Famous Italians

Italy is a country which is known for its famous fashion designers, great artists and sculptors. The Italian people are eloquent and beautiful and have made an impact on the big screen as well. Italian actors and actresses are some of the finest in the world and there are many famous Italians in all spheres of life. No country has had made a greater contribution to the field of art than Italy. During the Renaissance in Italy, cities like Rome and Florence were in the forefront in the world of arts and had famous painter and inventor like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. It is a country which is rich in culture, history, arts and architecture. Here is a list of famous Italians in some fields.

Famous Italian Artists

There are many famous Italian painters and sculptors who have created some great art works. Here is a list of famous Italian artists dating from the Renaissance period to the modern one.

    * Leonardo Da Vinci
    * Michelangelo Buonarroti
    * Tiziano Vecelli (Titan)
    * Giorgio Barbarelli
    * Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael)
    * Gian Lorenzo Bernini
    * Sandro Boticelli
    * Gentile Bellini
    * Fra Angelico
    * Pietro Annigoni
    * Carpaccio
    * Enrico Donati
    * Rosso Fiorentino
    * Andrea da Firenze
    * Ambrogio Lorenzetti
    * Simone Martini
    * Lelio Orsi
    * Guido Marzulli
    * Parmigianino
    * Ferdinando Partini
    * Tommaso Reni
    * sassetta
    * Salvator Rosa
    * Tintoretto
    * Paolo Veronese
    * Jacopo Vignali
    * Umberto Boccioni
    * Rembrandt Bugatti
    * Amedeo Modigliani
    * Giorgio Vasari

List of Famous Italian in Entertainment

Here is a list of famous Italian singers actors and Italian actresses and directors in showbiz. These great entertainers have contributed much to the world of cinema.

    * Al Pacino
    * Monica Belluchi
    * Robert De Niro
    * Sophia Loren
    * Isabella Rossellini
    * Sergio Leone
    * Francis Ford Coppola
    * Luigi Pirandello
    * Quentin Tarantino
    * Martin Scorsese
    * Tea Leoni
    * Joseph Barbera
    * Jon Bon Jovi
    * Nicholas Cage
    * Frank Sinatra
    * Danny de Vito
    * John Travolta
    * Rudolph Valentino
    * Dean Martin
    * Lou Castello
    * Sylvester Stallone
    * Anne Bancroft
    * Ashley Judd
    * Rene Russo
    * Brooke Shields
    * Leonardo DiCaprio
    * Liv Tyler

Famous Italian Designers

In the world of fashion, Italian designers are among the top fashion designers and they are very successful and well known. They are the masters of the field and Italian designs are much sought after. Milan in Italy is considered to be the fashion mecca and the world of fashion would be incomplete without these famous Italian designers. Here is a list of most famous Italian fashion designers.

    * Salvatore Ferragamo
    * Roberto Cavalli
    * Missoni
    * Alberta Ferretti
    * Emilio Pucci
    * Dolce & Gabbana
    * Prada
    * Valentino Garavanni
    * Donatella Versace
    * Giorgio Armani
    * Gianni Versace
    * Roberta di Camerino
    * Franco Moschino
    * Gianfranco Ferre
    * Sergio Taccini
    * Guiccio Gucci

World Famous Italians

Besides the above names, there are other famous people of Italy who have left a mark on society in some way. Here is a list of world famous Italians.

    * Enrici Fermi (Physicist, won Nobel Prize in 1938)
    * Leonardo Fibonacci (Mathematician)
    * Lazzaro Spallanzani (Scientist)
    * Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (Politician)
    * Benito Mussolini (Italian dictator)
    * Vilfredo Pareto (Economist)
    * Francesco Guicciardini (Historian)
    * Niccolo Machiavelli (Statesman)
    * Giovanni da Verrazano (Explorer)
    * Maria Gaetana Agnesi (Mathematician)
    * Eugenio Barsanti (Inventor)
    * Renato Biasutti (Geographer)
    * Galileo Galilei (Physicist and astronomer)
    * Riccardo Giacconi (Astrophysicist)
    * Cristoforo Colombo (Explorer)
    * Amerigo Vespucci (Explorer)
    * Giovanni da Verrazzano (Explorer)
    * Marco Polo (Explorer)
    * Luigi Einaudi (Politician)
    * Roberto Formigoni (Politician)
    * Antonio Negri (Philosopher)
    * Francesco Algarotti (Philosopher and art critic)
    * Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Poet)
    * Stefano Benni (Novelist)
    * Dino Buzzati (Journalist)
    * Aldo Buzzi (Author of gastronomy and travel books)
    * Francesco de Sanctis (Critic and writer)
    * Giancarlo Alessandrini (Cartoonist)
    * Carlo Ambrosini (Cartoonist)
    * Francesco Borromini (Architect)
    * Girolamo Rainaldi (Architect)

These were some famous Italians that have contributed a lot to the fields of art, architecture, politics and fashion. We can hardly think of the art world without famous masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo. Think about the world famous Sistine Chapel in Rome and how bare it would look without Michelangelo's painted ceiling. Even the world of fashion would be less scintillating without the Italian designers with the haute couture and great design sensibilities.