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Famous Italians A-Z #1

Can you name these famous Italians whose last names start with (almost) every letter of the alphabet?
Not all people in this quiz were born in Italy!
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Last updated: June 22, 2023
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Renowned fashion designer
Giorgio Armani
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Renaissance painter creating The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
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Ballon d'Or winning defender of 2006
Fabio Cannavaro
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Fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize (Literature)
Grazia Deledda
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Philosopher most famous for writing The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
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Motor racer and founder of the most famous Formula One team
Enzo Ferrari
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Polymath, sometimes called the father of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
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Actor starring in Spaghetti Westerns alongside Bud Spencer
Terence Hill
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Soccer player inducted into the AC Milan Hall of Fame
Filippo Inzaghi
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Baroque architect designing the Basilica di Superga
Filippo Juvarra
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Actress starring in Linda and the Brigadier and All Ladies Do It
Claudia Koll
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Actress winning Best Actress for her role in Two Woman
Sophia Loren
M
Fascist dictator during World War 2
Benito Mussolini
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Olympic gold medallist in archery (Team event)
Mauro Nespoli
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Prime Minister representing Italy in the Paris Peace Conference
Vittorio Orlando
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Explorer recording his travels through Asia
Marco Polo
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Poet winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959
Salvatore Quasimodo
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Nine times motorcycle racing World champion
Valentino Rossi
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Craftsman famous for his violins
Antonio Stradivari
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Student of Galileo and inventor of the barometer
Evangelista Torricelli
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Painter famous for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art
Paolo Uccello
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Opera composer whose works include Rigoletto and Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
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Film director famous for her art house films, such as Seven Beauties
Lina Wertmüller
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Oldest soccer player to win a FIFA World Cup
Dino Zoff
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1 Comments
XYU
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Level 62
Jun 22, 2023
Grazia Deledda is way too obscure; what about da Vinci?
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