Famous Italian Men

Suave, sensual, and sophisticated, Italian men are considered to be among the most romantic ones in the world. Due to this very image they have women from all over the world swooning over them and vying for their attention! But being romantic is not the only thing Italian men are good at. Since time immemorial Italians have contributed a lot to the world, especially in the areas of science, astronomy, philosophy, and fine arts. The astronomer who accurately described heliocentric solar system, Galileo Galilei, was an Italian man as was the histologist Camillo Golgi  who discovered the Golgi apparatus. Italy has a rich cultural heritage and Italians are known for possessing an innate sense of beauty and aesthetics—this should come as no surprise as Italy had produced some of the world’s most renowned artists in the form of Michelangelo, Giovanni Lanfranco and Giovanni Paolo Panini.

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 1 
Leonardo da Vinci
(Italian Polymath & Artist Known for His Paintings: ‘Mona Lisa’, ‘The Last Supper’ and ‘Virgin of the Rocks’)
Leonardo da Vinci
104
Birthdate: April 15, 1452
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Anchiano, Italy
Died: May 2, 1519
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 2 
Christopher Columbus
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)
Robert De Niro
101
Birthdate: August 17, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Greenwich Village, New York, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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 4 
Galileo Galilei
(Known as “Father” of Observational Astronomy who Invented the ‘Thermoscope’ and Various Military Compasses)
Galileo Galilei
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)
Marco Polo
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)
Andrea Bocelli
52
Birthdate: September 22, 1958
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lajatico, Italy
 7 
Michelangelo
(Regarded as the Most Accomplished Artist of His Era (High Renaissance))
Michelangelo
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)
Gianluigi Buffon
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’)
Gianni Versace
49
Birthdate: December 2, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Reggio Calabria, Italy
Died: July 15, 1997
 10 
Marcus Aurelius
(Philosopher)
Marcus Aurelius
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')
Niccolò Machiavelli
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)
Archimedes
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)
Valentino Rossi
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')
Luciano Pavarotti
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’)
Dante Alighieri
17
Birthdate: 1265 AD
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: September 14, 1321
 16 
Raphael
(Italian Painter and Architect of the High Renaissance)
Raphael
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)
Francesco Totti
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)
Paolo Maldini
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)
Ennio Morricone
8
Birthdate: November 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: July 6, 2020
 20 
Amerigo Vespucci
(Discoverer of South America)
Amerigo Vespucci
17
Birthdate: March 9, 1454
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence
Died: February 22, 1512
 21 
Guccio Gucci
(Italian Businessman)
Guccio Gucci
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)
Caravaggio
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')
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
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)
Roberto Baggio
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)
Alessandro Del Piero
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)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
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)
Sandro Botticelli
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)
Guglielmo Marconi
8
Birthdate: April 25, 1874
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: July 20, 1937
 29 
Nero
(Roman Emperor)
Nero
59
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')
Khabane Lame
68
Birthdate: March 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ziguinchor, Senegal
 31 
Federico Fellini
(Italian Filmmaker Known for His Distinctive Style, Which Blends Fantasy and Baroque Images with Earthiness.)
Federico Fellini
9
Birthdate: January 20, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rimini, Italy
Died: October 31, 1993
 32 
Michele Morrone
(Actor, Model)
Michele Morrone
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)
Sergio Leone
7
Birthdate: January 3, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: April 30, 1989
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 34 
Saint Valentine
(Roman Saint)
Saint Valentine
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)
Leonardo Fibonacci
25
Birthdate: 1170 AD
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: 1250 AD
 36 
John Cabot
(Explorer)
John Cabot
43
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')
Umberto Eco
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)
Mario Balotelli
51
Birthdate: August 12, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 39 
Giuseppe Verdi
(One of the Greatest Opera Composers of the 19th Century)
Giuseppe Verdi
7
Birthdate: October 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Le Roncole, Italy
Died: January 27, 1901
 40 
Enrico Fermi
(Italian Physicist, Nobel Laureate and Creator of the World's First Nuclear Reactor)
Enrico Fermi
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)
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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)
Carlo Ancelotti
25
Birthdate: June 10, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Reggiolo, Italy
 43 
Lorenzo de' Medici
47
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)
Donatello
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)
Andrea Pirlo
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')
Niccolo Paganini
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’)
Dylan Sprouse
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))
Michael Collins
13
Birthdate: October 31, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died: April 28, 2021
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 49 
Enzo Ferrari
(Italian racing driver)
Enzo Ferrari
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’)
Giacomo Puccini
5
Birthdate: December 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: November 29, 1924

The most famous of all Italian men would probably be the polymath Leonardo da Vinci who was a painter, an engineer, mathematician, sculptor, musician and architect all rolled into one. The contemporary Italian men too are not ones to be left behind in their contributions to the world! Read on to learn more about the famous men of Italy who helped shape the world.