This is list of ItalianThough the modern state of Italy was established in 1861, the Latin equivalent of the term Italian had been in use for natives of the region since antiquity. See

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...

, '' Letters'' 9.23. explorers and navigators () in alphabetical order: * Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) * Enrico Alberto d'Albertis (1846–1932) * Carlo Amoretti (1741–1816) * Paolo Andreani (1763–1823) * Orazio Antinori (1811–1882) * Alberto Maria de Agostini (1883–1960) * Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494) * Giacomo Beltrami (1779–1855) *

Scipione Borghese Scipione Caffarelli-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 legac ...

(1871–1927) * Vittorio Bottego (1860–1897) * Giacomo Bove (1852–1887) * Sebastiano Caboto (1474–1557) * Umberto Cagni (1863–1932) * Giovanni Caboto (1450–1500) *

Alvise Cadamosto Alvise Cadamosto (surname cf. ''Ca' da Mosto, da Cadamosto, da Ca' da Mosto''; also known in Portuguese as ''Luís Cadamosto''; mononymously ''Cadamosto'') (; ) (c. 1432 – 16 July 1483) was a Venetian explorer and slave trader, who was hired by ...

(1432–1483) * Gaetano Casati (1838–1902) * Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766) * Cristoforo Colombo (1451–1506) * Ambrogio Contarini (1429–1499) *

Niccolò de' Conti Niccolò is an Italian male given name, derived from the Greek Nikolaos meaning "Victor of people" or "People's champion". There are several male variations of the name: Nicolò, Niccolò, Nicolas, and Nicola. The female equivalent is Nicole (name), ...

(1395–1469) * Andrea Corsali (1487–?) * Michele da Cuneo (1448–1503) * Antonio da Noli (1418–1496) *

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (or Carpini; anglicised as ''John of Plano Carpini''; – 1 August 1252) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of t ...

(1185–1252) * Ardito Desio (1897–2001) * Alfonso de Tonti (1659–1727) * Enrico de Tonti (1649–1704) *

Andrea Doria Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi (; ; 30 November 146625 November 1560) was an Italian statesman, ', and admiral, who played a key role in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime. From 1528 until his death, Doria exercised a predominant influe ...

(1466–1560) *

Eusebio Kino Eusebio Francisco Kino, Jesuits, SJ (, ; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Prince-Bishopric of Tre ...

(1645–1711) * Alessandro Malaspina (1754–1810) * Lancelotto Malocello (1269–1335) *

Reinhold Messner Reinhold Andreas Messner (; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent o ...

(born 1944) *

Umberto Nobile Umberto Nobile (; 21 January 1885 – 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships in the Aviation between the World Wars, years between the two Worl ...

(1885–1978) * Juan Bautista Pastene *

Antonio Pigafetta Antonio Pigafetta (; – c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first Magellan's circumnavigation, circumnavigation, ...

(1491–1530) * Emanuele Piloti *

Marco Polo Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...

(c. 1253–1323) *

Niccolò and Maffeo Polo Niccolò Polo (, ; – )Died before 1300. and MaffeoAlso Matteo (, ). Polo (, ; – )Died before 1318. were Italian traveling merchants from the Republic of Venice, best known as the father and uncle, respectively, of the explorer Marco Polo ...

(c. 1230 – c. 1294, c. 1230 – c. 1309) * Michele Pontrandolfo (born 1971) *

Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci (; ; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the , a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic See decl ...

(1552–1610) * Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933) * Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (1852–1905) * Antoniotto Usodimare *

Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , ; often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1491–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, who led most of his later expeditions, including the one to America, in the service of King Francis I of ...

(1484–1527) *

Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci ( , ; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "Naming of the Americas, America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the A ...

(1454–1512) * Ugolino Vivaldi (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1291) * Vadino Vivaldi (fl. 1291) * Fiorenza Cannavale

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Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...