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.

Top Ranked

  1. Galileo Galilei — Italian Astronomer (1564–1642) , ranked #28
  2. Giordano Bruno — Italian Astronomer (1548–1600) , ranked #322
  3. Maria Montessori — Italian Psychologist (1870–1952) , ranked #1046
  4. Cesare Lombroso — Italian Physician (1835–1909) , ranked #2352
  5. Romano Prodi — Italian Economist (Born 1939) , ranked #3552
  6. Luigi Einaudi — Italian Economist (1874–1961) , ranked #6107
  7. Camillo Golgi — Italian Biologist (1843–1926) , ranked #6457
  8. Marcello Malpighi — Italian Zoologist (1628–1694) , ranked #6631
  9. Giuseppe Peano — Italian Mathematician (1858–1932) , ranked #8467
  10. Emilio Segrè — Italian Physicist (1905–1989) , ranked #9146
  11. Carlo Rubbia — Italian Physicist (Born 1934) , ranked #9230
  12. Giovanni Schiaparelli — Italian Astronomer (1835–1910) , ranked #9233
  13. Filippo Turati — Italian Sociologist (1857–1932) , ranked #17026
  14. Giuseppe Piazzi — Italian Astronomer (1746–1826) , ranked #20405
  15. Valerio Massimo Manfredi — Italian Anthropologist (Born 1943) , ranked #20853
  16. Galileo Ferraris — Italian Physicist (1847–1897) , ranked #26900
  17. Corrado Gini — Italian Economist (1884–1965) , ranked #27261
  18. Danilo Dolci — Italian Sociologist (1924–1997) , ranked #27965
  19. Santorio Santorio — Italian Physician (1561–1636) , ranked #28091
  20. Hieronymus Fabricius — Italian Surgeon (1533–1619) , ranked #28418