Italy
Italy, a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins. Other major cities include Florence, with Renaissance masterpieces such as Michelangelo's "David" and Brunelleschi's Duomo; Venice, the city of canals; and Milan, Italy's fashion capital.
People born in Italy (First 49 people) - Page 949
Giovanni Bassano
Italian composer
Nino Sanzogno
Conductor
Cinzia Sasso
Italian journalist
Gianni De Michelis
Former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Francesco Algarotti
Italian polymath
Roberto Ravaglia
Racing driver
Giacomo Favretto
Painter
Guglielmo Ciardi
Painter
Antonio Lotti
Italian composer
Pope Alexander VIII
Former head of the Catholic Church
Apostolo Zeno
Poet
Niccolao Manucci
Writer
Faustina Bordoni
Mezzo-soprano
Gregorio Lazzarini
Italian painter
Domenico Veneziano
Italian painter
Michele Marieschi
Italian painter
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Italian painter
Andrea Celesti
Italian painter
Guido Castelnuovo
Historian
Giacomo Guardi
Painter
Jacopo Amigoni
Italian painter
Giandomenico Romanelli
Italian author
Paolo Veneziano
Painter
Bartolomeo Bon
Italian sculptor
Giambattista Pittoni
Painter
Catherine Cornaro
Queen of Cyprus
Monica Bonvicini
Italian artist
Leonardo Dudreville
Italian painter
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Lawyer
Giovanni Dolfin
Former Doge of Venice
Giulio Strozzi
Poet
Tommaso Mocenigo
Former Doge of Venice
Vettor Pisani
Admiral
Marino Faliero
Former Doge of Venice
Reniero Zeno
Former Doge of Venice
Giovanni Dandolo
Former Doge of Venice
Gigi Masin
Italian composer
Emanuele Zinato
Italian author
Alessandro Bressanello
Actor
Claudio Fasoli
Italian saxophonist
Maurizio Piccoli
Italian musical artist
Serge Peretti
French dancer
Luciano Crovato
Actor
Paolo Scarpi
Antonio Diziani
Italian painter
Paolo Sarpi
Historian
