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Leonardo da Vinci
(Italian Polymath & Artist Known for His Paintings: ‘Mona Lisa’, ‘The Last Supper’ and ‘Virgin of the Rocks’)
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104
Birthdate: April 15, 1452
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Anchiano, Italy
Died: May 2, 1519
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
2
Christopher Columbus
(Explorer)
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189
Birthdate: October 31, 1451
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: May 20, 1506
3
Robert De Niro
(One of the Best and Most Eccentric Actors of His Generation)
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101
Birthdate: August 17, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Greenwich Village, New York, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
Galileo Galilei
(Known as “Father” of Observational Astronomy who Invented the ‘Thermoscope’ and Various Military Compasses)
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90
Birthdate: February 15, 1564
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: January 8, 1642
5
Marco Polo
(Italian Explorer, Venetian Merchant and Adventurer Who Traveled from Europe to Asia Between 1271 and 1295)
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34
Birthdate: 1254 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: January 8, 1324
6
Andrea Bocelli
(Italian Operatic Tenor Noted for His Unique Blend of Opera & Pop Music)
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52
Birthdate: September 22, 1958
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lajatico, Italy
7
Michelangelo
(Regarded as the Most Accomplished Artist of His Era (High Renaissance))
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25
Birthdate: March 6, 1475
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caprese Michelangelo, Italy
Died: February 18, 1564
8
Gianluigi Buffon
(One of the Greatest Goalkeepers of All Time)
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49
Birthdate: January 28, 1978
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Carrara, Italy
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
9
Gianni Versace
(Italian Fashion Designer, Businessman and Founder of ‘Versace’)
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49
Birthdate: December 2, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Reggio Calabria, Italy
Died: July 15, 1997
10
Marcus Aurelius
(Philosopher)
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26
Birthdate: April 26, 0121
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: March 17, 0180
11
Niccolò Machiavelli
(Diplomat & Philosopher Best Known for His Political Treatise 'The Prince')
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28
Birthdate: May 3, 1469
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: June 22, 1527
12
Archimedes
(One of the Leading Scientists in Classical Antiquity and the Greatest Mathematician of Ancient History)
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41
Birthdate: 0287 AD
Birthplace: Syracuse, Italy
Died: 0212 AD
13
Valentino Rossi
(Italian Former Professional Motorcycle Road Racer and Nine-time Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing World Champion)
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35
Birthdate: February 16, 1979
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Urbino, Italy
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
14
Luciano Pavarotti
(Italian Operatic Tenor Regarded as the 'King of the High Cs')
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17
Birthdate: October 12, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: September 6, 2007
15
Dante Alighieri
(Italian Writer and Philosopher Best Known for His Poem ‘Divine Comedy’)
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17
Birthdate: 1265 AD
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: September 14, 1321
16
Raphael
(Italian Painter and Architect of the High Renaissance)
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14
Birthdate: April 6, 1483
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Urbino, Italy
Died: April 6, 1520
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
17
Francesco Totti
(Italian Former Professional Football Player Who Played as an Attacking Midfielder and as a Forward)
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15
Birthdate: September 27, 1976
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
18
Paolo Maldini
(Italian Former Football Player Who Played as a Defender)
47
14
Birthdate: June 26, 1968
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
19
Ennio Morricone
(One of the Greatest Film Composers of All Time)
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8
Birthdate: November 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: July 6, 2020
20
Amerigo Vespucci
(Discoverer of South America)
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17
Birthdate: March 9, 1454
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence
Died: February 22, 1512
21
Guccio Gucci
(Italian Businessman)
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25
Birthdate: March 26, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: January 2, 1953
22
Caravaggio
(One of the Most Prominent Italian Painters of His Generation)
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14
Birthdate: September 29, 1571
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: July 18, 1610
23
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
(Baroque Composer & Virtuoso Violinist Known for His Violin Concertos 'The Four Seasons')
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17
Birthdate: March 4, 1678
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: July 28, 1741
24
Roberto Baggio
(Italian Former Professional Football Player Who Played as an Attacking Midfielder or as a Forward)
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21
Birthdate: February 18, 1967
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Caldogno, Italy
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
25
Alessandro Del Piero
(Italian Former Professional Football Player Who Played as a Deep-Lying Forward)
50
18
Birthdate: November 9, 1974
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Conegliano, Veneto, Italy
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
26
Giuseppe Garibaldi
(Italian General Who Contributed to Italian Unification and the Creation of the Kingdom of Italy)
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11
Birthdate: July 4, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: June 2, 1882
27
Sandro Botticelli
(One of the Greatest Painters of the Florentine Renaissance)
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5
Birthdate: 1445 AD
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: May 17, 1510
28
Guglielmo Marconi
(Inventor of 'Radio' and Winner of 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics)
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8
Birthdate: April 25, 1874
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: July 20, 1937
29
Nero
(Roman Emperor)
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Birthdate: December 15, 0037
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Anzio, Italy
Died: June 9, 0068
30
Khabane Lame
(Italian TikTok Star: Named to Forbes '30 Under 30')
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68
Birthdate: March 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ziguinchor, Senegal
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Federico Fellini
(Italian Filmmaker Known for His Distinctive Style, Which Blends Fantasy and Baroque Images with Earthiness.)
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9
Birthdate: January 20, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rimini, Italy
Died: October 31, 1993
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Michele Morrone
(Actor, Model)
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39
Birthdate: October 3, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bitonto, Italy
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
33
Sergio Leone
(Italian Filmmaker Best Known for Creating the 'Spaghetti Western' Genre)
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7
Birthdate: January 3, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: April 30, 1989
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Saint Valentine
(Roman Saint)
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2
Birthdate: 0226 AD
Birthplace: Terni, Italy
Died: 0269 AD
35
Leonardo Fibonacci
(Italian Mathematician Who was Considered to be One of the Most Talented Western Mathematicians of the Middle Ages)
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25
Birthdate: 1170 AD
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: 1250 AD
36
John Cabot
(Explorer)
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Birthdate: 1450 AD
Birthplace: Castiglione Chiavarese, Republic of Genoa
Died: 1508 AD
37
Umberto Eco
(Medievalist, Philosopher and Author of 'The Name of the Rose' and 'Foucault's Pendulum')
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8
Birthdate: January 5, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alessandria, Italy
Died: February 19, 2016
38
Mario Balotelli
(Italian Football Player Who Plays as a Striker)
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51
Birthdate: August 12, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Giuseppe Verdi
(One of the Greatest Opera Composers of the 19th Century)
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7
Birthdate: October 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Le Roncole, Italy
Died: January 27, 1901
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Enrico Fermi
(Italian Physicist, Nobel Laureate and Creator of the World's First Nuclear Reactor)
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6
Birthdate: September 29, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 28, 1954
41
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
(Former Holy Roman Emperor)
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11
Birthdate: February 24, 1500
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ghent
Died: September 21, 1558
42
Carlo Ancelotti
(Italian Former Professional Footballer Regarded as One of the Greatest Managers of All Time)
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25
Birthdate: June 10, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Reggiolo, Italy
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Lorenzo de' Medici
(Leader)
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Birthdate: January 1, 1449
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: April 8, 1492
44
Donatello
(One of the Greatest of All Italian Renaissance Artists)
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9
Birthdate: 1386 AD
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: December 13, 1466
45
Andrea Pirlo
(Italian Professional Football Coach and Former Player Who Played as a Midfielder)
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19
Birthdate: May 19, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Flero, Italy
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
46
Niccolo Paganini
(Italian Violinist and Composer Best Known for His Work '24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1')
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6
Birthdate: October 27, 1782
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Genoa
Died: May 27, 1840
47
Dylan Sprouse
(Known for His Role as ‘Zack Martin’ on the TV Sitcom ‘The Suite Life of Zack & Cody’)
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51
Birthdate: August 4, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: rezzo, Italy
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
48
Michael Collins
(NASA Astronaut, Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 (the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon))
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13
Birthdate: October 31, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died: April 28, 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Enzo Ferrari
(Italian racing driver)
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6
Birthdate: February 18, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Turin
Died: August 14, 1988
50
Giacomo Puccini
(Italian Composer Known for His Works ‘La Bohème’, ‘Tosca’ and ‘Madama Butterfly’)
47
5
Birthdate: December 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: November 29, 1924
