Most Famous People from Italy
100 Italians in view out of 6,677
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Leonardo da Vinci Italian Polymath 1452 – 1519
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Galileo Galilei Italian Astronomer 1564 – 1642
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Michelangelo Italian Sculptor 1475 – 1564
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Benito Mussolini Italian Politician 1883 – 1945
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Christopher Columbus Italian Explorer 1451 – 1506
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Dante Alighieri Italian Poet 1265 – 1321
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Thomas Aquinas Italian Philosopher 1225 – 1274
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Marco Polo Italian Explorer 1254 – 1324
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Raphael Italian Painter 1483 – 1520
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Francis of Assisi Italian Religious 1182 – 1226
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Giuseppe Verdi Italian Composer 1813 – 1901
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Caravaggio Italian Painter 1571 – 1610
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Giordano Bruno Italian Astronomer 1548 – 1600
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian Politician 1807 – 1882
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Umberto Eco Italian Novelist 1932 – 2016
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Petrarch Italian Poet 1304 – 1374
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Luciano Pavarotti Italian Opera 1935 – 2007
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Federico Fellini Italian Film 1920 – 1993
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Pier Paolo Pasolini Italian Film 1922 – 1975
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Pope Paul VI Italian Priest 1897 – 1978
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Antonio Gramsci Italian Philosopher 1891 – 1937
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Titian Italian Painter 1488 – 1576
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Giacomo Puccini Italian Opera 1858 – 1924
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Pope John XXIII Italian Priest 1881 – 1963
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Gioachino Rossini Italian Composer 1792 – 1868
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Amedeo Modigliani Italian Painter 1884 – 1920
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Giovanni Boccaccio Italian Writer 1313 – 1375
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Pope John Paul I Italian Priest 1912 – 1978
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian Sculptor 1598 – 1680
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Andrea Bocelli Italian Music Born 1958
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Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor) Italian Sovereign 1194 – 1250
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Giotto Italian Painter 1267 – 1337
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Gabriele D'Annunzio Italian Playwright 1863 – 1938
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Marcello Mastroianni Italian Actor 1924 – 1996
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Roberto Benigni Italian Actor Born 1952
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Claudia Cardinale Italian Actor Born 1938
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Maria Montessori Italian Psychologist 1870 – 1952
#1,046
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Luigi Pirandello Italian Playwright 1867 – 1936
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Monica Bellucci Italian Actor Born 1964
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Dario Fo Italian Theatre 1926 – 2016
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Bernardo Bertolucci Italian Film 1940 – 2018
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Giacomo Leopardi Italian Writer 1798 – 1837
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Italo Calvino Italian Writer 1923 – 1985
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Lucrezia Borgia Italian Daughter 1480 – 1519
#1,333
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Primo Levi Italian Poet 1919 – 1987
#1,347
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Pope Pius XI Italian Priest 1857 – 1939
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Claudio Monteverdi Italian Opera 1567 – 1643
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Aldo Moro Italian Politician 1916 – 1978
#1,418
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Antonio Salieri Italian Composer 1750 – 1825
#1,453
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Pope Leo XIII Italian Priest 1810 – 1903
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Benedict of Nursia Italian Monk 480 – 547
#1,510
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Catherine of Siena Italian Religious 1347 – 1380
#1,523
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Girolamo Savonarola Italian Friar 1452 – 1498
#1,527
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Pope Pius X Italian Priest 1835 – 1914
#1,558
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Mario Balotelli Italian Football Born 1990
#1,560
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Andrea Pirlo Italian Football Born 1979
#1,667
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John Bosco Italian Priest 1815 – 1888
#1,677
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Vittorio De Sica Italian Film 1901 – 1974
#1,691
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Frank Capra Italian Film 1897 – 1991
#1,713
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Rudolph Valentino Italian Actor 1895 – 1926
#1,798
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Yves Montand Italian Actor 1921 – 1991
#1,800
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Pope Innocent III Italian Priest 1160 – 1216
#1,840
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Reinhold Messner Italian Mountaineer Born 1944
#1,874
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Andrea Palladio Italian Architect 1508 – 1580
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Laura Pausini Italian Singer Born 1974
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Gianluigi Buffon Italian Football Born 1978
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Pope Benedict XV Italian Priest 1854 – 1922
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Gaetano Donizetti Italian Composer 1797 – 1848
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Vincenzo Bellini Italian Composer 1801 – 1835
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Antonio Canova Italian Sculptor 1757 – 1822
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Italian Composer 1520 – 1594
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Piero della Francesca Italian Painter 1415 – 1492
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Cesare Lombroso Italian Physician 1835 – 1909
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Giosuè Carducci Italian Writer 1835 – 1907
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Giorgio Moroder Italian Composer Born 1940
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Pope Boniface VIII Italian Cleric 1235 – 1303
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Sandro Pertini Italian Politician 1896 – 1990
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Padre Pio Italian Presbyter 1887 – 1968
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Roberto Baggio Italian Football Born 1967
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Giorgio de Chirico Italian Artist 1888 – 1978
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Torquato Tasso Italian Poet 1544 – 1595
#2,666
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Andrea Mantegna Italian Painter 1431 – 1506
#2,732
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Ugo Foscolo Italian Poet 1778 – 1827
#2,757
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Italian Philosopher 1463 – 1494
#2,790
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Gianni Versace Italian Fashion Designer 1946 – 1997
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Domenico Modugno Italian Singer 1928 – 1994
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Masaccio Italian Painter 1401 – 1428
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Pope Gregory VII Italian Pope 1020 – 1085
#2,873
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Pope Pius VII Italian Cleric 1742 – 1823
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Pope Sixtus IV Italian Cleric 1414 – 1484
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Benedetto Croce Italian Philosopher 1866 – 1952
#2,995
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Alcide De Gasperi Italian Politician 1881 – 1954
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Alessandro Del Piero Italian Football Born 1974
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Giorgione Italian Painter 1478 – 1510
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Bonaventure Italian Philosopher 1221 – 1274
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Arcangelo Corelli Italian Composer 1653 – 1713
#3,474
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Grazia Deledda Italian Writer 1871 – 1936
#3,515
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Romano Prodi Italian Economist Born 1939
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Giuseppe Tornatore Italian Film Born 1956
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Virna Lisi Italian Actor 1936 – 2014
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