List of personalities of the city of Brescia

This list includes people born in Brescia and those who worked in Brescia but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Brescia

Arnold of Brescia

Nicolo Tartaglia

Giuseppe Zanardelli

Giovanni Tebaldini

Giacomo Agostini

Marco Cassetti

Daniele Bonera

Daniela Merighetti

Until 1800

Arnold von Brescia (around 1090–1155), Canon regular and preacher
Albertanus of Brescia (around 1195 – around 1251), lawyer and scholar
Albert of Brescia OP († 1314), theologian, Dominican
Bartholomaeus Brixiensis (around 1200–1258), canon lawyer
Sigismondo Malatesta (1417–1468), condottiere and nobleman
Vincenzo Capirola (1474–?), Lutenist and composer
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (around 1480 – around 1548), painter
Girolamo Romanino (around 1485–1566), painter
Vincenzo Maggi (1498–1564), man of letters and philosopher
Nicolo Tartaglia (around 1500–1557), mathematician
Giacomo Chizzola (1502–1580), humanist, doctor, judge, economist and diplomat
Antonio Scandello (1517–1580), composer and conductor
Hippolito Chizzola (1522–1565), clergyman
Muzio Calini (1525–1570), clergyman
Girolamo Muziano (1528–1592), painter
Lattanzio Gambara (1530–1574), painter and draftsman
Teodoro Riccio (around 1540 – around 1600), conductor and composer
Desiderio Scaglia (1568–1639), bishop and cardinal
Giovanni Battista Fontana (around 1571 – around 1630), composer and violinist
Giovanni Battista Lantana (1573 / 1581–1627), architect
Benedetto Castelli (1577 / 78–1643), natural scientist
Agostino Avanzo (1585–1665), architect and painter
Biagio Marini (1594–1663), violinist and composer
Francesco Lana Terzi (1631–1687), priest
Giovanni Baptista Chizzola (1641 – around 1691), nobleman
Giovanni Battista Vivaldi (1655–1736), violinist
Giulio Taglietti (around 1660–1718), violinist and composer
Benedetto Vinaccesi (around 1666–1719), composer
Antonio Calegari (1698 / 99–1777), sculptor
Pietro Chiari (1712–1785), poet and novelist
Giuseppe Zonca (1715–1772), composer
Giovanni Andrea Archetti (1731–1805), cardinal
Michelangelo Luchi (1744–1802), cardinal
Faustino Anderloni (1766–1847), engraver
Lodovico Pavoni (1784–1849), priest

1801 to 1900

Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa (1803–1855), founder of the order
Angelo Inganni (1807–1880), genre, architecture and portrait painter
Giovanni Emanueli (1817-1894), sculptor
Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897), composer and violinist
Tito Speri (1825-1853), freedom fighter
Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826–1903), statesman and legal advisor
Giovanni Battista Piamarta (1841–1913), priest of the Roman Catholic Church
Gerolamo Rovetta (1851–1910), novelist and playwright
Francesco Filippini (1853–1895), painter
Giovanni Tebaldini (1864–1952), composer, organist and musicologist
Scipio Sighele (1868–1913), criminologist, anthropologist and pioneer of mass psychology
Eugenio Miozzi (1889–1979), engineer and architect
Paolo Salvi (1891-1945), Turner
Silvio Scaroni (1893–1977), fighter pilot
Giovanni Battista Montini (1897–1978), Pope Paul VI.

1901 to 1950

Oscar Andriani (1905–1987), actor
Renato Chiantoni (1906–1979), actor
Gianfranco Comotti (1906–1963), racing car driver
Claudio Sartori (1913–1994), musicologist
Guido Carli (1914–1993), economist and politician
Agenore Incrocci (1914-2005), screenwriter
Mario Cecchi Gori (1920–1993), film producer
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920–1995), pianist
Mario Rigamonti (1922-1949), football player
Ezio Marano (1927–1991), actor
Emanuele Severino (1929-2020), philosopher
Giorgio Cavedon (1930–2001), comic book writer, screenwriter and film director
Cesare Mazzolari (1937–2011), religious
Silvano Agosti (* 1938), film editor and film director
Gianfranco Masserdotti (1941–2006), religious
Giacomo Agostini (* 1942), motorcycle racing driver
Ottavio Bianchi (* 1943), football player and coach
Maria Cressari (* 1943), racing cyclist
Fausto Bertoglio (* 1949), racing cyclist
Pedro José Conti (* 1949), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Macapá
Attilio Calatroni (* 1950), fencer

From 1951

Luigi Morgano (* 1951), politician
Paolo Beschi (* 1953), musician
Peter Gilliéron (* 1953), Swiss lawyer and football official
Lorenzo Mattotti (* 1954), comic artist and graphic artist
Luigi Archetti (* 1955), artist and musician
Calogero Marino (* 1955), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Savona-Noli
Maurizio Arrivabene (* 1957), motorsport official
Claudio Langes (* 1960), racing car driver
Vittorio Colao (* 1961), businessman
Sergio Scariolo (* 1961), basketball coach
Nicoletta Merighetti (* 1966), ski racer
Omar Pedrini (* 1967), musician
Diego Galeri (* 1968), musician
Giorgio Lamberti (* 1969), swimmer
Nicola Loda (* 1971), racing cyclist
Christian Pescatori (* 1971), racing car driver
Antonio Filippini (* 1973), football player
Emanuele Filippini (* 1973), football player and coach
Marco Velo (* 1974), racing cyclist
Luisa Righi (* 1975), journalist and book author
Stefano Donagrandi (* 1976), speed skater
Manuel Belleri (* 1977), football player
Marco Cassetti (* 1977), football player
Aimo Diana (* 1978), football player
Matteo Serafini (* 1978), football player
Nadia Toffa (1979–2019), journalist and television presenter
Roberto De Zerbi (* 1979), football player
Daniele Bonera (* 1981), football player
Roberto Guana (* 1981), football player
Daniela Merighetti (* 1981), ski racer
Emanuele Maniscalco (* 1983), jazz musician
Andrea Cassarà (* 1984), foil fencer
Michele Canini (* 1985), football player
Michele Gaia (* 1985), road cyclist
Sabino Brunello (* 1989), chess player
Alberto Cerqui (* 1992), racing car driver
Luca Margaroli (* 1992), Swiss tennis player
Alberto Grassi (* 1995), football player
Andrea Cistana (* 1997), football player
Laura Meriano (* 1999), rower

Well-known residents of Brescia

Angela Merici (around 1472–1540), clergyman and saint
Giovanni Battista Marchetti (1686–1758), architect
Filippo Finazzi (1705–1776), castrato singer, composer and conductor
Luigi Martignon (1911–1984), figurative painter and graphic artist
Florin Răducioiu (* 1970), football player