Events during the year 2007 in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano (; 29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving pre ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Romano Prodi Romano Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the fo ...

Events

* 13 August - Murder of Chiara Poggi * 11 November - Murder of Gabriele Sandri

Literature

*''The Italian'', novel by

Sebastiano Vassalli Sebastiano Vassalli (24 October 1941 – 26 July 2015) was an Italian author. He wrote the 2007 novel ''The Italian (L'italiano)''. Vassalli was born in Genoa, Italy in 1941. His mother was from Tuscany and his father was from Lombardy. At a v ...

*'' Manituana'', novel by the writers' collective

Wu Ming Wu Ming, Chinese language, Chinese for "anonymous", is a pseudonym for a group of Italian authors formed in 2000 from a subset of the Luther Blissett (nom de plume), Luther Blissett community in Bologna. Four of the group earlier wrote the nove ...

*''

The Track of Sand '' The Track of Sand '' (orig. Italian ''La pista di sabbia'') is a 2007 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2010 by Stephen Sartarelli Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American poet and translator. Li ...

'', novel by

Andrea Camilleri Andrea Calogero Camilleri (; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels. Biography Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti, Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the ...

Births

* 17 February –

Tara Dragas Tara Dragas (born 17 February 2007) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast of Slovenian descent. She is the 2022 European ribbon junior silver medalist. At the national level, she is the 2025 Italian all-around silver medalist, the 2022 Ita ...

, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

*26 January –

Emanuele Luzzati Emanuele Luzzati (3 June 1921 – 26 January 2007) was an Italian painter, production designer, illustrator, film director and animator. He was nominated for Academy Awards for two of his short films, ''La gazza ladra'' (''The Thieving Magpie'' ...

, painter, production designer and animator (b. 1921). *8 February – Adele Faccio, civil right activist (b. 1920). *26 February – Angelo Arcidiacono, fencer (b. 1955). *3 March – :*

Osvaldo Cavandoli Osvaldo Cavandoli (1 January 1920 – 3 March 2007), also known by his pen name Cava, was an Italian cartoonist. His most famous work is his series of short animated cartoons, '' La Linea'' ("The Line"). Early life, family and education Cavandol ...

, cartoonist (b. 1920). :*

Benito Lorenzi Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi (; 20 December 1925 – 3 March 2007) was an Italian footballer born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker. Club career Throughout his career (1947–1960), Lorenzi played with Italian clubs I ...

, footballer (b. 1925). *19 March –

Giampaolo Calanchini Giampaolo Calanchini (4 February 1937 – 19 March 2007) was an Italian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonl ...

, fencer (b. 1937). *21 May –

Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including Women in prison film, women in prison, nunsploitation, Zombie films, zombi ...

, film director, screenwriter and editor (b.

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

) *23 July –

Franco Cuomo Franco Cuomo (22 April 1938, in Naples – 23 July 2007, in Rome) was an Italian journalist and writer.Paola Spinozzi (2016). Italian Translations and Editions of Thomas More's ''Libellus vere aureus''. ''Utopian Studies'' 27 (3): 505–520 Proje ...

, writer (b. 1938). *24 July –

Giorgio Anglesio Giorgio Anglesio (13 April 1922 – 24 July 2007) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially k ...

, fencer (b. 1922). *6 September –

Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti (, , ; 12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerou ...

, operatic tenor (b. 1935). *21 September –

Mauro Mellano Mauro Mellano (1944– 21 September 2007) was an Italian economist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapie ...

, Italian economist and university professor. *7 October –

Luciana Frassati Gawronska Luciana Frassati Gawronska (18 August 1902 – 7 October 2007) was an Italian writer and author. Gawronska was a prominent anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist activist in both Poland and Italy and was considered a champion of Catholic causes. Early life L ...

, writer (b. 1902). *2 December –

Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmina Omiccioli, (23 September 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in '' Le amiche''. She appeared in '' The Facts of Mur ...

, actress (b. 1925).

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