physicist
- Leonardo Fibonacci, (c. 1175-1250) mathematician, eponym of the Fibonacci numbers
- Girolamo Fracastoro, (1478-1553)
- Guido Fubini, (1879-1943), mathematician, eponym of Fubini's theorem in measure theory
- Galileo Galilei, (1564-1642), astronomy pioneer
- Luigi Galvani, (1737-1798), physician and physicist, eponym of galvanization
- Agostino Gemelli, (1878-1959), physician and priest
- Alessio Guarino, (b. 1970), physicist
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, (b. 1909), neurologist
- Mario Liverani, Ancient Near East historian
- Salvador Luria, (1912-1991), microbiologist
- Ettore Majorana, (1906-1938), physicist
- Gian Francesco Malfatti (1731-1807), mathematician
- Guglielmo Marconi, (1874-1937), engineer, developer of wireless telegraphy
- Franco Modigliani, (1918-2003), economist
- Maria Montessori, (1870-1952), physician, teacher, creator of the Montessori method
- Giuseppe Peano, (1858-1932), mathematician
- Giuseppe Piazzi, (1746-1826), astronomer
- Gian-Carlo Rota, (1932-1999), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher
- Carlo Rubbia, (b. 1934), physicist
- Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri (1667-1733), mathematician
- Emilio Segrè, (1905-1989), physicist
- Francesco Severi, (1879-1961), mathematician
- Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, (1500-1557), mathematician
- Evangelista Torricelli, (1608-1647), early scientist
- Alessandro Volta, (1745-1827), electricity pioneer, eponym of the volt
- Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832)
Explorers
- Cristoforo Colombo (although his national origin is disputed)
- Marco Polo
- Henri de Tonti, (1649-1704), explored the Mississippi River Valley
- Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent. Discovered the Amazon river in South America.
- Giovanni Caboto
- Giovanni da Verrazzano
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
- Alphonse de Tonty
Politicians
- Giulio Andreotti, politician
- Camillo Benso, count of Cavour
- Enrico Berlinguer, (1922 - 1984), politician
- Mario Berlinguer
- Silvio Berlusconi, (born 1936)
- Fausto Bertinotti
- Emma Bonino
- Pierferdinando Casini
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, president of Italy
- Michele Columbu
- Francesco Cossiga, (b. 1928), president of Italy
- Francesco Crispi, prime minister
- Massimo D'Alema
- Alcide De Gasperi
- Enrico De Nicola, (1877-1959), president of Italy
- Amintore Fanfani
- Piero Fassino
- Gianfranco Fini
- Roberto Formigoni, (born 1947)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) writer and politician
- Giovanni Leone, president of Italy
- Franco Maria Malfatti, President of the European Commission, (1970-1972)
- Giuseppe Mazzini, (1805-1872), writer and politician
- Aldo Moro, (1916-1978), politician
- Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945), dictator
- Giorgio Napolitano, president of Italy
- Marco Pannella
- Sandro Pertini, president of Italy
- Romano Prodi (born 1939) Former President of the European Commission.
- Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, president of Italy
- Antonio Segni
- Palmiro Togliatti (1893-1964), communist leader
Writers
- Dante Alighieri, (1265 - 1321), poet
- Ludovico Ariosto, (1474 - 1533), poet
- Alessandro Baricco (1958 - ), novelist and playwriter
- Stefano Benni, (1947 - ), novelist and playwriter
- Giovanni Boccaccio, (1313 - 1375), novelist
- Alfredo Bracchi (1897 - 1976), lyricists and scriptwriter
- Giordano Bruno, (1548 - 1600), philosopher
- Gesualdo Bufalino, (1920-1996)
- Dino Buzzati, (1906 - 1972), novelist and journalist
- Aldo Buzzi, (1910 - ), author of travel and gastronomy books
- Italo Calvino, (1923 - 1985), writer and novelist
- Giosuè Carducci, (1835 - 1907), poet
- Baldassarre Castiglione, (1478 - 1529), writer
- Carlo Collodi, (orig. Carlo Lorenzini), (1826 - 1890), novelist
- Benedetto Croce, (1866 - 1952), philosopher
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863-1938), poet, dramatist and adventurer
- Valerio da Pos, (1740 - 1822), poet
- Grazia Deledda, (1871 - 1936), novelist
- Umberto Eco, (b. 1932), semiotician and writer of The Name of the Rose fame
- Valerio Evangelisti, (b. 1952)
- Marsilio Ficino, (1433 - 1499), philosopher
- Dario Fo, (born 1926), dramatist and actor
- Carlo Emilio Gadda, (1893 - 1973), writer
- Nikki Giovanni, (1943) (half-Italian), poet and writer
- Giovanni Guareschi, (1908-1968), novelist and satirist
- Francesco Guicciardini, (1483 - 1540), historian
- Carlo Goldoni, (1707 - 1793), dramatist
- Francesco Guccini, (born 1940), singer-songwriter and novelist
- Giacomo Leopardi, (1798 - 1837), poet
- Primo Levi, (1919 - 1987), writer
- Emilio Lussu, (1890 - 1975), novelist and politician
- Niccolò Machiavelli, (1469 - 1527), writer
- Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) - patriot, poet and writer
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi (
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) - writer, considered the father of modern Italian language
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, (1876 - 1944), writer
- Vittorio Messori (born 1941), Catholic writer and journalist
- Maurizio Molinari, (born 1964). writer and journalist
- Eugenio Montale, (1896 - 1981), poet
- Elsa Morante, (1912-1985), writer
- Alberto Moravia, (1907 – 1990), novelist
- Giuseppe Parini , (1729-1799), satirist and poet
- Giovanni Pascoli, (1855 - 1912), poet
- Francesco Petrarca, (1304 - 1374), poet
- Luigi Pirandello, (1867 - 1936), playwright
- Salvatore Quasimodo, (1901 - 1968), poet
- Gianni Riotta, (born 1954), writer and journalist
- Gianni Rodari, (1920-1980), writer and journalist
- Emilio Salgari, (1862 - 1911), novelist
- Italo Svevo (orig. Aron Ettore Schmitz) (1861 - 1928), writer
- Antonio Tabucchi, (1943 - ), writer
- Torquato Tasso, (1544 - 1595), poet
- Giuseppe Ungaretti, (1888 - 1970), poet
- Giorgio Vasari, (1511 - 1571), architect and writer
- Sebastiano Vassalli, (1941 - ), writer
- Giovanni Verga, (1840 - 1922), writer
- Giambattista Vico (1668 - 1744), philosopher
Cartoonists
- Milo Manara
- Andrea Pazienza, (1956-1988)
- Hugo Pratt, (1927-1995), : Corto Maltese
- Bruno Bozzetto, (1938-)
Actors and actresses
- Stefano Accorsi (born 1971)
- Jason Acuña (born 1973)
- Laura Antonelli (born 1941)
- Asia Argento (born 1975)
- Monica Bellucci (born 1964)
- Roberto Benigni (born 1952)
- Francesca Bertini (1892-1985)
- Lyda Borelli (1854-1959)
- Lucia Bosé (born 1931)
- Raoul Bova (born 1971)
- Nicoletta Braschi (born 1960)
- Mario Brega (1923-1991)
- Andrea Bruschi (born 1968)
- Claudia Cardinale (born in Tunisia, 1938)
- Raffaella Carrà (born 1943)
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969)
- Aldo Fabrizi (1905-1990)
- Arnoldo Foà (born 1916)
- Vittorio Gassmann (1922-2000)
- Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942)
- Gina Lollobrigida (born 1927)
- Sophia Loren (born 1934)
- Nino Manfredi (1921-2004)
- Silvana Mangano (1930-1989)
- Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996)
- Rose McGowan (1973, actress
- Amedeo Nazzari (1907-1979)
- Natalino Otto, singer and actor (1912-1969)
- Silvana Pampanini (born 1925)
- Moana Pozzi (1961-1994)
- Alberto Rabagliati (1906-1974)
- Eleonora Rossi-Drago (born 1925)
- Stefania Sandrelli (born 1946)
- Delia Scala (1929-2004), ballerina, actress
- Rocco Siffredi (born 1964)
- Alberto Sordi (1920-2003)
- Bud Spencer (born 1929)
- Totò (1898-1967)
- Massimo Troisi (1953-1994)
- Rodolfo Valentino (1895-1926)
- Alida Valli (born 1921)
- Gian Maria Volontè (1933-1994)
Artists
see also: List of Italian painters
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), architect
- Fra Angelico (1387-1445), (Giovanni da Fiesole)
- Baccio D'Agnolo (c. 1460-1543), sculptor, wood-carver, and architect
- Sisto Badalocchio (1581- c. 1647), painter and engraver
- Alessio Baldovinetti (1427-1499)
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), painter
- Donato Bramante (1444-1514), architect
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), painter,sculptor, architect, and poet
- Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), Poster designer and caricaturist
- Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460-1525), painter
- Agostino Carracci (1560-1609), painter
- Caravaggio (1573-1610), painter
- Cimabue, (1240-1302), painter
- Giorgione da Castelfranco, (c. 1477-1510), (Giorgione)
- Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
- Antonio da Correggio, (1488-1534), (often short Correggio)
- Gentile da Fabriano, (c.1370-1427), painter
- Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)
- Andrea da Monte San Savino (Andrea Sansovino or Sansovino)
- Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-1447)
- Antonio da Sangallo
- Giuliano da Sangallo (c.1443-1516)
- Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), painter, sculptor and inventor
- Giorgio De Chirico, (1888-1978), painter
- Andrea del Castagno, (c.1421-1457)
- Piero della Francesca, (c.1416-1492), painter and mathematician
- Luca della Robbia, (1400-1482), sculptor
- Andrea del Sarto, (1487-1531), painter
- Giotto, (1267-1337), painter
- Melchior di Giacomo, photographer
- Renato Guttuso, (1912-1987), painter
- Fra Filippo Lippi, (c.1406-1469), painter
- Filippino Lippi, (1457-1504), painter
- Lorenzo Lotto, (1480-1556), painter
- Andrea Mantegna, (c.1431-1506), painter
- Simone Martini, (c.1284-1344)
- Masaccio, (1401-1428), painter
- Amedeo Modigliani, (1884-1920), sculptor and painter
- Giorgio Morandi, (1890-1964), painter
- Ugo Nespolo, (born 1941), painter
- Andrea Orcagna, (Andrea di Cione), (1320-1368)
- Perugino, (c.1445-1523), painter
- Baldassarre Peruzzi
- Bernardino Pinturicchio, (Bernardino di Betto), (c.1454 - 1513), painter
- Vittore Pisanello
- Raphael, (Raffaello Sanzio), (1483-1520)
- Guido Reni, (1575-1642), painter
- Rosso (Rosso Fiorentino)
- Luca Signorelli, (c.1445-1523)
- Tiepolo, (1696-1770), painter
- Tintoretto, (1518-1594), painter
- Titian, (1488-1576), (Tiziano Vecellio)
- Paolo Uccello, (1397-1475), painter
- Domenico Veneziano, (c.1400-1461)
- Andrea del Verrocchio, (c.1435-1488), sculptor, painter
- Ettore Ximenes, (1855-1919), painter
- Marco Marella, (1962), illustrator
Sculptors
- Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916)
- Antonio Canova, (1757-1822),
- Rossella Cosentino, (born 1968)
- Donatello, (1386-1466),
- Vincenzo Gemito - (1852-1929)
- Tommaso Geraci, (born 1931)
- Costantino Nivola, (1911-1988)
- Pinuccio Sciola, (born 1942)
- Eugenio Tavolara
Architects
- Gianlorenzo Bernini, (1598 - 1680), architect, sculptor and painter
- Francesco Borromini, (1599 - 1667), architect
- Filippo Brunelleschi, (1377 - 1446), architect
- Carlo Scarpa, (1906 - 1973), architect
- Pier Luigi Nervi, (1891 - 1979), architect
- Giò Ponti (Giovanni), (1891 - 1979), architect
- Renzo Piano, (born 1937), architect
- Andrea Palladio, (1508) - 1580), architect
Musicians and singers
- Mattia Battistini
- Andrea Bocelli
- Ernesto Bonino, singer (born 1922)
- Fred Buscaglione, singer and actor (1921-1960)
- Renato Carosone, pop musician and composer (1920-2001)
- Enrico Caruso, (1873-1921), tenor
- Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944), glamorous opera singer
- Adriano Celentano, (born 1938), pop singer
- Felice Chiusano (1922 - 1990), singer
- Toto Cutugno, (b. 1943), singer, songwriter
- Enrico De Angelis, singer
- Mario Del Monaco, (1915-1982), tenor
- Tiziano Ferro
- Peppino Gagliardi (born 1940), singer
- Enrico Gentile, singer
- Tata Giacobetti (1922 - 1988), singer and lyricist
- Francesco Guccini (born 1940), singer and songwriter
- Tony Iommi (born 1948), guitarist for Black Sabbath
- Iacopo Jacomelli, singer
- Jovanotti
- Gorni Kramer (1913-1995), bandleader and songwriter
- Lacuna Coil, gothic metal group
- Lucia Mannucci (born 1920), singer
- Luis Miguel singer, Italian on his mother's side
- Mina, singer
- Ennio Morricone, composer (born 1928)
- Natalino Otto, singer and actor (1912-1969)
- Adelina Patti
- Laura Pausini
- Luciano Pavarotti, tenor (born 1935)
- Mauro Picotto, DJ
- Alberto Rabagliati, singer and actor (1906-1974)
- Eros Ramazzotti
- Titta Ruffo (1877-1953), opera baritone
- Flo Sandon's (born 1924), singer
- Virgilio Savona (born 1920), singer and songwriter
- Cristina Scabbia ((???-present)), lead female singer in the Italian gott/symponic metal band Lacuna Coil.
- Tito Schipa (1888 - 1965)
- Shakira is of partial Italian descent due to her mother. She can also speak and understand Italian.
- Renata Tebaldi
- Luisa Tetrazzini
- Zucchero
Composers
- Tomaso Albinoni (1674-1754), composer
- Franco Alfano (1875-1954), opera composer
- Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822 - 1889), opera composer
- Emilio Arrieta, opera composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully, (1632 - 1687), Italian-French composer
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini, (1700 or 1701 - 1775), composer
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), composer
- Luciano Berio (1925-2003), composer
- Luigi Boccherini, (1743 - 1805), composer
- Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), composer, opera composer
- Francesco Canova da Milano, (1497 - 1543), lute composer
- Giuseppe Carcani (1703-1779), composer
- Giacomo Carissimi, (1605 - 1674), composer
- Roberto Carnevale, composer
- Ferdinando Carulli, (1770 - 1841), guitar composer
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), classical guitar composer
- Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), opera composer
- Luigi Cherubini, (1760-1842), composer, opera composer
- Muzio Clementi, (1752 - 1832), composer
- Francesco Cilea (1866-1950), opera composer
- Domenico Cimarosa, (1749-1801), composer, opera composer
- Arcangelo Corelli, (1653 - 1713), composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola, (1904-1975), composer, opera composer
- Giovanni D'Anzi, (1906-1974), songwriter
- Luigi de Rossi, 17th century composer
- Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848), composer, opera composer
- Alberto Franchetti, opera composer
- Girolamo Frescobaldi, (1566 - 1638), lute composer
- Andrea Gabrieli, (1533 - 1586), composer
- Giovanni Gabrieli, (between 1553 and 1556 – 1612), composer
- Carlo Gesualdo, (1566 - 1613), madrigal composer
- Umberto Giordano, (1867-1948), composer, opera composer
- Mauro Giuliani, (1781 - 1829), guitar composer
- Francesco Landini, (c.1325-1397), composer, organist
- Ruggero Leoncavallo, (1858-1919), opera composer
- Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801), composer, opera composer
- Raffaele Magosso, (born 1982), clarinettist and composer
- Luca Marenzio, (1553 - 1599), madrigal composer
- Pietro Mascagni, (1863-1945), composer, opera composer
- Saverio Mercadante, (1795-1870), opera composer
- Claudio Monteverdi, (1567-1643), composer, opera composer
- Luigi Nono, (1924 - 1990), composer
- Giovanni Pacini, (1796-1867), composer, opera composer
- Niccolo Paganini, (1782 - 1840), composer
- Giovanni Paisiello (1741-1816), opera composer
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), renowned composer of the late Renaissance
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, (1710-1736), composer, opera composer
- Goffredo Petrassi, opera composer
- Niccolo Piccinni, (1728-1800), opera composer
- Ildebrando Pizzetti, opera composer
- Amilcare Ponchielli, (1834-1886), opera composer
- Nicola Porpora, (1686-1768), opera composer
- Giacomo Puccini, (1858-1924), composer
- Ottorino Respighi, (1879-1936), composer, opera composer
- Salamone Rossi (c. 1530-c. 1630), early baroque composer
- Gioacchino Rossini, (1792-1868), composer, opera composer
- Nino Rota, (1911-1979), composer, opera composer
- Antonio Salieri, (1750-1825), Austrian composer
- Alessandro Scarlatti, (1660-1725), composer, opera composer
- Domenico Scarlatti, (1685 - 1757), composer
- Giacinto Scelsi, (1905 - 1988), microtonal composer
- Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851), opera composer
- Agostino Steffani (1653-1728), opera composer
- Giuseppe Verdi, (1813-1901), composer, opera composer
- Antonio Vivaldi, (1678 - 1741), composer
- Riccardo Zandonai, opera composer
- Vasco Rossi (born 1952)
Conductors (Direttori)
- Claudio Abbado, (born 1933)
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Riccardo Muti, (born 1942)
- Tullio Serafin
- Arturo Toscanini, (1867-1957), conductor
Athletes and sports personalities
- Lou Ambers (1913-1995), born Luigi d'Ambrosio, boxer.
- Alberto Ascari (1918-1955), race car driver
- Antonio Ascari (1888-1925), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Mario Andretti (born 1940), race driver
- Roberto Baggio (born 1967), footballer
- Stefano Baldini (born 1971), marathoner
- Franco Baresi (born 1960), footballer
- Andrea Bargnani, basketballer
- Carmen Basilio, boxer
- Battling Battalino, boxer
- Nino Benvenuti (born 1938), world champion boxer
- Yogi Berra (born 1925), baseball player
- Angelo Bertelli American football player
- Paolo Bettini (born 1974), cyclist
- Max Biaggi (born 1971), motorcycle racer
- Alfredo Binda (1902-1986), cylcist
- Joe Calzaghe (born 1972, world supermiddleweight champion boxer
- Tony Canzoneri (1908-1959), boxer
- Primo Carnera, boxer
- Baconin Borzacchini (1898-1933), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Gianluigi Buffon (born 1978), footballer
- Ettore Bugatti Automobile designer and manufacturer
- Giuseppe Campari (1892-1933), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Igor Cassina (born 1977), gymnast
- Eugenio Castellotti (1930-1957), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Mario Cipollini (born 1967), cyclist
- Pierluigi Collina (born 1960), football referee
- Fausto Coppi (1919-1960), cyclist
- Eugenio Corini (born 1970), footballer
- Mario D'Agata (born 1926) deaf-mute who became a world boxing champion
- Frankie Dettori (born 1970), Jockey who boasts an impressive Royal Ascott record, with a total of 23 wins from 1990 to 1999.
- Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), footballer
- Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Vince DiMaggio (1912-1986), baseball player
- Chris DiMarco, golfer
- Luigi Fagioli (1898-1952), race car champion
- Giuseppe Farina (1906-1966), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988), car designer
- Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973 in Rome) Italian Formula One racing driver
- Carl Furillo, baseball player
- Tony Galento, boxer
- Joe Garagiola, baseball player
- Jason Giambi, baseball player
- Joey Giardello (b.1930), born Carmine Orlando Tilelli, boxing star during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Joe Girardi, baseball player
- Frankie Genaro, boxer
- Rocky Graziano, Middleweight Champion, Boxing Hall of Famer
- Pete Herman (1896-1973), born Peter Gulotta, was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions.
- Harry Jeffra (b. 1914), born Ignacio Guiffo, boxer
- Rocky Kansas (1895-1954), born Rocco Tozzo, former lightweight champion of the world.
- Fidel La Barba, boxer
- Jake LaMotta, (b.1921), a former boxer whose life is portrayed in the 1980s movie Raging Bull.
- Tony La Russa, born Anthony La Russa, Jr. (born 1944), baseball player
- Tommy Lasorda, baseball player
- Vince Lombardi, (1913-1970), legendary football coach.
- Ray Mancini, boxer
- Rocky Marciano (1924-1969), boxer, only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated
- Dan Marino (1961), Hall of Fame quarterback for the Miami Dolphins widely regarded to be the "greatest passer in NFL history"
- Billy Martin, born Alfred Manuel Martin, a.k.a. Alfred Manuel Pesano, "The Brat," "Billy the Kid," (1928 - 1989)
- Joey Maxim (1922-2001), born Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, boxer, world light heavyweight champion.
- Lee Mazzilli, baseball player
- Leo Mazzone, baseball player
- Dino Meneghin (born 1950), basketballer
- Pietro Mennea (born 1952), athlete (most famous in 200 m)
- Reinhold Messner (born 1944), alpinist
- Joe Montana (1956), widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.
- Don Mossi (born 1929), baseball player
- Carlton Myers (born 1971), basketballer
- Leo Nomellini, American football player
- Steve Nunno "Renowned Gymnastics Coach"
- Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953), race car driver
- Marco Pantani (1970-2004), cyclist
- Willie Pastrano, boxer
- Federica Pellegrini (born 1988), swimmer
- Alessandro Petacchi (born 1974), cyclist
- Mike Piazza (born 1968), baseball player
- Brian Piccolo, American football player
- Vic Raschi, baseball player
- Phil Rizzuto (b.1917), born Philip Francis Rizzuto, baseball player
- Valentino Rossi (born 1979), motorcycle world champion
- Sara Simeoni
- Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), soccer player
- Mike Scioscia, baseball player
- Loris Stecca, world champion boxer
- Vinny Testaverde, American football player
- Alberto Tomba (born 1966), Alpine skier
- Joe Torre, baseball player
- Francesco Totti (born 1976), footballer
- Trebisonda Valla (born 1916), athlete
- Achille Varzi (1904-1948), race car champion
- Ken Venturi, golfer
- Christian Vieri (born 1973), footballer
- Luigi Villoresi (1909-1997), Grand Prix racecar driver
- Young Corbett III, born Raffaele Capabianca Giordano ( b. 1905 in Potenza, Campania, Italy, d. 1993), was the world welterweight boxing champion.
- Alex Zanardi (born 1966), race car driver
- Dino Zoff (born 1942), footballer
Other
- Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003), industrialist
- Eugenio Calò (1906-1944), Jewish Italian partisan, Gold Medal for Military Valour.
- Leo Chiosso (born 1920), lyricist
- Giovanni Falcone, (1939 - 1992), judge
- Sonia Gandhi (born 1946) an Italian-born Indian politician and the president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) a widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, (1807-1882), proponent of Italian unification
- Enzo Maiorca, (1931), freediver
- Alessia di Matteo (born 2003), who received eight organs with one transplant
- Edgardo Mortara (1851 - 1940), Catholic priest, victim of a famous kidnapping, taken from his Jewish family at the age of 6
- Elina Patané, lyricist
- Nicola Salerno (1910 - 1969), lyricist under the pseudonym Nisa
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452 - 1498), book-burning priest, ruler of Florence
- Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court
- Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
See also
- List of Italian-Americans
- List of Italian comedians
- List of people by nationality
- List of Sardinians
- List of Italian Jews