This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Rome, Italy.

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Pope Adeodatus I Pope Adeodatus I (570 – 8 November 618), also called Deodatus I or Deusdedit, was the bishop of Rome from 19 October 615 to his death. He was the first priest to be elected pope since John II in 533. The first use of lead seals or '' bullae'' ...

* Giorgio Agamben *

Pope Agapetus I Pope Agapetus I (489/490 – 22 April 536) was the bishop of Rome from 13 May 535 to his death. His father, Gordianus, was a priest in Rome and he may have been related to two previous popes, Felix III and Gregory I. In 536, Agapetus traveled ...

Andrea Aiuti Andrea Aiuti (17 June 1849 – 28 April 1905) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. He was made a cardinal in 1903. Biography Andrea Aiuti was born in Rome on ...

* Paolo Alatri * Gian Francesco Albani *

Giuseppe Albani Giuseppe (Andrea) Albani (13 September 1750 – 3 December 1834) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal. He played an important role in the elections of Leo XII, Pius VIII and Gregory XVI. Biography Albani was born in Rome into a noble fam ...

* Vincenzo Albrici *

Pietro Aldobrandini Pietro Aldobrandini (31 March 1571 – 10 February 1621) was an Italian cardinal and patron of the arts. Biography He was made a cardinal in 1593 by his uncle, Pope Clement VIII. He took over the duchy of Ferrara in 1598 when it fell to the P ...

Alessandro Alessandroni Alessandro Alessandroni (18 March 1925 – 26 March 2017) was an Italian musician and composer. He played multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, mandolincello, sitar, accordion and piano, and composed more than 40 film scores and ...

Alexius of Rome Saint Alexius of Rome or Alexius of Edessa ( el, Ἀλέξιος, ''Alexios''), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. There are two versions of his life that are known, a Sy ...

Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz Alfonso, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Cádiz, Grandee of Spain (''Alfonso Jaime Marcelino Manuel Víctor María de Borbón y Dampierre'', French citizen as ''Alphonse de Bourbon''; 20 April 1936 – 30 January 1989) was a grandson of King Alfonso XIII ...

Infante Alfonso of Spain Infante Alfonso of Spain (''Don Alfonso Cristino Teresa Ángelo Francisco de Asís y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón Dos-Sicilias''; 3 October 1941 – 29 March 1956) was the younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain. He was also th ...

* Domenico Allegri *

Gregorio Allegri Gregorio Allegri (17 February 1652) was a Roman Catholic priest and Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a singer. He was born"Allegri, Gregorio" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newne ...

Agnese Allegrini Agnese Allegrini (born 3 July 1982, in Rome) is a badminton player from Italy. Biography Allegrini played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships and reached the second round, where she lost to Eriko Hirose of Japan. She played at the 2008 S ...

* Enrico Alleva *

Ilaria Alpi Ilaria Alpi (24 May 1961 – 20 March 1994) was an Italian journalist who was assassinated in Mogadishu, Somalia, together with her camera operator Miran Hrovatin. In 2009 Francesco Fonti, a former 'Ndrangheta member, claimed that Ilaria Alpi a ...

* Giovanna Amati * Maurizio Amati *

Claudio Amendola Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film '' The Escort'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Biography Born in Rome and the son of actors and ...

Giorgio Amendola Giorgio Amendola (21 November 1907 – 5 June 1980) was an Italian writer and politician. He is regarded and often cited as one of the main precursors of the Olive Tree. Born in Rome in 1907, Amendola was the son of Lithuanian intellectual Eva ...

* Niccolò Ammaniti *

Franco Amurri Franco Amurri (born 12 September 1958) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing films such as '' Da grande'', which inspired the Tom Hanks film '' Big'', ''Monkey Trouble'' and '' Flashback''. His father w ...

Pope Anastasius IV Pope Anastasius IV ( – 3 December 1154), born Corrado Demetri della Suburra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 July 1153 to his death in 1154. He is the most recent pope to take the name "Anastasius" upon his ...

* Benjamin ben Abraham Anaw * Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw * Giulio Andreotti * Lucilla Andreucci *

Felice Anerio Felice Anerio (26 or 27 September 1614) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was the older brother of another important, and somewhat more progressive composer ...

Giovanni Francesco Anerio Giovanni Francesco Anerio (7 July 1569 - 11 June 1630) was an Italian composer of the Roman School, of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was the younger brother of Felice Anerio. Giovanni's principal importance in music histor ...

* Marco Angeletti *

Filippo d'Angeli Filippo d'Angeli (1600–1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence and Naples, painting battles scenes with small figures. Also known as ''il Napoletano''. Born in Rome , established_title = Founded ...

* Roberta Angelilli * Fiorenzo Angelini *

Ambra Angiolini Ambra Angiolini (born 22 April 1977, in Rome) is an Italian actress and singer. She made her film debut in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Saturn in Opposition'' (2007) for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress as well as the N ...

* Luca Antei * Richard Antinucci * Silvio Antoniano *

Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the au ...

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of t ...

Alberto Aquilani Alberto Aquilani (; born 7 July 1984) is an Italian football manager and former player. Mainly a central midfielder, he usually operated as a deep-lying playmaker, but was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach o ...

* Tullia d'Aragona * Daniele Archibugi *

Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started t ...

* Giulia Arcioni * Maurizio Arena * Asia Argento * Claudio Argento * Dario Argento * Carlo Armellini * Francesco Arquati * Giuditta Tavani Arquati *

Antonella Attili Antonella Attili (born 3 April 1963) is an Italian film and television actress. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Attili, Antonella 1963 births Living people Italian film actresses Italian television actre ...

Corrado Augias Corrado Augias (born 26 January 1935) is an Italian journalist, writer and TV host. He was also a member of the European Parliament in 1994–1999 for the Democratic Party of the Left. Biography Born in Rome, Augias became popular in Italy ...

* Augustine of Canterbury *

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

* Alessia Aureli *

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...

* Umberto Avattaneo *

Carlo Aymonino Carlo Aymonino (18 July 1926 – 3 July 2010) was an Italian architect and urban planner best known for the Monte Amiata housing complex in Milan. Early life Born in Rome, he studied at the University of Rome, obtaining his degree in 1950. In ...

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* Samuele Bacchiocchi *

Marcello Bacciarelli Marcello Bacciarelli (; 16 February 1731 – 5 January 1818) was a Polish- Italian painter of the late-baroque and Neoclassic periods. Biography He was born in Rome, and studied there under Marco Benefial. In 1750, with the recommendation of t ...

Giovanni Baglione Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...

* Jorge de Bagration * Giuseppe Baini * Andrea Bajani *

Renato Baldini Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo ...

Silvia Baraldini Silvia Baraldini (December 12, 1947) is an Italian activist. She was active in both the Black Power and Puerto Rican independence movements in the United States in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In 1982 she was sentenced to 43 years under the Rac ...

Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa (born 15 April 1961, Rome) is an Italian singer-songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1981, and is known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Early career In 1980, Barbarossa won the Castrocaro Musi ...

* Anton Giuseppe Barbazza * Antonio Barberini * Urbano Barberini *

Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni (7 July 1922 – 23 March 2002), sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher; the surname of his grandmotherp. 115 Wong, Alzia S. ''Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide (National Cinemas)'' Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (15 ...

* Paolo Barelli *

Andrea Bargnani Andrea Bargnani (; born 26 October 1985) is an Italian former professional basketball player. The 7 ft 0 in (213 cm) power forward- center played for Benetton Treviso in the Italian LBA and the EuroLeague before being selected firs ...

* Filippo Barigioni *

Gianfranco Barra Gianfranco Barra (born 5 April 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films. Born in Rome, Barra studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in his hometown. First active on stage, he ...

Steve Bastoni Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Award winning, Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in ''Police Rescue'' and as Steve Parker in ''Neighbours''. H ...

* Stefano di Battista * Stefano Battistelli * Lamberto Bava * Marco Belladonna * Dario Bellezza * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli *

Francesco Bellissimo (born 3 January 1979 in Rome) is an Italian celebrity chef, actor, foreign tarento, social media personality, businessman, martial artist and sommelier dell' Olio. He holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin karate. He is living and ...

* Alessandra Belloni * Claudio Bellucci *

Pope Benedict V Pope Benedict V ( la, Benedictus V; died 4 July 965) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Leo VIII. He was overthrown by Emperor Otto I. His brief pontificate occurred at the end of a ...

* Marco Benefial * Valerio Bernabò * Antonino Bernardini * Laura Bernasconi *

Luciano Bernasconi Luciano Bernasconi (born 1939 in Rome) is an Italian comic book artist. In the early 1960s, he worked for fellow artist Carlo Cedroni's Studio Barbato, Editions Lug in France, and Edizioni Europer in Rome. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Bernasco ...

Ernesto Bertarelli Ernesto Silvio Maurizio Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion, an increase of £ ...

* Franca Bettoia *

Max Biaggi Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two ri ...

Laura Biagiotti Laura Biagiotti (; 4 August 1943 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian fashion designer, and the founder of the House of Biagiotti. Early life Biagiotti was born in Rome on 4 August 1943. Her mother Delia Soldaini Biagiotti was a successful dressm ...

* Alessandro Bianchi *

Andrea Bianchi Andrea Bianchi (31 March 1925 – 14 November 2013) was an Italian film director and writer. Filmography * '' Diabólica malicia'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredited in English version) * ''Treasure Island'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredit ...

* Daniela Bianchi * Giorgio Bianchi * Orazio Bianchi * Angela Bianchini * Paola Binetti * Giovanni Bisignani * Alessandro Blasetti *

Ilary Blasi Ilary Blasi (; born 28 April 1981) is an Italian showgirl, model, television personality, and former child actress. Early life Ilary was born in Rome, daughter of Roberto and Daniela. Her mother named her after one of her favourite Western movi ...

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* Salvatore Boccaccio * Tanio Boccia * Alessandro Boccolini *

Camillo Boito Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist. Biography Boito was born in Rome, the son of an Italian painter of miniatures. His mother was of Poli ...

Paolo Bonacelli Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'' (1975). He was in '' Midnight Express'' (1978) as t ...

* Massimo Bonanni * Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte * Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte *

Carla Boni Carla Boni (17 July 1925 in Ferrara, Italy – 17 October 2009 in Rome, Italy), was an Italian singer. Life and career Born as Carla Gaiano in Ferrara, Boni had worked on RAI, the Italian State Radio and television network, as a singer sinc ...

Pope Boniface III Pope Boniface III ( la, Bonifatius III; died 12 November 607) was the bishop of Rome from 19 February 607 to his death. Despite his short pontificate, he made a significant contribution to the Catholic Church. Early career The son of John Cataa ...

Joseph Bonomi the Elder Joseph Bonomi the Elder (19 January 17399 March 1808) was an Italian architect and draughtsman who spent most of his career in England where he became a successful designer of country houses. Biography He was born Giuseppe Bonomi in Rome on 19 ...

Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona '' Don'' Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and of Rossano, Duke and Prince of Guastalla (19 July 1775 – 9 May 1832) was a member of the Borghese family, best known for being a brother-in-law of Napoleon. Borghese married N ...

* Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese *

Junio Valerio Borghese Junio Valerio Scipione Ghezzo Marcantonio Maria Borghese (6 June 1906 – 26 August 1974), nicknamed The Black Prince, was an Italian Navy commander during the regime of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party and a prominent hard-line Fascist ...

Marcantonio Borghese, 5th Prince of Sulmona Marcantonio III Borghese, 5th Prince of Sulmona (16 September 1730 – 26 March 1800) was the head of the Borghese family of Rome. Pro- Bonaparte in sympathies, he was the father of Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona and F ...

Scipione Borghese Scipione Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legacy is the establ ...

* Cesare Borgia * Giovanni Borgia * Orazio Borgianni * Mariacarla Boscono *

Giuseppe Bottai Giuseppe Bottai (3 September 1895 – 9 January 1959) was an Italian journalist, and member of the National Fascist Party of Benito Mussolini. Early life Born in Rome, Giuseppe was son of Luigi, a wine dealer with republican sympathies, and Elen ...

Raoul Bova Raoul Bova (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian actor. Bova's European film breakthrough was in the 1993 film ''Piccolo grande amore'', and he's played romantic male leads the following years. His American film credits include ''Under the Tusca ...

* Jole Bovio Marconi * Cesare Bovo *

Pietro Bracci Pietro Bracci (1700–1773) was an Italian sculptor working in the Late Baroque manner. Biography He was born in Rome and became a student of Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari and Camillo Rusconi. His most familiar works are the colossal ''Oceanus' ...

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, later known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza; 26 January 1852 – 14 September 1905), was an Italian-born, naturalized French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogoou ...

* Mario Brega * Alfonso Brescia * Oscar Brevi * Lilla Brignone *

Andrea Briotti Andrea Briotti (born 2 May 1986) is an Italians, Italian association football, footballer. Biography A native of Rome, Briotti started his career at A.S. Roma and received Italian youth teams call-up there. He played his only match at Serie A in ...

* Alex Britti * Riccardo Brosco * Constantino Brumidi * Cristian Bucchi * Lorenzo Bucchi * Marianna Bulgarelli *

Ernesto Buonaiuti Ernesto Buonaiuti (June 25, 1881 – April 20, 1946) was an Italian historian, philosopher of religion, Catholic priest and anti-fascist. He lost his chair at the University of Rome owing to his opposition to the Fascists. As a scholar in History ...

Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her b ...

* Guido Buzzelli

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Nicola Cabibbo Nicola Cabibbo (10 April 1935 – 16 August 2010) was an Italian physicist, best known for his work on the weak interaction. Life Cabibbo, son of a Sicilian lawyer, was born in Rome. He graduated in theoretical physics at the Università di Rom ...

Giulio Caccini Giulio Romolo Caccini (also Giulio Romano) (8 October 1551 – buried 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre o ...

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...

Leone Caetani Leone Caetani (September 12, 1869 – December 25, 1935), Duke of Sermoneta (also known as Prince Caetani), was an Italian scholar, politician, and historian of the Middle East. Caetani is considered a pioneer in the application of the historic ...

* Mario Caiano *

Giulio Calì Giulio Calì (26 March 1895 – 20 January 1967) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966. Life and career Born in Rome, Calì started his career on stage, being mainly active in Roman dialect thea ...

Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...

Bernardino Cametti Bernardino Cametti (1669–1736) was an Italian sculptor of the late Baroque . Biography Cametti was born in Rome. Among his earliest works was a marble relief of the ''Canonization of St Ignatius'' (1695–1698) for the Church of the Gesù, ba ...

* Princess Camilla, Duchess of Castro * Achille Campanile * Vincenzo Camuccini * Giuseppe Canale * Matteo Cancellieri *

Antonio Candreva Antonio Candreva (; born 28 February 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder or right winger for Serie A club Salernitana, on loan from Sampdoria. Candreva began his professional club career with Ternana i ...

* Giovanni Angelo Canini * Pompeo Cannicciari * Federico Capasso *

Daniele Capezzone Daniele Capezzone (born 8 September 1972) is an Italian journalist and former politician. From 14 July 2001 to 4 November 2006, he was secretary of the Italian Radicals, a liberal, pro-market economy, libertarian movement associated with the ...

* Gaetano Capocci *

Cristiana Capotondi Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing ...

Kaspar Capparoni Gaspare "Kaspar" Capparoni (born 1 August 1964) is an Italian actor. Biography A native of Rome, Capparoni became a theater actor when he was 18, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1984 he also appeared in the film ''Phenomena'', directe ...

* Antonella Capriotti *

Andrea Carandini Andrea Carandini (born November 3, 1937) is an Italian professor of archaeology specialising in ancient Rome. Among his many excavations is the villa of Settefinestre. Biography The son of Italian diplomat Count Nicolò Carandini (1896–1972 ...

* Francesco Carbone * Lianella Carell * Fabio Caressa * Alberto Carlieri * Vito Carnevali * Angelo Caroselli *

Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto (30 June 1916 – 14 April 1995) was an Italian actor of film and theatre. Biography Carotenuto, the son of a silent film actor and younger brother of the actor Memmo Carotenuto, took various humble jobs for many years be ...

Memmo Carotenuto Memmo Carotenuto (23 August 1908 – 23 December 1980) was an Italian actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1941 and 1980. Selected filmography *'' The Wedding Trip'' (1969) * ''Assassination in Rome'' (1965) * '' Male Companion'' (1964 ...

* Stefano Caruso * Giovanni Battista Casali * Sandro Casamonica *

Stefano Caselli Stefano Caselli (born 21 February 1978) is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics title '' Avengers: The Initiative'', the mini-series '' Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways'' and '' Secret Warriors''. He was on ...

Mario Caserini Mario Caserini (26 February 1874 – 17 November 1920) was an Italian film director, as well as an actor, screenwriter, and early pioneer of film making in the early portion of the 20th century. Caserini was born in Rome, Italy, and was marri ...

Carlo Cassola Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an influential Italian novelist and essayist. His novel ''La Ragazza di Bube'' (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963. ...

Francesco Castellacci Francesco Castellacci (born 4 April 1987 in Rome) is a professional racing driver from Italy. Francesco studied at Marymount International School, Rome and Universita' Bocconi before starting his career as a racing driver. Together with Federico ...

* Enzo G. Castellari * Pietro Castelli *

Claudio Castellini Claudio Castellini (born 3 March 1966) is an Italian comic book artist. According to his website, Castellini has a "love for technical details, influenced by artists like Neal Adams and John Buscema". Biography Castellini's first work was th ...

* Sergio Castellitto * Emilio de' Cavalieri * Giacomo Cavalieri * Simona Cavallari *

Pietro Cavallini Pietro Cavallini (1259 – c. 1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the late Middle Ages. Biography Little is known about his biography, though it is known he was from Rome, since he signed ''pictor romanus''. His fir ...

Victor Cavallo Victor Cavallo (birth name Vittorio Vitolo, 8 May 1947 in Rome – 21 January 2000 in Rome) was an Italian actor and underground writer. He started his acting career on stage in 1974, in cinema worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci ...

Suso Cecchi d'Amico Suso Cecchi D'Amico (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010) was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She won the 1980 David di Donatello Award for lifetime career. She worked with virtually all of the most celebrated post-war Italian film directors, and ...

Rosalinda Celentano Rosalinda Celentano (born 15 July 1968) is an Italian actress. Credited in over twenty films, she is perhaps best known for having played Satan in the movie ''The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). She is the daughter of Adriano Celentano and Clau ...

Pope Celestine I Pope Celestine I ( la, Caelestinus I) (c. 376 – 1 August 432) was the bishop of Rome from 10 September 422 to his death on 1 August 432. Celestine's tenure was largely spent combatting various ideologies deemed heretical. He supported the missi ...

* Gaspare Celio *

Rodolfo Celletti Rodolfo Celletti (1917–2004) was an Italian musicologist, critic, voice teacher, and novelist. Considered one of the leading scholars of the operatic voice and the history of operatic performance, he published many books and articles on the subje ...

Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her. Life Beatri ...

* Giuseppe Ceracchi *

Michelangelo Cerquozzi Michelangelo Cerquozzi, known as Michelangelo delle Battaglie (18 February 1602 – 6 April 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter known for his genre scenes, battle pictures, small religious and mythological works and still lifes. His genre s ...

* Michelangelo Cerruti * Enzo Cerusico * Valentina Cervi *

Giuseppe Cesari Giuseppe Cesari (14 February 1568 – 3 July 1640) was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called ''Cavaliere d'Arpino'', because he was created ''Cavaliere di Cristo'' by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patronize ...

Federico Cesi Federico Angelo Cesi (; 26 February 1585 – 1 August 1630) was an Italian scientist, naturalist, and founder of the Accademia dei Lincei. On his father's death in 1630, he became briefly lord of Acquasparta. Biography Federico Cesi was ...

* Flavio Chigi * Giuseppe Ciancabilla * Fabrizio Cicchitto * Luigi Cimara * Flavio Cipolla * Chiara Civello * Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi *

Pope Clement X Pope Clement X ( la, Clemens X; it, Clemente X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death in July 1676. Elected pope at ag ...

Muzio Clementi Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England. Encourag ...

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Filippo Coarelli Filippo Coarelli is an Italian archaeologist, Professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Perugia. Born in Rome, Coarelli was a student of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli. Coarelli is one of the foremost experts on Roman antiquiti ...

* Armando Colafrancesco * Stefano Colantuono * Veniero Colasanti * Lelio Colista *

Giuseppe Colizzi Giuseppe Colizzi (28 June 1925 – 23 August 1978) was an Italian film director, writer and producer. Colizzi was best known for his spaghetti westerns starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Filmography * ''Beautiful Families'' (1964) * '' ...

* Michael Collins * Eugenio Colombo * Paola Colonna * Pompeo Colonna *

Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini (; born 19 August 1961) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film '' Le parole di mio padre'' was s ...

* Emanuele Concetti *

Ercole Consalvi Ercole Consalvi (8 June 1757 – 24 January 1824) was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the l ...

* Bernardo Consorti * Sandro Continenza * Stefano Coppa * Manuel Coppola * Bruno Corbucci *

Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent Spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. He is the older bro ...

* Giovanni Corbyons * Scipio Africanus *

Aemilia Tertia Aemilia Tertia, also known as Aemilia Paulla (c. 230–163 or 162 BC), was the wife of the Roman consul and censor Scipio Africanus. She was the daughter, possibly the third surviving daughter, of the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus and the ...

* Lucius Cornelius Scipio * Renato Corsetti * Simone Corsi * Giovanni Costa * Antonella Costa *

Placido Costanzi Placido Costanzi (1702–1759) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Placido Costanzi was born in 1702 to a family of gem-makers in Rome. He was exposed to art at a very young age, and became a pupil of Benedetto Luti and painted ...

* Maurizio Costanzo *

Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Biography Emanuele Crialese was born on July 26, 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied filmm ...

Simone Cristicchi Simone Cristicchi (born 5 February 1977 in Rome) is an Italian singer and composer. Biography Cristicchi won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival in 2007 and also the Mia Martini Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ...

* Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies * Paola Croce * Lorella Cuccarini * Gianluca Curci

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Massimo D'Alema Massimo D'Alema (; born 20 April 1949) is an Italian politician and journalist who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008. D'Alema also serv ...

* Dominic D'Alessandro *

Marco D'Alessandro Marco D'Alessandro (born 17 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Pisa, on loan from Monza. Club career Roma and loans D'Alessandro moved his first footsteps into Lazio youth system. In 2005, he ...

Joe D'Amato Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres ( westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, ...

* Paolo Damiani * Ilaria D'Amico * Francesca Dani * Daniel ben Judah * Damiano David * Augusto De Angelis *

Elio de Angelis Elio de Angelis (26 March 1958 – 15 May 1986) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One between and , racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams. He was killed in an accident while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Pau ...

Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, also known as Oliver Onions, are a prolific duo of Italian musicians, multi-instrumentalists, composers and singers, as well as television and film producers. They reached the height of their popularity in the 1970 ...

Victoria De Angelis Victoria De Angelis (; born 28 April 2000) is an Italian bassist. She founded the rock band Måneskin in 2015 alongside vocalist Damiano David, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and Ethan Torchio, with whom she won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subs ...

Andrea de Cesaris Andrea de Cesaris (31 May 19595 October 2014) was an Italian racing driver. He started 208 Formula One Grands Prix but never won. As a result, he holds the record for the most races started without a race victory. A string of accidents early in ...

* Filippo De Grassi *

Francesco De Gregori Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics. He is of ...

* Aurelio De Laurentiis *

Giada De Laurentiis Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (; born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality. She was the host of Food Network's ''Giada at Home''. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's ...

* Veronica De Laurentiis * Sylvio de Lellis * Giuseppe De Luca * Enrico De Pedis *

Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi (; born 24 July 1983) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and is currently manager of side SPAL. He is mostly known for his time playing with his hometown club Roma in Serie A, as ...

Giovanni Battista de Rossi Giovanni Battista (Carlo) de Rossi (23 February 1822 – 20 September 1894) was an Italian archaeologist, famous even outside his field for rediscovering early Christian catacombs. Life and works Born in Rome, he was the son of Commendatore C ...

Mattia de Rossi Mattia de Rossi (14 January 1637 – 2 August 1695) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and surrounding towns. Biography Born in Rome to a family of architects and artisans, he rose to prominence under the mentors ...

* Maurizio De Santis * Lorenzo De Silvestri * Giancarlo De Sisti * Claudio De Sousa * Daniele De Vezze * Raffaele De Vita * Emiliano Dei * Lorenzo Del Prete * Claudio Della Penna * Pietro Della Valle *

Tonino Delli Colli Tonino Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer. Biography Cousin of Franco Delli Colli, Antonio (Tonino) Delli Colli was born in Rome, and began work at Rome's Cinecittà studio in 1938, at the age of ...

Gabriele Dell'Otto Gabriele Dell’Otto (born December 20, 1973) is an Italian illustrator and author whose works have been published in several countries in the fields of scientific illustration, American comic books, comic books, calendars, lithographies, books, ...

* Augusto De Marsanich *

Agostino Di Bartolomei Agostino Di Bartolomei (8 April 1955 in Rome – 30 May 1994 in San Marco di Castellabate) was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder or as a defender, in a sweeper role. Famed for his elegance on the ball and playmaking sk ...

Luigi Di Biagio Luigi Di Biagio (; born 3 June 1971) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. A former defensive midfielder, Di Biagio last played for Ascoli Calcio 1898 in 2007, and previously also played for several other Italian clubs ...

Paolo Di Canio Paolo Di Canio (born 9 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. During his playing career he made over 500 league appearances and scored over one hundred goals as a forward. He primarily played as a deep-lying forward ...

Valerio Di Cesare Valerio Di Cesare (born 23 May 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Bari. Career Di Cesare moved his first footsteps into Lazio's youth system. During the summer of 2001, he accepted an offer from Che ...

* Nello Di Costanzo * Angelo Di Livio * Carlo Di Palma * Alessio di Savino *

Marco Di Vaio Marco Di Vaio (; born 15 July 1976) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. A prolific goalscorer, in his long club career, Di Vaio scored over 200 league goals ...

Andrea Di Vito Andrea Di Vito (born May 28, 1971) is an Italian comic book artist. Biography Di Vito was born in Rome, and showed a love for drawing from an early age. His first published work appeared in the form of two short stories in the Italian magazine ...

* Silvia Dionisio *

Domitian Domitian (; la, Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Fl ...

* Maurizio Domizzi * Sergio Donati * Cristiano Doni *

Mario Draghi Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...

* Serafino Dubois *

Francesco Borgongini Duca Francesco Borgongini Duca (26 February 1884 – 4 October 1954) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Italy from 1929 to 1953 and was made a cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. ...

* Alessandro Duranti

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* Elio Germano * Eduard Ender * Guglielmo Epifani * Franco Evangelisti *

Julius Evola Giulio Cesare Andrea "Julius" Evola (; 19 May 1898 – 11 June 1974) was an Italian philosopher, poet, painter, esotericist, and radical-right ideologue. Evola regarded his values as aristocratic, masculine, traditionalist, heroic, and defiant ...

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Enrico Fabbro Enrico Fabbro (born 14 June 1959) is an Italian football manager. Career Born in Rome, Fabbro started his professional career working with the youth sector of Lodigiani (1994 to 1999), Lazio (1999 to 2004) and Cisco Lodigiani (new denomination ...

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator ( 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was ...

Aldo Fabrizi Aldo Fabrizi (; born Aldo Fabbrizi; 1 November 1905 – 2 April 1990) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' and as partner of Totò in ...

* Michel Fabrizio *

Federica Faiella Federica Faiella (born 1 February 1981) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Massimo Scali, she is the 2010 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2009–2010) European silver medalist, and six-time (2003–2005, 2007–2009) ...

* Stefano Fanucci * Felice Farina * Prospero Farinacci * Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma * Odoardo Farnese * Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma * Ada Feinberg-Sireni * Fortunato Felice * Pope Felix I *

Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria , title = Duke of Castro, Duke of Calabria , image = Ferdinando Pius.jpg , caption = , succession = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , reign-type = Tenure , reign = 26 May 1934 – 7 ...

* Sabrina Ferilli * Enrico Fermi * Giuliano Ferrara * Ettore Ferrari *

Attilio Ferraris Attilio Ferraris (; 26 March 1904 – 8 May 1947) was an Italian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Ferraris played ten seasons (254 games, two goals) in the Serie A, for A.S. Roma, S.S. Lazio and A.S. Bari. In ...

Anna Maria Ferrero Anna Maria Ferrero (18 February 1935 – 21 May 2018) was an Italian actress. Early life and career Born Anna Maria Guerra, she changed her last name to Ferrero in honor of the composer Willy Ferrero. Her film debut came at the age of 15 in '' ...

* Ciro Ferri *

Gabriella Ferri Gabriella Ferri (18 September 1942 – 3 April 2004) was an Italian singer born in Rome. Ferri's career began in a Milan nightclub in 1963. By 1965, she had broken into the Rome singing scene by singing popular Roman songs, thereby becoming ...

* Luca Ferri *

Gabriele Ferzetti Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Ferzetti's first leading role ...

* Domenico Fetti *

Franca Fiacconi Franca Fiacconi (born 4 October 1965 in Rome) is a marathon runner from Italy. Biography Fiacconi won the 1998 New York City Marathon, after finishing second in 1996 and third in 1997. She also won the 2001 Enschede Marathon. She placed fourth i ...

* Michael Fiaschetti *

Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome) is a retired Italian swimmer. Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. Biography Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in m ...

* Bruno Finesi * Roberto Fiore * Valerio Fiori *

Fabio Firmani Fabio Firmani (born 26 May 1978) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He amassed Serie A totals of 83 games and four goals over the course of ten seasons, representing in the competition Vicenza, Chievo, Bologna and Lazi ...

* Giancarlo Fisichella *

Lucius Caesetius Flavus Lucius Caesetius Flavus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and tribune of the people (''tribunus plebis''). He is best known for his involvement in the diadem incident just before the assassination of Julius Caesar. As Caesar's power gre ...

Alessandro Florenzi Alessandro Florenzi (born 11 March 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for club AC Milan and the Italy national team. Florenzi started his professional club career with Roma in 2011, but spent the 2011–12 ...

* Marco Follini *

Marcello Fondato Marcello Fondato (8 January 1924 – 13 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 46 films between 1958 and 1986. He also directed ten films between 1968 and 1992. His 1970 film '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna ...

* Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel * Francesco Fonte *

Pope Formosus Pope Formosus (896) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the ...

* Cesare Francalancia *

Frances of Rome Frances of Rome, Obl.S.B., ( it, Santa Francesca Romana, la, Sāncta Francisca Rōmāna) (1384 – March 9, 1440) is an Italian saint who was a wife, mother, mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a relig ...

* Daniele Franceschini *

Franco Frasi Franco Frasi, also known as Francesco Frasi (11 January 1928 – 9 April 2009), was an Italian professional football player. Career Born in Rome, Frasi played for 4 seasons (44 games, 2 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, Aurora Pro Patria 19 ...

Franco Fraticelli Franco Fraticelli (30 August, 1928 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2012 in Rome) was an Italian film editor with more than 150 film credits. Fraticelli was director Dario Argento's editor of choice from his earliest films ('' The Bird with the Crystal ...

* Franco Frattini *

Giovanni Frattini Giovanni Frattini (8 January 1852 – 21 July 1925) was an Italian mathematician, noted for his contributions to group theory. Biography Frattini entered the University of Rome in 1869, where he studied mathematics with Giuseppe Battaglini, Eug ...

Gianluca Freddi Gianluca Freddi (born 29 March 1989) is an Italian footballer playing as a defender for Robur Siena. Biography A product of the A.S. Roma youth academy, Freddi usually plays as defender. Freddi made his debut against U.C. Sampdoria as a start ...

* Giammarco Frezza * Giorgio Frezzolini *

Princess Ira von Fürstenberg Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas (born January 9, 1944) is an Italian architect. He is the head of ''Studio Fuksas'' in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen. Biography Fuksas was born in Rome in 194 ...

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedies and Spaghetti Westerns, he ga ...

* Pietro Fumasoni Biondi * Marcia Furnilla

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* Giulio Gabrielli the Younger *

Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi (26 July 1891 – 29 November 1968) was an Italian medical doctor who served as Pope Pius XII's personal physician from 1939 until his dismissal in 1958. During his service in the Vatican he was officially titled " Archia ...

* Anna Galiena * Maria Monaci Gallenga * Daniele Galloppa * Giuseppe Garibaldi * Carlo Giorgio Garofalo * Matteo Garrone * Riccardo Garrone *

Alessandro Gassman Alessandro Gassmann (born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director. Early life Gassmann was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of German, Jewish and French ...

Luciano Gaucci Luciano Gaucci (December 28, 1938 – February 1, 2020) was an Italian entrepreneur and sportsman. He was the owner of various clubs: * Perugia Calcio, a football club based in Perugia, Umbria. * Viterbese Calcio, a football club based in Viterbo, ...

* Giuliano Gemma * Augusto Genina * Enrico Gennari * Giuseppe Gentile * Artemisia Gentileschi * Aloysius Gentili * Paolo Gentiloni * Claudia Gerini * Gerino Gerini *

Publius Septimius Geta Publius Septimius Geta ( ; 7 March 189 – 19/26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209, when he was named ''Augustus'' like his brother, who had held the title from 198. Severus d ...

Riccardo Ghedin Riccardo Ghedin (born 5 December 1985) is an Italian tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was 12 years old. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only gr ...

* Massimo Ghini * Andrea Ghiurghi * Tata Giacobetti *

Dante Giacosa Dante Giacosa (3 January 1905 - 31 March 1996) was an Italians, Italian automobile designer and engineer responsible for a range of Italian automobile designs — and for refining the front-wheel drive layout to an industry-standard configurati ...

* Adriano Giannini *

Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini (; born 20 August 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his 15-year playing career with A.S. Roma, and was regarded by supporters as a club symbol, before his ...

* Maurizio Giglio * Enrico Gilardi *

Giles of Rome Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: ''Aegidius Romanus''; Italian: ''Egidio Colonna''; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316), was a Medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the ...

* Cristiano Gimelli * Ludovico Gimignani * Caterina Ginnasi * Alberto Giolitti * Pierluigi Giombini * Bruno Giordano * Domiziana Giordano *

Eleonora Giorgi Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Biography Giorgi was born in Rome. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo ...

* Miriam Giovanelli *

Giovanna of Italy , house = Savoy , father = Victor Emmanuel III of Italy , mother = Elena of Montenegro , birth_date = , birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy , death_date = , death_place = Estoril, Portuguese Riviera , burial_ ...

* Italo Gismondi * Giuseppe Giulietti *

Ignazio Giunti Ignazio Francesco Giunti (30 August 1941 – 10 January 1971) was an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One as well as in saloon and Sports Car Racing. Giunti was born in Rome. In 1968, driving for Alfa Romeo, he finished second in the ...

Leda Gloria Leda may refer to: Mythology * Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology Places * Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp ...

* Francesco Golisano * Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine * Carlo Grano * Ugo Grappasonni * Francesca Gregorini *

Pope Gregory I Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregor ...

* Fabio Grossi * Romolo Guerrieri *

Monica Guerritore Monica Guerritore (5 January 1958 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress of cinema, theatre and television. Biography Born in Rome to a Neapolitan father and a Calabrian mother, after her debut at just sixteen years of age under the direction of G ...

Vittorio Gui Vittorio Gui (14 September 188516 October 1975) was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic. Gui was born in Rome in 1885. He graduated in humanities at the University of Rome and also studied composition at the Accademia Naziona ...

* Umberto Guidoni *

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares, GE, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares (taken by joining both his countship and subsequent dukedom) (6 January 1587 – 22 July 1645), was a Spanish royal favourit ...

* Corrado Guzzanti * Paolo Guzzanti * Sabina Guzzanti

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* Hadrian * Ottone Hamerani * Constantin Hansen * Vanessa Hessler * Paolo Heusch *

Pope Honorius IV Pope Honorius IV (c. 1210 – 3 April 1287), born Giacomo Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 April 1285 to his death in 1287. During his pontificate he largely continued to pursue the pro-French politi ...

Pope Honorius III Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of impor ...

* Honorius of Canterbury * Danny Huston

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Emanuele Idini Emanuele Idini (born 18 December 1970 in Rome) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won the silver med ...

* Immanuel the Roman * Fiorella Infascelli * Stefano Infessura * Pope Innocent II *

Pope Innocent X Pope Innocent X ( la, Innocentius X; it, Innocenzo X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death in Januar ...

Franco Interlenghi Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor. He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film ''Sciuscià''. He has worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in '' Fab ...

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* Giuseppe Jannaconi *

Pope John XIX Pope John XIX ( la, Ioannes XIX; died October 1032), born Romanus, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1024 to his death. He belonged to the family of the powerful counts of Tusculum, succeeding his brother, Benedict VIII ...

Pope John III Pope John III ( la, Ioannes III; died 13 July 574), born Catelinus, was the bishop of Rome from 17 July 561 to his death. Family Catelinus was born in Rome to a distinguished family. His father, Anastasius, was a ''vir illustris'', a high-rank ...

John the Deacon of the Lateran John, known as canon of the Lateran or deacon of the Lateran (''fl.'' 12th century), was a medieval Roman deacon, canon and religious chronicler. John lived in the second half of the 12th century, and served as a deacon and canon of the Basilica of ...

* Romina Johnson * Renato William Jones * Jovanotti *

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

* Pope Julius I *

Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

Justus Justus (died on 10 November between 627 and 631) was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism, probably arrivin ...

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* Shahrum Kashani * Tony Kendall * Claudia Koll * Sylva Koscina * Fiorella Kostoris *

Ciril Kotnik Ciril Kotnik (20 December 1895 – 29 June 1948) was a Yugoslav diplomat of Slovene ethnicity. He was born in Ljubljana, then part the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Carinthian Slovene parents. He attended the Ljubljana Classical Gymnasium, where ...

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* Silvio Lafuenti * Rodolfo Lanciani *

Stefano Landi Stefano Landi (baptized 26 February 1587 – 28 October 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque Roman School. He was an influential early composer of opera, and wrote the earliest opera on a historical subject: '' Il ...

* Lapo da Castiglionchio * Umberto Massimo Lattuca *

Mariano Laurenti Mariano Laurenti (15 April 1929 – 6 January 2022) was an Italian film director and actor. Career He started as a script supervisor and later became an assistant director for, among others, Mauro Bolognini and Stefano Vanzina. He directed 50 ...

* Filippo Lauri * Flavio Lazzari * Pietro Lazzari * Stefano Lentini * Sergio Leone * Carlo Leoni * Ottavio Leoni * Giulio Liberati * Luca Lionello *

Artus de Lionne Artus de Lionne (1655–1713), abbé and Bishop of Rosalie '' in partibus infidelium'', in Turkey, was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was a son of Louis XIV's Foreign Minister, Hugues de Lionne.''Rituals of majesty ...

* Fabio Liverani *

Barbara Livi Barbara Livi (born 5 May 1973) is an Italian actress of cinema, television, and theatre. She is best known for her role of Martina Morante in the 5th sequel of the long-running drama series ''Incantesimo'', which was televised on Rai Uno. Ea ...

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

Andrea Locatelli Andrea Locatelli (19 December 1695 – 19 February 1741)Michel, Olivier (2003). "Locatelli, Andrea". Grove Art Online. was an Italian painter of landscapes (vedute). Locatelli (he spelled it Lucatelli) was born in Rome in 1695, as stat ...

* Giovanni Lombardo Radice * Sophia Loren * Claudio Lotito * Ray Lovelock * Rosetta Loy * Gianni Hecht Lucari * Franco Lucentini *

Daniele Luchetti Daniele Luchetti (; born 25 July 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in '' Bianca'' (1983) and '' The Mass Is Ended'' (1985) ...

Pope Lucius I Pope Lucius I was the bishop of Rome from 25 June 253 to his death on 5 March 254. He was banished soon after his consecration, but gained permission to return. He was mistakenly classified as a martyr in the persecution by Emperor Valerian, whic ...

Lucullus Lucius Licinius Lucullus (; 118–57/56 BC) was a Roman general and statesman, closely connected with Lucius Cornelius Sulla. In culmination of over 20 years of almost continuous military and government service, he conquered the eastern kingd ...

* Marco Luly * Diana Luna *

Amos Luzzatto Amos Luzzatto (3 June 1928 – 9 September 2020) was an Italian-Jewish writer and essayist, born in a family of ancient tradition. His mother's father, Dante Lattes, was one of the most important representatives of Jewish Italian culture in the ...

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Ruggero Maccari Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as ''The Easy Life'', '' Brutti spor ...

* Joel McHale *

Federico Macheda Federico Macheda (; born 22 August 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Ankaragücü. Born in Rome, Macheda began his career with local club Lazio, but joined Manchester United when he turned 1 ...

Francisco Macri Francesco Raùl Macri (15 April 1930 – 2 March 2019) was an Italian-Argentine contractor, developer, industralist and father of former Argentine President Mauricio Macri. Life and career Childhood in Italy Macri was born in Rome, to Giorgio M ...

Stefano Madia Stefano Madia (31 December 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in twelve films between 1978 and 1993. At the 1979 Cannes Film Festival he won the award for Best Supporting Actor, for Vittorio Gassman's film '' D ...

* Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta * Federico de Madrazo * Daniele Magliocchetti * Tiziano Maggiolini * Anna Magnani *

Teoberto Maler Teobert Maler, later Teoberto (12 January 1842 – 22 November 1917) was an explorer who devoted his energies to documenting the ruins of the Maya civilization. Biography Teobert Maler was born in Rome to German parents. His father was a diplo ...

* Franco Maria Malfatti *

Hortense Mancini Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin (6 June 1646 – 2 July 1699), was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, and a mistress of Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She was the fourth of the five famous Mancini s ...

Marie Mancini Anna Maria (Marie) Mancini (28 August 1639 – 8 May 1715) was the third of the five Mancini sisters; nieces to Cardinal Mazarin who were brought to France to marry advantageously. Along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, the Mancin ...

Olympia Mancini Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: ''Olympe Mancini''; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Ki ...

* Francesco Mander *

Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano (; 21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol for the 19 ...

Fiorella Mannoia Fiorella Mannoia (; born 4 April 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography The Beginning Fiorella Mannoia's father Luigi was an Italian film stuntman, and Fiorella, her brother Maurizio and sister Patrizia began work in this area a ...

* Corrado Mantoni * Faustina Maratti * Vipsania Marcella * Gaius Epidius Marcellus * Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani * Carlo Marchionni *

Marco Marchionni Marco Marchionni (; born 22 July 1980) is an Italian professional football coach and former Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of club Potenza. A versatile player, he was capable of playing in seve ...

Enrico Marconi Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi (7 January 1792 in Rome – 21 February 1863 in Warsaw), was an Italian- Polish architect who spent most of his life in Congress Poland. Initially he was taught by his father Leander, later on, be ...

* Francesco Marconi * Maria Marconi * Tommaso Marconi *

Pope Mark Pope Mark ( la, Marcus) was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336. Little is known of Mark's early life. According to the ''Liber Pontificalis'', he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Mark succeeded Sylv ...

Alessia Marcuzzi Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host and actress. Career Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...

* Infanta Margarita, 2nd Duchess of Hernani *

Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different genres in th ...

* Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg * Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma * Giovanna Marini *

Tania di Mario Tania Di Mario (born 4 May 1979) is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was al ...

Francesco Marmaggi Francesco Marmaggi (31 August 1876 – 3 November 1949) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation of the Council and, earlier, as Nuncio in Romania, Czechoslovakia and Poland, as well as being a specia ...

* Anton von Maron *

Therese Maron Therese Concordia Maron (née Mengs; 1725 – October 10, 1806), was a German (Saxon) painter, for most of her life active in Rome. She was the elder sister of more known painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Therese was born in northern Bohemian ...

* Marozia * Piero Marrazzo * Otello Martelli * Pope Martin V *

Alessandra Martines Alessandra Martines (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian-French dancer and actress mainly working in the English, French and Italian speaking-worlds. She started young in ballet on opera stages in Switzerland, France, the United States and t ...

* Daniele Martinetti *

Alberto De Martino Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...

Sergio Martino Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938) is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre. Martino is the brother of the late producer Luciano Martino (who died in 2013). They collaborated frequently in their ...

Carl Marzani Carl Aldo Marzani (4 March 1912 – 11 December 1994) was an Italian-born American political activist with a series of careers as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, organizer for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), United States intellige ...

Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli or Citto Maselli (born 9 December 1930, in Rome) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 films since 1949. Biography Maselli graduated at the National Film School in 1949 and began his career as assist ...

* Giulietta Masina *

Lea Massari Lea Massari, born Anna Maria Massetani (born 30 June 1933) is an actress and singer from Italy. Massari was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed her name to Lea Massari when she was 22 after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied a ...

Camillo Massimo Camillo Massimo (20 July 1620 – 12 September 1677) was an Italian cardinal in 17th century Rome, best remembered as a major patron of Baroque artists such as Poussin, Lorrain, Velázquez, Duquesnoy, Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cosimo ...

* Chiara Mastalli * Corrado Mastantuono *

Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing '' Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...

Ruggero Mastroianni Ruggero Mastroianni (7 November 1929 – 9 September 1996) was an Italian film editor. In his obituary of Mastroianni, critic Tony Sloman described him as "arguably, the finest Italian film editor of his generation." Born in Turin, he was the b ...

Agostino Masucci Agostino Masucci (; c. 1691 – 19 October 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Biography Born in Rome, he initially apprenticed with Andrea Procaccino, and then became a member of the studio of Carlo Maratta. He j ...

Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker. Life Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films w ...

* Bruno Mattei * Leonardo Maugeri *

Girolama Mazzarini Girolama or Geronima Mazarini (1608 or 1614 – 29 December 1656) was the sister of Cardinal Mazarin, the chief minister of France at the start of the reign of King Louis XIV of France. She was the mother of the five famous Mancini sisters, who ...

* Gian Luca Mazzella *

Carlo Mazzone Carlo "Carletto" Mazzone (born 19 March 1937 in Rome) is an Italian retired professional association footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back. Playing career Mazzone played several seasons for A.S. Roma, as well as for SPAL and Ascoli ...

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Melania the Younger Melania the Younger ( 383 - 31 December 439) is a Christian saint and Desert Mother who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She is the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder. The Feast of Melania the Younger ...

* Giordano Meloni *

Ricky Memphis Ricky Memphis (stage name of Riccardo Fortunati; born 29 August 1968) is an Italian television and film actor. He is best known for his interpretation of ''Inspector Mauro Belli'', in the police drama series, '' Distretto di Polizia'' ('Police P ...

* Menahem ben Solomon *

Michele Mercati Michele Mercati (8 April 1541 – 25 June 1593) was a physician who was superintendent of the Vatican Botanical Garden under Popes Pius V, Gregory XIII, Sixtus V, and Clement VIII. He was one of the first scholars to recognise prehistoric ston ...

Adalberto Maria Merli Adalberto Maria Merli (born 14 January 1938) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome, Merli is active on film and television and he has appeared in over 27 films since 1965. He had his breakout role in the 1968 RAI televis ...

* Maurizio Merli * Marisa Merlini *

Valeria Messalina Valeria Messalina (; ) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputatio ...

Metastasio Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of ''opera seria'' libretti. Early life Me ...

* Fernando Mezzasoma * Giovanna Mezzogiorno * Martina Miceli *

Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, (born 7 January 1939) is a Greek prince, historian, and author. He has written several historical books and biographies of Greek and other European figures, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal F ...

* Maria Michi * Alba Milana * Dario Minieri * Michelangelo Minieri * Christian Minotti * Dante Mircoli * Eduardo Missoni * Franco Modigliani * Paolo Moffa * Maurizio Molinari * Antonio Monda *

Massimo Mongai Massimo Mongai (3 November 1950 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian author of science fiction. Biography Born in Rome, by the age of 12 Massimo Mongai was a dedicated reader of science fiction. He graduated in law. According to the biography pr ...

Riccardo Morandi Riccardo Morandi visiting Palace of Justice Competition. Riccardo Morandi (1 September 1902 – 25 December 1989) was an Italian civil engineer best known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, although over the ...

* Elsa Morante *

Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his de ...

* Alessandro Morbidelli * Emiliano Moretti * Luigi Moretti *

Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...

* Massimo Moriconi * Gaetano Moroni * Ennio Morricone *

Massimo Morsello Massimo Morsello (10 November 1958, Rome – 10 March 2001) was an Italian fascist political and singer-songwriter. He was the main figure of Italian fascist political music and, with Roberto Fiore, a co-founder of the Italian neo-fascist moveme ...

* Riccardo Moscatelli *

Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother of actor Silvio Mu ...

* Silvio Muccino * Luigi Musso *

Alessandra Mussolini Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of men''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro. Alessandra may refer to: * Alessandra Ambrosio (bo ...

* Ornella Muti * Roberto Muzzi

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* Moses Nagari * Gianluca Nani * Armando Nannuzzi *

Napoleone Orsini Frangipani Napoleone Orsini (1263 – 24 March 1342) was a Roman Cardinal. His ecclesiastical career lasted 57 years, 54 of them as a cardinal, and included six conclaves. Born in Rome to Rinaldo Orsini, Lord of Monterotondo and of Marino, son of Matte ...

* Stefano Napoleoni * Marco Napolioni * Archimede Nardi * Mauro Nardoni * Nathan ben Jehiel *

Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta (; born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. Usually deployed as a centre-back, he is widely considered one of the best defenders of all time. He was best known for his pace, artistic ta ...

* Margit Evelyn Newton *

Pope Nicholas III Pope Nicholas III ( la, Nicolaus III; c. 1225 – 22 August 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 November 1277 to his death on 22 August 1280. He was a Roman nobleman who ...

* Bruno Nicolai *

Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Νικόλαος; born 1 October 1969) is the third child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie of Denmark, who were the last King and Queen of Greece, reigning from 1964 to 1973. Early life Nikolaos w ...

* John Nobili * Carlo Nocella

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Hugh O'Connor Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor (April 7, 1962 – March 28, 1995) was an American actor known for his role as James Flynn in the 1984 film ''Brass'' and his portrayal of Lonnie Jamison on '' In the Heat of the Night'' until his death in 1995. He ...

* Carlo Odescalchi * Cipriano Efisio Oppo * Paolo Orano * Alberto Orlando *

Fernando Orsi Fernando "Nando" Orsi (born 12 September 1959 in Rome) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. Playing career After starting out at Roma, Orsi, a former goalkeeper, made his professional debut in 1979 fo ...

* Giovanni Orsina *

Clarice Orsini Clarice Orsini (1453–1488) was the daughter of Iacopo Orsini, and his wife and cousin Maddalena Orsini both from the Orsini family, a great Roman noble house and was the wife of Lorenzo de' Medici. Life Clarice and Lorenzo married 4 June ...

* Flavio Orsini *

Fulvio Orsini Fulvio Orsini (11 December 1529 – 18 May 1600) was an Italian humanist, historian, and archaeologist. He was a descendant of the Orsini family, one of the oldest, most illustrious, and for centuries most powerful of the Roman princely families ...

Alfredo Ottaviani Alfredo Ottaviani (29 October 1890 – 3 August 1979) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII named him cardinal in 1953. He served as secretary of the Holy Office in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dicaste ...

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Lina Pagliughi Lina Pagliughi (27 May 1907 – 2 October 1980) was an Italian-American opera singer. Based in Italy for the majority of her career, she made a number of recordings and established herself as one of the world's finest lyric coloratura sopranos o ...

* Lola Pagnani * Giuseppe Palica *

Anita Pallenberg Anita Pallenberg (6 April 1942 – 13 June 2017) was a German-Italian actress, artist, and model. A style icon and "It Girl" of the 1960s and 1970s, Pallenberg was credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones: she was the romantic partner of the ...

Gabriella Pallotta Gabriella Pallotta (born 6 October 1938) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 22 films between 1956 and 1974. For the film ''The Pigeon That Took Rome ''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' is a 1962 American comedy war film directed and written ...

Silvana Pampanini Silvana Pampanini (25 September 1925 – 6 January 2016) was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She was also the niece of the well-known soprano of the golden era of opera, Dame Rosetta Pampanini. Silvana Pampanini caused a sensation ...

* Benedetto Pamphili *

Alessandra Panaro Alessandra Panaro (14 December 1939 – 1 May 2019) was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Panaro is best known for her films in the early 1960s, notably Luchino Visconti's crime drama '' Rocco e i suoi fratelli'' in 19 ...

Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He won the French Open in 1976, and was the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, doing so on two occasions. He is also the only Italian man ...

* Claudio Panatta *

Paolo Panelli Paolo Panelli (15 July 1925 – 18 May 1997) was an Italian comedian and film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996. He was married to Bice Valori. Selected filmography * '' Guarany'' (1948) * ''Arrivederci, papà!'' (1948 ...

* Patrizia Panico *

Giancarlo Pantano Giancarlo Pantano (born 15 June 1977 in Rome) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a midfielder. He is currently unattached. External links Giancarlo Pantano's profile on Cisco Roma's official website
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Gabriele Paoletti Gabriele Paoletti (born 11 April 1978) is a retired Italian football goalkeeper. Career In the summer of 2002, Paoletti was exchanged for Alberto Maria Fontana. In summer 2004, he joined Reggiana in co-ownership deal, for €0.5K. He also pla ...

* Arvid Pardo * Ryan Paris *

Giorgio Parisi Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton de ...

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are '' The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Ko ...

* Cesare Pascarella * Giovanni Battista Passeri *

Giuseppe Passeri Giuseppe Passeri (12 March 1654 – 2 November 1714) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native city of Rome. Born the nephew of the painter Giovanni Battista Passeri, Giuseppe trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. A ...

Pope Paul V Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...

* Pierfrancesco Pavoni *

Quintus Pedius Quintus Pedius ( – late 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general who lived during the late Republic. He served as a military officer under Julius Caesar for most of his career. Serving with Caesar during the civil war, he was elected praetor ...

Mario Pei Mario Andrew Pei (February 16, 1901March 2, 1978) was an Italian-born American linguist and polyglot who wrote a number of popular books known for their accessibility to readers without a professional background in linguistics. His book ''The St ...

Pope Pelagius I Pope Pelagius I (died 4 March 561) was the bishop of Rome from 556 to his death. A former ''apocrisiarius'' to Constantinople, Pelagius I was elected pope as the candidate of Emperor Justinian I, a designation not well received in the Western C ...

Pope Pelagius II Pope Pelagius II (died 7 February 590) was the bishop of Rome from 26 November 579 to his death. Life Pelagius was a native of Rome, but probably of Ostrogothic descent, as his father's name was Winigild. Pelagius became Pope Benedict I's succes ...

* Federico Peluso *

Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote th ...

* Ivo Perilli * Luigi Pernier * Lucilla Perrotta * Giampietro Perrulli * Manolo Pestrin * Elio Petri * Cinzia Petrucci *

Marcello Piacentini Marcello Piacentini (8 December 1881 – 19 May 1960) was an Italian urban theorist and one of the main proponents of Italian Fascist architecture. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini. When he was only 26, he was ...

* Carlo delle Piane * Pier Ruggero Piccio * Luigi Pichler * Pier Luigi Cherubino * Enrico Pieranunzi *

Pietro da Pietri Pietro da Pietri (1663 – 1708, 1716, or 1721) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. Born in Premia,Birthplace in Rosini's text is assigned to Premia near Novara. he was a pupil of the painter Giuseppe G ...

* Tommaso Pincio * Bartolomeo Pinelli *

Ezio Pinza Ezio Fortunato Pinza (May 18, 1892May 9, 1957) was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 ...

Giampiero Pinzi Giampiero Pinzi (; born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Lazio Pinzi began his career with S.S. Lazio, Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A tea ...

* Piotta * Alessandro Piperno * Francesco Piranesi *

Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian racing driver who has raced in Formula One, touring cars and in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans which he has won a total of five times. Two times Italian Karting Champion (19 ...

* Marco Pisano

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* Claudio Pistolesi * Pope Pius XII * Violante Placido * Giampiero Pocetta *

Sylvia Poggioli Sylvia Poggioli ( or ; born 19 May 1946) (Bad link) is an American radio reporter for National Public Radio. She is the network's senior European correspondent. Early life Poggioli was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and raised in Cambridge, ...

* Maurizio Ponzi *

Mario Ponzo Mario Ponzo (; June 23,1882 – January 9, 1960) was an Italian academic psychologist. He was also the Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Rome as well as the Honorary President of the Italian Soci ...

* Stefano Porcari * Daniele Portanova * Andrea Pozzi * Stefano Pozzi * Matteo Pratichetti * Giancarlo Prete * Armando Preti *

Giancarlo Primo Giancarlo Primo (November 4, 1924, Rome – December 27, 2005, Civita Castellana, Italy) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. He was a coach of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974, 1975, and 1976. In 2001, he was awarded ...

* Andrea Procaccini *

Gigi Proietti Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. Early life He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a ...

Alessandro Proni Alessandro Proni (born 28 December 1982) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Major results ;2006 : 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra ;2007 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse : 3rd Overall Tou ...

* Giorgio Prosperi *

Giuseppe Puglia Giuseppe Puglia (1600–1636) was an Italian painter, born in Rome. He was also known as ''Giuseppe del Bastaro''. According to Baglioni, flourished chiefly during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII, Urban VIII. There are several of his works ...

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* Daniele Quadrini * Francesco Quinn *

Lorenzo Quinn Lorenzo Quinn (born May 7, 1966) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and former actor. He is the eighth son of actor Anthony Quinn. Biography Lorenzo Quinn was born on 7 May 1966 in Rome, Italy, the son of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn an ...

* Francesco Quintini

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* Danny Raco * Giacomo Raffaelli * Pietro Raimondi * Carlo Rainaldi * Girolamo Rainaldi *

Giovanna Ralli Giovanna Ralli, (born 2 January 1935), is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filip ...

* Eros Ramazzotti *

Gianluca Ramazzotti Gianluca Ramazzotti (born 22 August 1970) is an Italian people, Italian television and theater actor. Biography He has attended the academy of Theater of Calabria, followed by other courses at Warsaw Theater, and in Paris at the Theatre du So ...

Dean Reed Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was ...

* Piero Regnoli * Arcangelo Resani * Bianca Riario * Giuseppe Ricciotti *

Cola di Rienzo Nicola Gabrini (1313 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo () or Rienzi, was an Italian politician and leader, who styled himself as the "tribune of the Roman people". Having advocated for the abolition of temporal papal power a ...

* Alessandro Rinaldi * Giuseppe Rinaldi * Matteo Rizzo *

Giovanni Battista Rinuccini Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop in the mid-seventeenth century. He was a noted legal scholar and became chamberlain to Pope Gregory XV. In 1625 Pope Urban VIII made him the Archbishop of Fermo ...

* Albert Roccardi *

Ettore Roesler Franz Ettore Roesler Franz (11 May 1845 – 26 March 1907) was an Italian painter and photographer. He was among the most prolific Italian watercolorists and vedutisti of the late nineteenth century. Biography He was born to a family of German ance ...

* Flavio Roma * Luca Romagnoli *

Antoniazzo Romano Antoniazzo Romano, born Antonio di Benedetto Aquilo degli Aquili (c. 1430 – c. 1510) was an Italian Early Renaissance painter, the leading figure of the Roman school during the latter part of the 15th century. He "made a speciality of re ...

* Giovanni Cristoforo Romano *

Giulio Romano Giulio Romano (, ; – 1 November 1546), is the acquired name of Giulio Pippi, who was an Italian painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and his stylistic deviations from High Renaissance classicism help define the sixteenth-cent ...

* Judah ben Moses Romano * Paolo Emilio Rondinini * Aleandro Rosi * Carlo Rosselli * Ingrid Rossellini *

Isabella Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...

* Renzo Rossellini (composer) * Renzo Rossellini (producer) *

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...

* Kim Rossi Stuart * Girolamo Rossi *

Luciano Rossi Luciano Rossi (28 November 1934 – 29 May 2005) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 67 films between 1966 and 1987. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Ten Italians for One German'' (1962) - German Soldier ...

Giuseppe Rotunno Giuseppe Rotunno (19 March 1923 – 7 February 2021) was an Italian cinematographer. Biography Sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno, he was director of photography on eight films by Federico Fellini. He collaborated with several celebrated Ita ...

Ludovico Rusconi Sassi Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (28 February 1678 – 18 August 1736) was an Italian architect of the Rococo period. Biography and principal works Born in Rome, he was inducted in 1702 to the Academy of Saint Luke. Ludovico Rusconi is known to have worke ...

* Andrea Russotto *

Francesco Rutelli Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of ''Anica'', National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016. He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenib ...

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* Gigi Sabani * Antonio Sabàto, Jr. * Ashraf Saber * Antonio Sacconi * Luigi Sagrati * Alessio Sakara * Luciano Salce * Tommaso Salini * Sergio Salvati * Nicola Salvi * Sampson the Hospitable * Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio * Aitana Sánchez-Gijón * Maya Sansa * Mara Santangelo * Vincenzo Santopadre * Daniela Sanzone * Giulio Aristide Sartorio * Giovanni Battista Savelli * Mirko Savini * Princess Mafalda of Savoy * Maria Anna of Savoy * Luciana Sbarbati * Mattia Sbragia * Franca Scagnetti * Giovanni Battista Scaramelli * Pietro Filippo Scarlatti * Rudolph Schadow * Giancarlo Schiaffini * Elsa Schiaparelli * Ernesto Screpanti * Scribonia (daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo consul 16), Scribonia * Ezio Sella * Andy Selva * Franco Sensi * Rosella Sensi * Michele Sepe * Luigi Serafini (artist), Luigi Serafini * Clara Sereni * Michele Serra * Alessio Sestu * Pope Severinus * Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora * Giovanni Sgambati * Alessandro Sgrigna * Enrico Sgrulletti * Sabrina Siani * Enzo Siciliano * Eugenio Sicomoro * Glauco Signorini * Luis Simarro Lacabra * Simcha of Rome * Pope Sixtus I

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* Danilo Soddimo * Sergio Sollima * Bobby Solo * Cornelio Sommaruga * Alberto Sordi * Pietro Spada * Alessandro Specchi * Innocenzo Spinazzi * Altiero Spinelli * Luciano Spinosi * Francesco Statuto * Simonetta Stefanelli * Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi * Roberto Stellone * Pope Stephen I * Cesare Sterbini * Michael Stern (journalist), Michael Stern * Raffaele Stern * Giampietro Stocco * Paolo Stoppa * Vittorio Storaro * Alessandro Stradella * Charles Edward Stuart * Henry Benedict Stuart

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* Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani * Antonio Tajani * Stefano Tamburini * Domenico Tardini * Mauro Tassotti * Paola Taverna * Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus * Christian Terlizzi * Maurizio Thermes * Camillo Tinti * Simone Tiribocchi * Tommaso Tittoni * Titus * Enrico Toccacelo * Giorgia Todrani * Maria Sole Tognazzi * Gianni Togni * Marilù Tolo * Alessio Tombesi * Tommyknocker (producer), Tommyknocker * Salvator Tongiorgi * Giulio Tonti * Cesare Torelli * Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince di Civitella-Cesi * Augusto Torlonia, 3rd Prince di Civitella Cesi * Giovanni Torlonia, 1st Prince di Civitella-Cesi * Leopoldo Torlonia * Barnaba Tortolini * Enrico Toti * Gianni Toti * Francesco Totti * Fausto Tozzi * Trasilla and Emiliana * Margarete Traube * Leopoldo Trieste * Trilussa * Jasmine Trinca * Licia Troisi * Antonello Trombadori * Alessandro Tulli * Guido Turchi

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* Giuseppe Valadier * Giacomo Valentini * Lorenzo Valla * Bice Valori * Carlo Vanzina * Walter Veltroni * Antonello Venditti * Giovanni Francesco Venturini * Carlo Verdone * Renzo Vespignani * Virginio Vespignani * Giovanni Maria Vian * Marco Vicario * Uros Vico * Pope Vigilius * Claudio Villa (singer), Claudio Villa * Giulia Villoresi * Vincent Pallotti * Marcus Vinicius (consul 30), Marcus Vinicius * Valerio Virga * Ennio Quirino Visconti * Louis Visconti * Milly Vitale * Alvaro Vitali * Mutio Vitelleschi * Monica Vitti * Gianluca Vivan * Milena Vukotic

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* Luigi Zampa * Alessandro Zamperini * Daniel Zampieri * Lamberto Zauli * Carlo Zecchi * Pope Zephyrinus * Federico Zeri * Renato Zero * Bruno Zevi

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