Famous People from Rome, Italy

• Collins, Michael

  The pilot of Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module

• Fermi, Enrico

  Italian-American pioneer in nuclear fission

• Juan Carlos, King

  King of Spain, 1975-2014

• Leone, Sergio

  Italian director of movie westerns

• Loren, Sophia

  Italian film queen and sex symbol

• Montessori, Maria

  The founder of Montessori schools

• Morricone, Ennio

  The film composer famous for spaghetti westerns

• Rossellini, Isabella

  Dorothy Vallens in David Lynch's Blue Velvet

• Titus Flavius Vespasianus

  Roman emperor, 79-81 A.D.

• Wertmüller, Lina

  The Italian filmmaker who made 'Seven Beauties' and 'Swept Away'

See also: Born in Italy