Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of about 1.6 million people. The list includes notable natives of Sardinia, as well as those who were born elsewhere but spent a large part of their active life in Sardinia. People of Sardinian heritage and descent are in a separate section of this article.

Academic figures and inventors

* Pietro Amat di San Filippo (1826–1895), geographer, historian and bibliographer *

Giulio Angioni Giulio Angioni (28 October 1939 – 12 January 2017) was an Italian writer and anthropologist. Biography Angioni was a leading Italian anthropologist, professor at the University of Cagliari and fellow of St Antony's College of the University o ...

(1939–2016), writer and anthropologist *

Efisio Arru Efisio Arru (Siligo, 1927 – Sassari, 2000) was an Italian scientist, from Sardinia. He graduated from the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Sassari in 1957, and in 1978 was appointed Professor of Parasitology at that university. Efisio A ...

(1927–2000), parasitologist * Domenico Alberto Azuni (1749–1827),

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

Ludovico Baille Ludovico Baille (Cagliari February 3, 1764 – Cagliari March 14, 1839) Having graduated in law from the Reale Università di Cagliari he was appointed in 1786 to the Ministry of the Spanish government at Turin, but his chief interest was in t ...

(1764–1869), historian *

Augusto Bissiri Augusto Bissiri (10 September 1879 – 25 February 1968) was an Italian inventor born in Seui, Sardinia in 1879 to a poor family. Augusto Bissiri is credited as one of the first developers of television and the cathode ray tube. In 1900 he devel ...

(1879–1968), inventor, credited as one of the first developers of television, the

cathode ray tube A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen. The images may represent electrical waveforms ( oscilloscope), pictu ...

and the fax *

Remo Bodei Remo Bodei (3 August 1938 – 7 November 2019) was an Italian philosopher. He was a professor of the history of philosophy at the UCLA University, Los Angeles California, and also had taught at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore ...

(born in Cagliari, 1938), philosopher * Francesco Antonio Boi (1767–1850), physician and anatomist * Francesco Antonio Broccu (1797–1882), inventor, born in Gadoni, regarded as the first developer of the

revolver A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold up to six roun ...

* Giuseppe Brotzu (1895–1976), pharmacologist, discoverer of cephalosporin based antibiotics, and candidate for Nobel Prize in Medicine. *

Carlo Cercignani Carlo Cercignani (17 June 1939 in Teulada – 7 January 2010 in Milan) was an Italian mathematician known for his work on the kinetic theory of gases. His contributions to the study of Boltzmann's equation include the proof of the H-theorem fo ...

(1939–2010), physicist and mathematician * Fausto Cercignani (born 1941), scholar in linguistics * Enrico Costa (born 1944), astrophysicist, known for studies on the gamma-ray bursts *

Erminio Costa Erminio "Mimo" Costa (March 9, 1924 – November 28, 2009) was an Italian-American neuroscientist. His research interests covered brain serotonergic activity in health and disease, benzodiazepine-GABA interactions, benzodiazepine action at GABAA re ...

(Cagliari 1924– Washington 2009), neuroscientist *

Joan de Girgio Vitelli Joan de Giorgio Vitelli i Simon ( Alghero 1870 - Rome 1916) was an Italian lawyer and writer. He was a supporter of '' Renaixença catalana'' in Alghero. He worked for Ministry of the Interior (Italy) and became prefect in Ravenna in 1913. In 188 ...

(Alghero 1870 – Rome 1916), lawyer and writer *

Carlo Fadda Carlo Fadda (1853–1931) was an Italian jurist and politician. Fadda, a leading Italian expert of Roman law in general and the Pandects in particular, taught law in Macerata, Genoa and Naples. He published numerous monographs, textbooks and arti ...

(1853–1931), jurist and politician *

Antonio Fais Antonio Fais (25 April 1841 – 20 April 1925) was an Italian mathematician and railway engineer. He was rector at the University of Cagliari from 1897 to 1898... As an engineer he worked for the ''Royal Sardinian Railways'' for the development o ...

(1841–1925), mathematician and engineer * Giovanni Francesco Fara (1543–1591), geographer and historian * Walter Ferreri, Astronomer * Gian Luigi Gessa (born 1932), pharmacologist and neuropsychiatrist * Pier Michele Giagaraccio (16th century AD), jurist, lawyer, and poet *

Paola Leone Paola Leone is an Italian researcher of Canavan disease, a leukodystrophy. Leone was born and raised in Cagliari, Italy. She received her undergraduate and graduate training in Italy, followed by post-doctoral studies in Montreal and Yale Univers ...

, neurologist leader researcher of

Canavan disease Canavan disease, or Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to nerve cells and loss of white matter in the brain. It is one of the most common degenerative ...

* Giovanni Lilliu (1914–2012), archeologist, academician, publicist and politician *

Eva Mameli Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli (February 12, 1886 – March 31, 1978), was an Italian botanist, and naturalist. A native of Sassari, in Sardinia, in 1906 she moved to Pavia with her brother Efisio Mameli, chemist and pharmacologist at the local ...

(1886–1978), botanist, naturalist and mathematician * Lidia Mannuzzu (1958–2016) biologist, physiologist and academic *

Antonio Pigliaru Antonio Pigliaru (Orune, 17 August 1922 – Sassari, 27 March 1969) was a Sardinian jurist and philosopher. He was the most important Sardinian intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century, and one of the most vivid contemporary Ital ...

(1922–1969),

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

* Salvatore Satta (1902–1975), jurist and writer * Sebastiano Satta (1867–1914), poet, writer, lawyer and journalist * Paolo Savona (born 1936), economist *

Giovanni Soro Giovanni Soro (Venice, ? - 1544) was an Italian professional code-cracker.Lloyd, p. 14 ''Arguably the most successful Renaissance cryptanalyst was Giovanni Soro...'' He was the Renaissance's first outstanding cryptanalyst and the Western world's fir ...

(died 1544), the Western world first great cryptanalyst. Soro was employed in Venice by the Council of Ten as cipher breaker-in-chief. *

Giovanni Spano Giovanni Spano (born Ploaghe, Sardinia, 3 March 1803; died Cagliari, Sardinia, 3 April 1878), also a priest and a linguist, is considered one of the first archaeologists to study the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. After elementary school in w ...

(1803–1878), linguist and archaeologist * Nicola Tanda (born 1928) philologist and literary critic *

Pasquale Tola Pasquale Tola (30 November 1800 in Sassari – 25 August 1874 in Genoa) was an Italian judge, politician and historian. Issue of an ancient and noble Sardinian family, he studied in Sassari, where he obtained a degree in theology and law and also ...

(1800–1874), historian, magistrate and politician

Activists

Aurelio Chessa Aurelio Chessa (30 October 1913 – 26 October 1996) was an Italian anarchist, journalist and historian. Among researchers of twentieth century anarchism he is also noted as an archivist. Biography Aurello Chessa was born in Putifigari, a villag ...

(1913–1996) anarchist, journalist and historian * Giovanni Nuvoli

Architects and designers

* Paola Antonelli (born 1963), architect, senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York * Carlo Battaglia (1933–2005), designer *

Gaetano Cima Gaetano Cima (1805 in Cagliari – 1878 in Cagliari) was an Italian architect, exponent of the neoclassical movement. Biography Gaetano Cima was born in Cagliari, Sardinia by an upper-middle-class family. Gaetano Cima died in Cagliari in 187 ...

(1805–1878), Neoclassical architect *

Fernando Clemente Fernando Clemente (1917–1998) was an architect and urbanist born in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the midd ...

(1917–1998), architect and urbanist * Francesco Boffo (1796–1867), Neoclassical architect * Davis Ducart architect of the 18th-century * Renzo Frau (Cagliari 1880 – 1926), designer * Flavio Manzoni (born 1965), architect and car designer *

Vico Mossa Vico Mossa (Serramanna Serramanna, Serra Manna (wide range) in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about south of Sanluri ...

(1914–2003), Architect * Enzo Satta, urbanist and architect *

Eugenio Tavolara Eugenio Tavolara (1901–1963) was an artist born in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, with interests in many disciplines. He is well known for his hand-crafted "toys", most prominently small statues in terracotta representing Sardinians in tradition ...

(1901–1963), sculptor and designer

Authors

* Milena Agus (born 1955) * Francesco Alziator (1909–1977), writer and journalist *

Antonella Anedda Antonella Anedda (born 22 December 1955) is an Italian poet and essayist. Life Of Sardinian and Corsican descent, she was born in Rome and was educated there and in Venice, receiving a degree in the history of modern art from Sapienza University ...

(born 1955), half-Sardinian *

(born 1939) writer and anthropologist * Gerolamo Araolla (1542–1615) *

Sergio Atzeni Sergio Atzeni (14 October 1952 in Capoterra – 6 September 1995 in Carloforte) was an Italian writer. Life and career Born in Capoterra, southern Sardinia, Atzeni lived in Orgosolo during his childhood until he moved to Cagliari where, as a jo ...

(1952–1995) *

Vicente Bacallar Sanna Vicente Bacallar y Sanna, 1st Marquess of San Felipe, later Italianization, italianized into ''Vincenzo Bacallar Sanna'' (Cagliari – Sardinia, island now belonging to Italy), 6 February 1669 – The Hague (Netherlands), 11 June 1726). He was a ...

(1669–1726) *

(1764–1839) * Alberto Capitta (born 1954) *

Fausta Cialente Fausta Terni Cialente (29 November 1898 – 11 March 1994) was an Italian novelist, journalist and political activist.'Cialente, Fausta Terni', in Buck, Claire, ed., ''Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature'', 1992, p.422. She is a recipient of the ...

(1898–1994) * Antoni Cossu (1927–2002) * Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), winner of the Nobel prize for literature * Pietro Delitala (middle 16th century – 1613), poet *

Salvatore Farina Salvatore Farina (10 January 1846 – 15 December 1918) was an Italian novelist whose style of sentimental humor has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Life Born in the Sardin ...

(1846–1918), novelist *

Maria Chessa Lai Maria Chessa Lai (born 1922 in Monti, Italy, died 2012 in Alghero, Italy) was a poet writing in the Catalan Algherese dialect. She was three times winner of the Premio Ozieri awarded annually for the best new poetry written in a Sardinian minorit ...

(1922–2012), poet *

Gavino Ledda Gavino Ledda (; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work ''Padre Padrone'' (1975). Biography Early life Ledda was born in Siligo, in the Province ...

(born 1938) *

Emilio Lussu Emilio Lussu (4 December 1890 – 5 March 1975) was an Italian soldier, politician, anti-fascist and writer. Biography The soldier Lussu was born in Armungia, province of Cagliari (Sardinia) and graduated with a degree in law in 1914. Lussu ma ...

(1890–1975) * Francesco Manunta i Baldino (1928–1995), poet * Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli * Melchiorre Murenu (1803–1854) *

Michela Murgia Michela Murgia (born 3 June 1972) is an Italian novelist, playwright and radio personality. She is a winner of the Premio Campiello and the Mondello International Literary Prize. Biography Michela Murgia was born in Cabras, Sardinia on 3 June 1 ...

Salvatore Niffoi Salvatore Niffoi (born 1950, in Orani) is an Italian writer. Niffoi is a representative of the so-called Sardinian Literary Nouvelle Vague, or Sardinian Literary Spring, i. e. the Sardinian narrative of today, which was initiated by Giulio Angi ...

(born 1950), writer *

Rafael Sari Rafael Sari (Alghero, 1904 - 1978) was a popular Sardinian poet and writer in Catalan. He worked as a school teacher and archivist of Alghero. From 1929 onwards he regularly published, in newspapers and magazines in Alghero in the Algherese dialect ...

(1904–1978), poet and writer *

Flavio Soriga Flavio Soriga (born 1975 in Uta, Sardinia) is an Italian writer. Biography Flavio Soriga is the youngest representative of the Sardinian literary nouvelle vague, aka Sardinian Literary Spring, namely the Sardinian narrative of today in the ...

(born 1975) writer * Pasqual Scanu (1908–1978) * Tigellius (1st century BC – 40 BC), lyric poet during the time of Julius Caesar *

(1800–1874) * Dolores Turchi (born 1935)

Businessmen

Massimo Cellino Massimo Cellino (; born 28 July 1956) is an Italian entrepreneur and football club owner. Through his family trust Eleonora Sport Ltd he is the owner of Italian club Brescia Calcio, and is the former owner of italian club Cagliari, and English cl ...

(born 1956), entrepreneur and football club owner *

Giovanni Antonio Sanna Giovanni Antonio Sanna ( Sassari, 29 August 1819 – Rome, 9 February 1875) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician. Biography Giovanni Antonio Sanna was son of Giuseppe Sanna, a lawyer, and Maria Ignazia Sanna. He migrated in Marseille, Fr ...

(1819–1875), entrepreneur and politician *

Renato Soru Renato Soru (born 6 August 1957) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the internet service company Tiscali, based in Cagliari. ''Forbes'' listed Soru as one of the world's richest people, with a net worth of over $4 bil ...

(born 1957), entrepreneur founder of Tiscali and former governor of Sardinia * Salvatore Dau (1839–1914), tanner https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvatore_Dau_1885.jpg

Cinema and TV

Actors and actresses

Gianni Agus Gianni Agus (17 August 1917 – 4 March 1994) was an Italian actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1938. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1938 and 1991. Life and career Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, after his di ...

Mavie Bardanzellu Mavie Bardanzellu (born Maria Vittoria Bardanzellu; 6 April 1938 – 5 February 2022) was a Sardinia-born Italian stage and film actress. Biography Mavie Bardanzellu was born in Luras, Sardinia and graduated from the Studio Fersen di Arti Sceni ...

(born 1938), actress *

Vittorio Congia Vittorio Congia (4 November 1930 – 26 November 2019) was an Italian film actor and dubber.Rubi Dalma Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of Sassari. After a bit part in the Camillo Mastrocinq ...

(1906–1994) *

Giancarlo Dettori Giancarlo Dettori (born 5 April 1932) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1957. Selected filmography References External links * 1932 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-act ...

(born 5 April 1932), actor *

Maria Frau Maria Frau (born 6 August 1930) is a retired Italian film actress.Ringgold & Bodeen p.167 She made her debut in 1950 when she played the title role in ''Margaret of Cortona''. After appearing in eighteen films she retired from acting in 1957, fol ...

(born 6 August 1930) * Rossana Ghessa (born 24 January 1943) *

Rita Livesi Rita Livesi (born 1915) is an Italian stage and film actress. She is known for Amore amaro (1974), Il berretto a sonagli (1985) and La ragazza del vagone letto (1979). Selected filmography * '' Cavalry'' (1936) * '' Adam's Tree'' (1936) * '' ...

(born 1915) *

Mario Majeroni Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor. Biography Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and w ...

(1870–1931) *

Gloria Milland Maria Fiè (11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989), also known professionally as Gloria Milland was an Italian actress of peplum and Spaghetti Western films. Life Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, she debuted in 1959 with her real name, but changed i ...

(born 1940), actress * Tiberio Murgia *

Caterina Murino Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play '' Richard III'' and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film '' The Corsican File''. She went on to appear in t ...

* Amedeo Nazzari * Alessandro Nivola – American actor, grandson of Costantino Nivola * Marisa Pierangeli *

Anna Maria Pierangeli Pier Angeli (19 June 193210 September 1971), also credited under her real name, Anna Maria Pierangeli, was an Italian-born television and film actress who starred in American, British and European films throughout her career. Her American motio ...

– also known as Pier Angeli

Filmmakers

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 ...

* Antonello Grimaldi * Piero Livi (1925–2015), director and screenwriter * Nanni Loy *

Sebastian Piras Sebastian Piras is a photographer and filmmakerSebastian Piras & FAULT Mag ...

, photographer and filmmaker * Fiorenzo Serra (1921–2005), documentarist * Franco Solinas (1927–1982) screenwriter

Showgirls and fashion models

Elisabetta Canalis Elisabetta Canalis (; born 12 September 1978) is an Italian actress and showgirl. Early life Canalis was born in Sassari, Sardinia in Italy. Her father, Cesare, is a radiologist in University of Sassari's clinic, and her mother, Bruna, was a te ...

* Franca Dall'Olio (born 1945), Miss Italia 1963 * Alessandra Meloni (born 1972), Miss Italia 1994 *

Giorgia Palmas Giorgia Palmas (born 5 March 1982) is an Italian television personality, actress and model. She became famous following her appearances on the Italian television show '' Striscia la notizia''. Biography Palmas was born in Cagliari. She began ...

* Melissa Satta

Police officers

Emanuela Loi

Criminals

Er Canaro Pietro De Negri, better known as Er Canaro (Roman dialect: "the dog keeper"; born 28 September 1956), is an Italian criminal, a dog coiffeur (hence the nickname) and a cocaine addict. De Negri was born at Calasetta, in Sardinia. Later he lived in ...

(born 1956) *

Giovanni Corbeddu Salis Giovanni Corbeddu Salis (Oliena, 1844 - Riu Monte (Orgosolo), September 3, 1898) was a Sardinian outlaw. Nicknamed ''Il Re della macchia'' (''The King of the bush'') for the authority conferred on him by other criminals, he was a bandit who ramp ...

(1844–1898),

outlaw An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...

Journalists

* Francesco Alziator (1909–1977), born in Cagliari * Pasquale Chessa (born 1947), historian and journalist *

Attilio Deffenu Attilio Deffenu (28 December 1890 – 16 June 1918) was an Italian journalist, soldier, exponent of Sardinian autonomism and a syndicalist. He was born in 1890 in Nuoro, Sardinia, to parents Giuseppe, a merchant and president of the ''Società Op ...

(1890–1918) journalist, syndicalist and patriot * Annalisa Piras (born 1971), journalist and film maker * Cristiano Ruiu (born 1979)

Mercenaries, soldiers and troops

* Mario Aramu (1900–1940), aviator *

Domenico Millelire Domenico Millelire, pseudonym of Domenico Leoni, (1761 in La Maddalena – August 14, 1827 in La Maddalena) was an Italian patriot, and officer of '' Regia Marina Sarda'' (Sardinian Royal Navy). He is recognised to have gained the first Gold Meda ...

(1761–1827) patriot, navy officer * Antonio Todde (1889–2002), oldest man in the world at the date of his death and the third-oldest military veteran ever * Efisio Tola (1803–1833), patriot *

Justin Tuveri Justin Tuveri (May 13, 1898Other sources give his date of birth as May 15 – October 5, 2007) was, at age 109, one of the last Italian veterans of World War I, the First World War and a French citizen at the time of his death. Tuveri was bor ...

(May 13, 1898 – October 5, 2007), one of the last Italian veterans of the First World War

Musicians and singers

Giuseppe Anedda Giuseppe Anneda (born Cagliari, 1 March 1912 – died Cagliari, 30 July 1997) was an Italian mandolin virtuoso who helped the mandolin gain more importance in the classical music world in the 20th Century. He performed with his instrument in conc ...

(1912–1997) * Bianca Atzei (born 1987) * Maria Carta *

Collage Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...

* Giovanni Matteo De Candia, operatic singer (tenor), known as Mario *

Bernardo de Muro Bernardo De Muro (November 3, 1881 – 27 October 1955) was a Sardinian operatic tenor. Biography Bernardino de Muro was born on November 3, 1881, in Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, to Antonio Maria and Jeanne-Marie Demuro. His father was a small ...

, operatic singer (tenor) * Francesco Demuro * Roberto Diana (born 1983) musician, guitarist, composer, producer and session man * La Fossa (rap group) *

Paolo Fresu Paolo Fresu ( sc, Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. Career Born in Berchidda, Sardinia, he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the ban ...

* Luigi Lai * Raimondo Inconis (born 1959), contrabassoonist * Elena Ledda *

Bernadette Manca di Nissa Bernadette Manca di Nissa (born 27 September 1954) is an Italian operatic contralto who has sung leading roles in the principal opera houses of Italy as well as internationally. She has appeared at La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, Teatro ...

Franca Masu Franca Masu (born 1962 in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy) is a singer songwriter working in the Catalan Algherese dialect. At her debut Tony Scott declared her "one of Italy's top vocal talents". Her songs often incorporate the work of Algherese poets. ...

(born 1962) * Carmen Melis (1885–1967), operatic soprano * Efisio Melis * Roberto Meloni *

Salmo (rapper) Maurizio Pisciottu (born 29 June 1984), known professionally as Salmo, is an Italian rapper, record producer and actor. Since his debut in the Italian music scene he has released five solo albums, peaking at number one three times, and numerous ...

Filomena Moretti Filomena Moretti (born 11 June 1973)Maurice J. Summerfield: ''The Classical Guitar. Its Evolution, Players and Personalities Since 1800'', 5th edition (Blaydon-on-Tyne: Ashley Mark Publishing Co., 2002), p. 202. is an Italian classical guitarist. ...

, guitarist * Franco Oppo (1935–2016) composer and scholar * Aldo Piga, music compose *

Marisa Sannia Marisa Sannia (February 15, 1947 in Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy – April 14, 2008 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) was an Italian singer from the island of Sardinia. She started her career with success in pop music in the sixties. She later became an ...

* Valerio Scanu * Angelo Sotgiu (born 1946) *

Tazenda Tazenda is a Sardinian ethnic pop-rock band. The group was formed in Sardinia in 1988 by Andrea Parodi, Gigi Camedda and Gino Marielli. The group's music is characterized by the influence from traditional Sardinian music; the lyrics of most o ...

* Tenores di Bitti

Visual artists

Painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors

Edina Altara Edina Altara (1898–1983) was an Italian illustrator, decorator and fashion designer from Sassari. In the thirties she was devoted to ceramics, fashion and decoration. A versatile artist, skilled designer, sensitive and imaginative illust ...

(1898–1983), illustrator and painter * Giuseppe Biasi (1885–1945), painter *

Vittore Bocchetta Vittore Bocchetta (15 November 1918 – 18 February 2021) was a Sardinia-born Italian sculptor, painter, and academic. Bocchetta was a member of the anti-fascist Italian resistance movement during World War II. Biography Vittore Bocchetta was b ...

(born 1918), Sculptor, painter and academic *

Carlo Chessa Carlo Chessa (1855 – August 24, 1912) was an Italian painter, printmaker, and illustrator. He is the father of Gigi Chessa. He was born in Cagliari, Sardinia. He mainly painted Alpine landscapes, and exhibited in Turin at the Promotrice of 18 ...

(1855–1912) painter, printmaker, and illustrator * Francesco Ciusa (1883–1949) sculptor *Ignazio Fresu (born 1957), sculptor * Giovanni del Giglio (died 1554), mannerist painter *

Master of Castelsardo The Master of Castelsardo was a painter active in Sardinia at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the sixteenth century. His name comes from a painting of the Madonna and Child currently in the cathedral of Castelsardo; other than that, the ...

(15th–16th century), painter * Francesco Menzio (1899–1979), Painter *

Costantino Nivola Costantino (also known as Antine, in Sardinia, or Tino, in the United States, US) Nivola (July 5, 1911 – May 6, 1988) was an Italian sculptor, architectural sculptor, muralist, designer, and teacher. Born in Sardinia, Nivola had already sta ...

(1911–1988), sculptor *

Aligi Sassu Aligi Sassu (17 July 1912 – 17 July 2000) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Biography Aligi Sassu was born in Milan, Lombardy. He was the son of Lina Pedretti (from Parma, Emilia) and Antonio Sassu (from Sassari, Sardinia). His father ...

(1912–2000), sculptor and painter *

Pinuccio Sciola Pinuccio Sciola (15 March 1942 – 13 May 2016) was an Italian sculptor and muralist from San Sperate, Sardinia. His work has been mentioned as a major attraction of the nearby town of Assemini Assemini (; sc, Assèmini ) is a ''comune'' (m ...

(1942–2016), sculptor * Mario Sironi (1885–1961), modernist painter, sculptor, illustrator, and designer * Maria Antonietta Tilloca * Vittoria Valmaggia (1944–2009), painter, ceramist sculptor and designer

Cartoonists and comics creators

Igort Igort (born Igor Tuveri; September 26, 1958) is an Italian comics artist, illustrator, script writer, and film director. Biography He began his career in Bologna at the end of the seventies, collaborating with numerous magazines: including Linu ...

(real name Igor Tuveri) (born 1958) *

Graziano Origa Graziano Origa is an Italian artist. In 1979, he founded the magazine '' Punk Artist''. In 1972, Graziano began to work in comics at StudiOriga in Milan. He draws black and white pen/ink portraits: Presley, Divine, Krisma, Eva Robin's, Arman ...

(born 1952), cartoonist, punk artist *

Michele Medda Michele Medda (born 7 December 1962) is an Italian comics writer. Medda was born in Cagliari, Sardinia. In 1991, together with Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna, he created the science fiction series ''Nathan Never'' for Sergio Bonelli Editore. This ...

(born 1962), comic writer

Politicians

* Giuseppe Abozzi (1882–1962), socialist * Hasan Agha (fl. 1532-1544), ruler of the Regency of Algiers * Camillo Bellieni (1893–1975), politician, founder of Partito Sardo d'Azione *

Giovanni Maria Angioy Giovanni Maria Angioy (; sc, Juanne Maria Angioy, italics=no ; 21 October 1751, Bono – 22 February 1808, Paris) was a Sardinian politician and patriot and is considered to be a national hero by Sardinian nationalists. Although best known fo ...

(1751–1808), politician and patriot * Gavino Angius (born 1946),

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(1669–1726), governor of Cagliari and Gallura, Spanish

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

* Benedetta of Cagliari (c. 1194–1232/1233), * Enrico Berlinguer (1922–1984), Italian Communist Party leader *

Giovanni Berlinguer Giovanni Berlinguer (; 9 July 1924 – 6 April 2015) was an Italian politician, humanist and professor of social medicine. Life and career He was born in Sassari, Sardinia, the son of Mario Berlinguer. A physician and professor of public health ...

(born 1924), member of the European Parliament *

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 25 July 1932), Minister of Universities, Science and Technology * Mario Berlinguer (1891–1969) * Sergio Berlinguer (born 6 May 1934) * Nanni Campus (born 3 September 1952) *

Francesco Cocco-Ortu Francesco Cocco-Ortu (October 1842 in Benetutti – March 1929 in Rome) was an Italian politician, deputy of the Kingdom of Italy. Biography Cocco-Ortu was born in Sardinia, he was a minister of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Kingdom o ...

(1842 –1929), minister of the Kingdom of Italy * Michele Columbu (born 1914), former member of the European Parliament *

Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
. was an Italian pol ...

(1928–2010), former President of the Italian Republic * Giuseppe Cossiga (born October 30, 1963) * Bruno Dettori (born 1941), politician *

Oliviero Diliberto Oliviero Diliberto (born 13 October 1956 in Cagliari) is an Italian politician. He has been leader of the Party of Italian Communists. Early life Oliviero Diliberto was born in a family of public servants (his father Marco was employed as at ...

(born 1956), Party of Italian Communists leader * Eleanor of Arborea (1347–1404), of Arborea * Gianfranco Ganau (born 3 March 1955) *

Antonio Gramsci Antonio Francesco Gramsci ( , , ; 22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics. He was a ...

(1891–1937), founding member of the Italian Communist Party * Hugh I of Arborea (1178–1211),

giudice of Arborea The Kings or ''Judges'' (from the Latin ''iudices'' and the Sardinian ', "judges," the title of the Byzantine officials left behind when Imperial power receded in the West) of the Arborea were the local rulers of the west of Sardinia during t ...

Ippolita Ludovisi Olimpia Ippolita I Ludovisi (December 24, 1663 – December 29, 1733) was the Princess of Piombino from 1701 until her death in 1733. Life She was born in Cagliari, the youngest daughter of Niccolò I Ludovisi, prince of Piombino, and Constanza ...

(1663–1733),

princess of Piombino The Lordship of Piombino (''Signoria di Piombino''), and after 1594 the Principality of Piombino (''Principato di Piombino''), was a small state on the Italian peninsula centred on the city of Piombino and including part of the island of Elba. ...

(1890–1975), soldier, politician and writer * Giuseppe Manno (1786–1868), magistrate, politician and historian *

Marianus IV of Arborea Marianus IV (in Sardinian: Marianu IV de Arbarèe, in Catalan: Marià IV d'Arborea, 1319–1376), called the Great, was the Judge (king) of Arborea, kingdom in the island of Sardinia, from 1347 to his death. He was, as his nickname indicate ...

(1319–1376),

* Ospitone (6th century AD), chief of people of Barbagia *

Paolo Orano Paolo Orano (15 June 1875 – 7 April 1945) was an Italian psychologist, politician and writer. Orano began his political career as a revolutionary syndicalist in Italian Socialist Party. He later became a leading figure within the National Fasci ...

(1875–1945) psychologist, politician and writer * Giuseppe Pisanu (born 1937), former Italian minister * Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada (1858–1936), engineer and politician *

Giuseppe Saragat Giuseppe Saragat (; 19 September 1898 – 11 June 1988) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1964 to 1971. Early life Born to Sardinian parents, he was a member of the Unitary Socialist Party (Italy, 1922), Unita ...

(1898–1988), President of the Italian Republic * Michele Schirru (1899–1931), anarchist who attempted to assassinate Italian dictator

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

* Antonio Segni (1891–1972), former President of the Italian Republic *

Mario Segni Mariotto Segni (born 16 May 1939) is an Italian politician and professor of civil law. He founded several parties, which focused on fighting for electoral reform through referendums. He is the son of the politician Antonio Segni, one time Presid ...

(born 1939), former member of Italian Parliament and European Parliament *

Adelasia of Torres Adelasia (1207–1259), eldest child of Marianus II of Logudoro by Agnes of Massa, daughter of William I of Cagliari, and successor of her brother, Barisone III, in 1236, was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238. By a p ...

(1207–1259),

Sportspeople

Athletics

* Sandro Floris (born 1965), former sprinter *

Giorgio Marras Giorgio Marras (born 15 October 1971 in Marrubiu) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography He won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships, together with teammates Ezio Madonia ...

(born 1971), former sprinter *

Eugenio Meloni Eugenio Meloni (born 28 August 1994 in Cagliari) is an Italian athlete, high jump specialist. Biography In his career he won bronze medal at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn in 2015. He also has won one time individual nation ...

(born 1994), high jumper *

Giovanni Puggioni Giovanni "Gianni" Puggioni (born 19 March 1966) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography Puggioni was born in Sassari, Sardinia, he won eleven medals at the International athletics competitions, five of these wit ...

(born 1966), former sprinter * Antonio Siddi (1923–1983), former sprinter *

Filippo Tortu Filippo Tortu (born 15 June 1998) is an Italian sprinter with a personal best in the 100 meters of 9.99, the first Italian in history to break the 10 seconds barrier. He won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2017 European U20 Championships a ...

(born 1998), sprinter *

Valentina Uccheddu Valentina Uccheddu (born 26 October 1966 in Oristano) is a retired Italian long jumper. She briefly held the Italian record with 6.80 metres from Sestriere in 1994, but the same year Fiona May became an Italian citizen. May would later improve ...

(born 1966), former long jumper

Basketball

* Federica Brunetti (born 1988) * Massimo Chessa (born 1988), professional basketball player *

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 ...

* Lidia Oppo (born 1995) * Daniele Soro (born 1975) *

Marco Spissu Marco Spissu (born February 5, 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. Spissu usually plays as point guard. Professional career In July 2016, Spissu wa ...

(born 1995), professional basketball player

Bodybuilding

* Franco Columbu, Mr Olympia in 1976 and 1981, and Mr Universe 1970

Boxing

* Fernando Atzori (born 1942), olympic gold medalist * Salvatore Burruni *

Enzo Calzaghe Pietro Vincenzo "Enzo" Calzaghe (1 January 1949 – 17 September 2018) was an Italian-born Welsh boxing trainer. He was the father of Joe Calzaghe and the head trainer for Team Calzaghe at the Newbridge boxing club. He, along with son Joe, was ...

Simone Maludrottu Simone Maludrottu (born 4 June 1978) is a retired professional boxer from Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. Maludrottu fought in the Bantamweight division and is a former European (EBU) champion. Professional career Debut Maludrottu made his professional ...

, European bantamweight champion *

Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI O ...

* Franco Udella, World Champion

Canoeing

Pierangelo Congiu Pierangelo Congiu (born 1 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German stat ...

(born 1951), sprint canoer

Cycling

Fabio Aru , birth_date = , birth_place = San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia, Italy , height = , weight = , currentteam = Retired , discipline = Road , role = Rider , ridertype = Climber , amateuryears1 = 2009–2012 , amateurteam1 = Palazzago , am ...

(born 1990), Vuelta a España winner *

Alberto Loddo Alberto Loddo (born 5 January 1979, in Cagliari) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Palmares ;2001 :1st Trofeo Franco Balestra :1st Gran Premio della Liberazione ;2002 :1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar ;2003 :1st Overall Tour of Qat ...

(born 1979), retired

Equestrianism

* Paolo Angioni (born 1938), olympic champion

Extreme sports

* John Carta (1946–1990), skydiver and basejumper pioneer

Football

Simone Aresti Simone Aresti (born 15 March 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Cagliari. Club career During the 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the goalkeeper Aresti, while wearing the shirt of Ital ...

(born 1986) * Nicolo Barella (born 1997), Italian international, European champion 2020 *

Salvatore Burrai Salvatore Burrai (born 26 May 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Pordenone. Club career Born in Sassari, Sardinia, Burrai started his career at Sardinian club Cagliari. He made his Serie A debut in ...

(born 1987) *

Andrea Cocco Andrea Salvatore Cocco (born 8 April 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for club Trapani. Club career Cagliari Cocco made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2005 for Cagliari in a 1–0 defeat away to Parma F.C. On 31 January 2 ...

(born 1986) *

Alessio Cossu Alessio Cossu (born 14 January 1986) is an Italian association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder or Forward (association football), forward. He played in Serie C1 for Ravenna Calcio, Ravenna and S.S. Manfredonia Calcio, Manfredonia. ...

(born 1986) * Andrea Cossu (born 1980), former Italian international * Enrico Cotza (born 1988) *

Antonello Cuccureddu Antonello Cuccureddu (, ; 4 October 1949) is an Italian association football coach and former player who played as a defender. He last managed Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Grosseto in 2014. Club career A central defender, Cuccureddu spent hi ...

(born 1949), former Italian international * Alessandro Farina (born 1979) * Gianluca Festa (born 1969) *

Michele Fini Michele Fini (born 14 June 1974 in Sorso, Province of Sassari) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder. Playing career Fini started his career at Sardinian clubs. In summer 1995 he was signed by Ancona. In January 1998 he was signed b ...

(born 1974) *

Alessandro Frau Alessandro Frau (born 2 April 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played for Alghero. Frau made his Serie A debut for A.S. Roma against Salernitana on 13 September 1998. Frau was exchanged for Gianmarco Frezza from Internazionale in Ju ...

(born 1977) * Salvatore Fresi (born 1973) *

Gustavo Giagnoni Gustavo Giagnoni (23 March 1932 – 7 August 2018) was an Italian professional footballer and coach. He played as a defender. As a player, he started his career with hometown side Olbia Calcio. He went on to spend a decade playing as a sweepe ...

(1932–2018) * Nicola Lai (born 1986) *

Valentino Lai Valentino Lai (born 3 February 1984) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Italy, Lai represented Sweden internationally. Club career Born in Cagliari, Italy, Lai started his career playing for Swedish club FBK Balkan at you ...

(born 1984) * Marco Mancosu (born 1988) * Matteo Mancosu (born 1984) *

Giuseppe Materazzi Giuseppe Materazzi (born 5 January 1946 in Arborea, Province of Oristano) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder. Playing career Sardinian-born Materazzi is best remember as one of the most representative p ...

(born 1946) *

Gianfranco Matteoli Gianfranco Matteoli (; born 21 April 1959) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as Head of the Youth sector at Serie A club Cagliari. Club career During his club career, Matteoli played for Italian side ...

(born 1959), former Italian international * Nicola Murru (born 1994) *

Salvatore Pinna Salvatore Pinna (born 23 August 1975) is an Italian goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preve ...

(born 1975) * Francesco Pisano (born 1986) *

Andrea Pisanu Andrea Pisanu (born 7 January 1982) is an Italian football coach and former player who coaches Maltese club Hibernians. Club career Pisanu joined Hellas Verona F.C. from hometown club Cagliari Calcio in February 2001 for 800 million lire (€ ...

(born 1982) *

Marco Sau Marco Sau (, ; born 3 November 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Early life Sau has been nicknamed ''Pattolino'' (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was the striker Gianfranco Zola, also from his na ...

(born 1987), Italian international *

Salvatore Sirigu Salvatore Sirigu (, ; born 12 January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Fiorentina and the Italy national team. Sirigu began his career with Venezia, and then Palermo. In 2011, he moved to Paris Sa ...

(born 1987), Italian international *

Simona Sodini Simona Sodini is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Club career Sodini won the Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs ...

(born 1982), Italian women's international *

Giovanni Solinas Giovanni Solinas, also known as Gianni Solinas, is an Italian football manager. He has managed teams in Algeria, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Najma. Managerial career Solinas obtained his coa ...

(born 1968) * Pietro Paolo Virdis (born 1957) * Gianfranco Zola (born 1966), former Italian international

Horse racing

* Andrea Atzeni (born 1991) * Giovanni Atzeni (born 1985) * Andrea Degortes known as ''Aceto'' * Gianfranco Dettori

Ice hockey

Luca Sbisa The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; t ...

Modern pentathlon

Mario Medda Mario Medda (4 March 1943 – 1981) was an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...

(1943–1981)

Motor racing

Clemente Biondetti Clemente Biondetti (18 October 1898 – 24 February 1955) was an Italian auto racing driver. Born into a working-class family, Biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had greater success. Biography Born in Buddusò, Sa ...

, Formula One racing driver * Domenico Brigaglia (born 1958), motorcycle racer * Omar Magliona (born 1977), racing driver *

Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu (10 March 1925 – 11 December 2008) was a racing driver from Italy. He failed to qualify for the 1954 Italian Grand Prix, with a privately entered Maserati. Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key) References ...

(1925–2008), racing driver *

Simone Sanna Simone Sanna (born 16 March 1978 in Florence) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential ...

(born 1978), motorcycle racer

Rowing

* Francesco Cossu (1907–?)

Tennis

* Alessandro de Minicis (born 1963), retired

Religious figures

* Abraham da Cagliari (8th century AD), Rabbi * Ottorino Pietro Alberti (1927–2012) Archbishop *

Salvatore Alepus Salvatore Alepus (or Salvator Salapusj) (1503 in Morella, Castellón – 1568 in Sardinia) was a Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop, who ruled the archdiocese of Sassari in the sixteenth century. Biography He was the son of the nobles Gabriel and ...

(1503–1568), Archbishop *

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), Cardinal *

Antiochus of Sulcis Saint Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 127 AD) was an early Christian martyr of Sardinia. The island and town of Sant'Antioco are named after him. History and legend Antiochus is a figure associated with the Sardinian mines from which the Romans ...

(died c. 110 AD), Christian martyr * Hilary the Deacon (mid-4th century) *

Ilario Cao Ilario Cao (''Hilarius Caius'') was a Sardinian ecclesiastic active in Rome during the first thirty years of the eleventh century, often retrospectively called a Cardinal. He was born in Cagliari. He urged Pope Benedict VIII to organise an expediti ...

Nicholas Congiato The Reverend Nicholas Congiato, S.J. (14 September 1816 – 10 May 1897) was born in Cagliari, Sardinia and entered the Society of Jesus, an order of the Roman Catholic Church, when he was fourteen years of age. After his initial education, he ...

(1816–1897), Jesuit, President of Santa Clara University * Justa, Justina and Henedina, Christian martyrs * Luigi De Magistris, Cardinal *

Giovanni Melis Fois Giovanni Melis Fois (October 7, 1916 – September 3, 2009) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. Fois was born in Sorgono, Italy and ordained a priest on August 13, 1939 from the Archidocese of Oristano. On May 25, 1963, he was ...

, Prelate of Roman Catholic Church * Saint Ephysius (250–303), Christian martyr *

Eusebius of Vercelli Eusebius of Vercelli (c. March 2, 283 – August 1, 371) was a bishop from Sardinia and is counted a saint. Along with Athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism. Biography Eusebius was born in Sardinia, in 283. After his fathe ...

* Saint Gabinus (4th century AD), Christian martyr * Pope Hilarius (died 468), Pope * St. Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781) *

Saint Lucifer Lucifer of Cagliari ( la, Lucifer Calaritanus, it, Lucifero da Cagliari; died 20 May 370 or 371) was a bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia known for his passionate opposition to Arianism. He is venerated as a Saint in Sardinia, though his status re ...

(4th century AD), Bishop of Cagliari *

Antonia Mesina Antonia Mesina (21 June 1919 - 17 May 1935) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic and part of Catholic Action. Mesina was murdered in mid-1935 after she attempted to fend off a would-be rapist and suffered 74 strikes ...

(1919–1935), Martyr * Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929–2006), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia * Riccus (13th century), Archbishop *

Elisabetta Sanna Elisabetta Sanna (full name ''Elisabetta Sanna Porcu'') (23 April 1788 – 17 February 1857) was an Italian Roman Catholic from Codrongianos Province of Sassari who was an active member of both the Secular Franciscan Order and the Union of the Ca ...

(1788–1857) *

Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Maria Sagheddu (17 March 1914 – 23 April 1939) - in religious Maria Gabriella - was an Italian Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Trappists. Sagheddu had an intense spiritual devotion to ecumenism - something for whic ...

(1914–1939), Saint Beatus * Pope Symmachus (6th century AD), Pope * Joseph Toronto (1818–1883), Mormon missionary * Aloysius Varsi (1830 -1900) *

Francesco Zirano Francesco Zirano (1565 – 25 January 1603) was a Roman Catholic priest from Sardinia and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He is recognized as a martyr in the Catholic Church. Born and raised in Sardinia, he became a ...

(1565–1603), member of the Order of Friars Minor, beatified in 2014

Notable people of Sardinian descent

Astronaut Wally Schirra during a simulated flight test activity

* Ettore Pais (1856–1939), historian with Sardinian ancestry * Gustavo Piga (born 1964), economist * Ambra Medda (born 1982), designer *

Orazio Satta Puliga Orazio Satta Puliga (October 6, 1910, in Torino – March 22, 1974, in Milan)Italo Calvino (1923–1985), writer candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature with Sardinian ancestry from mother side *

Cecilia Maria de Candia Cecilia Maria de Candia (24 December 1853, Brighton, England – 26 May 1926, Bordighera, Italy), later Mrs Godfrey Pearse, was a British-Italian writer, amateur singer and society hostess. She was the daughter of two famous opera singers, Giulia Gr ...

(1853–1926), writer (Sardinian ancestry from father side) * Goffredo Mameli, patriot and poet, creator of the Italian anthem (born in Genoa by Sardinian father) * Éric Cantona (born 24 May 1966), French actor and football player with Sardinian ancestry * Donatella Damiani (born 1958), Sardinian from father side * Bruce Kirby (1925-2021)), American actor, Sardinian ancestry * Bruno Kirby (1949–2006), American actor, Sardinian ancestry * Christopher Meloni, American actor, father from Sardinia *

Fernanda Montenegro Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...

(born 1929), Brazilian actress, with Sardinian ancestry from mother's side * Sean Penn, American actor, Sardinian from mother side *

Bruno Putzulu Bruno Putzulu (born 24 May 1967) is a French actor, born in Toutainville, France. Life and career Born to a Sardinian father, Bruno Putzulu was born and raised in Toutainville, Haute-Normandie. Although he liked football, he chose an acting c ...

, French actor, Sardinian ancestry * Stefano Satta Flores, Sardinian ancestry * Wally Schirra (1923–2007), astronaut with Sardinian ancestry * Valeria Marini, born in Rome (Sardinian from mother side) * Pamela Prati (Sardinian from mother side) *

Virginia Sanjust di Teulada Virginia Sanjust of Teulada (born 9 April 1977, in Rome) is a former Italian television announcer and television host. She is the daughter of Antonellina Interlenghi and John Sanjust of Teulada, on the maternal side, and the grand daughter of acto ...

(born 1977), Sardinian from father side *

Adriana Serra Adriana Serra (27 November 1923 – 13 November 1995) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 1952. She was born in Milan, Italy. She was Miss Italia in 1941. Filmography * ''Mont Oriol'' (1958) * ''Miracle i ...

(1923–1995), actress and Miss Italia 1941 (Sardinian from father side) * Corrado Augias (born 26 January 1935), Sardinian ancestry * Mino Carta (born 1933), Sardinian parents * Jean-Marc Morandini (born 1965), Sardinian from mother side * Barbara Serra (born 1974), Sardinian from father side * Efisio Tola (1803–1833), patriot Induno Domenico Goffredo Mameli

* Ricky Gianco (born Riccardo Sanna, 1943), singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, with partial Sardinian ancestry *

Ivan Graziani Ivan Graziani (Teramo 6 October 1945 – Novafeltria, 1 January 1997) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography Graziani was born in Teramo, Abruzzo. His first band was The Serogan, which he formed in 1963 with Giuseppe Canala, ...

, Sardinian from mother side *

Nyco Lilliu Nicolas "Nyco" Lilliu (born 1987) is a French singer of mixed French-Italian origin. His father is from Terralba, Sardinia and his mother from Brittany. He is the younger brother of French rock singer Pierrick Lilliu. Biography Lilliu was bo ...

(born 1987), Sardinian ancestry *

Pierrick Lilliu Pierrick Lilliu (born 13 July 1986), is a French rock-singer living in Brittany and was born in Mulhouse, Alsace from a Sardinian father. He appeared in the French reality show ''Nouvelle Star'' and placed 2nd against Myriam Abel on 12 May 2005. ...

(born 1986), Sardinian ancestry *

Ugo Mulas Ugo Mulas (28 August 1928 – 2 March 1973) was an Italian photographer noted for his portraits of artists and his street photography. Life and work Mulas began his studies in law in 1948 in Milan, but left to take art courses at the Brera Fine ...

(1928–1973), photographer with Sardinian ancestry * Aurelio Galleppini (1917–1994) (His parents were Sardinians) Enrico Letta 2013

Graziano Delrio Graziano Delrio (born 27 April 1960) is an Italian medical doctor and politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from 2 April 2015 to 1 June 2018. He previously served as the state secretary to ...

(born 1960), Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport with Sardinian ancestry *

Beji Caid Essebsi Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; ar, الباجي قائد السبسي, translit=Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī, ; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian politician who served as the 6th president of Tunisia from 31 December 20 ...

(1926–2019), The first democratically elected President of Tunisia (Paternal great-great-grandfather from Sardinia) * Enrico Letta (born 1966), former Prime Minister of Italy. Sardinian from mother side. *

Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the ''sans-culottes'', a radical ...

(from the father's side) (1743–1793), politician during the French Revolution * Giorgia Meloni (born 1977), ex minister of Italy (Sardinian from father side) * Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974),

President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...

(Sardinian descent from father side) *

Silvia Salis Silvia Salis (born 17 September 1985 in Genoa) is a hammer thrower from Italy. Biography Her personal best throw is 71.93 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Savona. She is engaged to the writer and director Fausto Brizzi. Achievements National t ...

(born in Genoa, Sardinian ancestry) *

(born 1987) professional basketball player with Sardinian ancestry who currently plays for Fenerbahçe Ülker. * Joe Calzaghe – father Enzo from Sardinia * Nicolino Locche (1939–2005), Argentine boxer with Sardinian ancestry *

Duilio Loi Duilio Loi (19 April 1929 – 20 January 2008) was an Italian Boxing, boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the World Junior Welterweight Championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired w ...

– Sardinian from father side *

Graciano Rocchigiani Graciano Rocchigiani (29 December 1963 – 1 October 2018) was a German professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2003. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF super-middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, and the ...

– father Zanubio from Sardinia *

Mattia Aramu Mattia Aramu (born 14 May 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Bari, on loan from Genoa. Early life Aramu was born to a father from Turin and a mother from Como, and his paternal grandfa ...

(born 1995), Sardinian parents * Dennis Chessa (born 1992) Sardinian ancestry *

Marco Materazzi Marco Materazzi (; born 19 August 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. Early in his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Everton in the Premier League. He spent two per ...

– mother from Tempio, father from Arborea, province of Oristano * Frankie Dettori – born in Milan from Sardinian parents *

Fabio Carta Fabio Carta (born 6 October 1977 in Turin) is an Italian short track speed skating, short track speed skater who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998, the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002, and the 2006 Winter Olympics. 1998 Olympics In 1998 he ...

– born in Torino, Sardinian parents * Andreia Marras (born 1971) – Sardinian ancestry * Alessandro Mahmoud (Mahmood) – born in Milan from Sardinian mother

References

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