Most Famous Italian Scientists
Italy has produced 347 notable scientists throughout history, led by Galileo Galilei. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
GG
Galileo Galilei Italian Astronomer 1564 – 1642
#
28
GB
Giordano Bruno Italian Astronomer 1548 – 1600
#
322
MM
Maria Montessori Italian Psychologist 1870 – 1952
#
1,046
CL
Cesare Lombroso Italian Physician 1835 – 1909
#
2,352
RP
Romano Prodi Italian Economist Born 1939
#
3,552
LE
Luigi Einaudi Italian Economist 1874 – 1961
#
6,107
CG
Camillo Golgi Italian Biologist 1843 – 1926
#
6,457
MM
Marcello Malpighi Italian Zoologist 1628 – 1694
#
6,631
GP
Giuseppe Peano Italian Mathematician 1858 – 1932
#
8,467
ES
Emilio Segrè Italian Physicist 1905 – 1989
#
9,146
CR
Carlo Rubbia Italian Physicist Born 1934
#
9,230
GS
Giovanni Schiaparelli Italian Astronomer 1835 – 1910
#
9,233
FT
Filippo Turati Italian Sociologist 1857 – 1932
#
17,026
GP
Giuseppe Piazzi Italian Astronomer 1746 – 1826
#
20,405
VM
Valerio Massimo Manfredi Italian Anthropologist Born 1943
#
20,853
GF
Galileo Ferraris Italian Physicist 1847 – 1897
#
26,900
CG
Corrado Gini Italian Economist 1884 – 1965
#
27,261
DD
Danilo Dolci Italian Sociologist 1924 – 1997
#
27,965
SS
Santorio Santorio Italian Physician 1561 – 1636
#
28,091
HF
Hieronymus Fabricius Italian Surgeon 1533 – 1619
#
28,418