Ferrara
Ferrara is a city in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region. It's known for the buildings erected by its Renaissance rulers, the Este family. These include the moated Este Castle, with its lavish private chambers. The family also built the Diamanti Palace, which is clad in diamond-shaped marble blocks and home to the National Picture Gallery. The Romanesque Ferrara Cathedral has a 3-tiered facade and a marble bell tower.
People born in Ferrara (First 49 people) - Page 1
Lino Fiorito
Production designer
Boccaccio Boccaccino
Painter
Lucio Magri
Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Giovanni Manardo
Physician
Mario Canale
Film director
Alessandro Montessori
Maria Montessori's father
Giovanni Battista Guarini
Italian poet
Luciano Chailly
Italian composer
Giuseppe Gandini
Actor
Battista Dossi
Painter
Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara
Musical artist
Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara
Lorenzo Costa
Italian painter
Francesco del Cossa
Italian painter
Folco Quilici
Italian film director
Gualtiero Tumiati
Italian actor
Valerio Mazzola
Italian basketball player
Nicola Mari
Graphic novelist
Adriana Ferrarese del Bene
Operatic soprano
Filippo Artioli
Italian football player
Lucrezia Aguiari
Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia
Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena
Massimo Felisatti
Italian novelist
Olympia Fulvia Morata
Roberto Angelini Rossi
Civil engineer
Giorgio Merighi
Italian opera singer
Lanfranco Caretti
Italian literary critic
Nicola Lombardi
Italian writer
Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara
Italian scientist
Ellade Bandini
Italian drummer
Ivan Bacchi
Actor
Vittorio Cini
Former Minister of Communications of the Kingdom of Italy
Alberto Balboni
Senator of Italy
Massimo Faggioli
Italian historian
Beppe Finessi
Architect
Andrea Poltronieri
Italian musician
Giorgio Ariani
Comedian
Silvana Bosi
Film actress
Gianluca Laurenti
Obizzo III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara
Vieri Quilici
Italian author
Corrado Tumiati
Physician
Gianni Fantoni
Italian comedian
Paolo Farneti
Italian essayist
Cesare Ferraresi
Italian Violinist
