Most Famous Italian Jurists

Italy has produced 119 notable jurists throughout history, led by Baldassare Castiglione. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

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BC
Baldassare Castiglione Italian Diplomat 1478 – 1529
# 7,521
AD
Antonio Di Pietro Italian Prosecutor Born 1950
# 17,386
BD
Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian Lawyer 1314 – 1357
# 27,155
AG
Alberico Gentili Italian Lawyer 1552 – 1608
# 32,095
A
Accursius Italian Lawyer 1182 – 1260
# 43,592
GF
Gaetano Filangieri Italian Lawyer 1753 – 1788
# 44,893
GZ
Gustavo Zagrebelsky Italian Lawyer Born 1943
# 50,282
AC
Antonio Cassese Italian Lawyer 1937 – 2011
# 62,336
PS
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini Italian Lawyer 1817 – 1888
# 67,919
VC
Vincenzo Cuoco Italian Lawyer 1770 – 1823
# 75,305
GM
Giovanni Maria Flick Italian Lawyer Born 1940
# 88,442
AB
Arturo Bocchini Italian Police 1880 – 1940
# 99,499
RC
Rocco Chinnici Italian Magistrat 1925 – 1983
# 101,748
RL
Rosario Livatino Italian Magistrat 1952 – 1990
# 132,168
CD
Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone Italian Diplomat 1080 – 1164
# 135,464
GC
Giuseppe Chiovenda Italian Lawyer 1872 – 1937
# 154,715
BA
Bernardo Attolico Italian Diplomat 1880 – 1942
# 156,593
GC
Gherardo Colombo Italian Magistrat Born 1946
# 201,524
AA
Augusto Antonio Barbera Italian Lawyer Born 1938
# 203,368
NG
Nicola Gratteri Italian Prosecutor Born 1958
# 223,822