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Often called the father of modern political philosophy and political science
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Played Malèna Scordia in the Italian-language romantic drama Malèna
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Monica Bellucci
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Fashion house founder in 1975 with its headquarters in Milan
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Giorgio Armani
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Burned at the stake by the Inquisition because of his cosmological theories
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Giordano Bruno
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The first European to reach the Americas
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Christopher Columbus
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Creator of the children's novel Adventures of Pinocchio
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Carlo Collodi
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The composer of operas Madame Butterfly and Turandot
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Giacomo Puccini
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Physicist and chemist who was credited as the inventor of the electric battery
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Alessandro Volta
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Composer known for a series of violin concertos The Four Seasons
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Footballer who played an entire career as a left back for AC Milan
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Paolo Maldini
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Often credited of the founding of Renaissance humanism
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Francesco Petrarch
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Opera tenor who became completely blind at age 12
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Andrea Bocelli
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Composer in most of Sergio Leone's and Giuseppe Tornatore's films
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Ennio Morricone
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Most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time
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Niccolo Paganini
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General who played a critical role during the rise of the Roman Empire
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Julius Caesar
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FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993
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Roberto Baggio
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Artist commissioned on the artworks in the Sistine Chapel
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Sandro Botticelli
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Author of Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata
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Donatello
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Multiple MotoGP World Champion
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Valentino Rossi
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Centre-back who spent his entire 20-year career with AC Milan
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Franco Baresi
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Author of The Decameron
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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De facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during Renaissance
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Lorenzo de' Medici
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Fashion designer who was shot and killed in Miami
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Gianni Versace
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Astronomer who improved the telescope and studied the Milky Way
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Galileo Galilei
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Explorer from whose name the term 'America' is derived
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Author of painting Mona Lisa
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Creator of the Spaghetti Western genre
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Sergio Leone
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Director and star in the holocaust comedy-drama film Life Is Beautiful
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Roberto Benigni
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One of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all times
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Luciano Pavarotti
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time
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Gianluigi Buffon
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Leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries
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Caravaggio
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FIFA's Best Referee of the Year six consecutive times
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Pierluigi Collina
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Composer of The Barber of Seville
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Gioacino Rossini
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Designer of the dome of the Florence Cathedral
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Named as the 21st greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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Sofia Loren
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Painter of Sistine Madonna and Transfiguration
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Raphael
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Sculptor of the famous David statue
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Michelangelo
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Director of Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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Founder of the Scuderia Grand Prix team
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Enzo Ferrari
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Composer of operas La Traviata, Rigoletto and Nabucco
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Giuseppe Verdi
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Singer who recorded a duet Cose Delle Vita with Tina Turner
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Eros Ramazzotti
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Actor known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles
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Bud Spencer
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Author of novel The Name of the Rose
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Umberto Eco
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Italian-American chef, writer, and television personality
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Giada de Laurentiis
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Media tycoon and Prime Minister of Italy in four governments
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
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Benito Mussolini
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Designated as patron saint of Italy by Pope Gregory IX
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Saint Francis of Assisi
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Famous craftsman of string instruments
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Antonio Stradivari
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One of the first European travelers along the famous Silk Road
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Marco Polo
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'Father of the Italian Language' and the author of Divine Comedy
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Dante Alighieri
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I never know that Botticelli was commissioned on the artworks in the Sistine Chapel!