List of Italians
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This is a list of notable Italians in alphabetical order.
Contents |
Scientists
A-F
- Antonio Abetti, astronomer
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician
- Francesco Alberoni, sociologist and journalist
- Giuseppe Averani, jurist and naturalist
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), physicist
- Eugenio Barsanti, inventor of the Internal combustion engine
- Laura Bassi (1711-1778), physicist
- Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716-1781)
- Luigi Bianchi, mathematician
- Renato Biasutti, geographer
- Enrico Bombieri (born 1940), mathematician
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
- Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich (1711-1787), physicist
- Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli, chemist, inventor of electroplating
- Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), philosopher and cosmologist
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Renaissance polymath
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712), astronomer
- Benedetto Castelli, mathematician
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, population geneticist
- Giuseppe Colombo, mathematician
- Realdo Colombo
- Renato Corsetti current president of the World Esperanto Association
- Gerard of Cremona, astronomer and scholastic philosopher
- Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, physician
- Salvino D'Armate, inventor of eyeglasses
- Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985), mathematician, statistician
- Mondino de Liuzzi, anatomist
- Guidobaldo del Monte, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer
- Mario Draghi, banker and economist
- Renato Dulbecco (born 1914), biologist
- Bartolomeo Eustachi, anatomist
- Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825-1888), military officer, mathematician, priest
- Hieronymus Fabricius, anatomist
- Federico Faggin, designed first microprocessor
- Gabriele Falloppio, anatomist and physician
- Robert Fano (born 1917), computer scientist
- Luigi Fantappiè (1901-1956), mathematician, originator of the term "syntropy"
- Enrico Forlanini
- Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), physicist - built the first Nuclear powered generator
- Leonardo Fibonacci, (c. 1175-1250) mathematician, eponym of the Fibonacci number sequence
- Girolamo Fracastoro (1478-1553)
- Guido Fubini (1879-1943), mathematician, eponym of Fubini's theorem in measure theory
G-P
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), astronomy pioneer and physicist
- Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), physician and physicist, eponym of galvanization
- Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959), physician and priest
- Riccardo Giacconi (born 1931), astrophysicist
- Corrado Gini (1884-1965), statistician, demographer and sociologist, developer of Gini coefficient
- Camillo Golgi (1843-1926), physician
- Giovanni Gozzadini, archeologist
- Guido Grandi, mathematician
- Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618-1663), physicist
- Giuseppe Ludovico Lagrangia (1736-1813), mathematician
- Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 1909), neurologist
- Aloysius Lilius, astronomer who created the Gregorian Calendar
- Mario Liverani, Near East historian
- Cesare Lombroso, criminologist
- Salvador Luria (1912-1991), microbiologist
- Paolo Maffei, astronomer
- Graziella Magherini, psychologist
- Luciano Maiani, physicist
- Ettore Majorana (1906-1938), physicist
- Gian Francesco Malfatti (1731-1807), mathematician
- Marcello Malpighi, anatomist
- Renato Mannheimer, sociologist and pollster
- Innocenzo Manzetti
- Carlo Marangoni (1840-1925), physicist
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), engineer, developer of wireless telegraphy
- Felice Matteucci, co-inventor, with Eugenio Barsanti, of the Internal combustion engine
- Fulvio Melia (born 1956), physicist, astrophysicist, and author
- Macedonio Melloni, physicist
- Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci (1808–1896), chemical and mechanical engineer, inventor of the telephone
- Franco Modigliani (1918-2003), economist
- Maria Montessori (1870-1952), physician, teacher, creator of the Montessori method
- Giulio Natta (1903-1979), chemist
- Antonio Neri (1500s-1614), chemist and glassmaker
- Giuseppe Occhialini, physicist
- Luca Pacioli, mathematician
- Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), sociologist, economist and philosopher, eponym of Pareto distribution, Pareto efficiency, Pareto index, Pareto principle
- Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932), mathematician
- Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826), astronomer
R-Z
- Giovanni Battista Riccioli, astronomer
- Gian-Carlo Rota (1932-1999), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher
- Carlo Rubbia (born 1934), physicist
- Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri (1667-1733), mathematician
- Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832)
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910), astronomer
- Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, physician
- Emilio Segrè (1905-1989), physicist
- Giuseppe Sergi, anthropologist
- Francesco Severi (1879-1961), mathematician
- Ascanio Sobrero, chemist
- Lazzaro Spallanzani, biologist
- Piero Sraffa, economist
- Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia (1500-1557), mathematician
- Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), early scientist
- Giovanni Battista Venturi, (1746-1822), physicist
- Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), electricity pioneer, eponym of the volt, inventor of the electric battery
- Vito Volterra, mathematician and physicist
- Bruno Zumino, theoretical physicist
Explorers
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Main article: List of Italian explorers
- Giacomo Beltrami
- Giovanni Caboto
- Sebastiano Caboto
- Cristoforo Colombo
- Niccolò Da Conti
- Antonio da Noli, explored the Cape Verde Islands for Portugal
- Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
- Giovanni da Verrazzano, first European to discover the Atlantic coast of what is today the United States of America
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
- Henri de Tonti, (1649-1704), explored the Mississippi River Valley
- Alphonse de Tonty
- Marco Polo
- Amerigo Vespucci, (1454-1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent. Discovered the Amazon river in South America.
Politicians
A-I
- Giorgio Agamben, political philosopher
- Giuliano Amato
- Giulio Andreotti, politician
- Cesare Battisti, politician
- Camillo Benso, count of Cavour
- Enrico Berlinguer, (1922 - 1984), politician
- Mario Berlinguer
- Silvio Berlusconi, (born 1936)
- Fausto Bertinotti
- Norberto Bobbio, political scientist
- Emma Bonino
- Umberto Bossi
- Pierferdinando Casini
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, president of Italy
- Emilio Colombo
- Michele Columbu
- Francesco Cossiga, (b. 1928), president of Italy
- Bettino Craxi
- Francesco Crispi, prime minister
- Massimo D'Alema
- Alcide De Gasperi
- Gianni De Michelis
- Ciriaco de Mita
- Enrico De Nicola, (1877-1959), president of Italy
- Lorenzo de Tonti, (1602-1684), former governor of Gaeta, Italy, inventor of tontine, a form of life insurance
- Antonio Di Pietro
- Lamberto Dini
- Luigi Einaudi, politician
- Amintore Fanfani
- Piero Fassino
- Gianfranco Fini
- Arnaldo Forlani
- Roberto Formigoni, (born 1947)
- Giovanni Giolitti
- Giovanni Goria
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) writer and politician
- Nilde Iotti
L-T
- Giovanni Leone, president of Italy
- Franco Maria Malfatti, President of the European Commission, (1970-1972)
- Giuseppe Mazzini, (1805-1872), writer and politician
- Paolo Oss Mazzurana
- Aldo Moro, (1916-1978), politician
- Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945), dictator
- Giorgio Napolitano, president of Italy
- Antonio Negri, political philosopher
- Marco Pannella
- Giuseppe Pella
- Sandro Pertini, president of Italy
- Romano Prodi (born 1939) Former President of the European Commission and Prime Minister of Italy.
- Roberto di Ridolfi
- Mariano Rumor
- Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, president of Italy
- Mario Scelba
- Antonio Segni
- Giovanni Spadolini
- Fernando Tambroni
- Palmiro Togliatti (1893-1964), communist leader
- Benigno Zaccagnini
- Adone Zoli
Writers
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Main articles: List of Italian writers and List of Italian poets
A-E
- Nicola Abbagnano, philosopher
- Francesco Algarotti, philosopher and art critic
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), poet
- Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), poet
- Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), novelist and playwriter
- Giambattista Basile (?-1632), poet and writer
- Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794), philosopher and politician
- Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, poet
- Pietro Bembo, cardinal and poet
- Stefano Benni (born 1947), novelist and playwriter
- Francesco Berni (1497-1536), burlesque poet
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), novelist
- Marcella Boccia, poet
- Franco Bolelli 1950, philosopher and writer
- Giovanni Botero, priest and poet
- Alfredo Bracchi (1897-1976), lyricists and scriptwriter
- Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), philosopher
- Gesualdo Bufalino (1920-1996), writer
- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972), novelist and journalist
- Aldo Buzzi (born 1910), author of travel and gastronomy books
- Italo Calvino (1923-1985), writer and novelist
- Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), writer
- Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), poet
- Baldassarre Castiglione (1478-1529), writer
- Carlo Collodi (orig. Carlo Lorenzini), (1826-1890), novelist
- Benedetto Croce (1866-1952), philosopher
- Giacomo da Lentini, poet
- Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), poet, dramatist and adventurer
- Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), librettist and poet
- Guittone d'Arezzo (1235-1294), poet
- Grazia Deledda (1871-1936), novelist
- Francesco de Sanctis (1817-1883), writer and literary critic
- Antonia Donatiello (born 1950), poet and writer
- Umberto Eco (born 1932), semiotician and writer
- Valerio Evangelisti (born 1952), science fiction writer
F-M
- Oriana Fallaci, journalist and author
- Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), philosopher
- Dario Fo (born 1926), dramatist and actor
- Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), writer
- Veronica Franco, poet and courtesan
- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973), writer
- Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), dramatist
- Giovanni Guareschi (1908-1968), novelist and satirist
- Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540), historian
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer
- Bruno Leoni, lawyer, writer and philosopher
- Giacomo Leopardi, (1798-1837), poet
- Primo Levi (1919-1987), writer
- Emilio Lussu (1890-1975), novelist and politician
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), writer
- Scipione Maffei, writer and art critic
- Claudio Magris, writer
- Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849) patriot, poet and writer
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) writer, considered the father of modern Italian language
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), writer
- Girolamo Mei, historian and humanist
- Fulvio Melia, writer and astrophysicist
- Vittorio Messori (born 1941), writer and journalist
- Metastasio, writer and poet
- Maurizio Molinari (born 1964), writer and journalist
- Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), poet
- Indro Montanelli (1909-2001), journalist and historian
- Guido Monte, writer
- Elsa Morante (1912-1985), writer
- Alberto Moravia (1907–1990), novelist
P-V
- Giovanni Papini, journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist
- Giuseppe Parini (1729-1799), satirist and poet
- Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912), poet
- Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), poet
- Francesco Maria Piave, librettist
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, philosopher
- Roberto Pinotti (born 1944), journalist and author
- Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), playwright
- Giovanni Prati, poet
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968), poet
- Ottavio Rinuccini, poet and librettist
- Cesare Ripa, aesthetician and writer
- Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher
- Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), writer
- Emilio Salgari (1862-1911), novelist
- Mario Spezi, journalist, writer
- Italo Svevo (orig. Aron Ettore Schmitz) (1861-1928), writer
- Antonio Tabucchi (born 1943), writer
- Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), poet
- Gian Giorgio Trissino, poet
- Luigi Ugolini, journalist, essayist, poet, and novelist
- Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970), poet
- Giorgio Vasari (1511-1571), architect and writer
- Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), writer
- Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), philosopher.
Cartoonists
- Francesco Bellissimo, (1979-)
- Bruno Bozzetto, (1938-)
- Gian Alfonso Pacinotti (1963-)
- Andrea Pazienza, (1956-1988)
- Hugo Pratt, (1927-1995)
- Milo Manara
- Lorenzo Mattotti
Filmmakers
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Main article: List of film directors from Italy
- Gianni Amelio
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Dario Argento
- Pupi Avati
- Lamberto Bava
- Mario Bava
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Andrea Bianchi
- Tinto Brass
- Frank Capra
- Luigi Comencini
- Luigi Cozzi
- Joe D'Amato
- Ruggero Deodato
- Vittorio De Sica
- Luciano Ercoli
- Federico Fellini
- Lucio Fulci
- Pietro Germi
- Alberto Grimaldi
- Aldo Lado
- Umberto Lenzi
- Sergio Leone
- Antonio Margheriti
- Sergio Martino
- Bruno Mattei
- Nanni Moretti
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Roberto Rossellini
- Michele Soavi
- Dante Spinotti
- Luchino Visconti
- Franco Zeffirelli
Actors and actresses
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Main articles: List of Italian actors and List of Italian actresses
A-L
- Laura Antonelli (born 1941)
- Asia Argento (born 1975)
- Monica Bellucci (born 1964)
- Roberto Benigni (born 1952)
- Francesca Bertini (1892-1985)
- Lucia Bosé (born 1931)
- Raoul Bova (born 1971)
- Nicoletta Braschi (born 1960)
- Mario Brega (1923-1991)
- Andrea Bruschi (born 1968)
- Claudia Cardinale (born in Tunisia, 1938)
- Raffaella Carrà (born 1943)
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969)
- Vittorio Gassmann (1922-2000)
- Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942)
- Gina Lollobrigida (born 1927)
- Sophia Loren (born 1934)
M-V
- Nino Manfredi (1921-2004)
- Silvana Mangano (1930-1989)
- Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996)
- Rose McGowan (born 1973)
- Laura Morante (born 1956)
- Caterina Murino (born 1977)
- Natalino Otto, singer and actor (1912-1969)
- Moana Pozzi (1961-1994)
- Alberto Rabagliati (1906-1974)
- Stefania Sandrelli (born 1946)
- Delia Scala (1929-2004), ballerina, actress
- Rocco Siffredi (born 1964)
- Alberto Sordi (1920-2003)
- Bud Spencer (born 1929)
- Totò (1898-1967)
- Massimo Troisi (1953-1994)
- Rodolfo Valentino (1895-1926)
- Alida Valli (born 1921)
- Gian Maria Volontè (1933-1994)
Fashion models
- Bianca Balti
- Ludovico Benazzo
- Mariacarla Boscono
- Carla Bruni
- Elisabetta Canalis
- Marta Cecchetto
- Claudia Cedro
- Cristina Chiabotto
- Francesca Dani
- Laura Esposto
- Alessia Fabiani
- Federica Fontana
- Vincenzo Galdi
- Gabriel Garko
- Vanessa Hessler
- Anna Kanakis
- Fabio Lanzoni
- Alessia Marcuzzi
- Francesca Martinez (Italian model)
- Cody McCoy
- Denny Mendez
- Massimiliano Neri
- Anita Pallenberg
- Eva Riccobono
- Linda Jo Rizzo
- Isabella Rossellini
- Sabrina Salerno
- Melissa Satta
- Alena Šeredova
- Adriana Volpe
Artists
- See also: List of Italian painters and List of Italian designers
A-C
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), architect
- Fra Angelico (1387-1445), (Giovanni da Fiesole)
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo, painter
- Sisto Badalocchio (1581- c. 1647), painter and engraver
- Alessio Baldovinetti (1427-1499)
- Federico Barocci, painter
- Pompeo Batoni, painter
- Vanessa Beecroft, contemporary artist
- Bernardo Bellotto, painter
- Giovanni Boldini, painter
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), painter
- Angelo Bronzino, painter
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), painter, sculptor, architect, and poet
- Bernardo Buontalenti, painter and architect
- Guido Cagnacci, painter
- Antonio Canaletto, painter
- Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), poster designer and caricaturist
- Battistello Caracciolo, painter
- Caravaggio, (1573-1610), (Michelangelo Merisi), painter
- Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460-1525), painter
- Agostino Carracci (1560-1609), painter
- Antonio Marziale Carracci, painter
- Giovanni Battista Castello, painter
- Giovanni Castiglione, artist
- Giuseppe Castiglione, painter and Jesuit
- Giuseppe Castiglione, painter
- Giuseppe Castiglione (politician)
- Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, painter
- Ludovico Cigoli, painter
- Cimabue, (1240-1302), painter
- Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), painter and sculptor
- Viviano Codazzi, painter
- Sebastiano Conca, painter
- Domenico Corvi
D-L
- Antonio da Correggio, (1488-1534), (often short Correggio)
- Gentile da Fabriano, (c.1370-1427), painter
- Melozzo da Forlì, painter
- Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)
- Andrea da Monte San Savino (Andrea Sansovino or Sansovino)
- Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-1447)
- Antonio da Sangallo
- Giuliano da Sangallo (c.1443-1516)
- Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), painter, sculptor and inventor
- Daniele da Volterra, painter
- Giorgio De Chirico, (1888-1978), painter
- Andrea del Castagno, (c.1421-1457)
- Niccolò dell'Abbate, painter
- Piero della Francesca, (c.1416-1492), painter and mathematician
- Luca della Robbia, (1400-1482), sculptor
- Andrea del Sarto, (1487-1531), painter
- Fortunato Depero
- Benozzo di Filipuccio
- Santi di Tito, painter
- Artemisia Gentileschi, painter
- Domenico Ghirlandaio, painter
- Giorgione, (c. 1477-1510), (Giorgione da Castelfranco)
- Giotto, (1267-1337), painter
- Francesco Guardi, painter
- Guercino, painter
- Fermo Guisoni, painter
- Renato Guttuso, (1912-1987), painter
- Francesco Hayez, painter
- Fra Filippo Lippi, (c.1406-1469), painter
- Filippino Lippi, (1457-1504), painter
- Lorenzo Lippi, painter and poet
- Lorenzo Lotto, (1480-1556), painter
M-Z
- Andrea Mantegna, (c.1431-1506), painter
- Marino Marini, sculptor
- Simone Martini, (c.1284-1344)
- Masaccio, (1401-1428), painter
- Amedeo Modigliani, (1884-1920), sculptor and painter
- Lorenzo Monaco, painter
- Giorgio Morandi, (1890-1964), painter
- Ugo Nespolo, (born 1941), painter
- Dianora Niccolini, photographer
- Andrea Orcagna, (Andrea di Cione), (1320-1368)
- Giovanni Paolo Pannini, painter and architect
- Perugino, (c.1445-1523), painter
- Baldassarre Peruzzi
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Pisanello, painter
- Francesco Raibolini, painter
- Raphael, (Raffaello Sanzio), (1483-1520)
- Guido Reni, (1575-1642), painter
- Giulio Romano, painter
- Rosso (Rosso Fiorentino)
- Giovanni Segantini, painter
- Luca Signorelli, (c.1445-1523)
- Carlo Antonio Tavella, painter
- Tiepolo, (1696-1770), painter
- Tintoretto, (1518-1594), painter
- Titian, (1488-1576), (Tiziano Vecellio)
- Oliviero Toscani, photographer
- Giovanni Tuccari
- Paolo Uccello, (1397-1475), painter
- Domenico Veneziano, (c.1400-1461)
- Paolo Veronese, painter
- Andrea del Verrocchio, (c.1435-1488), sculptor, painter
- David Vignoni, creator of the Nuvola icon set.
- Alessandro Vittoria
- Ettore Ximenes, (1855-1919), painter
- Frontier Zephyr, painter
Sculptors
- Pietro Bernini
- Umberto Boccioni
- Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916)
- Giovanni Battista Caccini
- Pietro Canonica
- Antonio Canova, (1757-1822)
- Baccio D'Agnolo (c. 1460-1543), sculptor, wood-carver, and architect
- Donatello, (1386-1466)
- Giovanni Battista Foggini
- Antonello Gagini
- Antonio Gagini
- Domenico Gagini
- Silvio Gazzaniga, (born 1921)
- Vincenzo Gemito - (1852-1929)
- Tommaso Geraci, (born 1931)
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- Giambologna
- Stefano Maderno (1576 – 1636)
- Carlo Marochetti, (1805-1867)
- Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli
- Costantino Nivola, (1911-1988)
- Pinuccio Sciola, (born 1942)
- Mauro Staccioli
- Eugenio Tavolara
Architects
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Main article: List of Italian architects
- Leon Battista Alberti, (1404-1472), architect
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (1598 - 1680), architect, sculptor and painter
- Bartolommeo Berrecci
- Francesco Borromini, (1599 - 1667), architect
- Donato Bramante (1444-1514), architect
- Giovanni Branca, engineer and architect
- Filippo Brunelleschi, (1377 - 1446), architect
- Pietro da Cortona, (1596 - 1669), architect
- Aloisio da Milano
- Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
- Giacomo della Porta
- Domenico de' Rossi
- Giovanni Battista di Quadro
- Aristotile Fioravanti
- Francesco Florentino
- Carlo Fontana, (1634 or 1638 - 1714), architect
- Domenico Fontana
- Ferdinando Fuga
- Rosario Gagliardi
- Alessandro Galilei
- Andrea Giganti
- Camillo-Guarino Guarini
- Mateo Gucci
- Santi Gucci
- Stefano Ittar
- Filippo Juvarra
- Paolo Labisi
- Giulio Lasso
- Giacomo Leoni
- Carlo Maderno, (1556 - 1629), architect
- Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michelozzo
- Riccardo Morandi, engineer
- Bernardo Morando
- Tomasso Napoli
- Alois Negrelli, engineer
- Pier Luigi Nervi, (1891 - 1979), architect and engineer
- Nicolò Pacassi
- Andrea Palladio, (1508 - 1580), architect
- Andrea Palma
- Alessandro Pasqualini
- Renzo Piano, (born 1937), architect
- Gino Pollini
- Giò Ponti (Giovanni), (1891 - 1979), architect
- Andrea Pozzo, architect
- Francesco Primaticcio
- Giacomo Quarenghi
- Carlo Rainaldi, (1611 – 1691), architect
- Girolamo Rainaldi, architect
- Bartolomeo Rastrelli, (1700-1771), architect
- Antonio Rinaldi, (1710-1794), architect
- Aldo Rossi, (1931 - 1997), architect
- Marco Ruffo
- Francesco Sabatini, (1722 - 1797), architect
- Nicola Salvi
- Antonio Scaglione
- Carlo Scarpa, (1906 - 1978), architect
- Sebastiano Serlio
- Vincenzo Sinatra
- Guiniforte Solari
- Pietro Antonio Solari
- Ettore Sottsass
- Matteo Thun
- Giovanni Battista Vaccarini
- Luigi Vanvitelli, (1700 – 1773), architect
- Giorgio Vasari
- Tommaso Vincidor
Musicians and singers
- Giovanni Adamo, violinist
- Franco Battiato, singer-songwriter
- Lucio Battisti (1943-1998), singer-songwriter
- Mattia Battistini
- Loredana Bertè
- Andrea Bocelli (born 1958), singer and tenor
- Ernesto Bonino (born 1922), singer
- Faustina Bordoni, mezzo-soprano opera singer
- Riccardo Brengola, violinist
- Fred Buscaglione (1921-1960), singer and actor
- Renato Carosone (1920-2001), pop musician and composer
- Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), tenor
- Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944), glamorous opera singer
- Adriano Celentano, (born 1938), pop singer
- Felice Chiusano (1922-1990), singer
- Alessandro Cortini (born 1976), singer-musician
- Pino Daniele (born 1955), singer-songwriter
- Fabrizio De André (1940-1999), singer-songwriter
- Enrico De Angelis, singer
- Francesco De Gregori (born 1951), singer-songwriter
- Mario Del Monaco (1915-1982), tenor
- Mario Giulio Fara, musicologist
- Farinelli, soprano castrato singer
- Rino Gaetano (1950-1981)
- Peppino Gagliardi (born 1940), singer
- Enrico Gentile, singer
- Tata Giacobetti (1922-1988), singer and lyricist
- Beniamino Gigli, tenor
- Francesco Guccini (born 1940), singer-songwriter
- Iacopo Jacomelli, singer
- Jovanotti (born 1966), singer-songwriter
- Gorni Kramer (1913-1995), bandleader and songwriter
- Leo Levi, musicologist
- Luciano Ligabue (born 1960), singer-songwriter
- Fiorella Mannoia
- Lucia Mannucci (born 1920), singer
- Mina, singer
- Giorgio Moroder, Academy Award winning record producer, songwriter and performer
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928), Academy Award winning composer
- Paolo Negri, jazz organist
- Natalino Otto (1912-1969), singer and actor
- Adelina Patti
- Laura Pausini (born 1974), singer
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007), tenor
- Mauro Picotto, DJ
- Pier Luigi Pizzi, opera director
- Maurizio Pollini, classical pianist
- Alberto Rabagliati (1906-1974), singer and actor
- Eros Ramazzotti (born 1963), singer
- Vasco Rossi (born 1952), singer-songwriter
- Virgilio Savona (born 1920), singer and songwriter
- Cristina Scabbia (born 1972), lead female singer in the Italian goth/symponic metal band Lacuna Coil
- Tito Schipa (1888-1965)
- Senesino, alto castrato
- Alessandro Sommella, musician
- Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004), soprano
- Luisa Tetrazzini
- Ottavio Tiby, ethnomusicologist
- Ornella Vanoni
- Zucchero (born 1955), singer-songwriter
Composers
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Main article: List of Italian composers
A-C
- Luigi Alberto, opera composer
- Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822 - 1889), opera composer
- Emilio Arrieta, opera composer
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), composer
- Luciano Berio (1925-2003), composer
- Luigi Boccherini, (1743 - 1805), composer
- Arrigo Boito (1842-1918), composer, opera composer
- Giovanni Battista Bononcini, composer and cellist
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer
- Giulio Caccini, composer
- Florentine Camerata, composer
- Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer
- Francesco Canova da Milano, (1497 - 1543), lute composer
- Giuseppe Carcani (1703-1779), composer
- Giacomo Carissimi, (1605 - 1674), composer
- Roberto Carnevale, composer
- Ferdinando Carulli, (1770 - 1841), guitar composer
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), classical guitar composer
- Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), opera composer