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

Pope Pius IV

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Bonaventure Cavalieri

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

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Cesare Beccaria

Alessandro Manzoni

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

Joséphine de Beauharnais Jr.

Amélie de Beauharnais

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Ferdinando Fontana (l.)

Heinrich Moritz von Battenberg

Ettore Bugatti

Luisa Casati

Amelita Galli-Curci

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

Ernesto Grassi

Bruno Munari

Augusto Gansser

Nino Rota

Dino Risi

Roberto Calvi

Eugenio Calabi

Roberto Etchepareborda

Enrico Baj

Franco Cerri

Gian Maria Volonté

Lucien Bianchi

Bettino Craxi

Silvio Berlusconi

Adriano Celentano

Fausto Bertinotti

Maurizio Pollini

Oliviero Toscani

Luigi Padovese

Maurizio Zaccaro

Paolo Nespoli

Vittorio Agnoletto

Greta Scacchi

Walter Zenga

Biagio Antonacci

Ivan Capelli

Paolo Maldini

Stefano Bollani

Gala

Cristian Brocchi

Francesca Schiavone

Luca Antonini

Federica Brignone

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

Stendhal

Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria-Este

Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle

Roberto Calasso

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

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 .

[1] Christian Schweizer: Angelo Visconti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2015 , accessed March 6, 2020 .

[2] Francesca Chiesi Ermotti: Federico Visconti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 28, 2011 , accessed March 4, 2020 .

[3] Pablo Crivelli: Giorgio Cattaneo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 26, 2005 , accessed March 4, 2020 .

[4] Verena Rothenbühler: Ulrico Hoepli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 6, 2006 , accessed December 17, 2019 .