List of people from Milan
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Born in Milan[]
This is a list of people born in the Italian city of Milan.
Scientists[]
Mathematics[]
- Eugenio Calabi (born 1923)
- Marco Abate (born 1962)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), 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
Fencing theorists[]
- Camillo Agrippa (1535–1595), is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time
Fine arts[]
Architects[]
- Donato Felice d'Allio (1677–1761), Rococo style, worked in Austria
Sculptors[]
- Carlo Abate (1859–1941)
Painters[]
- Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715)
- Mario Acerbi (painter) (1887–1982)
- Angelo Achini (1850–1930)
- Franz Adam (1815–1886)
- Luigi Ademollo (1764–1849)
- Carlo Paolo Agazzi (1870–1922)
- Federico Agnelli (1626–1702), engraver
Photographers[]
- Gabriele Basilico (1944–2013)
- Fabio Ponzio (born 1959)
- Oliviero Toscani (born 1942)
Writers and historians[]
Musicians[]
Bassists[]
- Pino Presti (born 1943) Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer
Pianists[]
- Marcello Abbado (1926–2020)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795), harpsichordist
Sopranos[]
- Iris Adami Corradetti (1904–1998)
Orchestal conductors[]
- Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)
- Roberto Abbado (born 1954)
- Riccardo Chailly
Pop rock artists[]
- Manuel Agnelli (born 1966), alternative rock, member of the band Afterhours
- Ghigo Agosti (born 1936), also comedy rock
- Adriano Celentano (born 1938)
- Cristina Scabbia (born 1972), singer of Lacuna Coil
Politicians[]
- Amaele Abbiati (1925–2016), (Italian Socialist Party)
- Ludovico Acerbi (mid-16th century–1622), regent of the Gran Corte della Vicaria of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Naples
- Michele Achilli (born 1931) (Socialist), senator and deputy of Italy
- Agnese Visconti (1363–1391), 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 (1934–2000), Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993 and Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987
- Mario Monti (born 1943), Italian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013
Catholic religious[]
- Alberto Ablondi (1924–2010)
- Ferdinando d'Adda (1650–1719), 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 (1906–1992)
- Marta Abba (1900–1988)
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 (1948–2009), football player, one-time Italian Serie A champion
- Ermanno Aebi (1892–1976), football player and referee, two-time Italian Serie A champion
- Aurelio Biassoni (born 1912), football player
- Mario Ciminaghi (born 1910), football player
- Luciano Gariboldi (born 1927), football player
- Alessio Locatelli (born 1978), football player
- Leonida Lucchetta (born 1911), football player
- Roberto Manini (born 1942), football player
- Rodolfo Negri (born 1913), football player
- Giuseppe Mettica (born 1919), football player
- Aldo Riva (born 1923), football player
Ice hockey[]
- Giancarlo Agazzi (1932–1995), ice hockey player, coach and president, six-time Italian Serie A champion and two-time Spengler Cup champion
Olympic sports[]
- Carlo Agostoni (1909–1972), épée, one-time Olympic champion and one-time world champion
- Alessandro Aimar (born 1967), sprint
A–B[]
- Claudio Abbado
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi
- Luigi Albertini
- Alboinus
- Michele Alboreto
- Joseph Allegranza
- Saint Ambrose
- Giorgio Ambrosoli
- Enrico Annoni
- Anspert
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Aribert (Ariberto da Intimiano)
- Giorgio Armani
- (died 974)[1]
- Arnulf II, Archbishop of Milan (died 1018)
- Arnulf III, Archbishop of Milan (died 1097)
- Alberto Ascari
- Augustine of Hippo (Saint Augustine)
- Franco Baresi
- Giuseppe Baresi
- Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Viceroy of Italy during the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, whose capital was Milan
- Cesare Beccaria
- Bellovesus
- Luca Beltrami
- Giovanni Berchet
- Teresa Berganza
- Giuseppe Bergomi
- Silvio Berlusconi
- [2]
- Enzo Biagi
- Luciano Bianciardi
- [3]
- Leonardo di Bisuccio
- Giorgio Bocca
- Umberto Boccioni
- Ferdinando Bocconi
- [4]
- Arrigo Boito
- Enrico Bombieri
- Valentino Bompiani
- Mike Bongiorno
- [5]
- Saint Charles Borromeo (San Carlo Borromeo)
- Federico Borromeo, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan
- [6]
- Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
- [7]
- Alfredo Bracchi
- Donato Bramante (Donato di Pascuccio di Antonio)
- Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
- Massimo Brambati
- Gino Bramieri
- Tinto Brass
- Ernesto Breda
- Gianni Brera
- Francesco Brioschi
C–E[]
Berardino Corio (1459–1519), author of the Storia di Milano.
- Maria Callas, opera singer
- (1867–1936), businessman; born in Milan[8]
- Antonio Canova, sculptor
- Cesare Cantù
- Ivan Capelli, Formula One driver
- Gianni Caproni
- Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), painter
- Girolamo Cardano
- Carlo Carrà, painter
- Panfilo Castaldi
- Nino Castelnuovo, actor; born in Lecco; moved to Milan[9]
- Carlo Cattaneo
- Felice Cavallotti
- (1921–2004), businessman; president of Eni and Montedison
- Adriano Celentano, musician
- Franco Cerri, musician
- Giorgio de Chirico, painter
- Giuseppe Ciribini (1913–1990), engineer
- Giuseppe Colombo
- (1930–2003), Marxist historian specializing in Asia[10]
- Federico Confalonieri, businessman
- Bernardino Corio (1459–1519?), historian, author of the Storia di Milano
- Cesare Correnti
- Valentina Cortese
- Bettino Craxi, politician
- Enrico Cuccia, banker
- Vincenzo Cuoco
- Dadamaino, painter
- Emilio Dandolo
- Enrico Dandolo
- Giovanni D'Anzi, musician
- Beatrice d'Este
- (1849–1907), businessman and senator; he founded the Società Ernesto De Angeli e C, a textile company manufacturing cotton prints[11]
- Emilio De Marchi
- Filippo De Pisis, painter
- Victor de Sabata
- Renzo De Vecchi
- Ivan Della Mea
- Ardito Desio, climber
- Diocletianus
- Domenico Dolce, fashion designer
- Carlo Dossi
- , businessman and pharmacist who founded Carlo Erba SpA; his distribution of the imported laxative Magnesia Henry was "a huge commercial success"[12]
- , artist[13]
F–L[]
- Giacinto Facchetti, footballer
- Giangiacomo Feltrinelli ,book publisher
- Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino)
- Francesco Filelfo
- , first to open a tattoo studio in Italy, scenographer and costume designer, co-founder of Franco Parenti Theatre
- Eugenio Finardi, musician
- Dario Fo, actor, playwright
- Lucio Fontana, sculptor
- Vincenzo Foppa
- Enrico Forlanini
- Franko B, sculptor, performance artist
- Paolo Frisi
- Renato Fumagalli
- Giorgio Gaber, musician, actor
- Saint Galdinus (Galdino della Sala)
- Carlo Emilio Gadda
- Ignazio Gardella
- Brunella Gasperini, writer, journalist
- Agostino Gemelli
- Saint Gervasius
- Ludovico Geymonat, philosopher
- Riccardo Giacconi
- Melchiorre Gioia
- Luigi Giussani
- Alberto da Giussano
- Paolo Grassi, theatre empresario
- Julien Green
- Tommaso Grossi
- Francesco Hayez, painter
- Ferdinando Innocenti
- Enzo Jannacci, musician, actor
- Anna Kuliscioff
- Ugo La Malfa, politician
- Landolfo da Carcano
- Licinius, Roman emperor who co-authored the Edict of Milan
M–Q[]
- Clara Maffei
- Carlo Maria Maggi
- Giovanni Malagodi
- Paolo Maldini, footballer
- Mariuccia Mandelli[14]
- Alessandro Manzoni, writer, poet
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, writer, poet
- Carlo Maria Martini, archbishop
- Pietro Mascagni
- Enrico Mattei
- Valentino Mazzola, footballer
- Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli
- Giuseppe Meazza
- Mariangela Melato, actress
- Francesco Melzi d'Eril
- Cesare Merzagora
- Mario Merz, sculptor
- Mina, singer
- Arnoldo Mondadori, book publisher
- Eugenio Montale, poet, journalist
- Indro Montanelli, journalist, newspaper editor
- Mario Monti, economist, politician
- Vincenzo Monti
- Giovan Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI)
- Angelo Moratti
- Letizia Moratti, politician
- Massimo Moratti
- Angelo Motta
- Bruno Munari, artist, designer
- Riccardo Muti
- Giovanni Muzio
- Giulio Natta
- Egidio Notaristefano
- Emma Palladino
- Giuseppe Parini, poet
- Ferruccio Parri
- Laura Pausini, musician
- Silvio Pellico, poet
- Francesco Petrarca
- Giuseppe Piermarini
- Gino Pollini
- Maurizio Pollini, pianist
- Arnaldo Pomodoro, sculptor
- Gio Pomodoro, sculptor
- Gio Ponti, architect
- Carlo Porta
- Miuccia Prada, fashion designer
- Pino Presti
- Giuseppe Prina
- Saint Protasius
- Salvatore Quasimodo, poet
R–S[]
- Alberto Rabagliati
- Bonvesin da la Riva
- Gianni Rivera
- Angelo Rizzoli
- Michele Rocca (footballer)
- Aldo Rossi
- Medardo Rosso
- Giuseppe Rovani
- Gabriele Salvatores
- Alberto Savinio
- Cristina Scabbia
- Giovanni Schiaparelli
- Tino Scotti
- Giovanni Segantini
- Beppe Severgnini
- Francesco I Sforza
- Francesco II Sforza
- Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico il Moro)
- Massimiliano Sforza
- Cicco Simonetta
- Mario Sironi
- Edoardo Sonzogno
- Ettore Sottsass
- Saul Steinberg
- Stendhal
- Antonio Stoppani
- Giorgio Strehler
- Ildefonso Schuster
T–Z[]
- Renata Tebaldi
- Carlo Tenca
- Giuseppe Terragni
- Delio Tessa
- Arturo Toscanini
- Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
- Filippo Turati
- Una Chi
- Franca Valeri
- Leo Valiani
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Luigi Veronesi
- Umberto Veronesi
- Alessandro Verri
- Pietro Verri
- Bernabò Visconti
- Filippo Maria Visconti
- Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- Luchino Visconti
- Matteo Visconti
- Ottone Visconti
- Elio Vittorini
- Alessandro Volta
- Adolfo Wildt
- Marco Zanuso
- Bernardino Zenale
- Walter Zenga
See also[]
- List of Italian people
- List of Governors of the Duchy of Milan
- List of mayors of Milan
- List of Milanese consorts
- List of Milanese painters
- List of rulers of Milan
References[]
- ^ Margherita Giuliana Bertolini, "Arnolfo", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 2 (Treccani, 1962). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ S. Sallustri, "Bertololazzi, Carlo", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 9 (Treccani, 1967). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Biffi, Giovanni Ambrogio", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 10 (Treccani, 1968). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Mario Arceri and Valerio Bianchini, La leggenda del basket, (Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2004), pp. 192–.
- ^ Alceo Riosa, "Borletti, Senatore", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 12 (Trecanni, 1971). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Mario Scotti, "Borsieri, Pietro", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 13 (Treccani, 1971). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Bottoni, Piero", Enciclopedie online, Treccani.
- ^ Mauro Gobbini, "Campari, Davide", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 17 (1974). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Enrico Lancia; Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ Two obituaries Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine from Tuttocina.it.
- ^ Giorgio Fiocca, "De Angeli, Ernesto", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 33 (Treccani, 1987). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Silvana Casmirri, "Erba, Carlo" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 43 (Treccani: 1993). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Simonetta Nicolini, "Erba, Carlo" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 43 (Treccani: 1993). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (7 December 2015). "Mariuccia Mandelli, Italian fashion designer, dies at 90". New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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