The following is a list of people from Milan.

Scientists

Mathematics

Eugenio Calabi Eugenio Calabi (born 11 May 1923) is an Italian-born American mathematician and the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in differential geometry, partial differential equations and ...

(born 1923) * Marco Abate (born 1962) * Maria Gaetana Agnesi (17181799), the world's first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university, wrote the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus * Enzo Tonti (19352021)

Fencing theorists

Camillo Agrippa Camillo Agrippa (died 1 January 1600) was a noted fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance. He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time. Biography Though born in Milan, Agrippa lived and wor ...

(15351595), is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time

Fine arts

Architects

* Donato Felice d'Allio (16771761), Rococo style, worked in Austria

Sculptors

Carlo Abate Carlo Maria Abate (10 July 1932 – 29 April 2019) was an Italian auto racing driver. He was one of the best Ferrari 250 GTO specialists. Abate preferred to be addressed as "Carlo Mario Abate" instead of his christened name. Abate raced mostly f ...

(18591941)

Painters

Filippo Abbiati Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715) was an Italian painter of the early- Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin, together with Andrea Lanzani and Stefano Maria Legnani, he was a prominent mannerist painters from the School of Lombardy. Born in ...

(16401715) * Mario Acerbi (painter) (18871982) *

Angelo Achini Angiolo Achini (March 6, 1850 – January 16, 1930) was an Italian painter. Biography Angiolo Achini was born in Milan. He was educated at the Brera Academy, where he studied under Giuseppe Bertini.Agnellini, Maurizio (1998). ''Ottocento italian ...

(18501930) * Franz Adam (18151886) * Luigi Ademollo (17641849) *

Carlo Paolo Agazzi Carlo Paolo Agazzi or Carlo Agazzi (May 5, 1870 – December 5, 1922) was an Italian painter of landscapes and still lifes in oil and watercolors. He also made etchings. Biography He was born in Milan. He was a pupil of Giuseppe Bertini at the Br ...

(18701922) *

Federico Agnelli Federico Agnelli (1626–1702) was an Italian intaglio printer, engraver and typographer, active in Milan. He was chiefly employed in portraits, though he occasionally engraved emblematical and architectural subjects. He engraved with the archit ...

(16261702), engraver *

Claudio Detto Claudio Detto (born 28 August 1950, in Milan) is an Italian painter of contemporary art. Biography Born in Milan on 28 August 1950, Detto felt led towards free drawing from an early age. He grew up as a self-taught painter, and made his debut i ...

(born 1950), Italian contemporary art painter *

Giorgio Salmoiraghi Giorgio Salmoiraghi (26 November 1936 – 27 December 2022) was an Italian painter. He was born in Milan.Biography and ArtworksSaatchi GalleryArtslant {{DEFAULTSORT:Salmoiraghi, Giorgio 1936 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Italian male arti ...

(born 1936)

Photographers

Gabriele Basilico Gabriele Basilico (12 August 1944 – 13 February 2013) was an Italian photographer who defined himself as "a measurer of space". Born in Milan, Italy in 1944, he originally studied to become an architect before pursuing a career in photography. H ...

(19442013) * Fabio Ponzio (born 1959) * Oliviero Toscani (born 1942)

Writers and historians

* Ottavio Codogno (1570/74–1630), author of a guidebook to the postal services of early 17th-century Europe

Musicians

Arrangers

* Pino Presti (born 1943) Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer

Pianists

* Marcello Abbado (19262020) *

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (; ; October 17, 1720 – January 19, 1795) was an Italian composer. Though she was most famous for her compositions, she was also an accomplished harpsichordist and singer, and the majority of her surviving com ...

(17201795), harpsichordist

Singers

Iris Adami Corradetti Iris Adami Corradetti (19 March 1904 – 26 June 1998) was an Italian opera soprano, and latterly a singing teacher. Biography Adami Corradetti was born in Milan in 1904. Her father, , was a noted baritone singer at La Scala and other European ...

(19041998) * Alessandro Mahmoud (born 1992), singer-songwriter, Italian representative at the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

in and

Orchestral conductors

* Claudio Abbado (19332014) *

Roberto Abbado Roberto Abbado (born 30 December 1954, Milan) is an Italian opera and symphonic music conducting, conductor. Currently he is Artistic Partner of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2015 he has been appointed music director of Palau de les Arts R ...

(born 1954) *

Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions ...

Pop rock artists

Manuel Agnelli Afterhours is an Italian alternative rock band. The band was named after the Velvet Underground song of the same name. Biography The Afterhours were formed in 1985 in Milan around Manuel Agnelli, a Velvet Underground fan. They debuted in 198 ...

(born 1966), alternative rock, member of the band Afterhours *

Ghigo Agosti Ghigo Agosti (born Arrigo Riccardo Agosti on 10 July 1936 in Milan) is an Italian singer, musician, and composer.Settembrini, Luigi (2001). ''Made in Italy?: 1951-2001.'' Skira Editore, Discography 78rpm Ghigo and orchestra * 1954 Georgia on ...

(born 1936), also comedy rock *

Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

(born 1938) *

Cristina Scabbia Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia (; born 5 June 1972) is an Italian singer, best known as one of the two vocalists of gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. Scabbia used to write an advice column in the popular rock magazine ''Revolver'', alongside mus ...

(born 1972), singer of

Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two name changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, and they have recorded nine studio albums, two extended plays, two ...

Politicians

* Agnese Visconti (13631391), consort of Francesco I Gonzaga Lord of Mantua * Vittorio Agnoletto (born 1958), (Communist Refoundation Party), member of the European Parliament * Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments *

Bettino Craxi Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi ( , , ; 24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI membe ...

(19342000), Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993 and Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 *

Mario Monti Mario Monti, (born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and academic who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis. Monti served as a European Commiss ...

(born 1943), Italian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013

Catholic religious

Alberto Ablondi Alberto Ablondi (18 December 1924 – 21 August 2010) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Livorno, Italy. Biography Born in Milan, Italy, Ablondi was ordained to the priesthood on 31 May 1947. On 9 August 1966, Ablondi was appointed ...

(19242010) *

Ferdinando d'Adda Ferdinando d'Adda (27 August 1649 – 27 January 1719) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, bishop and diplomat. As a member of the family of the counts of Adda, he was a kinsman of Pope Innocent XI, who conferred upon him the titular abbacy of a fam ...

(16501719), cardinal of San Clemente, San Pietro in Vincoli, Santa Balbina and Albano, archbishop of Amasya and apostolic nuncio to Great Britain * Aicone (died 918), archbishop of Milan

Media

Actors/Actresses of Film, Theatre and TV

* Diego Abatantuono (born 1955) *

Cele Abba Cele Abba (25 May 1906 – 1 January 1992) was an Italian actress, sister of actress Marta Abba. She was born in Milan, Italy. Biography Her career experienced some reflected light, conditioned by the great popularity obtained by her olde ...

(19061992) *

Marta Abba Marta Abba (25, June 1900 – 24 June 1988) was an Italian actress, was considered as the muse of the playwright Luigi Pirandello. Life and career Abba was born in Milan, and was the sister of another actress, Cele Abba. At the age of fou ...

(19001988) * Marco Lui (1975), mime and comedian

TV and radio presenter

* Lucilla Agosti (born 1978), TV and radio presenter and actress

Athletes

Footballers

* Camillo Achilli (1921–1998), football player and coach *

Marco Achilli Marco Achilli (9 December 1948 – 22 September 2009) was an Football in Italy, Italian footballer who played as a midfielder for a number of Italian sides, including F.C. Internazionale Milano, Inter Milan, A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, Monza, A.S. ...

(1948–2009), football player, one-time Italian Serie A champion *

Ermanno Aebi Ermanno Aebi (; 13 January 1892 – 22 November 1976) was an Italian-Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Milan to a Swiss father and an Italian mother, at the age of 16 Aebi was contracted by Internazionale. He con ...

(1892–1976), football player and referee, two-time Italian Serie A champion * Aurelio Biassoni (1912–?), football player * Mario Ciminaghi (1910–?), football player * Luciano Gariboldi (1927–1988), football player *

Alessio Locatelli Alessio Locatelli (born 17 March 1978) is an Italian football goalkeeper. Amongst the teams he played for are U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio, Spezia Calcio and Botev. Career Locatelli signed with Botev for three years on 24 November 2008 but was qu ...

(born 1978), football player *

Leonida Lucchetta Leonida Lucchetta (born 28 August 1911, date of death unknown) was an Italian professional football player. 1911 births Year of death missing Italian men's footballers Serie A players Inter Milan players Men's association football midfie ...

(1911–?), football player *

Roberto Manini Roberto Manini (born 11 January 1942) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. He appeared once in Serie A for Inter Milan, Inter, played in Serie B for Potenza ...

(born 1942), football player * Rodolfo Negri (1913–?), football player *

Giuseppe Mettica Giuseppe Mettica (26 March 1919 – 5 May 2003) was an Italian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally mea ...

(1919–2003), football player * Roberto Poluzzi (born 1936), retired professional football player * Aldo Riva (1923–?), football player

Ice hockey

Giancarlo Agazzi Giancarlo Agazzi (August 22, 1932 – September 26, 1995) was an Italian ice hockey player. Considered one of the best Italian hockey players of all time, he played mostly with teams from Milan: HC Amatori Milano, HC Milano, Milan-Inter HC and Di ...

(19321995), ice hockey player, coach and president, six-time Italian Serie A champion and two-time Spengler Cup champion

Olympic sports

Carlo Agostoni Carlo Agostoni (23 March 1909 – 25 June 1972) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal, two silvers and a bronze at three Olympic Games. References 1909 births 1972 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fence ...

(19091972), épée, one-time Olympic champion and one-time world champion *

Alessandro Aimar Alessandro Aimar (born 5 June 1967 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, all of these with national relays team. His personal best t ...

(born 1967), sprint

A–B

* Claudio Abbado * Maria Gaetana Agnesi * Luigi Albertini *

Alboinus Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migration period, migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He h ...

* Michele Alboreto *

Joseph Allegranza Joseph Allegranza ( it, Giuseppe; 16 October 1715 in Milan, Duchy of Milan – 18 December 1785 in Milan), pen name sometimes Rosario Maria Eulabio, was a Dominican historian, archaeologist and antiquary known for cataloguing the collection of Cou ...

Saint Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

Giorgio Ambrosoli Giorgio Ambrosoli (; 17 October 1933 – 11 July 1979) was an Italian lawyer who was gunned down while investigating the malpractice of banker Michele Sindona. Liquidating Sindona’s financial empire Appointed by the court as liquidator ...

Enrico Annoni Enrico Annoni (born 10 July 1966) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for several years in Serie A with Como, Torino and Roma. He then moved to Scotland to play for Celtic for two years, before ret ...

Anspert Anspert (died 7 December 881) was archbishop of Milan from 861 to 881. Biography Despite the tradition that he was a member of the Confalonieri family, this is not confirmed. When he was not a bishop yet, Anspert received by emperor Louis II the ...

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...

Aribert Aribert ( it, Ariberto) is a Germanic given name, from ''hari'' ("host") and ''beraht'' ("bright"). It may refer to: *Aribert (archbishop of Milan) *Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), regent of Anhalt *Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian Schu ...

(Ariberto da Intimiano) *

Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani (; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer. He first gained notoriety working for Cerruti and then for many others, including Allegri, Bagutta and Hilton. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, which eventually expande ...

* (died 974) * Arnulf II, Archbishop of Milan (died 1018) * Arnulf III, Archbishop of Milan (died 1097) * Alberto Ascari *

Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Af ...

(Saint Augustine) *

Franco Baresi Franchino Baresi (; born 8 May 1960) is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining t ...

Giuseppe Baresi Giuseppe Baresi (; born 7 February 1958) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender or as a defensive midfielder. He currently works as a technical assistant at Inter Milan. Baresi spent the majority of his 18-y ...

* Eugène de Beauharnais (17811824), Viceroy of Italy during the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, whose capital was Milan *

Cesare Beccaria Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio (; 15 March 173828 November 1794) was an Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist and politician, who is widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age ...

* Bellovesus *

Luca Beltrami Luca Beltrami (November 13, 1854 – August 8, 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for restoration projects. Biography Beltrami was born in Milan. He was initially a student at the Politecnico in Mila ...

Giovanni Berchet Giovanni Berchet (23 December 1783 – 23 December 1851) was an Italian poet and patriot. He wrote an influential manifesto on Italian Romanticism, ''Lettera semiseria di Grisostomo'', which appeared in 1816, and contributed to ''Il Conciliatore ...

* Teresa Berganza *

Giuseppe Bergomi Giuseppe Bergomi (; born 22 December 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan. He is regarded as one of the greatest Italian defenders of all time, and as one of the best of his generation, be ...

* Silvio Berlusconi * * Enzo Biagi * Luciano Bianciardi * * Leonardo di Bisuccio * Giorgio Bocca *

Umberto Boccioni Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...

* Ferdinando Bocconi * * Arrigo Boito * Enrico Bombieri *

Valentino Bompiani Valentino Silvio Bompiani (27 September 1898 – 23 February 1992) was an Italian publisher, writer and playwright. Born in Ascoli Piceno (Marche), in 1929 he founded the publishing house carrying his name, which became one of the most imp ...

* Mike Bongiorno * *Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo Borromeo) * Federico Borromeo,

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

Archbishop of Milan * * Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich * *

Alfredo Bracchi Alfredo Bracchi (30 December 1897 – 11 October 1976) was a versatile Italian writer, whose production ranged from song lyrics to movie scripts. Bracchi was born in Milan, Italy. Between the 1930s and 1950s he and Giovanni D'Anzi formed a ...

* Donato Bramante (Donato di Pascuccio di Antonio) * Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi) *

Massimo Brambati Massimo Brambati (born 29 June 1966) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Brambati began his career at Torino, but he first established himself as a first-team footballer during a two-season loan spell at Empoli ...

Gino Bramieri Gino Bramieri (; 21 June 1928 – 18 June 1996) was an Italian comedian and actor. He was especially known as a television comedian, but also performed in theatres, on radio, and in about thirty movies. He was nicknamed "Il Re della barzelletta ...

* Tinto Brass *

Ernesto Breda Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

Gianni Brera Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera (8 September 1919 – 19 December 1992) was an Italian sports journalist and novelist. This is a description by himself: "My real name is Giovanni Luigi Brera. I was born on 8 September 1919 in San Zenone Po in the ...

Francesco Brioschi Francesco Brioschi (22 December 1824 – 13 December 1897) was an Italian mathematician. Biography Brioschi was born in Milan in 1824. He graduated from the Collegio Borromeo in 1847. From 1850 he taught analytical mechanics in the University o ...

C–E

Maria Callas Maria Callas . (born Sophie Cecilia Kalos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her ''bel cant ...

, opera singer * (1867–1936), businessman; born in Milan *

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...

, sculptor * Cesare Cantù * Ivan Capelli, Formula One driver * Gianni Caproni *

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

(Michelangelo Merisi), painter * Girolamo Cardano *

Carlo Carrà Carlo Carrà (; February 11, 1881 – April 13, 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number ...

, painter *

Panfilo Castaldi Panfilo Castaldi (c. 1398 – c. 1490) was an Italian physician and "master of the art of printing," to whom local tradition attributes the invention of moveable type. He was born in Feltre but spent most of his life working in Milan. The story a ...

Nino Castelnuovo Francesco "Nino" Castelnuovo (28 October 1936 – 6 September 2021) was an Italian actor of film, stage and television, best known for his starring role as Guy Foucher in the French musical film ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (1964). Castelnu ...

, actor; born in Lecco; moved to Milan *

Carlo Cattaneo Carlo Cattaneo (; 15 June 1801 – 6 February 1869) was an Italian philosopher, writer, and activist, famous for his role in the Five Days of Milan in March 1848, when he led the city council during the rebellion. Early life Cattaneo was born i ...

Felice Cavallotti Felice Cavallotti (6 November 1842 – 6 March 1898) was an Italian politician, poet and dramatic author. Biography Early career Born in Milan, Cavallotti fought with the Garibaldian Corps in their 1860 and 1866 campaigns during the Italian ...

, musician *

Franco Cerri Franco Cerri (29 January 1926 – 18 October 2021) was an Italian guitarist and double bassist. Biography Cerri was born in Milan and learned to play guitar when he was 17. In 1945 he became a member of the group led by Gorni Kramer and joined ...

, musician * Giorgio de Chirico, painter *

Giuseppe Ciribini Giuseppe Ciribini (20 January 1913 – 24 July 1990) was an Italian engineer and professor, considered the father of the discipline of architectural technology in Italy. Biography Giuseppe Ciribini was born in Milan on 20 January 1913. He studie ...

(19131990), engineer * (19302003),

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

historian specializing in Asia * Giuseppe Colombo *

Attilio Colonello Attilio Colonello (9 November 1930 – 12 August 2021) was an Italian scenic designer and stage director who was active within the field of opera. Biography Born in Milan, Colonello studied architecture in Milan with Gio Ponti and Ernesto Ro ...

(1930–2021), scenic designer and stage director for opera * Federico Confalonieri, businessman *

Bernardino Corio Bernardino Corio (born 1459 in Milan; died ca.1519) was an Italian humanist and historian of the Renaissance. He wrote ''Historia di Milano'' circa 1500. Biography Bernardino Corio came from a renowned Milanese family that had served the Sforza ...

(14591519?), historian, author of the ''Storia di Milano'' * Cesare Correnti *

Valentina Cortese Valentina Cortese (1 January 1923 – 10 July 2019) was an Italian actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in François Truffaut's ''Day for Night'' (1973). Personal life Cortese was bor ...

, politician * Enrico Cuccia, banker * Vincenzo Cuoco * Dadamaino, painter *

Emilio Dandolo Emilio Dandolo (5 July 1830, Varese – 20 February 1859, Milan) was an important figure in the Italian Risorgimento, participating in several of its most important battles. Life Originating from Dandolo family which produced several other figur ...

* Enrico Dandolo * Giovanni D'Anzi, musician * Beatrice d'Este * (18491907), businessman and senator; he founded the Società Ernesto De Angeli e C, a textile company manufacturing cotton prints *

Emilio De Marchi Emilio De Marchi may refer to: * Emilio De Marchi (writer) (1851–1901), Italian novelist * Emilio De Marchi (tenor) (1861–1917), Italian operatic tenor * Emilio De Marchi (actor) Emilio De Marchi (born 12 April 1959) is an Italian film and te ...

Filippo De Pisis Filippo De Pisis (11 May 1896 – 2 April 1956) was an Italian painter and poet. Biography He was born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli in Ferrara. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bologna beginning in 1914.Gale, Matthew and ...

, painter * Victor de Sabata * Renzo De Vecchi *

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 ...

Ardito Desio Count Ardito Desio (18 April 1897 – 12 December 2001) was an Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist, and cartographer.

, climber *

Diocletianus Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

* Domenico Dolce, fashion designer * Carlo Dossi *, businessman and

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist (Commonwealth English) or a druggist (North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), is a healthcare professional who prepares, controls and distributes medicines and provides advice and instructi ...

who founded

Carlo Erba SpA Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

; his distribution of the imported laxative Magnesia Henry was "a huge commercial success" *, artistSimonetta Nicolini
"Erba, Carlo"
in '' Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', Volume 43 (Treccani: 1993). Retrieved 15 August 2013.

F–L

* Giacinto Facchetti, footballer * Giangiacomo Feltrinelli ,book publisher * Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino) * Francesco Filelfo*

Eugenio Finardi Eugenio Finardi (born July 16, 1952) is an Italian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. Life Eugenio Finardi was born in Milan, Italy, on July 16, 1952, in a musical family: his father Enzo was an Italian music sound engineer a ...

, musician * Dario Fo, actor, playwright *

Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana (; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist. He is mostly known as the founder of Spatialism. Early life Born in Rosario, to Italian immigrant parents, he was t ...

, sculptor *

Vincenzo Foppa Vincenzo Foppa ( – ) was an Italian painter from the Renaissance period. While few of his works survive, he was an esteemed and influential painter during his time and is considered the preeminent leader of the Early Lombard School. He spent hi ...

* Enrico Forlanini *

Franko B Franko B (born in Milan in 1960) is an Italian performance artist based in London, where he has lived since 1979. He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Arts (1986–87), Chelsea College of Art (1987–90) and the Byam Shaw School of Art (19 ...

, sculptor, performance artist *

Paolo Frisi Paolo Frisi (13 April 1728 – 22 November 1784) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. Biography Frisi was born in Melegnano in 1728; his sibling Antonio Francesco, born in 1735, went on to be a historian. Frisi was educated at the lo ...

Renato Fumagalli Renato Fumagalli is an Italian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He was the frontman of the Italian Beat group ''Gli Spioni'', mostly known for their breakthrough hit " Mondo Capellone"Cesare Rizzi (ed.), ''Enciclopedia del Rock italiano'' ...

Giorgio Gaber Giorgio Gaber (), byname of Giorgio Gaberscik (25 January 1939 – 1 January 2003), was an Italian singer, composer, actor, and playwright. He was also an accomplished guitar player and author of one of the first rock songs in Italian ("Ciao ti ...

, musician, actor *Saint Galdinus ( Galdino della Sala) * Carlo Emilio Gadda * Ignazio Gardella *

Brunella Gasperini Brunella Gasperini, pen name of Bianca Robecchi (Milan, 22 December 1918 – Milan, 7 January 1979) was an Italian journalist and novelist. Biography She spent most of her life between Milan, her birthplace, and San Mamete, a small hamlet in Vals ...

, writer, journalist * Agostino Gemelli *

Saint Gervasius Saints Gervasius and Protasius (also Saints Gervase and Protase, Gervasis and Prothasis and in French ''Gervais and Protais'') are venerated as Christian martyrs, probably of the 2nd century. They are the patron saints of Milan and of haymakers a ...

* Ludovico Geymonat, philosopher *

Riccardo Giacconi Riccardo Giacconi ( , ; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Biography Born in ...

Melchiorre Gioia Melchiorre Gioja (10 September 1767 – 2 January 1829) was an Italian writer on philosophy and political economy. His name is spelled Gioia in modern Italian. Biography Gioja was born at Piacenza, in what is now northern Italy. Originally in ...

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 ...

Alberto da Giussano Alberto da Giussano (in Lombard ''Albert de Giussan'', in Latin ''Albertus de Gluxano'') is a legendary character of the 12th century who would have participated, as a protagonist, in the battle of Legnano on 29 May 1176. In reality, according ...

Paolo Grassi Paolo Grassi (30 October 1919 – 14 March 1981) was an Italian theatrical impresario. Grassi was born in Milan, Italy. As a young man, he worked in magazines and discovered a passion for the theater. It led him in 1937 to create a Bertoldissimo ...

, theatre empresario *

Julien Green Julien Green (September 6, 1900 – August 13, 1998) was an American writer who authored several novels (''The Dark Journey'', ''The Closed Garden'', ''Moira'', ''Each Man in His Darkness'', the ''Dixie'' trilogy, etc.), a four-volume autobiog ...

Tommaso Grossi Tommaso Grossi (20 January 179110 December 1853) was an Italian poet and novelist. Biography Grossi was born in Bellano, on Lake Como, and graduated in law at University of Pavia in 1810. He then went to Milan to exercise his profession but the ...

* Francesco Hayez, painter *

Ferdinando Innocenti Ferdinando Innocenti (; 1 September 1891, in Pescia, Italy – 21 June 1966, in Varese) was an Italian businessman who founded the machinery-works company Innocenti and was the creator of the Lambretta motorscooter. Innocenti started worki ...

* Enzo Jannacci, musician, actor * Anna Kuliscioff * Ugo La Malfa, politician * Landolfo da Carcano * Licinius, Roman emperor who co-authored the Edict of Milan * Marco Lui, mime and comedian

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Clara Maffei Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in Bergamo – 13 July 1886, in Milan) was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei. Life At 17 ...

* Carlo Maria Maggi *

Giovanni Malagodi Giovanni Francesco Malagodi (12 October 1904 – 17 April 1991) was an Italian liberal politician, secretary of the Italian Liberal Party (''Partito Liberale Italiano''; PLI), and president of the Italian Senate. He was the third and sixth Pre ...

* Paolo Maldini, footballer *

Mariuccia Mandelli Mariuccia Mandelli (January 31, 1925 – December 6, 2015) was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur. Mandelli established her ready-to-wear fashion house, Krizia, in 1954 by bringing suitcases of samples to shops in Milan out of her Fiat ...

* Alessandro Manzoni, writer, poet * Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, writer, poet * Carlo Maria Martini, archbishop * Pietro Mascagni * Enrico Mattei* Valentino Mazzola, footballer *

Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, O.P. (November 4, 1806 – February 23, 1864) was a pioneer Italian Dominican friar and Catholic missionary priest who helped bring the church to the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin tri-state area. He founded several parishes ...

* Giuseppe Meazza * Mariangela Melato, actress *

Francesco Melzi d'Eril Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Duke of Lodi, Count of Magenta (6 March 1753 – 16 January 1816) was an Italian politician and patriot, serving as vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic (1802–1805). He was a consistent supporter of the Ita ...

Teresa Meroni Teresa Meroni (5 June 1885 – 17 October 1951), also called as Teresina, was an Italian worker, trade unionist, and Socialism, socialist. She led one of Italy's labour movements and defended workers' rights. Biography Born as Teresa Milano Me ...

, trade unionist, and socialist *

Cesare Merzagora Cesare Merzagora (9 November 1898 – 1 May 1991) was an Italian politician from Milan. Biography Merzagora was born in Milan on November 9, 1898. Between 1947 and 1949 Merzagora would serve as Italy's Minister of Foreign Trade. He was Pres ...

* Mario Merz, sculptor * Madusa, monster truck driver, professional wrestler * Mina, singer *

Arnoldo Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori (2 November 1889 – 8 June 1971) was a noted Italian publisher. Mondadori was born at Poggio Rusco, Mantua and died in Milan. His publishing house (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publi ...

, book publisher * Eugenio Montale, poet, journalist * Indro Montanelli, journalist, newspaper editor *

, economist, politician * Vincenzo Monti *Giovan Battista Montini ( Pope Paul VI) * Angelo Moratti *

Letizia Moratti Letizia Maria Moratti (née Brichetto Arnaboldi; Milan, 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006–20 ...

, politician * Massimo Moratti *

Angelo Motta Angelo Motta (8 September 1890 – 26 December 1957) was an Italian entrepreneur, founder of the food company . He is associated with the commercial production of the sweet yeast bread panettone. Biography Motta was a Milanese pastry chef before ...

* Bruno Munari, artist, designer * Riccardo Muti * Giovanni Muzio * Giulio Natta *

Egidio Notaristefano Egidio Notaristefano (born 4 February 1966) is an Italian football manager. He is a former Italy under-21 international midfielder. Career Notaristefano began his playing career at Como in the early 1980s, and he made his Serie A debut in 1984. ...

* Emma Palladino * Giuseppe Parini, poet * Ferruccio Parri *

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an internat ...

, musician * Silvio Pellico, poet * Francesco Petrarca * Giuseppe Piermarini *

Gino Pollini Gino Pollini (19 January 1903 in Rovereto – 25 January 1991 in Milan) was an Italian architect. Life Gino Pollini was born in Rovereto on January 19, 1903, to Luigi Pollini, a shopkeeper, and Teresa Miori Pollini. At the time of Pollini ...

Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez ...

, pianist * Arnaldo Pomodoro, sculptor *

Gio Pomodoro Gio or GIO may refer to: People * Gio (nickname) * Gio (footballer, born 1984), Spanish * Gio (singer) (born 1990) * Gio people, an ethnic group in northeastern Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire Science and technology * Gi/o, protein subunits * GIO, ...

, sculptor * Gio Ponti, architect * Carlo Porta *

Miuccia Prada Miuccia Bianchi Prada (; born Maria Bianchi on 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. As of October 2021, ''Forbes'' estimated her n ...

, fashion designer * Pino Presti *

Giuseppe Prina Count Giuseppe Prina (20 July 1766 in Novara – 20 April 1814) was an Italian statesman killed in the Milan riots of 1814. Biography Prina gave early evidence of his rare talent. After studying at the University of Pavia, he became a doctor of ...

Saint Protasius Saints Gervasius and Protasius (also Saints Gervase and Protase, Gervasis and Prothasis and in French ''Gervais and Protais'') are venerated as Christian martyrs, probably of the 2nd century. They are the patron saints of Milan and of haymakers a ...

* Salvatore Quasimodo, poet

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* Alberto Rabagliati *

Bonvesin da la Riva Bonvesin da la Riva (; sometimes Italianized in spelling Bonvesino or Buonvicino; 1240 – c. 1313) was a well-to-do Milanese lay member of the '' Ordine degli Umiliati'' (literally, "Order of the Humble Ones"), a teacher of (Latin) grammar and a n ...

* Gianni Rivera * Angelo Rizzoli * Michele Rocca (footballer) *

Aldo Rossi Aldo Rossi (3 May 1931 – 4 September 1997) was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading exponen ...

Medardo Rosso Medardo Rosso (; 21 June 1858 – 31 March 1928) was an Italian sculptor. He is considered, like his contemporary and admirer Auguste Rodin, to be an artist working in a Post Impressionism, post-Impressionist style. Biography and works Rosso wa ...

Giuseppe Rovani Giuseppe Rovani (12 January 1818–26 January 1874) was an Italian novelist and essayist. Rovani was born in Milan. He was known for criticism of historical novels of the Romantic style, which were popular in Italy at the time and whose ste ...

* Gabriele Salvatores *

Alberto Savinio Alberto Savinio , born as Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico (25 August 1891 – 5 May 1952) was a Greek-Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer. He was the younger brother of 'metaphysical ...

* Giovanni Schiaparelli *

Tino Scotti Tino Scotti (16 November 1905 – 16 October 1984) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1940 and 1984. He was born in Milan, Italy, and died in Tarquinia, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Fanfulla da Lodi'' (1940) * ''L ...

Giovanni Segantini Giovanni Segantini (15 January 1858 – 28 September 1899) was an Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century, and his paintings were collected by ...

* Beppe Severgnini *

Francesco I Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L' ...

Francesco II Sforza Francesco II Sforza (February 4, 1495 – November 2, 1535) was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He was the last member of the Sforza family to rule Milan. He was the second son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. When Ludovico ...

Ludovico Sforza Ludovico Maria Sforza (; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (; "the Moor"). "Arbiter of Italy", according to the expression used by Guicciardini,

(Ludovico il Moro) *

Massimiliano Sforza Maximilian Sforza (Italian: ''Massimiliano Sforza''; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy ...

Cicco Simonetta Francesco (Cicco) Simonetta (1410 – 30 October 1480) was an Italian Renaissance statesman who composed an early treatise on cryptography. Biography Francesco, nicknamed Cicco, was born in Caccuri, Calabria, and received a fine education ...

* Mario Sironi * Edoardo Sonzogno * Ettore Sottsass *

Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian-American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably ''View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself as "a writer who draws". Biography Ste ...

Stendhal Marie-Henri Beyle (; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (, ; ), was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (''The Red and the Black'', 1830) and ''La Chartreuse de P ...

Antonio Stoppani file:Antonio Stoppani latelife.jpg, Antonio Stoppani towards the end of his life Antonio Stoppani (24 August 18241 January 1891) was an Italian Catholic priest, patriot, geologist and palaeontologist. He studied the geology of the Italian region a ...

* Giorgio Strehler * Ildefonso Schuster

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Renata Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi ( , ; 1 February 1922 – 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period, and especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala, San Carlo and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. O ...

Carlo Tenca Carlo Tenca (19 October 1816, Milan - 4 September 1883, Milan) was an Italian man of letters, journalist, deputy and supporter of the Risorgimento The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ...

Giuseppe Terragni Giuseppe Terragni (; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism. His most famous work is the C ...

Delio Tessa Delio Tessa (18 November 1886 – 21 September 1939) was an Italian poet from Milan. Biography He studied at the High school Beccaria in Milan and graduated as a lawyer in the University of Pavia. After University studies he did not like th ...

* Enzo Tonti *

Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orch ...

Gian Giacomo Trivulzio Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440 or 1441 – December 5, 1518) was an Italian aristocrat and '' condottiero'' who held several military commands during the Italian Wars. Biography Trivulzio was born in Milan, where he studied, among others, w ...

* Filippo Turati * Una Chi * Franca Valeri * Leo Valiani *

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

Luigi Veronesi Luigi Veronesi (28 May 1908 – 25 February 1998) was an Italian photographer, painter, scenographer and film director born in Milan. Early career Luigi Veronesi trained as textile designer in the 1920s and by practised photography. He was ...

* Umberto Veronesi *

Alessandro Verri Alessandro Verri (9 November 1741 – 23 September 1816) was an Italian author. Born in Milan into an aristocratic family, as a young man he participated in the , founded together with his brother Pietro Verri and their friends Cesare Beccaria, ...

Pietro Verri Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was an economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombard reformist E ...

* Bernabò Visconti *

Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

* Luchino Visconti *

Matteo Visconti Matteo I Visconti (1250–1322) was the second of the Milanese Visconti family to govern Milan. Matteo was born to Teobaldo Visconti and Anastasia Pirovano. In 1287, Matteo's uncle Ottone Visconti, archbishop and first lord of Milan, nominat ...

* Ottone Visconti * Elio Vittorini *

Alessandro Volta Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (, ; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist and lay Catholic who was a pioneer of electricity and power who is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the ...

* Adolfo Wildt * Marco Zanuso *

Bernardino Zenale Bernardo (or Bernardino) Zenale (c. 1460 – 1526) was an Italian painter and architect. Biography Zenale was born in Treviglio, Lombardy, where in 1485 he finished the great polyptych for the church of St. Martin, together with his fellow Ber ...

* Walter Zenga

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