Luigi is a masculine

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. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French form

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and its anglicized variant

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. Other forms of the same name in Italian are the names

Ludovico Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica. Persons with the name Ludovico Given name * Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961), Italian socialist politician * Ludovico Ariosto ...

, Clodoveo,

Aloísio Aloisio or Aloísio is a Romance masculine given name, arising via an Old Occitan form '' Aloys'' from Louis. * Aloisio da Milano, also known as Aloisio da Carezano, Aleviz Milanets and Aleviz Fryazin, 15th/16th century Italian architect * Aloisio ...

and Alvise, the last form being more frequent in the

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

region. A derived feminine name is ''Luigina''.

People with the given name Luigi

Royalty

* Prince Luigi Amedeo (1873–1933), Italian prince

Crime and law

Luigi Chiatti Luigi Chiatti (born 27 February 1968 in Narni) is an Italian murderer, named "The Monster of Foligno" by the media. Biography Born Antonio Rossi to mother Marisa Rossi, a young maid who, unable to provide for her son, abandoned him shortly aft ...

(born 1968), serial killer *

Luigi de Magistris (politician) Luigi de Magistris (born 20 June 1967) is an Italian politician and a former prosecutor. He has been mayor of Naples from 2011 to 2021, and a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2011. Biography He started his career as a public pros ...

(born 1967), prosecutor *

Luigi Ferrari Bravo Luigi Ferrari Bravo (5 August 1933 – 7 February 2016) was an Italian professor and legal expert who served as judge for the International Court of Justice in the 1990s. Biography Born in Naples in 1933, Ferrari Bravo graduated in Law from the Un ...

, jurist *

Luigi Giuliano Luigi Giuliano (; born November 3, 1949) is a former Italian Camorrista who was the boss of the powerful Giuliano clan based in the district of Forcella, Naples. He had multiple nicknames including ''"'o rre"'' (the king) and ''"Lovigino"'', whic ...

(born 1949), Camorrista of the Giuliano clan *

Luigi Lucheni Luigi Lucheni (April 22, 1873 – October 19, 1910) was an Italian anarchist and the assassin of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Early life Luigi Lucheni was born Louis Luccheni in Paris on April 22, 1873. His father, unknown, and his mother, ...

(1873–1910), anarchist and assassin *

Luigi Manocchio Luigi Giovanni "Baby Shacks" Manocchio (born June 23, 1927) is an American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the former boss of the New England-based Patriarca crime family, which is part of the American Mafia. Criminal career Manocc ...

(born 1927), Italian-American mobster *

Luigi Riccio Luigi Ginginiello Riccio (born 1957) is a former Italian Camorrista who is now a pentito. While initially a member of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, Riccio switched sides and joined the rival Nuova Famiglia only eight months before his collaborati ...

(born 1957), pentito and former Camorrista *

Luigi Scotti Luigi Scotti (born 14 January 1932) is an Italian former magistrate, politician and jurist. Between 6 February 2008 and 8 May 2008 he was Minister of Justice in Romano Prodi's government. Biography Academic career Graduated in law with honors fro ...

(born 1932), judge *

Luigi Vollaro Luigi Vollaro (December 18, 1932 in San Sebastiano, province of Naples – December 3, 2015 in Milan)Luigi Bianchi Luigi Bianchi (18 January 1856 – 6 June 1928) was an Italians, Italian mathematician. He was born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, and died in Pisa. He was a leading member of the vigorous Italian school of algebraic geometry, geometric school which fl ...

(1856–1928), mathematician *

Luigi Colani Luigi Colani (born Lutz Colani 2 August 1928 – 16 September 2019) was a German industrial designer. His long career began in the 1950s when he designed cars for companies including Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Volkswagen, and BMW. In 1957, he dr ...

(1928–2019), German industrial designer *

Luigi Cremona Antonio Luigi Gaudenzio Giuseppe Cremona (7 December 1830 – 10 June 1903) was an Italian mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. He worked on algebraic curves and alge ...

(1830–1903), mathematician *

Luigi Dadda Luigi Dadda (April 29, 1923 – October 26, 2012) was an Italian computer engineer, best known for the design of the Dadda multiplier and as one of the first researchers on modern computers in Italy. He was rector at the Politecnico di Mila ...

(1923–2012), computer engineer *

Luigi Fantappiè Luigi Fantappiè (15 September 1901 – 28 July 1956) was an Italian mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and for creating the theory of analytic functionals: he was a student and follower of Vito Volterra. Later in life, he pro ...

(1901–1956), mathematician *

Luigi Poletti (mathematician) Luigi Poletti (31 December 1864 – 10 March 1967) was an Italian mathematician and poet. He was born in Pontremoli, where he also died, age 102. He attended the episcopal seminary in Potremoli, then the high school of Parma, graduated in Turi ...

(1864–1967), mathematician and poet *

Luigi Segre Luigi "Gigi" Segre (8 November 1919 – 28 February 1963) was an Italian automotive designer noted for his business and engineering acumen during his stewardship and ownership of Carrozzeria Ghia (1953–63), one of an Italy's premier automobile d ...

(1919–1963), automotive designer and engineer *

Luigi Vanvitelli Luigi Vanvitelli (; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as (), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an eas ...

(1700–1773), engineer and architect

Film and television

Luigi Almirante Luigi Almirante (30 September 1884 – 6 May 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 62 films between 1921 and 1955. Life and career The son of a stage actor, Almirante was born in Tunis, where the theatrical company of ...

(1886–1963), film actor *

Luigi Batzella Luigi Batzella (San Sperate, 1924 – San Sperate, 2008) also known as Paolo Solvay was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and actor. He made numerous low-budget genre films. Life and career Luigi Batzella was born in San Sperate, S ...

, Z-movie director *

Luigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992. Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vitto ...

(1910–2000), film actor *

Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * ''Flying Squadron (film), Flyin ...

(1904–1979), film director and screenwriter *

Luigi Cimara Luigi Cimara (19 July 1891 – 26 January 1962) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1914 and 1960. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * ''L'esplosione del forte B.2'' (1914) * ''Cura di baci'' ( ...

(1891–1962), film actor *

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian

(1916–2007), film director *

Luigi Cozzi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

(born 1947), movie director and screenwriter *

Luigi Filippo D'Amico Luigi Filippo D'Amico (9 October 1924 – 28 April 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1974 film ''Il domestico'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Sele ...

(1924–2007), director and writer * Luigi Gervasi, set decorator from 1947–68 *

Luigi Lo Cascio Luigi Lo Cascio (born 20 October 1967) is an Italian actor. He won the David di Donatello as best actor for his starring role in ''I cento passi''. In 2012, he debuted as film director and writer with '' La città ideale''. Filmography *2000: ' ...

(born 1967), actor *

Luigi Magni Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with ''Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated wi ...

(1928-2013), screenwriter and film director *

Luigi Pavese Luigi Pavese (25 October 1897 – 13 December 1969) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Asti, Pavese started his career in 1916 working as a silent film actor at 19 years of age. He then began his theatrical debut in 192 ...

(1896–1969), film actor *

Luigi Petrucci Luigi Petrucci (born 13 September 1956) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, at young age Petrucci studied singing, piano and guitar, and he started his professional acting career on stage, where he worked wi ...

(born 1956), film and television actor *

Luigi Pistilli Luigi Pistilli (19 July 192921 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television. At one time Pistilli was one of Italy's most respected actors of stage, screen, and television. In theater, he was considered one of the country's ...

(1929–1996), actor of stage, screen, and television *

Luigi Scaccianoce Luigi Scaccianoce (July 12, 1914, in Venice, Italy – October 18, 1981) was an Italian production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in '' The Gospel According ...

(1914–1981), production designer, art director, and set decorator *

Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He directed several ...

(1905–1991), film-maker

Journalism and literature

Luigi Alamanni Luigi Alamanni (sometimes spelt Alemanni) (6 March 149518 April 1556) was an Italian poet and statesman. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet. He was credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry. Biography Alamanni was ...

(1495–1556), poet and statesman *

Luigi Albertini Luigi Albertini (19 October 1871–29 December 1941) was an influential Italian newspaper editor, member of the Parliament, and historian of the First World War. As editor of one of Italy's best-known newspapers, ''Corriere della Sera'' of Mila ...

(1871–1941), journalist and antifascist *

Luigi Ballerini Luigi Ballerini (born 1940, Milan) is an Italian writer, poet, and translator. Biography Son of Umbertina Santi, a seamstress, and Raffaele Costantino Edoardo, known as Ettore, himself a tailor who died in combat against the Germans on the islan ...

(born 1940), poet, professor, and historian of gastronomy * Luigi Bartolini (1892–1963), writer, poet, and painter *

Luigi Barzini, Jr. Luigi Barzini Jr. (21 December 1908 – 30 March 1984) was an Italian journalist, writer and politician most famous for his 1964 book ''The Italians'', delving deeply into the Italian national character and introducing many Anglo-Saxon and Germa ...

(1908–1984), Italian-American journalist *

Luigi Barzini, Sr. Luigi Barzini Sr. (February 7, 1874 – September 6, 1947) in Orvieto, son of Ettore Barzini and Maria Bartoccini, was an Italian Senator and the most noted journalist and war correspondent of the second half of the Italian Belle Époque. ...

(1874–1947), journalist, war correspondent, and writer *

Luigi Capuana Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the most important members of the ''verist'' movement (see also ''verismo'' (literature)). He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having ...

(1839–1915), author, journalist, and member of the Verist movement *

Luigi Chiarelli Luigi Chiarelli (7 July 1880 – 20 December 1947) was an Italian playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories who is chiefly known as a founder of the ''teatro grottesco'', or Theatre of the Grotesque, after the subtitle of one of ...

(1880–1947), playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories * Luigi Da Porto (1485–1529), writer and storiographer *

Luigi Fabbri Luigi Fabbri (1877–1935) was an Italian anarchist, writer, and educator, who was charged with defeatism during World War I. He was the father of Luce Fabbri. Selected works *''Life of Malatesta'', translated by Adam Wight (originally publis ...

(1877–1935), anarchist, writer, agitator, and propagandist * Luigi Fontanella (born 1943), poet, critic, translator, playwright, and novelist *

Luigi Freddi Luigi Freddi (12 June 1895, Milan – 17 March 1977, Sabaudia) was an Italian journalist and politician, principally notable for being the first vice seсretary of the ''Fasci italiani all'estero'', and later one of those most responsible for Itali ...

(1895–1977), journalist and politician *

Luigi Malerba Luigi Malerba (11 November 1927 – 8 May 2008), born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author of short stories, historical novels, and screenplays. He has been part of the Neoavanguardia and co-founded ''Gruppo 63'', a literary movement inspired by M ...

(1927–2008), author and co-founder of the ''Gruppo 63'' *

Luigi Meneghello Luigi Meneghello (16 February 1922 – 26 June 2007) was an Italian contemporary writer and scholar. Biography Luigi Meneghello was born in Malo, a small town in the countryside near Vicenza, on 16 February 1922.Giulio and Laura Lepschy, ‘Luigi M ...

(1922–2007), contemporary writer and scholar *

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

(1867–1936), writer *

Luigi Pulci Luigi Pulci (; 15 August 1432 – 11 November 1484) was an Italian diplomat and poet best known for his ''Morgante'', an epic and parodistic poem about a giant who is converted to Christianity by Orlando and follows the knight in many adventure ...

(1432–1484), poet best known for ''Morgante'' *

Luigi Tansillo Luigi Tansillo (1510–1568) was an Italian poet of the Petrarchian school. Born in Venosa, he entered the service of Pedro Álvarez de Toledo in 1536 and in 1540 entered the Accademia degli Umidi, soon renamed Accademia Fiorentina. He was associ ...

(1510–1568), poet of the Petrarchian and Marinist schools *

Luigi Ugolini Luigi Ugolini (25 June 1891 – 22 June 1980) was an Italian writer. He is best known for his series of fictionalized biographies of Italian leaders in art and science, and for a volume of work that immortalizes traditions, values and ways of lif ...

(1891–1980), writer

Military, nobility, and politics

Luigi Alidosi Luigi Alidosi (also Ludovico, died 1430) was the lord of Imola (as Papal vicar) from 1391 until 1424, the last ruler of the city from his family. He was the son of Bertrando Alidosi. During the Wars in Lombardy, his city was attacked by Filippo ...

(died 1430), lord of Imola from 1391 to 1424 *

Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, (29 January 1873 – 18 March 1933) was an Italian mountaineer and explorer, briefly Infante of Spain as son of Amadeo I of Spain, member of the royal House of Savoy and cousin of the Italian King Vi ...

(1873–1933), Italian prince, mountaineer, and explorer *

Luigi Antonini Luigi Antonini (September 11, 1883 – December 30, 1968) was an Italian-American trade union leader and anti-fascist organizer. He was the first Vice President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and organizer of the Italian-Americ ...

(1883–1968), American trade union leader * Luigi Arisio (1926–2020), Italian politician *

Luigi Berlinguer Luigi Berlinguer (; born 25 July 1932) is an Italian politician who served in the government of Italy as minister of education from 1996 to 2000. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Berlinguer was born in Sassari on ...

(born 1932), Italian politician *

Luigi Bertoldi Luigi Bertoldi (1920–2001) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the minister of labour and social policies between 1973 and 1974. He was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament for the Italian Socialist Party. Biography Bert ...

(1920–2001), Italian politician *

Luigi Braschi Onesti Luigi Braschi Onesti (1745– 9 February 1816), duca di Nemi, was a nephew of Pope Pius VI, who granted him his dukedom. Life and family Luigi's mother Giulia Braschi was Pius's sister, and his father was count Girolamo Onesti. His younger brot ...

(before 1787–1816), nephew of Pope Pius VI * Luigi Cacciatore (1900–1951), Italian politician *

Luigi Cadorna Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914-1917 of World War I. Early career Luigi Cador ...

(1850–1928), Italian general and marshal *

Luigi Capello Luigi Capello (14 April 1859, in Intra – 25 June 1941, in Rome) was an Italian general, distinguished in both the Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) and World War I. During the Italo-Turkish War he served in Cyrenaica and took part in operations ...

(1859–1941), Italian general * Luigi Castagnola (politician) (born 1936), Italian politician * Luigi Cocilovo (born 1947), Member of the European Parliament and University researcher in law *

Luigi Cornaro Alvise Cornaro, often Italianised Luigi (1484, 1467 or 1464 gives a birth date of 1467 – 8 May 1566), was a Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of ''Discorsi'' (published 1583–95) about the secrets to ...

(1464–1566), Venetian nobleman * Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802–1870), statesman and historian *

Luigi dal Verme Luigi dal Verme (died 1449) was an Italian condottiero. The son of the condottiero Jacopo dal Verme, initially he followed the latter's campaigns, then fought in the company of Muzio Attendolo in the war against Joan II of Naples. Later he was h ...

(?–1449), condottiero *

Luigi Durand de la Penne Luigi Durand de la Penne (11 February 1914 – 17 January 1992) was an Italian Navy admiral who served as naval diver in the Decima MAS during World War II. De la Penne was born in Genoa, where he also died. De la Penne graduated from the Ital ...

(1914–1992), naval diver during World War II *

Luigi Einaudi Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi (; 24 March 1874 – 30 October 1961) was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the president of Italy from 1948 to 1955. Early life Einaudi was born to Lorenzo and Placida Fracchia in Carrù, in the prov ...

(1874–1961), politician and economist * Luigi R. Einaudi, U.S. career diplomat *

Luigi Facta Luigi Facta (16 November 1861 – 5 November 1930) was an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist and the last Prime Minister of Italy before the leadership of Benito Mussolini. Background and earlier career Facta was born in Pinerolo, Piedm ...

(1861–1930), politician and journalist *

Luigi Carlo Farini Luigi Carlo Farini (22 October 1812 – 1 August 1866) was an Italian physician, statesman and historian. Biography Farini was born at Russi, in what is now the province of Ravenna. After completing a brilliant university course at Bologna ...

(1812–1866), Italian physician, statesman, and historian *

Luigi Federzoni Luigi Federzoni (27 September 1878 – 24 January 1967) was a twentieth-century Italian nationalist and later Fascist politician. Biography Federzoni was born in Bologna. Educated at the university there, he took to journalism and literature, an ...

(1878–1967), nationalist and later Fascist politician *

Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (or Marsigli, Lat. ''Marsilius''; 10 July 1658 – 1 November 1730) was an Italian scholar and eminent natural scientist, who also served as an emissary and soldier. Biography Born in Bologna, he was a member ...

(1658–1730), soldier and naturalist *

Luigi Frusci Luigi Frusci (16 January 1879 – 1949) was an officer in the Italian Royal Army (''Regio Esercito'') during the Italian conquest of Ethiopia and World War II. He was the last Italian Governor of Eritrea and Amhara. Biography Ordine militare d ...

(1879–1949), Royal Army officer during World War II * Luigi Gorrini (1917–2014), Italian fighter pilot during World War II * Luigi Granelli (1929–1999), Italian politician *

Luigi Gui Luigi Gui (26 September 1914 – 26 April 2010) was an Italian politician and philosopher. Biography Gui was born in Padua (Veneto). He graduated in philosophy at the Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini corps of ...

(1914–2010), politician and philosopher * Luigi Lonfernini (born 1938), Captain Regent of San Marino in 1971 and 2001 *

Luigi Longo Luigi Longo (15 March 1900 – 16 October 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. He was also the first foreigner to be awarded an Order of Lenin. Early l ...

(1900–1980), Italian communist politician and secretary of the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...

Luigi Luzzatti Luigi Luzzatti (11 March 1841 – 29 March 1927) was an Italian financier, political economist, social philosopher, and jurist. He served as the 20th prime minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911. Luzzatti came from a wealthy and cultured Jewis ...

(1841–1927), politician who served as Prime Minister between 1910 and 1911 * Luigi Mazzella (born 1932), Italian jurist and politician * Luigi Miceli (1824–1906), patriot, politician, and military figure * Luigi Mocenigo (disambiguation), multiple people *

Luigi Palma di Cesnola Luigi Palma di Cesnola (July 29, 1832 – November 20, 1904), an Italian-American soldier, diplomat and amateur archaeologist, was born in Rivarolo Canavese, near Turin. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War ...

(1832–1904), Italian-American soldier and amateur archaeologist * Luigi Parrilli, aristocrat *

Luigi Pelloux Luigi Gerolamo Pelloux ( La Roche-sur-Foron, 1 March 1839 – Bordighera, 26 October 1924) was an Italian general and politician, born of parents who retained their Italian nationality when Savoy was annexed to France. He was the Prime Minister o ...

(1839–1924), general and politician *

Luigi Perenni Luigi Perenni, before 1934 Prenn, (born ''Alois Prenn'', 6 June 1913 – 28 August 1943) was an Italian military officer and skier. Perenni, son of Vincenzo Prenn, was born in Kiens and grew up in Innichen. As a soldier of the Italian Army h ...

(1913–1943), military officer and skier *

Luigi Razza Luigi Razza (1892–1935) was an Italian journalist and fascist politician who died in an aviation accident in Cairo while serving as the minister of public works. He held several significant posts during the Fascist rule in Italy. Early li ...

(1892–1935),Italian journalist and politician *

Luigi Rava Luigi Rava (29 November 1860 – 12 May 1938) was an Italian politician. He was born in Ravenna. He served on the faculty of the University of Bologna. He was mayor of Rome (1920–1921). He served in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the K ...

(1860–1938), Italian politician *

Luigi Rizzo Luigi Rizzo, 1st Count of Grado and Premuda (1887–1951), nicknamed ''the Sinker'', was an Italian admiral. He is mostly known for his distinguished service in World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviat ...

(1887–1951), naval officer and torpedo boat commander *

Luigi Settembrini Luigi Settembrini (17 April 1813, Naples – 3 November 1877, Florence) was an Italian man of letters and politician. Biography Born in Naples, his paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Bollita (the actual Nova Siri), in the province of ...

(1813–1877), Neapolitan man of letters and politician *

Luigi Spaventa Luigi Spaventa (5 March 1934–6 January 2013) was an Italian academic. He served as a cabinet minister at different Italian governments. He was a member of the Italian Parliament from 1976 to 1983. Early life and education Spaventa was born in ...

(1934–2013), Italian academic and politician * Luigi Viviani (born 1937), Italian politician * Luigi Viviani (soldier) (1903–1943), Italian engineer and soldier

Music

Luigi Alva Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo, better known as Luigi Alva (born 10 April 1927 in Paíta, Peru) is a Peruvian operatic tenor. A Mozart and Rossini specialist, Alva achieved fame with roles such as Don Ottavio (in ''Don Giovanni''), Count Almaviva ( ...

, tenore leggiero *

Luigi Antinori Luigi Antinori (c. 1697 – before 6 March 1734) was an Italian operatic tenor. Antinori was born at Bologna about 1697. He was one of the best tenor singers of the beginning of the 18th century, with a voice of pure and penetrating quality, and ...

(c. 1697–?), tenor * Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732–1809), composer and music theorist *

Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi (16 July 1822 – 1 May 1903) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Life Arditi was born in Crescentino, Piemonte (Italy). He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Milan Conservatory under ...

(1822–1903), violinist, composer, and conductor * Luigi Attademo (born 1972), classical guitarist * Luigi Bassi (1766–1825), operatic baritone *

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and ''galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European ...

(1743–1805), cellist and composer *

Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the gre ...

(1760–1842), Italian-born composer *

Luigi Creatore Luigi Federico Creatore (December 21, 1921 – December 13, 2015) was an American songwriter and record producer. Creatore was born in New York City in 1921, the son of noted Italian-born bandleader and composer Giuseppe Creatore. After serving w ...

(1921–2015), American songwriter and record producer *

Luigi Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Croa ...

(1904–1975), composer known for lyrical twelve-tone compositions *

Ivan Della Mea Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist. His family name was "Della Mea" Biography Born in Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''com ...

(born as Luigi), singer-songwriter *

Luigi Denza Luigi Denza (24 February 1846 – 27 January 1922) was an Italian composer. Career Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music with Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. In 1884, he moved t ...

(1846–1922), composer * Luigi Gatti (1740–1817), classical composer *

Luigi Illica Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian co ...

(1857–1919), librettist *

Luigi Infantino Luigi Infantino (; 24 April 1921 – 22 June 1991) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the lyric Italian and French repertories. Luigi Infantino was born in Racalmuto, and studied at the Parma Conservatory with Italo Bran ...

(1921–1991), operatic tenor *

Luigi Lablache Luigi Lablache (6 December 1794 – 23 January 1858) was an Italian opera singer of French and Irish ancestry. He was most noted for his comic performances, possessing a powerful and agile bass voice, a wide range, and adroit acting skills: Lep ...

(1794–1858), bass singer of French and Irish heritage * Luigi Legnani (1790–1877), guitarist and composer *

Luigi Marchesi Luigi Marchesi (; 8 August 1754 – 14 December 1829) was an Italian castrato singer, one of the most prominent and charismatic to appear in Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century. His singing was praised by the likes of Mozart ...

(1754–1829), castrato singer * Luigi Marini (1885–1942), Italian lyric tenor * Luigi Morleo (born 1970), percussionist and composer of contemporary music *

Luigi Mostacci is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

(1934–2003), pianist * Luigi Negri (disambiguation), multiple people *

Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono beg ...

(1924–1990), avant-garde composer of classical music * Luigi Otto (c. 1750–?), composer * Luigi Piazza (1884–1967), operatic baritone * Luigi Piccioli (1812–1862), musician, singer, voice instructor, and professor *

Luigi Ricci (vocal coach) Luigi Ricci (1893–1981) was an Italian assistant conductor, accompanist, vocal coach, and author. Career Ricci began studying music as a child and at age twelve started accompanying voice lessons given by the famous baritone Antonio Cotogni, w ...

(1893–1981), assistant conductor, accompanist, vocal coach, and author *

Luigi Ricci (composer) Luigi Ricci (8 July 1805 – 31 December 1859), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. He was the elder brother of Federico Ricci, with whom he collaborated on several works. He was also a conductor. Life Ricci was born and educate ...

(1805–1859), composer, particularly of operas *

Luigi Ricci-Stolz Luigi Ricci-Stolz (185210 February 1906) was an Italian musician and composer. He was born as Giacomo Ricci in Trieste to composer Luigi Ricci and opera singer Francesca Stolz (1826–1900?), the elder sister of the famous Verdian diva Teresa Sto ...

(1852–1906), musician and composer *

Luigi Rossi Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 – 20 February 1653) was an Italian Baroque composer. Born in Torremaggiore, a small town near Foggia, in the ancient kingdom of Naples, at an early age he went to Naples where he studied music with the Franco-Flemish comp ...

(1597–1653), Baroque composer *

Luigi Russolo Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo (30 April 1885 – 4 February 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto ''The Art of Noises'' (1913). He is often regarded as one of ...

, composer *

Luigi Sagrati Luigi Sagrati (Rome, 10 November 1921 – Rome 20 March 2008) was an Italian violist. He began studying the violin very young, and graduated cum laude from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. In the immediate postwar period he began an intens ...

(1921–2008), violinist *

Luigi Tarisio Luigi Tarisio (Fontaneto d'Agogna (Novara) - 21 June 1796 – Milan - 1 November 1854) was an Italian violin dealer and collector. Early life He was of humble parents and is said to have trained as a carpenter, playing violin as a hobby. Caree ...

(c. 1790–1854), violin dealer and collector *

Luigi Tenco Luigi Tenco (21 March 1938 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography Tenco was born in Cassine (province of Alessandria) in 1938, the son of Teresa Zoccola and Giuseppe Tenco. He never knew his father, who died in uncle ...

(1938–1967), singer, songwriter, and actor * Luigi Verderame, Belgian singer usually known just as Luigi *

Luigi von Kunits Ludwig Paul Maria "Luigi" von Kunits (20 July 1870 – 8 October 1931) was a Canadian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue. Born in Austria, he studied at the Vienna Conservatory. He later moved to Canada where he was the founding cond ...

(1870–1931), Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue *

Luigi Waites Luigi Waites (born Lewis Waites; July 10, 1927 – April 6, 2010) was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist from Omaha, Nebraska. He performed weekly gigs in the Omaha area both solo and with ensembles such as Luigi, Inc. He served the Omaha music co ...

(1927–2010), American jazz drummer and vibraphonist *

Luigi Zamboni Luigi Zamboni (1767 – 28 February 1837) was an Italian operatic buffo bass-baritone. He was born in Bologna, where he began his singing career in 1791 in a production of Cimarosa's '' Il fanatico burlato''. Engagements followed in Naple ...

(1767–1837), operatic buffo bass-baritone * Luigi Zenobi (1540s – after 1602), virtuoso cornett player

Religion

Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (20 June 1796 – 30 March 1878) was the dean of the College of Cardinals during the last part of the record long reign of Pope Pius IX. Biography The issue of an ancient and noble Catalan Sardinian family,As f ...

(1796–1878), dean of the College of Cardinals *

Luigi Bilio Luigi Maria Bilio, C.R.S.P. (25 March 1826 – 30 January 1884), was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who, among other offices, was Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Life Bilio was born in Alessandria, P ...

(1826–1884), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Luigi Capotosti (1863–1938), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Ciacchi Luigi Ciacchi (August 16, 1765 – December 17, 1865) was an Italian Cardinal and priest of Roman Curia. Born in Pesaro, Marche, he was made Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI. He also took part in the conclave that elected Pope Pius IX. He was 100 ye ...

(1788–1865), Cardinal of the Catholic Church *

Luigi Ciotti Luigi Ciotti OMRI (born in Pieve di Cadore ( province of Belluno), September 10, 1945), is an Italian priest belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin, deeply involved in the fight against illegality and organized crime such as the Mafi ...

(born 1945), Roman Catholic priest * Luigi Dadaglio (1914–1990), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary * Luigi "Ossian" D'Ambrosio (born 1970), modern Druid, musician and jeweler *

Luigi De Magistris (cardinal) Luigi De Magistris (23 February 1926 – 16 February 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2001 to 2003 after working for more than forty years in the Roman ...

(1926-2022), Roman Catholic Archbishop *

Luigi d'Este Luigi d'Este (21 December 1538 – 30 December 1586) was an Italian Catholic cardinal, the second son of the five children of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, and Renée, daughter of Louis XII of France. Biography Luigi, a member o ...

(1538–1586) *

Luigi Fortis Luigi Fortis (February 26, 1748 – January 27, 1829) was an Italian Jesuit elected the twentieth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Early life and formation Fortis joined the Jesuits in 1762 after studying at the San Sebastian High Sc ...

(1748–1829), Jesuit *

Luigi Giussani Luigi Giovanni Giussani (15 October 1922 – 22 February 2005) was an Italian Catholic priest, theologian, educator, public intellectual, and founder of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation. His cause for canonization was ...

(1922–2005), Catholic priest, educator, and public intellectual *

Luigi Guanella Luigi Guanella (19 December 1842 – 24 October 1915) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained a priest on May 26, 1866 in Como, and was assigned to a small parish in Savogno. Luigi is the founder of several religious institutes: th ...

(1842–1912), Catholic priest from Northern Italy *

Luigi Jacobini Luigi Jacobini (6 January 1832 – 28 February 1887) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Vatican Secretary of State from 1880 until his death; he was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1879. Biography Bo ...

(1832–1887), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Lambruschini Luigi Lambruschini (6 March 1776 – 12 May 1854) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in the mid nineteenth century. He was a member of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul and served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See. Biography ...

(1776–1854), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Lavitrano Luigi Lavitrano (7 March 1874 – 2 August 1950) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1928 to 1944, and as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious from 1945 until his death. Lavitr ...

(1874–1950), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Lippomano Luigi Lippomano (also Alvise, or Aloisio, in Latin Aloisius Lipomanus) (1496, Venice – 15 August 1559, Rome) was an Italian bishop and hagiographer. Life Luigi Lippomano was the illegitimate son of Venetian patrician Bartolo Lippomano, who det ...

(1500–1559), cardinal and hagiographer *

Luigi Locati Luigi Locati (July 23, 1928 – July 14, 2005) was an Italian Catholic missionary and bishop. He was shot to death at the pastoral center of Isiolo, Kenya. Two priests, Cyril Mukuchia(Cyril was later found innocent and not guilty and was cleared of ...

(1928–2005), Catholic missionary and bishop *

Luigi Macchi Aloysius “Luigi” Macchi (3 March 1832, in Viterbo – 29 March 1907, in Rome) was an Italian Catholic nobleman and a Cardinal. He was a nephew of Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi. In 1859, he was ordained a priest. In 1860, he was referendary of ...

(1832–1907), Catholic nobleman and Cardinal *

Luigi Maglione Luigi Maglione (2 March 1877 – 22 August 1944) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935 and served as the Vatican Secretary of State under Pope Pius XII from 1939 until his death. Pius ...

(1877–1944), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Mascolo Luigi Mascolo (born January 7, 1927), was an Italian former Catholic priest who converted to and became a bishop of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB), an independent Catholic Church in Brazil. Biography Mascolo was born in Irsina, It ...

, priest who defected to the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church * Luigi Mozzi (1746–1813), Jesuit controversialist *

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (9 July 1828, Bene Vagienna, Italy – 7 December 1913, Rome, Italy) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. He was Bishop of Ostia e Velletri and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardin ...

(1828–1913), Cardinal of the Catholic Church *

Luigi Orione Luigi Giovanni Orione was an Italian priest who was active in answering the social needs of his nation as it faced the social upheavals of the late 19th century. To this end, he founded a religious institute of men. He has been declared a saint ...

(1872–1940), saint *

Luigi Poggi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's ma ...

(1917-2010), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Luigi Raimondi Luigi Raimondi (25 October 1912 – 24 June 1975) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1973 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in ...

(1912–1975), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Luigi Sincero (1870–1936), Roman Catholic Cardinal *

Luigi Sturzo Luigi Sturzo (; 26 November 1871 – 8 August 1959) was an Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician. He was known in his lifetime as a "clerical socialist" and is considered one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. He wa ...

(1871–1959), Catholic priest and politician *

Luigi Taparelli Luigi Taparelli (born Prospero Taparelli d'Azeglio; 1793–1862) was an Italian Jesuit scholar of the Society of Jesus and counter-revolutionary who coined the term social justice and elaborated the principles of subsidiarity, as part of his nat ...

(1793–1862), Catholic scholar of the Society of Jesus *

Luigi Traglia Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to ...

(1895–1977), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Luigi Tripepi (1836–1906), Roman Catholic cardinal and poet

Science

Luigi Aloysius Colla Luigi Aloysius Colla (30 April 1766 – 23 December 1848) was an Italian botanist of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. He was a member of the Provisional Government of Savoy from December 12, 1798, to April 2, 1799, taking his turn as chair ...

(1766–1848), botanist *

Luigi Amoroso Luigi Amoroso (26 March 1886 – 28 October 1965) was an Italian neoclassical economist influenced by Vilfredo Pareto. He provided support for and influenced the economic policy during the fascist regime. Work The microeconomical concept of the ...

(1886–1965), neoclassical economist *

Luigi Bellardi Luigi Bellardi (18 May 1818 – 17 September 1889) was an Italian malacologist and entomologist who specialised in Diptera. Bellardi was born in Genoa and died in Turin. His collection is in the Turin Museum of Natural History In 1872, then a P ...

(1859–1889), malacologist and entomologist *

Luigi Bodio Luigi Bodio (born 12 October 1840 in Milan–2 November 1920 in Rome) was an Italian economist and statistician, among the founders of Italian Statistics. He was the first General Secretary of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and amon ...

(1840–1920), economist and statistician *

Luigi Cagnola Marchese Luigi Cagnola (9 June 1762 – 14 August 1833) was a Neoclassical Italian architect. Biography Cagnola was born in Milan. He was sent at the age of fourteen to the Clementine College at Rome, and afterwards studied at the University of ...

(1762–1833), architect *

Luigi Canina Luigi Canina ( Casale Monferrato, 1795 – Florence, 1856) was an Italian archaeologist and architect. Luigi Canina, Italian architect and archeologist, was born in Casale Monferrato in 1795 and died in Florence in 1856. He was a pupil of Ferd ...

(1795–1856), archaeologist and architect *

Luigi Caponaro Luigi Caponaro (Salerno, 14 August 1567 – Gaeta, 1622) was a healer in Naples and Gaeta, Italy in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Caponaro received a medical degree in Naples but never practiced medicine per se due to a reported av ...

(1567–1622), healer *

Luigi Carnera Luigi Carnera (born in Trieste April 14, 1875, died in Florence, July 30, 1962) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. He discovered 16 minor planets in the early 20th century. The main-belt asteroid 39653 Carnera was named in his h ...

(1875–1962), astronomer *

Luigi Cossa Luigi Cossa (May 27, 1831 – May 10, 1896), Italian economist, was born in Milan. Life Educated at the universities of Pavia, Vienna and Leipzig, he was appointed professor of political economy at Pavia in 1858. Apart from this Cossa was the autho ...

(1831–1896), economist * Luigi di Bella (1912–2003), medical doctor and physiology professor * Luigi Ferri (1826–1895), philosopher * Luigi Frati (born 1943), academic physician and rector of the Sapienza University of Rome *

Luigi Gaetano Marini Luigi Gaetano Marini (18 December 1742 – 7 May 1815) was an Italian natural philosopher, jurist, historian, archaeologist and epigraphist. Biography Marini was born in Sant'Arcangelo (pagus Acerbotanus). Having received a comprehensive prepara ...

(1742–1815), natural philosopher, jurist, historian, and archeologist *

Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani (, also ; ; la, Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs ...

(1737–1798), physician and physicist *

Luigi Guido Grandi Guido Grandi Dom Guido Grandi, O.S.B. Cam. (1 October 1671 – 4 July 1742) was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and engineer. Life Grandi was born on 1 October 1671 in Cremona, Italy and christened Luigi ...

(1671–1742), philosopher and mathematician * Luigi Hugues (1836–1913), academic geographer and amateur musician *

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (; 25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian geneticist. He was a population geneticist who taught at the University of Parma, the University of Pavia and then at Stanford University. Works Schooling and po ...

(born 1922), population geneticist *

Luigi Maria Ugolini Luigi Maria Ugolini (1895–1936) was an Italian archaeologist. Biography Ugolini was born in the small town of Bertinoro in the Italian Romagna, the son of a poor watchmaker. He shone at school and after service in the First World War in ...

(1895–1936), archaeologist *

Luigi Palmieri Luigi Palmieri (22 April 1807 – 9 September 1896) was an Italian physicist and meteorologist. He was famous for his scientific studies of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, for his researches on earthquakes and meteorological phenomena and for i ...

(1807–1896), physicist and meteorologist *

Luigi Pareyson Luigi Pareysón (4 February 1918 – 8 September 1991) was an Italian philosopher, best known for challenging the positivist and idealist aesthetics of Benedetto Croce in his 1954 monograph, ''Estetica. Teoria della formatività'' (Aestheti ...

(1918–1991), philosopher *

Luigi Pasinetti Luigi L. Pasinetti (born 12 September 1930) is an Italian economist of the post-Keynesian school. Pasinetti is considered the heir of the " Cambridge Keynesians" and a student of Piero Sraffa and Richard Kahn. Along with them, as well as Joan Ro ...

(born 1930), economist of the Post-Keynesians school *

Luigi Pernier Luigi Pernier (Rome, 23 November 1874 – Rhodes, 18 August 1937) was an Italian archaeologist and academic now best known for his discovery of the Disc of Phaistos.Luigi Piccinato Luigi Piccinato (30 October 1899 – 29 July 1983) was an Italian architect and town planner. Works * ''Urbanistica medioevale'', Florence, 1943 * Napoli Centrale railway station, Naples, 1954 * Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, 1955 * A-Block Apartment ...

(1899–1983), architect and town planner *

Luigi Pigorini Luigi Pigorini (10 January 1842 – 1 April 1925) was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer. Biography Pigorini was born at Fontanellato, near Parma. At the age of sixteen years, in 1858, he became an alumnus of the Mu ...

(1842–1925), palaeoethnologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer *

Luigi Poletti (architect) Luigi Poletti (28 October 1792 – 2 August 1869) was an Italian architect, active in a neoclassical style. Biography He was born in Modena. He initially obtained a doctorate in Mathematics and Philosophy in Bologna. He returns to Modena an ...

(1792–1869), neoclassical architect * Luigi Rosselli, Italian/Australian practicing architect *

Luigi Rizzi Luigi Rizzi may refer to: * Luigi Rizzi (footballer) (1907–?), Italian footballer with Inter Milan in the 1930s * Luigi Rizzi (linguist) (born 1952), Italian linguist {{Hndis, Rizzi, Luigi ...

(born 1952), linguist *

Luigi Rolando Luigi Rolando (16 June 1773, Turin – 20 April 1831, Turin) was an Italian anatomist known for his pioneering research in brain localization of function. He studied medicine in Turin, later continuing his education in Florence, where he studied ...

(1773–1831), anatomist *

Luigi Salvatorelli Luigi Salvatorelli (11 March 1886 – 3 November 1974) was an Italian historian and publicist, born in Marsciano, Province of Perugia, Italy. He was a political journalist in 1919 during Benito Mussolini's rise to power and was associated with the ...

(1886–1974), historian and publicist *

Luigi Snozzi Luigi Snozzi (29 July 1932 – 29 December 2020) was a Swiss architect, born in Mendrisio, Ticino. He worked in Locarno and Lugano. Life He studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. From 1962 to 1971, Snozzi worked in asso ...

(1932–2020), Swiss architect * Luigi Tosti (1811–1897), Benedictine historian * Luigi Zoja, psychoanalyst and writer

Sports

* Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born 1954), Italian-born American women's basketball coach

Football

Luigi Agnolin Luigi Agnolin (21 March 1943 – 29 September 2018) was an Italian football referee. He was mostly known for supervising four matches in the FIFA World Cup, three in 1986 and one in 1990.FIFA"Match Report - Yugoslavia - Colombia 1:0 (0:0)" 14 June ...

(born 1943), football referee *

Luigi Allemandi Luigi Allemandi (; 8 November 1903 – 25 September 1978) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender, usually as a left back. He was a member of the Italy national team which won the 1934 World Cup. Club career Born in San Damiano Mac ...

(1903–1978), football defender * Luigi Anaclerio (born 1981), football striker *

Luigi Apolloni Luigi Apolloni (; born 2 May 1967) is an Italian Association football, football Association football manager, manager and former player, who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back. At club level, Apolloni is mainly ...

(born 1967), football manager and former player *

Luigi Barbesino Luigi Barbesino (; 1 May 1894 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian association footballer and manager from Casale Monferrato in the region of Piedmont. A midfielder, he was a one club man in the truest sense of the term, spending his eight playin ...

(1894–?), footballer and manager from Casale Monferrato *

Luigi Beghetto Luigi Beghetto (born 6 July 1973 in Bassano del Grappa, Province of Vicenza) is an Italian footballer who played as a striker. Career Beghetto started his career with hometown club Bassano, then in Serie D. He was then signed by Vicenza in ...

(born 1973), football striker *

Luigi Bertolini Luigi Bertolini (; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1977) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Busalla, province of Genoa, Bertolini played in the 1920s for Savona, Alessandria and Juventus. He moved fr ...

(1904–1977), football midfielder *

Luigi Bruins Luigi Bruins (born 9 March 1987) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for VV Smitshoek. After being declined by Feyenoord at the age of six, the Rotterdam ...

(born 1987), Dutch football midfielder * Luigi Brunella (born 1914), football manager and former defender * Luigi Burlando (1899–1967), football midfielder *

Luigi Cagni Luigi "Gigi" Cagni (born 14 June 1950 in Brescia) is an Italian former football player, who played as a defender. He most recently served head coach of Brescia in the Serie B league in the final weeks of the 2016–17 Serie B season. Playing ...

(born 1950), football manager and former player *

Luigi Cevenini Luigi Cevenini (; 13 March 1895 – 23 July 1968) was an Italian football player and coach who played as a forward. Club career Throughout his career, Cevenini played 190 times for Internazionale and scored 186 goals, winning the Italian Prima ...

(1895–1968), football player * Luigi De Agostini (born 1961), football defender *

Luigi De Canio Luigi De Canio (born 26 September 1957) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a full-back. Career Player De Canio, a full back, played mostly with Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams, his lone season in Serie B being 1979– ...

(born 1957), football manager and former player *

Luigi Della Rocca Luigi Andrea Della Rocca (born 2 September 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Triestina Della Rocca was signed by Triestina in January 2007 in a co-ownership deal for €350,000. In June 2009 Della Rocca ...

(born 1984), football striker *

Luigi Delneri Luigi Delneri (born 23 August 1950), often incorrectly written as Del Neri, is an Italian football manager and a former player. After a playing career as a midfielder including for several Serie A clubs, he began managing in the lower leagues, a ...

(born 1950), football manager and former player *

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 ...

(born 1971), football defensive midfielder *

Luigi Ferrero Luigi Ferrero (26 December 1904 – 30 October 1984) was an Italian football manager and former player. A forward, he spent time with some of the top clubs in his country such as Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Mi ...

(1904–?), football manager and former player *

Luigi Garzja Luigi Garzya (born 7 July 1969) is a retired Italian professional footballer. During his career, he has played as a defender for A.S. Roma, A.S. Bari Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Italian football club ...

(born 1979), football player *

Luigi Giuliano (footballer) Luigi Giuliano (; 16 August 1930 – 23 December 1993) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career He had the distinction of scoring in each of his first three Serie A games in the 1948/49 season. He was the on ...

(1930–1993), football player * Luigi Glombard (born 1984), football striker *

Luigi Grassi Luigi Grassi (born 21 October 1983) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a striker. External links Luigi Grassi's profile on San Marino Calcio's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Grassi, Luigi 1983 births Living people Italian footballers A.S ...

(born 1983), football midfielder * Luigi Griffanti (1917–2006), football player * Luigi Lavecchia (born 1981), football defender/midfielder *

Luigi Maifredi Luigi Maifredi (born 20 April 1947), commonly known as Gigi Maifredi, is an Italian football manager, currently working as a technical collaborator of Italian club Brescia. Career Born in Lograto (Province of Brescia), started out playing in h ...

(born 1947), football manager * Luigi Martinelli (footballer) (born 1970), football defender * Luigi Perversi (1906–1991), football defender *

Luigi Piangerelli Luigi Piangerelli (born 19 October 1973 in Porto Recanati) is an Italian former Football (soccer), football player.http://www.goal.com/es-la/people/italy/2971/luigi-piangerelli Goal He was a key player for A.C. Cesena at Serie B. After Cesena re ...

(born 1973), football midfielder *

Luigi Pieroni Luigi Pieroni (born 8 September 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former player who is assistant manager of Raja CA. A forward, he played in Belgium and France. At international level, he represented the Belgium national team. Playing ...

(born 1980), Belgian football striker *

Luigi Radice Luigi "Gigi" Radice (; 15 January 1935 – 7 December 2018) was an Italian football manager and player. A strong, tenacious, and consistent defender, he was usually deployed as a left-back. As a manager, he was known for his use of "zona mista" ...

(born 1935), football coach and former player * Luigi Riccio (footballer) (born 1977), football midfielder *

Luigi Riva Luigi "Gigi" Riva (; born 7 November 1944) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoyed ...

(born 1944), football forward *

Luigi Sala Luigi Sala (born 21 February 1974) is a former Italian football defender. He played as a central defender. Club career In June 2001, Sala was sold to Atalanta for 7 billion lire, along with Gianni Comandini (30 billion) and Luca Saudati (18 b ...

(born 1974), football defender *

Luigi Sartor Luigi Sartor (, ; born 30 January 1975) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer. Usually a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back or Defender (association football)#Wing-back, wing-back on both flanks, he ...

(born 1975), football defender *

Luigi Scarabello Luigi Scarabello (; 17 June 1916 – 2 July 2007) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympic football to ...

(1916–2007), football player * Luigi Sepe (born 1991), football goalkeeper *

Luigi Simoni Luigi "Gigi" Simoni (22 January 1939 – 22 May 2020) was an Italian football official, player and manager. A skilled tactician, as a coach Simoni enjoyed notable success in earning promotion from Serie B to Serie A with the teams he managed, a ...

(born 1939), football manager and former player * Luigi Turci (born 1970), football goalkeeper *

Luigi Vitale Luigi Vitale (born 5 October 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a left midfielder, left back, or a left wing back. Career A former Napoli youth product, Vitale began his professional career with the Napoli senior side in 2005, but spen ...

(born 1987), football wingback

Racing

Luigi Arcangeli Luigi Arcangeli (1902 - 23 May 1931) was an Italian motorcycle and car racer. Biography Arcangeli was born at Forlì in 1894. A factory rider for Sarolea, Sunbeam, Bianchi and Moto Guzzi, he turned to four wheels in the wake of his friend Tazi ...

(1902–1931), motorcycle racer and race car driver *

Luigi Arienti Luigi Arienti (born 6 January 1937) is an Italian former racing cyclist. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he and teammates Marino Vigna, Mario Vallotto and Franco Testa won an Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit The team pursuit is a track c ...

(born 1937), racing cyclist * Luigi Cavalieri (born 1914), bobsledder * Luigi Cecchini (born 1944), sports doctor, active in road bicycle racing *

Luigi Chinetti Luigi Chinetti (July 17, 1901 – August 17, 1994) was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States during World War II. He drove in 12 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races, taking three outright wins there and taking two ...

(1901–1994), Italian-born racecar driver * Luigi de Bettin, bobsledder * Luigi De Manincor (1910–1986), sailor *

Luigi Fagioli Luigi Cristiano Fagioli (; 9 June 1898 – 20 June 1952), nicknamed "the Abruzzi robber", was an Italian motor racing driver. Having won his last race at 53 years old, Fagioli holds the record for the oldest Formula One driver to win a race, and ...

(1898–1952), motor racing driver * Luigi Figoli, bobsledder *

Luigi Ganna Luigi Ganna (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1957) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He was the overall winner of the first Giro d'Italia, held in 1909, as well as the first Italian winner of the classic Milan–San Remo earli ...

(1883–1957), road racing cyclist *

Luigi Giacobbe Luigi Giacobbe (1 January 1907 – 1 December 1995) was an Italian professional cyclist, who raced from 1926 to 1937. He was born in Bosco Marengo, Piedmont. He won the Tre Valli Varesine in 1931 and a stage in the 1931 Giro d'Italia. At the Gir ...

(1907–1995), cyclist who raced from 1926 to 1937 *

Luigi Lucotti Luigi Lucotti (December 18, 1893 in Voghera – December 29, 1980 in Voghera) was an Italian road bicycle racer who has won three stages in the Tour de France and a stage at the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1914 : 3rd overall – Giro d� ...

(1893–1980), road bicycle racer *

Luigi Marchisio Luigi Marchisio (26 April 1909 – 3 July 1992) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Marchisio was born at Castelnuovo, Piedmont. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1930 Giro d'Italia, the youngest victor ever ...

(1909–1992), road racing cyclist * Luigi Marfut (1904–1980), boxer *

Luigi Musso Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver. In 1955 he joined the Ferrari team, entering into a fierce rivalry with Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, which boosted the performance of the team, but also encouraged ...

(1924–1958), racing driver *

Luigi Piotti Luigi Piotti (October 27, 1913 in Milan – April 19, 1971 in Godiasco) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in nine Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open ...

(1913–1971), racing driver * Luigi Poggi (sailor) (1906–1972), sailor * Luigi Taramazzo (1932–2004), racing driver *

Luigi Taveri Luigi Taveri (19 September 1929 – 1 March 2018) was a Swiss professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1954 to 1966. Taveri is notable for being a three-time 125cc roa ...

(born 1929), Swiss motorcycle road racer *

Luigi Villoresi Luigi Villoresi (16 May 1909 – 24 August 1997) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who continued racing on the Formula One circuit at the time of its inception. Biography Born in Milan, Lombardy, and nicknamed "Gigi", he was the older ...

(1909–1997), Grand Prix motor racing driver

Other

Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali (19 November 1907 – 29 August 1990) was the first Italian to win an Olympic gold medal in running, in the 1500 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and the first Italian to win a European Championship title in athletics. Biograph ...

(1907–1990), athlete, Olympic winner of 1500 metres * Luigi Bosatra (born 1905), track and field athlete who competed in racewalking * Luigi Cambiaso (1895–1975), gymnast *

Luigi Cantone Luigi Cantone (July 21, 1917 – November 6, 1997) was an Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital ...

(born 1917), fencer *

Luigi Castiglione Luigi "Gino" Castiglioni (born April 8, 1967 in San Severo, Apulia) is a former professional boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal at the 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the final of the light fly ...

(born 1967), boxer * Luigi Contessi (1894–1967), gymnast * Luigi Costigliolo (1892–1939), gymnast *

Luigi Datome Luigi "Gigi" Datome (born 27 November 1987) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the small forward and power forward positions. Datome was ...

(born 1987), basketball player *

Luigi Fioravanti Luigi Fioravanti (born January 22, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in 2016. A professional since 2004, he is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC, but has also fought for M-1 Global and the Maximum Fighting Cham ...

(born 1981), American mixed martial artist *

Luigi Gaudiano Luigi Gaudiano (born July 3, 1965 in Pagani, Campania, Pagani, Salerno) is a former amateur boxing, boxer from Italy. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1987 European Championships in Turin, Italy in the Men's Heavyweight (&ndas ...

(born 1965), boxer * Luigi Guido (born 1968), judoka *

Luigi Maiocco Luigi Maiocco (11 October 1892 – 10 December 1965) was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an impo ...

(1892–1965), gymnast * Luigi Mannelli (born 1939), water polo player *

Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi Mastrangelo (born August 17, 1975 in Mottola, Italy) is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team 1999-2012. Mastrangelo with national team winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, m ...

(born 1975), volleyball player * Luigi Rovati (1904–1989), boxer *

Luigi Tarantino Luigi Tarantino (born 10 November 1972) is an Italian fencing, fencer and Olympic medalist in the Sabre (fencing), sabre competition. He was the 1998 World Fencing Championships, 1998 World Champion for men's sabre. Biography Achievements ;Fe ...

(born 1972), fencer * Luigi Troiani (born 1964), rugby player * Luigi Ulivelli (born 1935), long jumper *

Luigi Weiss Luigi "Gigi" Weiss (born 17 December 1951) is a former Italian biathlete and ski mountaineer. Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edi ...

(born 1951), ski mountaineer and biathlete

Visual arts

Luigi Acquisti Luigi Acquisti (1745–1823) was an Italian sculptor mainly known for his works in the neoclassical style. He was born in Forlì the 29 March 1747 and died in Bologna in 1823. His works are distributed throughout Italy. Among them are reliefs ...

(1745–1823), sculptor * Luigi Anichini, engraver of seals and medals *

Luigi Basiletti Luigi Basiletti (18 April 1780 – 25 January 1859) was an Italian painter, engraver, architect, and archeologist. Biography He was born in Brescia. He was a pupil of Sante Cattaneo, then moved to Bologna, and in 1806 to Rome. He painted sacred s ...

(1780–1860), painter *

Luigi Benfatto Luigi Benfatto known as Alvise dal Friso (1551–1611) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was born at Verona, was the nephew and pupil of Paolo Veronese. He painted Glory of the saint for the church of St. Nicholas and pict ...

(1551–1611), late-Renaissance painter *

(1743–1805), classical era composer and cellist *

Luigi Borgomainerio Luigi Borgomainerio (1836 – 1876) was an Italian engraver and caricaturist, who was active in the late 19th century. Born at Como, Austrian Empire in 1836, Borgomainerio was one of the cleverest caricaturists in the ''Spirito Folletto'', and ...

, engraver and caricaturist *

Luigi Calamatta ] Luigi Antoine Josephe Calamatta (21 June 1801 – 8 March 1869 in Milan) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born at Civitavecchia, in the Papal States. Biography Orphaned early, he went to live with an uncle, then moved to Rome to live ...

(1801–1868), painter and engraver *

Luigi Crosio Luigi Crosio (1835–1915) was an Italian painter who lived and worked in Turin, Italy. He died in Turin and is recorded as having been born in Alba, but the town of Acqui Terme, a few miles south of Alba, claims Crosio was born there. He attend ...

(1835–1915), Turin-based Italian painter * Luigi De Giudici (1887–1955), painter *

Luigi Fontana Luigi Fontana (9 February 1827 – 27 December 1908) was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect. Biography He was born at Monte San Pietrangeli in the Marche. He first began training between 1838 and 1841 at Macerata under Gaetano Ferri; th ...

(1827–1908), sculptor, painter, and architect * Luigi Frisoni (1760–1811), painter *

Luigi Ghirri is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's ma ...

(1943–1992), photographer *

Luigi Garzi Luigi Garzi (1638 – 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni. Biography Born in Pistoia. He started learning from a poorly known landscape painter, Salomo ...

(1638–1721), Baroque painter * Luigi Guardigli (1923–2008), painter and mosaicist * Luigi Kasimir (1881–1962), Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker, and landscape artist *

Luigi Lanzi Luigi Lanzi (14 June 1732 – 30 March 1810) was an Italian art historian and archaeologist. When he died he was buried in the church of the Santa Croce at Florence by the side of Michelangelo. Biography Born in Treia, Lanzi was educated a ...

(1732–1810), art historian and archaeologist *

Luigi Lucioni Luigi Lucioni (born Giuseppe Luigi Carlo Benevenuto Lucioni; November 4, 1900 – July 22, 1988) was an Italian American painter known for his still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Early life Early years and immigration to the United States Lui ...

(1900–1988), Italian-born American painter * Luigi Malice (born 1937), artist *

Luigi Manini Luigi Pietro Manini, Count of Fagagna (Crema, Lombardy-Venetia, 8 March 1848 – Brescia, 29 June 1936) was an Italian set designer, architect, painter. He arrived in Lisbon, Portugal in 1879, where he lived until he returned to Italy in 1913. M ...

(1848–1936), European set designer and architect * Luigi Mascelli (1804-1825), Italian goldsmith * Luigi Melchiorre (1859 – c. 1908), Italian sculptor *

Luigi Miradori Luigi Miradori (c. 1600-1610 - c. 1656) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona. Miradori was born in Genoa, thus also called ''il Genovese'' or ''Genovesino''. He was a pupil of the painter Panfilo Nuvolone or ...

(1600s – c. 1656), Baroque painter *

Luigi Mussini Luigi Mussini (19 December 1813 – 18 June 1888) was an Italian painter, linked especially to the Purismo movement and to the Nazarene movement, Nazarenes. Life Mussini was born in Berlin, son of the composer Natale Mussini, ''Kapellmeister ...

(1813–1888), painter *

Luigi Nono (painter) Luigi Nono (8 December 1850 – 17 October 1918) was an Italian painter, known primarily for his genre scenes depicting life among the poor. Biography A young Nono entered the Accademia of Venice, then under the leadership of Pompeo Marino Molm ...

(1850–1918), Italian painter * Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (1616–1680), Baroque painter and artist biographer *

Luigi Primo Louis Cousin, in Italy mainly known as Luigi Primo or Luigi Gentile (c. 1605–1667) was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period, who was active in Italy for a major part of his career. Working in a style, which combined his Flemish roots with ...

(c. 1605–1667), Flemish Baroque painter *

Luigi Quaini Luigi Quaini (1643–1717) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Ravenna, and first learned the art of architectural perspective painting from his father, Francesco Quaini, a pupil of Agostino Mitelli. After s ...

(1643–1717), Baroque painter *

Luigi Rados Luigi Rados (19 October 1773 – 1840) was an Italian engraver. Life Rados was born in Parma and educated at the city's academy. He collaborated extensively with the French painter Jean-François Bosio, who worked under the name Giovanni Ba ...

(1773–1840), engraver * Luigi Riccardi (1807–1877), painter *

(1885–1947), Futurist painter and composer *

Luigi Sabatelli Luigi Sabatelli (21 February 1772 – 29 January 1850) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in Milan, Rome, and his native city of Florence. Biography He studied in his native city and in Rome. In 1803, with the reorganizatio ...

(1772–1850), Neoclassical painter *

Luigi Schiavonetti Luigi Schiavonetti (1 April 1765 – 7 June 1810) was an Italian reproductive engraver and etcher. Life Luigi Schiavonetti was born at Bassano in Venetia. He was the maternal nephew of Teodoro Viero. After having studied art for several ...

(1765–1810), reproductive engraver and etcher *

Luigi Serafini (artist) Luigi Serafini (born 4 August 1949 in Rome) is an Italian artist and designer based in Milan. He is best known for creating the ''Codex Seraphinianus'', an illustrated encyclopedia of imaginary things in what was believed to be a constructed langu ...

(born 1946), artist, architect, and designer *

Luigi Trinchero Luigi Trinchero (June 9, 1862 in Acqui Terme – February 6, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Italian sculptor, most active in Argentina after 1888, most notably the bas-reliefs and busts on the facade of the Teatro Colón. Biography B ...

(1862–1944), sculptor

Other fields

Luigi Bertoni Luigi Bertoni (1872–1947) was an Italian-born anarchist writer and typographer. Bertoni fought on the Huesca front with Italian comrades during the Spanish Revolution and was, with Emma Goldman, one of the outspoken critics of anarchist ...

(1872–1947), Italian-born anarchist writer and typographer *

Luigi Borrelli Luigi Borrelli is an Italian menswear brand from Naples, Italy. Luigi Borrelli started the company in 1957 after learning the tailoring from his mother, Anna Borrelli. Store locations Luigi Borrelli has flagship standalone shops in:luigiborrell ...

, Naples-based shirts maker *

Luigi Calabresi Luigi Calabresi (14 November 1937 – 17 May 1972) was an Italian Police officer in Milan assassinated by far-left terrorists. This was one of the most important murders during the historical period of social turmoil and political violence in It ...

(1937–1972), commissioner of Italian police in Milan *

Luigi Carrel Luigi (Louis) Carrel aka ''Carrellino'' (1901–1983) was an Italian mountain climber, mountain guide and ski mountaineer. Biography Carrel was the son of the mountain guide Jean-Joseph Carrel and his wife Joséphine Pellissier. He was born in C ...

(1901–1983), mountain climber, mountain guide, and ski mountaineer *

Luigi D'Albertis Luigi Maria D'Albertis (21 November 1841 – 2 September 1901) was an Italian naturalist and explorer who, in 1875, became the first Italian to chart the Fly River in what is now called Papua New Guinea. He undertook three voyages up this river f ...

(1841–1901), naturalist and explorer *

Luigi Galleani Luigi Galleani (; 1861–1931) was an Italian anarchist active in the United States from 1901 to 1919. He is best known for his enthusiastic advocacy of "propaganda of the deed", i.e. the use of violence to eliminate those he viewed as tyrants ...

(1861–1931), anarchist *

Luigi Lavazza Luigi Lavazza (; 24 April 1859 – 16 August 1949) was an Italian businessman. In 1895, he founded the Lavazza coffee company in Turin. Biography Lavazza was born in Murisengo, a small city in the province of Turin (Piedmont). The origins of ...

(1859–1949), businessman *

Luigi Manzotti Luigi Manzotti (2 February 1835 – 15 March 1905) was an Italian mime dancer and choreographer.''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (2004) Oxford University Press Born in Milan, Manzotti created his first ballet in 1858 and his subsequent productions ...

(1835–1905), choreographer *

Luigi Ossoinack Luigi Ossoinack (26 June 1849 – 29 October 1904). Born in Fiume, studied in Ljubljana, Graz and Vienna, where he graduated at the commercial academy. He practised trade in Trieste, Odessa, London and North America. In 1873 he came back to Fiume ...

(1849–1904), Hungarian businessman and politician *

Luigi Puccianti Luigi Puccianti (; 11 June 1875 – 9 June 1952) was an Italian physicist. Career In 1899–1900, Puccianti constructed a highly sensitive spectrograph, with which he studied the infrared absorption of many compounds and attempted to correlate th ...

(1875–1952), Italian physicist *

Luigi Veronelli Luigi Veronelli (2 February 1926 in Milan – 29 November 2004 in Bergamo) was an Italian gastronome, wine critic and intellectual. Career In 1990, Luigi Veronelli founded the Veronelli publishing house with "the specific objective of tho ...

(1926–2004), gastronome and intellectual * Luigi Villa, backgammon player * Luigi Voltan, the founder of the eponymous shoe company

Fictional characters

Luigi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

, a Nintendo video game character and the younger twin brother of Mario from the ''

Super Mario (also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every m ...

'' franchise *

, a Fiat 500 car from Pixar's ''Cars'' franchise * Luigi Vendetta, in ''Kick Buttowski'' *

Luigi Risotto The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The write ...

, from the animated sitcom ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...

References

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