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50 Famous Men from Italy

Can you name 50 famous men from Italy?
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Composer of operas La Traviata, Rigoletto and Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi
Media tycoon and Prime Minister of Italy in four governments
Silvio Berlusconi
Burned at the stake by the Inquisition because of his cosmological theories
Giordano Bruno
Creator of the children's novel Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi
Founder of the Scuderia Grand Prix team
Enzo Ferrari
One of the first European travelers along the famous Silk Road
Marco Polo
Designated as patron saint of Italy by Pope Gregory IX
Saint Francis of Assisi
FIFA's Best Referee of the Year six consecutive times
Pierluigi Collina
Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time
Gianluigi Buffon
Creator of the Spaghetti Western genre
Sergio Leone
The composer of operas Madame Butterfly and Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
General who played a critical role during the rise of the Roman Empire
Julius Caesar
Famous craftsman of string instruments
Antonio Stradivari
Astronomer who improved the telescope and studied the Milky Way
Galileo Galilei
Fashion designer who was shot and killed in Miami in 1997
Gianni Versace
'Father of the Italian Language' and the author of Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
De facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during Renaissance
Lorenzo de' Medici
Composer known for a series of violin concertos The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
Tennis player who won 4 Grand slam titles as of 2025
Jannik Sinner
Most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time
Niccolo Paganini
Most successful football manager in the Champions League history
Carlo Ancelotti
Painter of Sistine Madonna and Transfiguration
Raphael
Explorer from whose name the term 'America' is derived
Amerigo Vespucci
Nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion
Valentino Rossi
Politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
Benito Mussolini
Opera tenor who became completely blind at age 12
Andrea Bocelli
Director and star in the holocaust comedy-drama film Life is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni
Sculptor of the famous David statue
Michelangelo
Fashion house founder in 1975 with its headquarters in Milan
Giorgio Armani
Actor known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles
Bud Spencer
FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993 known as 'The Divine Ponytail'
Roberto Baggio
Artist commissioned on the artworks in the Sistine Chapel
Sandro Botticelli
Author of Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata
Donatello
Footballer who played an entire career as a left back for AC Milan
Paolo Maldini
Author of The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
Influential film director of La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
Physicist and chemist who was credited as the inventor of the electric battery
Alessandro Volta
Author of painting Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Composer in most of Sergio Leone's and Giuseppe Tornatore's films
Ennio Morricone
The world’s most famous adventurer who wrote The Story of My Life
Giacomo Casanova
Designer of the dome of the Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi
Often called the father of modern political philosophy and political science
Niccolo Machiavelli
Singer who recorded a duet Cose Delle Vita with Tina Turner
Eros Ramazzotti
Author of novel The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
Widely considered to be the best Italian basketball player ever
Dino Meneghin
The first European to reach the Americas in 1492
Christopher Columbus
Composer of The Barber of Seville
Gioacino Rossini
Director of Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
One of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all times
Luciano Pavarotti
Often credited of the founding of Renaissance humanism
Francesco Petrarch
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4 Comments
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Level 52
Mar 7, 2021
Machiavelli is misspelt.
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Level 54
Mar 7, 2021
Thanks. Corrected.
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Level 79
Apr 11, 2024
Mario Puzo had italian origins, but he was american

I never know that Botticelli was commissioned on the artworks in the Sistine Chapel!

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Level 82
Apr 12, 2024
I was expecting to find (St) Thomas Aquinas on the list, one of the greatest theological minds of all time and also (St) Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order.