Famous Italian Educators

Vote for Your Favourite Italian Educators

Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

 1 
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
(Baroque Composer & Virtuoso Violinist Known for His Violin Concertos 'The Four Seasons')
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
13
Birthdate: March 4, 1678
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: July 28, 1741

Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, and teacher, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers. He was extremely popular during his lifetime and composed many instrumental concertos and operas. He was also a Roman Catholic priest and worked at a home for abandoned children. Even though he died in 1741, his music continues to be popular.

 2 
Maria Montessori
(Italian Educator and Founder of the 'Montessori Method of Education')
Maria Montessori
20
Birthdate: August 1, 1870
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chiaravalle, Italy
Died: April 30, 1952

Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and physician best known for developing the Montessori method of education, a student-friendly method, which is being used in several public and private schools around the world. In 2020, she was nominated by Time magazine as one of their Top 100 Women of the year.

 3 
Antonio Salieri
(Italian Classical Composer, Conductor, and Teacher)
Antonio Salieri
8
Birthdate: August 18, 1750
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Legnago, Italy
Died: May 7, 1825

Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher considered a key figure in the development of late 18th-century opera. He was a protégé of eminent composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. For several years, he served as the director of the Italian opera by the Habsburg court. His works were performed widely across Europe during his lifetime. 

Recommended Lists:
 4 
Ottorino Respighi
(Composer)
Ottorino Respighi
4
Birthdate: June 9, 1879
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: April 18, 1936
 5 
Giuseppe Conte
(Politician)
Giuseppe Conte
10
Birthdate: August 8, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Volturara Appula, Apulia, Italy

Former Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is a qualified lawyer and teaches law at various universities. He was one of the few Italian prime ministers to have held office without any previous political experience. He was also the first Western leader to impose a national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 6 
Quintilian
(Rhetorician)
Quintilian
5
Birthdate: 0035 AD
Birthplace: Calahorra, Spain
Died: 0100 AD
 7 
Agnese Landini
(Teacher)
Agnese Landini
3
Birthdate: November 11, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
 8 
Poggio Bracciolini
(Italian Scholar Known for Rediscovering and Recovering Many Classical Latin Manuscripts)
Poggio Bracciolini
3
Birthdate: February 11, 1380
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Terranuova Bracciolini, Italy
Died: October 30, 1459

Venerated for recovering numerous lost or neglected Classical Latin manuscripts from different European monasteries, Poggio Bracciolini was an early Renaissance humanist, scholar and calligrapher. Among his most notable recoveries are On the Nature of Things, a didactic poem by Titus Lucretius Carus, Ten Books on Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, and Pro Sexto Roscio, a speech by Marcus Tullius Cicero.

 9 
Giacomo Balla
(Painter)
Giacomo Balla
3
Birthdate: July 18, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: March 1, 1958
 10 
Giulio Caccini
(Composer)
Giulio Caccini
3
Birthdate: October 8, 1551
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lazio, Italy
Died: December 10, 1618
 11 
Enzo Staiola
(Actor)
Enzo Staiola
3
Birthdate: November 15, 1939
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
 12 
Gio Ponti
(Architect)
Gio Ponti
3
Birthdate: November 18, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: September 16, 1979
 13 
Silvio Micali
(Computer scientist, University teacher)
Silvio Micali
0
Birthdate: October 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
 14 
Nicola Porpora
(Composer)
Nicola Porpora
3
Birthdate: August 17, 1686
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: March 3, 1768
 15 
Agostino Carracci
(Painter)
Agostino Carracci
3
Birthdate: August 16, 1557
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: March 22, 1602
 16 
Chiara Lubich
(Italian Teacher and Author Who Founded the Focolare Movement)
Chiara Lubich
3
Birthdate: January 22, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Trento, Italy
Died: March 14, 2008

The founder of the Focolare Movement (The Work of Mary), Chiara Lubich is regarded as one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the 20th century. During World War II, she and her followers attended to the wounded. She also taught elementary school and penned bestsellers such as Meditations.

 17 
Novatian
(Scholar, Priest, and Theologian)
Novatian
3
Birthdate: 0200 AD
Birthplace: Phrygia
Died: 0258 AD

Remembered as the second anti-pope, Novatian was also the first Roman theologian who wrote in Latin. Apart from developing Novatian Schism and studying apostasy, he also built his own church, despite immense opposition. He is believed to have been martyred after fleeing Rome during the persecution of Christians.

 18 
Giacomo Carissimi
(Composer)
Giacomo Carissimi
3
Birthdate: April 18, 1605
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marino, Italy
Died: January 12, 1674
 19 
Alberico Gentili
(Italian-British Jurist and a Tutor of 'Queen Elizabeth I')
Alberico Gentili
4
Birthdate: January 14, 1552
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Ginesio, Macerata, Italy
Died: June 19, 1608

Regarded as the father of international law, Italian jurist Alberico Gentili was perhaps the first in western Europe to distinguish between secular law and canon law. He had also tutored Queen Elizabeth I, had served as a professor of law at Oxford, and specialized in Roman law.

 20 
Gerard of Cremona
(Italian scholar)
Gerard of Cremona
3
Birthdate: 1114 AD
Birthplace: Cremona, Italy
Died: 1187 AD

Considered as the most important translator among the Toledo School of Translators, Italian translator Gerard of Cremona translated many major scientific books from Arabic and Greek to Latin. Notable works of Cremona includes translating Aristotle's On the Heavens, Archimedes' On the Measurement of the Circle, al-Khwarizmi's On Algebra and Almucabala, Euclid's Elements of Geometry and most famously Ptolemy's Almagest.

 21 
John Bosco
(Italian Catholic Priest Known for Educating the Poor and Founded the Education System 'Salesian Preventive System')
John Bosco
3
Birthdate: August 16, 1815
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy
Died: January 31, 1888

The founder of the Salesian Order, John Bosco, also known as Don Bosco, started his life as a priest in Turin. He began teaching young boys who came to Turin for jobs and later branched out to form a similar institution for girls too, with St. Mary Mazzarello.

 22 
Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente
(Surgeon)
Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente
3
Birthdate: May 20, 1533
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Acquapendente, Italy
Died: May 21, 1619
 23 
Giovanni Bononcini
(Composer)
Giovanni Bononcini
2
Birthdate: July 18, 1670
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: July 9, 1747
 24 
Enrico Cecchetti
(Ballet Dancer)
Enrico Cecchetti
2
Birthdate: June 21, 1850
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 13, 1928
 25 
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
(Composer)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
2
Birthdate: January 12, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: January 21, 1948
 26 
Giuseppe Torelli
(Violinist)
Giuseppe Torelli
3
Birthdate: April 22, 1658
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: February 8, 1709
 27 
Julius Caesar Scaliger
(Scholar)
Julius Caesar Scaliger
2
Birthdate: April 23, 1484
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Riva del Garda, Italy
Died: October 21, 1558
 28 
Realdo Colombo
(Professor)
Realdo Colombo
2
Birthdate: 1515 AD
Birthplace: Cremona, Italy
Died: 1559 AD
 29 
Bettisia Gozzadini
(Jurist)
Bettisia Gozzadini
2
Birthdate: 1209 AD
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: November 2, 1261

Bettisia Gozzadini was an Italian jurist who served as a lecturer at the University of Bologna. She is widely believed to be the first woman to have served as a lecturer at a university. A renowned orator, Gozzadini gave a eulogy at the funeral of Enrico della Fratta on 31 May 1242. Bettisia Gozzadini was also renowned for her beauty. 

 30 
Giovanni Battista Martini
(Musician)
Giovanni Battista Martini
2
Birthdate: April 24, 1706
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: August 3, 1784
 31 
Goffredo Petrassi
(Composer)
Goffredo Petrassi
2
Birthdate: July 16, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zagarolo, Italy
Died: March 3, 2003
 32 
Samuel David Luzzatto
(Scholar)
Samuel David Luzzatto
2
Birthdate: August 22, 1800
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Trieste, Italy
Died: September 30, 1865
 33 
Mario Praz
(Critic)
Mario Praz
2
Birthdate: September 6, 1896
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: March 23, 1982
 34 
Arnaldo Momigliano
(Historian)
Arnaldo Momigliano
0
Birthdate: September 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Caraglio, Italy
Died: September 1, 1987
 35 
Gian Francesco Malipiero
(Composer)
Gian Francesco Malipiero
2
Birthdate: March 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: August 1, 1973
 36 
Vittorino da Feltre
(Educator)
Vittorino da Feltre
2
Birthdate: 1378 AD
Birthplace: Feltre, Italy
Died: February 2, 1446
 37 
Marie Josephine Gaudette
(Supercentenarian)
Marie Josephine Gaudette
2
Birthdate: March 25, 1902
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Died: July 13, 2017
 38 
Giorgio Caproni
(Poet)
Giorgio Caproni
2
Birthdate: January 7, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: January 22, 1990
 39 
Lodovico Antonio Muratori
(Italian Historian Known for His Discovery of the 'Muratorian Fragment')
Lodovico Antonio Muratori
2
Birthdate: October 21, 1672
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vignola, Italy
Died: January 23, 1750

Best known for discovering the Muratorian Fragment, Lodovico Antonio Muratori was a pioneer of Italian historiography. He began his career as a priest and joined the Ambrosian library of Milan. He is remembered for his works such as Anecdota and Annali d’Italia. He was also against orthodox religious beliefs.

 40 
Francesco De Sanctis
(Literary critic)
Francesco De Sanctis
2
Birthdate: March 28, 1817
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Morra De Sanctis, Italy
Died: December 29, 1883
 41 
Verrius Flaccus
(Scholar)
Verrius Flaccus
1
Birthdate: 0055 AD
Birthplace: Palestrina, Italy
Died: 0020 AD
 42 
Guarino da Verona
(Scholar)
Guarino da Verona
1
Birthdate: 1374 AD
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: December 4, 1460
 43 
Edoardo Sanguineti
(Poet)
Edoardo Sanguineti
1
Birthdate: December 9, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: May 18, 2010
 44 
Julius Pomponius Laetus
(Humanist)
Julius Pomponius Laetus
1
Birthdate: 1428 AD
Birthplace: Teggiano, Italy
Died: June 9, 1498
 45 
Catherine of Bologna
(Saint)
Catherine of Bologna
3
Birthdate: September 8, 1413
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: March 9, 1463
 46 
Italo Montemezzi
(Composer)
Italo Montemezzi
1
Birthdate: August 4, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vigasio, Italy
Died: May 15, 1952
 47 
Angela Merici
(Educator)
Angela Merici
3
Birthdate: March 21, 1474
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Died: January 27, 1540
 48 
Mazzino Montinari
(Philologist, Politician)
Mazzino Montinari
0
Birthdate: April 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: November 24, 1986
 49 
Mario Luzi
(Poet)
Mario Luzi
1
Birthdate: October 20, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Castello, Florence, Italy
Died: February 28, 2005
 50 
Anna Morpurgo Davies
(Philologist)
Anna Morpurgo Davies
0
Birthdate: June 21, 1937
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: September 27, 2014