Adams, Amy (Vicenza)
The redheaded star of the movies Junebug and Enchanted
Famous People from Italy
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Aquinas, Thomas (Roccasecca)
Medieval Catholic scholar who wrote Summa Theologica -
Atlas, Charles (Acri)
Mail-order bodybuilding expert -
Avogadro, Amedeo (Piedmont) (Turin)
The guy they named Avogadro's Number after -
Bagnasco, Angelo (Pontevico)
Italian cardinal from Genoa -
Bellucci, Monica (Citta di Castello)
The star of the movie Malena -
Benigni, Roberto (Arezzo) (Misericordia)
The writer/director/star of Life is Beautiful -
Berlusconi, Silvio (Milan)
Italian prime minister between 1994 and 2011 -
Cabot, John (Genoa)
Italian / English explorer of Newfoundland -
Capra, Frank (Bisacquino)
The director of It's a Wonderful Life -
Caravaggio (Milan)
The brawling Italian painter who did The Calling of Saint Matthew -
Cardin, Pierre (San Biagio di Callalta)
The French designer known for the "bubble dress" of 1954 -
Collins, Michael (Rome)
The pilot of Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module -
Collodi, Carol (Florence)
The creator of Pinocchio -
Columbus, Christopher (Genoa)
The explorer who opened the door to the Americas -
Correggio, Antonio Allegri da (Correggio)
The Baroque artist who did Greek myth frescoes -
Dante (Florence)
The author of The Divine Comedy -
Da Vinci, Leonardo (Vinci)
Painter of the Mona Lisa -
Donatello (Florence)
Early Renaissance sculptor of the bronze David -
Eco, Umberto (Allesandria)
The author of The Name of the Rose -
Fellini, Federico (Rimini)
The Italian director of La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 -
Fermi, Enrico (Rome)
Italian-American pioneer in nuclear fission -
Fibonacci, Leonardo (Pisa)
The guy who brought the Hindu-Arabic number system to Europe -
Galileo (Pisa)
The inventor of the astronomical telescope -
Juan Carlos, King (Rome)
King of Spain, 1975-2014 -
Leone, Sergio (Rome)
Italian director of movie westerns -
Lollobrigida, Gina (Subiaco)
The sexy Italian star of The World's Most Beautiful Woman -
Loren, Sophia (Rome)
Italian film queen and sex symbol -
Luciano, Charles "Lucky" (Lercardia Friddi)
1930s Italian-American gangster with businesslike approach -
Machiavelli, Niccolo (Florence)
Author of The Prince -
Marconi, Guglielmo (Bologna)
Italian pioneer of wireless telegraphy -
McGowan, Rose (Florence)
Co-star of Charmed and Grindhouse -
Michelangelo (Caprese)
Master sculptor of The David -
Modigliani, Amedeo (Livorno)
The Italian-born French artist who painted long-necked women -
Mona Lisa (Florence)
Famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci -
Montand, Yves (Monsummano Alto)
The French actor who starred in The Wages of Fear -
Montessori, Maria (Rome)
The founder of Montessori schools -
Morricone, Ennio (Rome)
The film composer famous for spaghetti westerns -
Mussolini, Benito (Predappio)
Italy's dictator during World War II -
Nightingale, Florence (Florence)
British nursing hero of the Crimean War -
Oetzi Iceman
The iceman found in the Alps in 1991 -
Ovid (Sulmo (now Sulmona))
Roman author of Metamorphoses -
Pavarotti, Luciano (Modena)
The great Italian tenor with the white dinner napkin -
Pirandello, Luigi (Agrigento)
The author of Six Characters in Search of An Author -
Pliny the Elder (Como)
The author of Natural History -
Polo, Marco (Venice)
The exotic traveler who "discovered" the Orient -
Ponzi, Carlo (Lugo)
The guy behind the Ponzi Scheme -
Pope Gregory XIII (Bologna)
The pope who changed the calendar in 1582 -
Pope John Paul I (Forno di Canale)
The pope who reigned for 33 days -
Pope Julius II (Albissola)
The pope who hired Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel -
Pope Leo X (Florence)
The Medici pope when the Reformation started -
Pope Pius IX (Sinigaglia)
The longest reigning pope ever -
Pope Urban VIII (Florence)
The pope who named Galileo a heretic -
Rossellini, Isabella (Rome)
Dorothy Vallens in David Lynch's Blue Velvet -
Rossi, Valentino (Urbino)
"The Doctor," Italian MotoGP World Champion 2001-2005 -
Scola, Angelo (Malgrate)
The Archbishop of Milan, 2011- -
Sprouse, Dylan and Cody (Arezzo)
The stars of Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody -
St. Anselm (Aosta) (Piedmont)
Archbishop of Canterbury, England, 1093-1109 -
St. Catherine of Siena (Siena)
Medieval saint of Italy and Doctor of the Church -
Tacitus
Ancient Roman historian -
Tettamanzi, Cardinal Dionigi (Renate)
Catholic Archibishop of Milan, 2002-2011 -
Titian (Pieve di Cadore)
Renaissance Venetian master who painted Venus of Urbino -
Titus Flavius Vespasianus (Rome)
Roman emperor, 79-81 A.D. -
Versace, Gianni (Reggio Calabria)
The superstar Italian fashion designer who was killed in Miami Beach -
Vespucci, Amerigo (Florence)
The explorer after whom the Americas are named -
Virgil (Near Mantua)
Author of the Aeneid -
Volta, Alessandro (Como)
The Italian who built the first battery -
Wertmüller, Lina (Rome)
The Italian filmmaker who made 'Seven Beauties' and 'Swept Away' -
Zangara, Giuseppe (Ferruzzano)
The man who almost shot FDR