List of personalities of the city of Milan
This list includes personalities born in Milan and those who worked in Milan but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Milan
2nd to 17th century
- Didius Julianus (133–193), Roman emperor
- Marcellina of Milan (around 327 - around 398), early Christian virgin and saint, sister of Satyrus and Ambrose of Milan
- Satyrus of Milan (around 331 - 378), saint and Roman prefect, brother of Marcellina and Ambrosius of Milan
- Ambrose of Milan (around 339 - 397), Roman politician and bishop of Milan, brother of Marcellina and satyrus of Milan
- Maurilius of Angers (around 364 - 453), holy bishop
- Urban III. (around 1120 - 1187), Pope
- Celestine IV (? −1241), Pope
- Pietro Peregrossi (1220–1295), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Rinaldo da Concorezzo (around 1250 - 1321), Seliger, Archbishop of Ravenna
- Stefano Visconti (1288–1327), member of the Visconti family
- Giovanni da Legnano (around 1320 - 1383), lawyer, military theorist and canon lawyer
- Marco Visconti (1353–1382), co-ruler of Milan
- Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (around 1445 - 1518), Italian-French military leader and Marshal of France
- Pietro Antonio Solari (around 1450 - 1493), architect and sculptor
- Ascanio Sforza (1455–1505), son of Duke Francesco I Sforza
- Bernardino Corio (1459 - around 1519), historian and humanist
- Andrea Solari (1460–1524), painter
- Scaramuccia Trivulzio (1465–1527), Bishop of Como, cardinal
- Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467–1516), painter
- Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), wife of the German King Maximilian I.
- Lorenzo Campeggi (1474–1539), lawyer and cardinal
- Cesare Cesariano (1475–1543), painter and architect
- Giacomo Simonetta (1475–1539), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Salaj (around 1480 - around 1524), painter
- Agostino Trivulzio (around 1485 - 1548), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Galeazzo Flavio Capella (1487–1537), writer and statesman
- Pietro Paolo Borrono (around 1490 -?), Composer and lutenist
- Francesco Melzi (around 1491 - around 1570), painter
- Massimiliano Sforza (1493–1530), member of the Sforza family
- Gian Giacomo Medici (around 1495 - 1555), nobleman
- Pius IV (1499–1565), Pope
- Ludovico Simonetta (around 1500 - 1568), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Giulio da Milano (1504–1581), also called Giuseppe della Rovere, Augustinian monk, Catholic theologian, Protestant pastor and reformer of Vicosoprano, Poschiavo and Tirano
- Giovanni Morone (1509–1580), Catholic bishop and cardinal
- Giovanni Jacobo Albutio da Milano (1516–1566), composer and lutenist (first printed published 1536)
- Girolamo Benzoni (1519–1570), traveler and historian
- Natale Conti (1520–1582), scholar and historian
- Francesco Alciati (1522–1580), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Paolo Morigia (1525–1604), Jesuat , local historian
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo (around 1526 - 1593), painter
- Pompeo Leoni (around 1530-1608), sculptor, medalist and art collector
- Cesare Negri (around 1535 - around 1604), dance master
- Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo (1538–1600), painter, art historian and art theorist
- Sebastian Cattaneo (1545–1609), Bishop of Chiemsee
- Nunzio Galizia (before 1550 – after 1621), miniature painter
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), painter
- Alfonso Visconti (1552–1608), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1553–1608), painter
- Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560–1618), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Angelo Visconti (1561–1616), nobleman, Capuchin, provincial minister
- Fede Galizia (1578-1630), painter
- Francesco Maria Richini (1584–1658), builder, architect and sculptor
- Giulio Roma (1584–1652), bishop and cardinal
- Valerian of Magnis (1586–1661), Provincial
- Camillo Melzi (1590–1659), Archbishop of Capua, cardinal
- Cesare Monti (1594–1650), Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647), Jesuit, mathematician and astronomer
- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602−?), Singer and composer
- Michelangelo Grancino (around 1605 - 1669), organist, conductor and composer
- Alfonso Michele Litta (1608–1679), cardinal and archbishop of Milan
- Luigi Alessandro Omodei or Homodei or Amadei (1608–1685), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Renato II Borromeo (1613–1685), nobleman
- Giberto III. Borromeo (1615–1672), nobleman
- Federico Visconti (1617–1693), nobleman, cardinal
- Vitaliano VI. Borromeo (1620–1690), nobleman
- Francesco Antonio Urio (around 1631 − around 1719), composer
- Giacomo Antonio Morigia (1633–1708), Catholic theologian, bishop and cardinal
- Federico Caccia (1635–1699), Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
- Filippo Abbiati (1640–1715), painter
- Celestino Sfondrati (1644–1696), prince abbot of St. Gallen and cardinal
- Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (around 1645 -?), Composer, violinist and singer
- Giovanni Ceva (1647–1734), mathematician
- Ferdinando D'Adda (1650-1719), cardinal
- Giuseppe Archinto (1651–1712), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Giorgio Cattaneo (1663–1730), nobleman, Bishop of Vigevano
- José de Patiño y Morales (1666–1736), Spanish administrator
- Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742), Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
- Giberto Borromeo (1671–1740), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Gioacchino Besozzi (1679–1755), Cistercian abbot and cardinal
- Ignazio Visconti (1682–1755), 16th general of the Societas Jesu
- Roque Ceruti (around 1683–1760), Peruvian composer
- Giuseppe Besozzi (1686–1760), oboist
- Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit, missionary and painter
- Luigi Omodei or Amadei (1656–1706), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Giorgio Antoniotti (around 1692–1776), composer and cellist
- Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), oboist and composer
- Fabrizio Serbelloni (1695–1775), cardinal
- Alberico Archinto (1698–1758), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Carlo Luigi Grua (around 1700 - 1773), composer and conductor
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700 / 01–1775), composer
18th century
- Giuseppe Maria Castelli (1705–1780), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Franz Maximilian Freiherr Jahnus von Eberstädt (1711–1772), Austrian field marshal lieutenant and city commander of Hamburg
- Felice Salimbeni (around 1712 - 1755), castrato
- Antonio Eugenio Visconti (1713–1788), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), mathematician and philanthropist
- Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca (around 1718 - around 1795), librettist
- Giustino Menescardi (around 1720 - after 1779), painter
- Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795), composer and harpsichordist
- Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini (1723–1760), opera singer
- Giovanni Archinto (1725–1799), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Angelo Maria Durini (1725–1796), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Franz Josef I (1726–1781), 8th Prince of Liechtenstein and general
- Carlo Monza (1735–1801), composer, organist and singer
- Carlo Rossetti (1736-1820), merchant
- Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794), legal philosopher
- Niccolò Mestrino (1748–1789), violinist and composer
- Francesco Melzi d'Eril (1753-1816), nobleman
- Andrea Appiani (1754–1817), painter
- Giacomo Conti (1754–1805), violinist and composer
- Domenico Pino (1760-1826), General
- Luigi Cagnola (1762–1833), architect
- Pietro Teuliè (1763–1807), General
- Gaetano Medini (1772-1857), cook
- Giacomo Monzino (1772–1854), guitarist, composer and instrument maker
- Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1773–1832), Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont
- Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776–1848), Archduchess of Austria-Este
- Francesca Scanagatta (1776–1865), Austrian officer
- Filippo Taglioni (1777–1871), dancer, ballet master and choreographer
- Carlo Gianella (1778–1863), engineer
- Franz IV (1779–1846), Archduke of Austria
- Giuseppe Cusi (1780–1864), engineer and architect
- Ferdinand Karl von Österreich-Este (1781–1850), Austrian field marshal and governor general
- Maximilian Joseph von Österreich-Este (1782–1863), Austrian specialist in artillery and fortifications and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Augustus Bozzi Granville (1783–1872), British general practitioner, gynecologist, and author
- Francesco Carlini (1783–1862), astronomer and geodesist
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), poet and writer
- Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este (1785–1809), archbishop
- Giovanni Ricordi (1785-1853), music publisher
- Gabrio Piola (1794–1850), mathematician and physicist
- Abbondio Sangiorgio (1798–1879), sculptor
- Carlo Yvon (1798–1854), composer, music teacher and oboe viruosis
- Fjodor Antonowitsch Bruni (1799–1875), Russian painter, graphic artist and draftsman
- Angelo Ramazzotti (1800–1861), bishop
- Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis (1800-1853), opera singer (soprano)
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Amalia Brugnoli (1802-1892), dancer
- Gaetano Nava (1802–1875), music teacher and composer
- Giuseppe De Cristoforis (1803–1837), naturalist and collector
- Napoléon Lucien Murat (1803–1878), French politician
- Giuditta Grisi (1805–1840), opera singer
- Joséphine de Beauharnais Jr. (1807–1876), Queen of Sweden and Norway
- Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808–1847), Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808–1871), freedom fighter, historian and journalist
- Cristoforo Negri (1809-1896), politician, diplomat and geographer
- Auguste de Beauharnais (1810-1835), nobleman
- Giulia Grisi (1811–1869), opera singer
- Tito Ricordi (1811–1888), music publisher
- Amélie von Leuchtenberg (1812–1873), Empress of Brazil
- Giuseppe Ferrari (1811–1876), historian, philosopher and politician
- Luigi Vassalli (1812-1887), Egyptologist
- Angelo Dubini (1813–1902), physician and parasitologist, first to describe Ancylostoma duodenale
- Luigi Bisi (1814–1886), painter and architect
- Amatore Sciesa (1814–1851), freedom fighter and craftsman
- Franz Adam (1815–1886), German battle and horse painter and lithographer
- Lodovico Frapolli (1815–1978), geologist and politician
- Pietro Magni (1816–1877), sculptor
- Juan Bianchi (1817–1875), Chilean painter
- Giacomo Medici (1817–1882), general and politician
- Giovanni Strazza (1817 / 1818–1875), sculptor
1821 to 1840
- Enrico Cernuschi (1821–1896), Italo-French economist, politician, banker and art collector
- Adelheid of Austria (1822–1855), Queen of Sardinia
- Leopold of Austria (1823–1898), Archduke of Austria
- Ernst of Austria (1824–1899), Archduke of Austria
- Francesco Brioschi (1824-1897), mathematician
- Carlo Brioschi (1826–1895), Austrian theater painter
- Sigismund of Austria (1826-1891), Archduke of Austria
- Girolamo Induno (1827–1890), painter
- Rainer of Austria (1827–1913), member of the imperial family
- Heinrich of Austria (1828-1891), Archduke of Austria
- Tommaso Salvini (1829-1915), actor
- Antonio Tantardini (1829–1879), sculptor
- Luigi Cossa (1831-1896), economist
- Alfonso Cossa (1833-1902), chemist
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918), publicist and politician
- Gustave García (1837–1925), opera singer and singing teacher
- Anna Maria Mozzoni (1837–1920), suffragette and writer
- Francesco Barzaghi (1839-1892), sculptor
- Gustav Daverio (1839–1899), Swiss engineer
- Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1839–1910), singing teacher
- Emilio Praga (1839–1875), painter, writer and librettist
- Luigi Bodio (1840–1920), statistician
- Giulio Ricordi (1840–1912), music publisher
1841 to 1860
- Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), politician, journalist, writer and translator
- Giuseppe Jung (1845–1926), mathematician
- Carlo Forlanini (1847-1918), medic
- Ambrogio Maria Amèlli (1848–1933), theologian, literary scholar, musicologist, archivist, librarian and prior of the Montecassino Abbey
- Enrico Forlanini (1848–1930), engineer, inventor and aviation pioneer
- Ferdinando Fontana (1850–1919), playwright, librettist, poet and translator
- Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), seismologist, volcanologist and inventor
- Eugenio Gignous (1850–1906), painter
- Edoardo Mascheroni (1852–1941), conductor and composer
- Leonardo Bazzaro (1853–1937), painter
- Luca Beltrami (1854–1933), architect and art historian
- Carlo Bugatti (1856–1940), designer, decorator and architect
- Giuseppe Magrini (1857–1926), Italian cellist, music teacher and composer
- Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg (1858-1896), governor and captain of the Isle of Wight
- Guido Novak von Arienti (1859–1928), army officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Ernesto Bazzaro (1859–1937), sculptor
- Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli (1859–1926), geographer, publicist, cave explorer and pioneer of bicycle tourism
- Giuseppe Loretz (1860–1944), racing cyclist
1861 to 1880
- Antonietta Dell'Era (1861-1945), ballerina
- Pietro Caminada (1862-1923), engineer
- Pierina Legnani (1863–1923), ballet dancer
- Achille Bertarelli (1863–1938), bibliophile, art collector, patron and publicist
- Franco Leoni (1864–1949), composer
- Tito Ricordi (1865–1933), music publisher
- Silvio Benigno Crespi (1868–1944), entrepreneur, inventor and politician
- Adolfo Wildt (1868–1931), sculptor
- Roland Ostertag (1869–1916), German officer and diplomat
- Arnaldo Galliera (1871–1934), composer and music teacher
- Luigi Bertoni (1872–1947), anarchist, author and typographer
- Angelo Rotta (1872–1965), Apostolic Nuncio
- Richard Harlfinger (1873–1948), Austrian landscape and war painter
- Narciso Pasta (1873–1944), track cyclist
- Paolo Buzzi (1874–1956), poet
- Vittorio Gnecchi (1876–1954), composer
- Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), engineer and racing driver
- Camillo Caccia Dominioni (1877–1946), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Dina Galli (1877–1951), actress
- Agostino Gemelli (1878–1959), doctor and psychologist
- Maria Vinca (1878–1939), painter
- Giuseppe Singrossi (1879−?), Track cyclist
- Gian-Emilio Malerba (1880–1926), painter
1881 to 1900
- Carlo Broggi (1881–1968), architect
- Ettore Bugatti (1881–1947), automobile manufacturer and designer
- Luisa Casati (1881–1957), heiress, muse, art patron, fashion icon and high society lady
- Leonhard Maria Adler (1882–1965), Austro-German engineer, politician and worker priest
- Armida Barelli (1882–1952), activist in the Italian Catholic Action
- Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963), coloratura soprano
- Pietro Bianchi (1883-1965), Turner
- Luigi Emanueli (1883–1959), electrical engineer
- Carlo Maffeis (1883–1921), motorcycle racer
- Giovanni Barrella (1884–1967), film director
- Rembrandt Bugatti (1884–1916), sculptor
- Ferdinando Minoia (1884–1940), racing car driver
- Emilio Perea (1884–1946), opera singer
- Gino Cassinis (1885–1964), mathematician and politician
- Vittore Frigerio (1885–1961), Swiss journalist and writer
- Mario Palanti (1885–1978), architect
- Enrico Porro (1885-1967), wrestler
- Guido Brignone (1886–1959), actor, film director and screenwriter
- Carlo Alberto Felice (1886–1949), film journalist and director
- Antonio Feltrinelli (1887–1942), entrepreneur, painter and patron
- Giorgio Zampori (1887-1965), Turner
- Guido Calza (1888–1946), classical archaeologist
- Joseph Cattaneo (1888–1975), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Raffaele de Courten (1888–1978), Admiral
- Carlo Guzzi (around 1888–1964), designer and entrepreneur
- Pietro Lana (1888–1950), football player
- Virgilio Mantegazza (1889–1928), fencer
- Giuseppe Tonani (1890–1971), weightlifter, tug of war and Olympic champion
- Angelo Zorzi (1890–1974), Turner
- Gio Ponti (1891–1979), architect and designer
- Ermanno Aebi (1892–1976), Swiss-Italian football player
- Guido Keller (1892–1929), soldier, publicist and adventurer
- Fernando Altimani (1893–1963), walker
- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), writer
- Renzo De Vecchi (1894–1967), football player and coach
- Luigi Cevenini (1895–1968), football player and coach
- Luigi Freddi (1895–1977), journalist, fascist functionary and futurist
- Giuseppe Paris (1895–1968), Turner
- Giovan Battista Angioletti (1896–1961), journalist and writer
- Lilli Kerzinger-Werth (1897–1971), painter and animal sculptor
- Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976), cellist, composer and conductor
- Ferdinando Mandrini (1897–1980), Turner
- Cesare Merzagora (1898–1991), politician
- Adriano Rodoni (1898–1985), cycling official
- Mario Zippermayr (1899–1979), Austrian physicist and National Socialist
- Marta Abba (1900–1988), actress
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Ugo Frigerio (1901–1968), athlete
- Mario Agustoni (1902–1982), Swiss politician and lawyer
- Leonardo Bonzi (1902–1977), athlete, documentary filmmaker and producer
- Giovanni Gozzi (1902–1976), wrestler
- Ernesto Grassi (1902–1991), philosopher
- Giulio Ramponi (1902–1986), technician and racing car driver
- Rosetta Tofano (1902–1960), actress
- Angelo Dell'Acqua (1903–1972), Vatican Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Giuliano Bonfante (1904-2005), linguist
- Armando Castellazzi (1904–1968), football player and coach
- Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici (1904–1970), fencer
- Renzo Minoli (1904-1965), fencer
- Edoardo Severgnini (1904–1969), track cyclist
- Giordano Aldrighetti (1905–1939), motorcycle and automobile racing driver
- Ignazio Gardella (1905–1999), architect and designer
- Ruggero Maregatti (1905–1963), track and field athlete
- Isa Miranda (1905–1982), actress
- Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (1905–1988), 77th Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- Franco Riccardi (1905–1968), fencer
- Piero Sacerdoti (1905–1966), lawyer and insurance manager
- Eugenio Siena (1905–1938), racing car driver
- Cele Abba (1906–1992), theater and film actress
- Primo Angeli (1906–2003), jazz and entertainment musician
- Costantino Borsini (1906–1940), officer
- Alberto Rabagliati (1906–1974), singer and actor
- Luchino Visconti (1906–1976), theater and film director
- Bruno Munari (1907–1998), painter, graphic artist and graphic designer
- Bruno Pellizzari (1907–1991), track cyclist
- Giovanni Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001), comic book author and publisher
- Gioacchino Guaragna (1908–1971), fencer
- Gianna Perea Labia (1908–1994), singer (soprano)
- Luigi Veronesi (1908–1998), photographer, painter, set designer and film director
- Carlo Agostoni (1909–1972), fencer
- Roberto Battaglia (1909-1965), fencer
- Eugenio Colorni (1909–1944), philosopher and politician
- Maria Eisner (1909–1991), American photographer, photo editor and photo reporter
- Carlo Manzoni (1909–1975), painter and writer
- Luigi Villoresi (1909–1997), Formula 1 racing driver
- Giorgio Agliani (1910–1996), film producer
- Pietro Annigoni (1910–1988), painter
- Giancarlo Brusati (1910–2001), fencer and sports official
- Charlie Cairoli (1910–1980), English clown, impersonator and musician
- Augusto Gansser (1910–2012), Swiss geologist
- Giuseppe Meazza (1910–1979), football player and coach
- Elio Ragni (1910–1998), athlete
- Lionello Levi Sandri (1910–1991), European politician and EEC commissioner
- Edgardo Toetti (1910–1968), track and field athlete
1911 to 1920
- Emanuele Clarizio (1911–2001), Roman Catholic Curia Bishop
- Dina Dreyfus (1911–1999), French philosopher, ethnologist, anthropologist and family sociologist
- Savino Guglielmetti (1911-2006), gymnast
- Luigi Martignon (1911–1984), figurative painter and graphic artist
- Nello Pagani (1911–2003), motorcycle and Formula 1 racing driver
- Nino Rota (1911–1979), composer
- Alberto Soresina (1911–2007), composer and music teacher
- Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia (1912–1943), naval officer
- Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938), poet
- Charles Rollier (1912–1968), Swiss artist
- Italo Valenti (1912–1995), painter
- Franco Bordoni-Bisleri (1913–1975), fighter pilot
- Fabrizio Clerici (1913–1993), architect and draftsman, graphic artist, painter and set designer
- Piero Fornasetti (1913–1988), painter, sculptor, craftsman and interior designer
- Mario Nascimbene (1913–2002), composer
- Luigi Piotti (1913–1971), racing car driver
- Emilio Villoresi (1913–1939), racing car driver
- Mario Zagari (1913–1996), lawyer, journalist and politician
- Alberto Lattuada (1914–2005), film director
- Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Gianni Puccini (1914–1968), film director and screenwriter
- Luciano Foà (1915–2005), literary critic and publisher
- Attilio Giovannini (* 1915), film critic and animator
- Dario Mangiarotti (1915-2010), sword fencer
- Orazio Mariani (1915–1981), track and field athlete
- Raffaele Paparella (1915-2001), comic artist
- Anna Maria Bottini (1916–2020), actress
- Dino Del Bo (1916–1991), politician
- Silvana Jachino (1916–2004), theater and film actress
- Joseph Janni (1916–1994), film producer and screenwriter
- Vittorio Mussolini (1916–1997), film producer
- Mara Selvini Palazzoli (1916–1999), psychoanalyst
- Dino Risi (1916–2008), film director and screenwriter
- Marco Zanuso (1916–2001), industrial designer and architect
- Primo Bergomi (1917–1987), track cyclist
- Massimo Dallamano (1917–1976), cameraman and director
- Alberto Ascari (1918–1955), racing car driver
- Nino Borghi (1918–1994), production designer and set designer
- Luciano Bolis (1918-1993), anti-fascist
- Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002), industrial designer
- Luciano Emmer (1918–2009), film director and screenwriter
- Emidio De Felice (1918–1993), linguist, Romanist and name researcher
- Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979), journalist and author
- Anna Gobbi (* 1918), costume designer and screenwriter
- Antonio Janigro (1918–1989), cellist, conductor and university professor
- Luigi Santucci (1918–1999), linguist and writer
- Aldo Campatelli (1919–1984), football player and coach
- Lelo Cremonesi (* 1919), designer
- Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Brozolo (1919-2019), physicist
- Edoardo Mangiarotti (1919–2012), fencer
- Tullia Zevi (1919–2011), journalist
- Sandro Angiolini (1920–1985), comic artist and cartoonist
- Roberto Calvi (1920–1982), bank clerk
- Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1920–2006), architect and designer
- Guido Guerrasio (1920–2015), film journalist and documentary film director
- Eros Macchi (1920–2007), television director and documentary filmmaker
- Vico Magistretti (1920–2006), architect and industrial designer
- Carlo Monti (1920-2016), sprinter
- Ernesto Treccani (1920–2009), painter
- Franca Valeri (1920–2020), actress and screenwriter
1921 to 1930
- Antonio Cederna (1921–1996), publicist, politician and monument protection activist
- Silvio Gazzaniga (1921–2016), sculptor
- Angelo Mangiarotti (1921–2012), industrial designer and architect
- Franco Brusati (1922–1993), playwright, screenwriter and film director
- Daniele D'Anza (1922–1984), screenwriter and film director
- Roberto Rocca (1922–2003), Italian-Argentine engineer and entrepreneur
- Piera Aulagnier (1923–1990), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
- Corrado Balducci (1923–2008), Roman Catholic theologian, demonologist and author
- Corrado Böhm (1923–2017), theoretical computer scientist and computer pioneer
- Eugenio Calabi (* 1923), mathematician
- Valentina Cortese (1923–2019), actress
- Roberto Etchepareborda (1923–1985), Argentine Foreign Minister and Ambassador
- Augusto Pedrazza (1923–1994), cartoonist
- Cesare Siepi (1923-2010), bassist
- Alberto Ablondi (1924-2010), Roman Catholic bishop
- Enrico Baj (1924–2003), painter, sculptor, art theorist and anarchist
- Gil Cuppini (1924–1996), jazz drummer and band leader
- Linda Kohen (* 1924), Uruguayan artist
- Gianfranco Moscati (* 1924), collector of Holocaust documents and author
- Paolo Piffarerio (1924–2015), cartoonist
- Carlo Annovazzi (1925–1980), football player
- Dino Attanasio (* 1925), comic book artist and author
- Gianni Bonagura (1925-2017), actor and voice actor
- Luigi Carpaneda (1925-2011), fencer
- Fabio Carpi (1925–2018), screenwriter and film director
- Mario Merz (1925–2003), artist
- Umberto Veronesi (1925–2016), physician, surgeon and politician
- Marcello Abbado (1926–2020), composer and pianist
- Vincenzo Agnetti (1926–1981), conceptual artist, photographer, art theorist and writer
- Giancarlo Bergamini (* 1926), fencer
- Onofrio Bramante (1926–2000), painter and cartoonist
- Franco Cerri (* 1926), jazz guitarist
- Armando Cossutta (1926–2015), politician
- Elio Crovetto (1926–2000), actor
- Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926–1972), publisher, politician and revolutionary
- Roberto Gavioli (1926–2007), animation film director
- Vittorio Gelmetti (1926–1992), composer
- Giuseppe Pattoni (1926–1999), motorcycle racing driver, mechanic and entrepreneur
- Enrico Maria Salerno (1926–1994), actor and film director
- Cesare Canevari (1927–2012), actor and film director
- Riccardo Levi-Setti (1927–2018), American physicist and trilobite researcher
- Anne Marie Trechslin (1927–2007), Swiss painter, wood cutter, draftsman and illustrator
- Mario Alborghetti (1928–1955), racing car driver
- Giacomo Biffi (1928-2015), Archbishop
- Gino Bramieri (1928–1996), actor
- Marco Ferreri (1928–1997), film director and screenwriter
- Fabio Giongo (1928–2019), opera singer
- Guido Monzino (1928–1988), mountaineer and researcher
- Alberto Pigaiani (1928–2003), weightlifter
- Giuseppe Pinelli (1928–1969), railroad worker and anarchist activist
- Giorgio Rebuffi (1928–2014), comic book artist and author
- Giorgio Stegani (* 1928), film director and screenwriter
- Alberto Zedda (1928–2017), conductor and musicologist
- Rodolfo Bonetto (1929–1991), designer
- Giancarlo Cobelli (1929–2012), actor and film director
- Carlo Fassi (1929–1997), figure skater and figure skating coach
- Giorgio Gaslini (1929–2014), jazz pianist and composer
- Sergio Mantovani (1929–2001), automobile racing driver
- Renzo Palmer (1929–1988), actor
- Felice Quinto (1929-2010), photographer
- Charles Caccia (1930-2008), Canadian politician
- Joe Colombo (1930–1971), architect and industrial designer
- Franco Croci (* 1930), Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Bruno De Filippi (1930–2010), musician and composer
- Fausto Gardini (1930-2008), tennis player
- Pierangelo Garegnani (1930–2011), economist and professor
- Italo Martinenghi (1930–2008), film producer and director
- Gianfranco Pagani (* 1930), film director and screenwriter
- Pier Luigi Pizzi (* 1930), set designer, costume designer and opera director
- Giuseppe Romagnoni (1930–1964), painter
- Liliana Segre (* 1930), Holocaust survivor
1931 to 1940
- Lucia Bosè (1931-2020), actress
- Lellia Cracco Ruggini (* 1931), historian
- Vera Marzot (1931–2012), costume designer for film, drama and opera
- Alessandro Mendini (1931–2019), designer and architect
- Alda Merini (1931–2009), poet and novelist
- Sandra Mondaini (1931–2010), actress and television presenter
- Gianni Musy (1931-2011), actor
- Anna Piaggi (1931–2012), fashion journalist
- Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), architect and designer
- Enrico Benzing (* 1932), engineer and journalist
- Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), comic book author and publisher
- Guido Calabresi (* 1932), American legal scholar, judge and author
- Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996), composer
- Armando Dini (* 1932), archbishop
- Giacomo Manzoni (* 1932), composer and music teacher
- Antonio Maspes (1932-2000), cyclist
- Sergio Toppi (1932–2012), comic book artist and illustrator
- Eriprando Visconti (1932–1995), film director
- Claudio Abbado (1933–2014), conductor
- Adriana Asti (born 1933), actress
- Gianfranco Bettetini (1933–2017), semiotic, screenwriter and film director
- Tinto Brass (* 1933), film director and screenwriter
- Guido Crepax (1933–2003), graphic artist
- Gian Maria Volonté (1933–1994), actor
- Giancarlo Baghetti (1934–1995), Formula 1 racing driver
- Giorgio Bassi (* 1934), automobile racing driver
- Lucien Bianchi (1934–1969), Belgian racing driver
- Aldo Ceccato (* 1934), conductor
- Roberto Ciulli (* 1934), theater director
- Bettino Craxi (1934–2000), politician
- Edoardo Fazzioli (* 1934), journalist
- Helmut König (1934–2017), German medalist and engraver
- Luigi Lunari (1934–2019), dramaturge, writer and essayist
- Ornella Vanoni (* 1934), singer and actress
- Osvaldo Bagnoli (* 1935), football player and coach
- Nanni Balestrini (1935–2019), writer and visual artist
- Mario Bellini (* 1935), designer and architect
- Gundi Busch (1935-2014), German figure skater
- Dada Gallotti (born 1935), actress
- Giorgio Grassi (* 1935), architect
- Maria Monti (* 1935), singer-songwriter and actress
- Enzo Tonti (* 1935), engineer and mathematician
- Leonardo Del Vecchio (* 1935), entrepreneur and designer
- Davide Anzaghi (* 1936), composer and university professor
- Silvio Berlusconi (* 1936), politician and entrepreneur
- Bruna Colombetti (1936-2008), fencer
- Franco Corona (* 1936), filmmaker
- Betty Curtis (1936-2006), singer
- Carla Fracci (* 1936), prima ballerina
- Giovanni Arrighi (1937–2009), sociologist
- Mauro Bianchi (* 1937), automobile racing driver
- Giampiero Biscaldi (1937-2014), racing car driver
- Gianni Colombo (1937–1993), artist
- Anna Morpurgo Davies (1937–2014), British linguist
- Domenico De Lillo (* 1937), cyclist, pacemaker and sports official
- Graziano Mancinelli (1937–1992), show jumper
- Giacomo Russo (1937–1967), racing car driver
- Mario Vegetti (1937–2018), Graecist and historian of philosophy and medicine
- Renata Adler (* 1938), American journalist and writer
- Alberto Cavallone (1938–1997), film director and screenwriter
- Adriano Celentano (* 1938), singer, actor and television presenter
- Carlo Franchi (* 1938), automobile racing driver
- Giovanni Orlandi (1938-2007), middle latinist
- Alberto Pagani (1938–2017), motorcycle racer
- Gianluigi Saccaro (* 1938), sword fencer
- Marino Vigna (* 1938), racing cyclist
- Carmelo Bossi (1939-2014), professional boxer
- Max Bunker (* 1939), author, comic book author and publisher
- Carlo Cotti (* 1939), director
- Giorgio La Malfa (* 1939), politician
- Sandro Lopopolo (1939-2014), professional boxer
- Renzo Maietto (* 1939), screenwriter and film director
- Eugenio Saini (1939–2009), enduro athlete
- Sandro Salvadore (1939-2007), football player
- Fausto Bertinotti (* 1940), politician
- Enrico Bombieri (* 1940), mathematician
- Maria Grazia Buccella (born 1940), actress
- Franco Godi (* 1940), musician, composer, conductor, arranger and music producer
- Massimo Magrì (* 1940), industrial and advertising filmmaker
- Gianni Mascolo (born 1940), singer
- Giampiero Moretti (1940–2012), racing car driver and entrepreneur
1941 to 1950
- Diego Coletti (* 1941), bishop
- Liliana Cosi (* 1941), ballet dancer
- Ambrogio Fogar (1941–2005), adventurer and author
- Mario Grasso (1941–2018), Swiss illustrator, designer and author
- Mariangela Melato (1941–2013), actress
- Luigi Negri (* 1941), bishop
- Robert Steiner (1941–2016), Swiss art historian
- Massimo De Vita (* 1941), comic artist
- Eleonora Bianchi (* 1942), actress
- Amedeo Felisa (* 1946), managing director of the sports car manufacturer Ferrari
- Mauro Ivaldi (* 1942), film director and screenwriter
- Gabriele Lavia (* 1942), director, dramaturge and actor
- Maurizio Pollini (* 1942), pianist and conductor
- Marco Rota (* 1942), illustrator of Disney comics
- Oliviero Toscani (* 1942), photographer
- Annabella Incontrera (1943–2004), actress
- Pino Presti (* 1943), bassist, arranger, composer, orchestra leader and music producer
- Carlo M. Croce (* 1944), American medic
- Daniele Fagarazzi (1944–2019), comic artist
- Filippo Ranieri (1944–2020), German legal scholar
- Paola Cacchi (* 1945), track and field athlete
- Luciano Castellini (* 1945), football player and coach
- Massimo Dapporto (* 1945), film actor
- Renato Mastropietro (* 1945), racing car driver
- Carlo Recalcati (* 1945), basketball player and coach
- Luisella Sala (* 1945), actress and dramaturge
- Fernando Sansò (* 1945), geodesist and university professor
- Ottavio Fabbri (* 1946), filmmaker and painter
- Sergio Gori (* 1946), football player
- Gianni Martucci (* 1946), film director and screenwriter
- Guido Mazzon (* 1946), jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer
- Vincenzo Tempera (* 1946), film composer and keyboardist
- Alfredo Castelli (* 1947), comic book author
- Marcello Sorce Keller (* 1947), Swiss-Italian musician, music historian and music ethnologist
- Luca Novelli (* 1947), writer
- Luigi Padovese (1947-2010), Roman Catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic
- Marcello Varallo (* 1947), ski racer
- Leonardo Visconti di Modrone (* 1947), diplomat
- Adelio Dell'Oro (* 1948), Bishop of Karaganda
- Marco Tronchetti Provera (* 1948), businessman and entrepreneur
- Agostina Belli (* 1947), actress
- Paolo Berlusconi (* 1949), entrepreneur
- Letizia Moratti (* 1949), entrepreneur and politician
- Giuliano Pisapia (* 1949), lawyer and politician
- Miuccia Prada (* 1949), entrepreneur
- Franco Agnesi (* 1950), auxiliary bishop
- Gabriele Albertini (* 1950), politician
- Riccardo Agusta (1950–2018), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Bruno Bigoni (* 1950), film director and screenwriter
- Enzo Fischietti (* 1950), film director and screenwriter
- Marco Tullio Giordana (* 1950), director and screenwriter
- Gabriele Nissim (* 1950), journalist, essayist and historian
- Cesare Pasini (* 1950), clergyman, manuscript researcher and librarian
- Liaty Pisani (born 1950), writer
1951 to 1960
- Carla Apuzzo (* 1951), film producer, screenwriter and director
- Anna Cambiaghi (* 1951), racing car driver
- Carlo Fugazza (* 1951), karate teacher
- Roberta Mazzoni (* 1951), screenwriter and director
- Marco Risi (* 1951), film director
- Rita Trapanese (1951-2000), figure skater
- Fulvio Accialini (* 1952), film maker
- Fabrizio Caleffi (* 1952), historian
- Andrea De Carlo (* 1952), writer
- Daniele Cavallanti (* 1952), jazz saxophonist
- Rudolf Colm (* 1952), manager and economist
- Elena Pedemonte (* 1952), actress
- Maurizio Zaccaro (* 1952), film director and screenwriter
- Riccardo Chailly (* 1953), conductor
- Aldo Maldera (1953–2012), football player
- Attilio Zanchi (* 1953), jazz bassist
- Roberto Abbado (* 1954), conductor
- Fulvio Ballabio (* 1954), automobile racing driver
- Maria Bonafede (* 1954), pastor of the Waldensians
- Isabella Bruno (* 1954), documentary filmmaker
- Alessandro Nova (* 1954), art historian
- Diego Abatantuono (* 1955), actor and screenwriter
- Stefano Bellone (* 1955), fencer
- Furio Di Castri (* 1955), jazz bassist
- Teo Fabi (* 1955), ski racer and automobile racing driver
- Gianluca Fumagalli (* 1955), film director and screenwriter
- Claudia Giordani (* 1955), ski racer
- Gigio Alberti (born 1956), actor
- Michele Alboreto (1956–2001), racing car driver
- Stefano Boeri (* 1956), architect and author
- Paolo Chiesa (* 1956), Middle Latin philologist
- Luca Francesconi (* 1956), composer
- Angelo Longoni (* 1956), film director and screenwriter
- Tiziano Tononi (* 1956), jazz drummer and composer
- Sergio Barbanti (* 1957), diplomat
- Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 1957), actor
- Giulio Ciarambino (* 1957), film director
- Paolo Nespoli (* 1957), spaceman
- Enrico Ruggeri (* 1957), singer, composer and television presenter
- Michele Soavi (* 1957), director and screenwriter
- Vittorio Agnoletto (* 1958), politician
- Gabriele Caccia (* 1958), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
- Almo Coppelli (* 1958), automobile racing driver
- Marco Di Bari (* 1958), composer
- Giuseppe Dossena (* 1958), football player and coach
- Paolo Martinelli (* 1958), auxiliary bishop
- Riccardo Paletti (1958–1982), automobile racing driver
- Massimo Pedrazzini (* 1958), football player and coach
- Silvio Soldini (* 1958), Italian-Swiss director
- Stefano Sposetti (* 1958), Swiss amateur astronomer and asteroid discoverer
- Mario Beretta (* 1959), soccer player and coach
- Peter Gullin (1959–2003), Swedish baritone and tenor saxophonist
- Curzio Maltese (* 1959), politician
- Marisa Masullo (* 1959), sprinter
- Giuseppe Negri (* 1959), Bishop of Santo Amaro
- Maurizio Pisati (* 1959), composer and guitarist
- Mauro Zuliani (* 1959), track and field athlete
- Stefano Casiraghi (1960–1990), entrepreneur and offshore racing driver
- Elena Esposito (* 1960), sociologist
- Vittorio Hösle (* 1960), German philosopher
- Nicola Lanza de Cristoforis (* 1960), General of the Air Force
- Jacques Reynaud (* 1960), fashion designer and costume designer
- Greta Scacchi (* 1960), Italian-Australian actress
- Caterina Vertova (* 1960), theater, film and television actress
- Walter Zenga (* 1960), soccer goalkeeper and coach
1961 to 1970
- Paolo Barilla (* 1961), industrial manager and former racing car driver
- Paolo Carignani (* 1961), musician and conductor
- Massimo Colombo (* 1961), jazz musician and composer
- Corrado Fabi (* 1961), Formula 1 racing driver
- Anna Di Francisca (* 1961), director and screenwriter
- Daniele Gatti (* 1961), conductor
- Angelo Mazzoni (* 1961), fencer
- Maria Bettetini (1962–2019), philosopher
- Carmen Butta (* 1962), German-Italian journalist and director
- Cosimo Ferro (* 1962), sword fencer
- Marco Giovannetti (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Giulio Superti-Furga (* 1962), molecular and systems biologist
- Massimo Zanetti (* 1962), opera conductor
- Spartaco Albertarelli (* 1963), game designer and journalist
- Biagio Antonacci (* 1963), singer and songwriter
- Stefano Bagnoli (* 1963), jazz musician
- Claudio Bellini (* 1963), architect and product designer
- Giuseppe Bergomi (* 1963), football player and coach
- Giovanna Borradori (* 1963), philosopher
- Ivan Capelli (* 1963), automobile racing driver
- Valerie Dore (* 1963), singer
- Alessandra Ferri (* 1963), ballet dancer
- Giovanni Franceschi (* 1963), swimmer
- Simone Colombo (born 1963), tennis player
- Corrado Maria Daclon (* 1963), scientist and publicist
- Patricia Lips (* 1963), German politician
- Christian Meyer (* 1963), Swiss jazz and fusion musician
- Maria Luisa Busi (* 1964), journalist
- Andrea Chiesa (* 1964), automobile racing driver
- Teresa Hohenlohe (1964–2007), Austrian gallery owner
- Debrah Ann Miceli (* 1964), Italian-American wrestler and monster truck driver
- Corrado Sanguineti (* 1964), Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Pavia
- Alfonso Signorini (* 1964), author, journalist and television presenter
- Stefano Battaglia (* 1965), pianist and composer
- Mirko Fait (* 1965), jazz musician
- Roberto Di Gioia (* 1965), Italian-German fusion musician
- Lucas Kazan (* 1965), film producer and film director of gay porn films
- Patricia Kraus (* 1965), Spanish singer
- Giorgio Madia (* 1965), ballet dancer, choreographer and director
- Billy More (1965–2005), Art fictional character
- Silvia Pellegrini (* 1965), Roman Catholic theologian
- Giulio Ricciarelli (* 1965), actor, director and film producer
- Paolo Seganti (born 1965), actor
- Carlo Maria Polvani (* 1965), clergyman and assistant under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture
- Pietro Supino (* 1965), Swiss lawyer and publisher
- Marco Volken (* 1965), photographer, journalist and author
- Marina Berlusconi (* 1966), entrepreneur
- Pietro Bortone (* 1966), Neo-Greekist
- Axel Braun (* 1966), porn director and producer
- Antonio Brencich (* 1966), civil engineer
- Pasquale Camerlengo (born 1966), figure skater
- Roberta Invernizzi (1966), concert and opera singer
- Francesco Manca (* 1966), amateur astronomer and asteroid discoverer
- Benny Benassi (* 1967), singer and DJ
- Sandra Ceccarelli (* 1967), actress
- DJ Dado (* 1967), disc jockey and mixer
- Barbara Frittoli (* 1967), opera, lied and concert singer
- Laura Golarsa (* 1967), tennis player
- Giovanni Perricelli (* 1967), walker
- Domenico Schiattarella (* 1967), automobile racing driver
- Gabriella Gambino (* 1968), bioethicist and curia official
- DJ Lhasa (* 1968), DJ and music producer
- Claudio Malaponti (* 1968), film director and screenwriter
- Paolo Maldini (* 1968), football player
- Fernando Scarpa (* 1968), director
- Pier Silvio Berlusconi (* 1969), media entrepreneur
- Diana Bianchedi (* 1969), fencer
- Sabino Cannone (* 1969), track cyclist
- Cesare Cicardini (* 1969), photographer and film director
- Federico Ferrari (* 1969), philosopher and art critic
- Giacobbe Fragomeni (* 1969), professional boxer
- Alberto David (* 1970), chess player
- Andrea De Felip (* 1970), diplomat
- Jean Ven Robert Hal (* 1970), musician and composer
- Lara Molinari (* 1970), comic book artist and illustrator
- Marco Negri (* 1970), football player
1971 to 1980
- Marco Cappato (* 1971), politician
- Francesca Martinelli (* 1971), ski mountaineer
- Max Pescatori (* 1971), poker player
- Paola Pivi (* 1971), artist
- Stefano Bollani (* 1972), jazz pianist
- Silvia Farina Elia (* 1972), tennis player
- Gianluca Grignani (* 1972), songwriter
- Paolo Jannacci (* 1972), pop and jazz musician
- Giuseppe Povia (* 1972), songwriter
- Giancarlo Raimondi (* 1972), racing cyclist
- Cristina Scabbia (born 1972), metal singer
- Guido Trenti (* 1972), American cyclist
- Alessandro Bosetti (* 1973), performance artist, composer and jazz saxophonist
- Carlo Cudicini (* 1973), football goalkeeper
- Marco Delvecchio (* 1973), football player
- Giovanni Davide Maderna (* 1973), film director
- Michele Didoni (* 1974), athlete
- Davide Formisano (* 1974), classical flautist
- Maurizio Margaglio (* 1974), figure skater
- Arturo Di Napoli (* 1974), football player
- Fabio Sacchi (* 1974), racing cyclist
- Gala (* 1975), singer
- Alfredo Rota (* 1975), fencer
- Alessandro Pistone (* 1975), football player
- Licia Ronzulli (* 1975), politician
- Cristian Brocchi (* 1976), football player
- Ivano Brugnetti (* 1976), walker
- Davide Casaleggio (* 1976), internet entrepreneur and political activist
- Antonio Borghini (* 1977), jazz bassist
- Silvia Colloca (* 1977), actress
- Samantha Cristoforetti (* 1977), fighter pilot and astronaut
- Gabriele Gardel (* 1977), Swiss racing driver
- Luca Paolini (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Lucilla Agosti (* 1978), actress, show master and presenter
- Matteo Bobbi (* 1978), racing car driver
- Alberto Bona (* 1978), film and stage actor as well as screenwriter and film director
- Andrea Tomatis (* 1978), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Simon Badjie (* 1979), Gambian football player
- Matteo Bellina (* 1979), film actor
- Diego Confalonieri (* 1979), fencer
- Roberto Cammarelle (* 1980), amateur boxer
- Andrea Gessa (* 1980), football player
- Massimo Gobbi (* 1980), football player
- Francesca Schiavone (* 1980), tennis player
- Rik De Voest (* 1980), tennis player
- Cosimo Fini (* 1980), rapper
1981 to 1990
- Andrea Caracciolo (* 1981), football player
- Massimo Ganci (* 1981), football player
- Alberto Schieppati (* 1981), ski racer
- Luca Antonini (* 1982), football player
- Viviana Schiavi (* 1982), soccer player
- Eleonora Evi (* 1983), politician
- Margherita Missoni (* 1983), model and actress
- Matteo Anania (* 1984), football player
- Claudio Terzi (* 1984), football player
- Luca Lanotte (* 1985), figure skater
- Cristiano Monguzzi (* 1985), racing cyclist
- Giacomo Ricci (* 1985), racing car driver
- Marco Valli (* 1985), politician
- Mondo Marcio (* 1986), rapper and music producer
- Allegra Versace (* 1986), businesswoman
- Andrea Arnaboldi (* 1987), tennis player
- Andrea Consigli (* 1987), football player
- Davide Di Gennaro (* 1988), football player
- Fabio Onidi (* 1988), racing car driver
- Matteo Bruscagin (* 1989), football player
- Giacomo Nizzolo (* 1989), racing cyclist
- Federica Brignone (* 1990), ski racer
1991 to 2000
- Regina Baresi (* 1991), soccer player
- David Fumanelli (* 1992), racing car driver
- Mattia De Sciglio (* 1992), football player
- Sfera Ebbasta (* 1992), rapper
- Annie Barbazza (* 1993), singer
- Laura Giuliani (* 1993), soccer player
- Ghali Amdouni (* 1993), rapper
- Vicky Piria (* 1993), racing car driver
- Davide Re (* 1993), athlete
- Liv Westphal (* 1993), French athlete
- Lorenzo Perini (* 1994), athlete
- Tommaso Sala (* 1995), ski racer
- Matteo Moschetti (* 1996), racing cyclist
- Michele Rocca (* 1996), football player
21st century
- Daniel Maldini (* 2001), football player
- Matteo Markus Bok (* 2003), German-Italian pop singer
Well-known residents of Milan
To 1900
- Sebastian (* in Milan or Narbonne; † around 288), Roman soldier and martyr
- Augustine of Hippo (354–430), Doctor of the Church in late antiquity
- Flavio Biondo (1392–1463), historian
- Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447–1522), sculptor, architect
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer and natural philosopher
- Andrea Alciato (1492–1550), lawyer and humanist
- Francesco Ciceri (1521–1596), humanist and university professor
- Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573–1632), painter, sculptor and architect
- Gaspare Aselli (* around 1581 in Cremona; † April 14, 1626 in Milan), surgeon, professor of surgery and anatomy, honorary citizen of Milan
- Antonio Abati (around 1600 - 1667), poet
- Pedro Ronquillo Briceño (1630–1691), ambassador of Charles II of Spain
- Antonio Aldini (1755–1826), politician
- Camillo Pacetti (1758–1827), sculptor
- Faustino Anderloni (1766–1847), engraver
- Friedrich von Bretschneider (1770–1846), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal, City Commander of Milan
- Pelagio Palagi (1775–1860), painter, sculptor and furniture designer
- Friedrich Lose (1776–1833), German landscape painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer
- Stendhal (1783–1842), French writer
- Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria-Este (1787–1816), Austrian Empress
- Giovita Scalvini (1791–1843), poet and literary critic
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), sculptor
- Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1819–1897), draftsman and painter
- Vincenzo Vela (1820-1891), sculptor
- Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907), professor at the Accademia scientifico-letteraria in Milan
- Giovanni Martignoni (1830–1915), inventor of the twist drill
- Ulrico Hoepli (1847–1935), publisher, editor
- Rosina Storchio (1872–1945), opera singer
- Elvezia Michel-Baldini (1887–1963), Swiss painter, draftsman, book illustrator, art weaver and philanthropist
- Elvira de Hidalgo (1888–1980), Spanish opera singer
- Alfonso Corradi (1889–1972), painter
- Filippo De Pisis (1896–1956), painter
- Antonino Votto (1896–1985), opera conductor
- Gabriele Mucchi (1899–2002), painter, graphic artist and architect
From 1901
- Antonio Calderara (1903–1978), painter, draftsman and lithographer
- Andrea Giovene (1904–1995), writer
- Felicja Blumental (1908–1991), Polish-Brazilian pianist
- Giulietta Simionato (1910-2010), opera singer
- Guido Morselli (1912–1973), novelist
- Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006), artist
- Karl Plattner (1919–1986), South Tyrolean painter
- Carlo Riva (1922–2017), boat builder and designer
- Giuseppe Chiappella (1924–2009), football player and coach
- Francesco Leonetti (1924–2017), writer and poet
- István Nyers (1924–2005), Hungarian football player
- Kenjirō Azuma (1926-2016), sculptor
- Arnaldo Pomodoro (* 1926), sculptor
- Gianni Berengo Gardin (* 1930), photographer
- Inge Feltrinelli (1930–2018), German-Italian photographer and publisher
- Enzo Mari (* 1932), designer and object artist
- Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012), writer
- Guy Harloff (1933–1991), French-Dutch painter and graphic artist
- Rudi Wach (* 1934), Austrian painter and sculptor
- Radomir Damnjanović (* 1936), Yugoslav painter and body art artist
- Luciano Fabro (1936–2007), painter and object artist
- Hiroshi Shirai (* 1937), contemporary person in the field of Shōtōkan karate
- Getulio Alviani (1939–2018), painter and object artist
- Roberto Calasso (* 1941), essayist and writer
- James Coleman (born 1941), concept artist
- Roger Selden (* 1945), artist
- Ignazio La Russa (* 1947), politician
- Helmut Schober (* 1947), Austrian painter and performance artist
- Luzia Braun (* 1954), German filmmaker, editor and presenter
- Stefano Giovannoni (* 1954), architect and designer
- Marco Bechis (* 1955), Italian-Chilean film director and screenwriter
- Teresa Ann Savoy (1955-2017), English-Italian actress
- Fernando Leal Audirac (* 1958), visual artist, painter, graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor and designer
- Pasquale Marrazzo (* 1961), film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Karin Giegerich (* 1963), German actress
- Giovanni Manfredini (* 1963), painter
- Bernhard Rüdiger (* 1964), artist
- Adrian Paci (* 1969), Albanian artist
- Lorenzo Sanguedolce (* 1975), American tenor saxophonist
- Pawel Runow (* 1976), Ukrainian accordion player
See also
- List of rulers of Milan
- List of the Archbishops of Milan
- AC Milan: staff
- Inter Milan: staff
- List of players from Inter Milan
- Teatro alla Scala: personalities
- Luigi Bocconi University of Economics: Personalities
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: personalities
- Milan Polytechnic: personalities
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Schweizer: Angelo Visconti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2015 , accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ^ Francesca Chiesi Ermotti: Federico Visconti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 28, 2011 , accessed March 4, 2020 .
- ^ Pablo Crivelli: Giorgio Cattaneo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 26, 2005 , accessed March 4, 2020 .
- ^ Verena Rothenbühler: Ulrico Hoepli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 6, 2006 , accessed December 17, 2019 .