List of personalities of the city of Trento
This list contains personalities born in Trento as well as those who worked in Trento but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Trento
By 1700
- Andrea Briosco (1470–1532), sculptor, goldsmith and medalist
- Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608), sculptor
- Giovanni Ludovico Madruzzo (1532–1600), cardinal
- Nunzio Galizia (before 1550 - after 1621), miniature painter
- Hippolyt Guarinoni (1571–1654), writer, scholar and doctor
- Anton Crosini von Bonporto (1581–1663), Prince-Bishop of Brixen
- Matthias Gallas (1588–1647), Lieutenant General and Feldzeugmeister in the Thirty Years' War
- Francesco Alberti di Poja (1610–1689), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Martino Martini (1614–1661), Jesuit, historian, geographer and cartographer
- Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709), painter and architect
- Anton Dominikus von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (1662–1730), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749), violinist and composer
- Johann Benedikt Gentilotti (1672–1725), scholar and prince-bishop of Trento
- Dominikus Anton von Thun (1686–1758), Prince-Bishop of Trento
1701 to 1800
- Francesco Felice Alberti d'Enno (1701–1762), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Josef Amonte (around 1703–1753), painter
- Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris (1706–1776), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Leopold Ernst von Firmian (1708–1783), Prince-Bishop of Passau
- Virgilius Augustin Maria von Firmian (1714–1788), bishop and imperial count
- Christoph Anton von Migazzi (1714–1803), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Cardinal
- Peter Michael Vigil von Thun and Hohenstein (1724–1800), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Karl Sardagna (1731–1775), Jesuit
- Giambattista Varesco (1735–1805), musician, librettist and poet
- Thomas Johann von Thun and Hohenstein (1737–1796), Prince-Bishop of Passau
- Andreas Michael Dall'Armi (1765–1842), businessman, banker and officer
- Stefano Bellesini (1774–1840), beatified clergyman
- Johann Baptist Lampi the Younger (1775–1837), portrait painter
1801 to 1900
- Daniel Fenner von Fenneberg (1820–1863), revolutionary and writer
- Bartholomäus von Carneri (1821–1909), politician, poet and philosopher
- Johann Baptist Ceschi a Santa Croce (1827–1905), Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- Hugo von Goldegg (1829–1904), Tyrolean politician and heraldist
- Vigilio Inama (1835–1912), philologist and historian
- Ernest von Koerber (1850-1919), Austrian politician and Prime Minister
- Galeas von Thun and Hohenstein (1850–1931), Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- Ilario Carposio (1852–1921), photographer
- Giuseppe Mor (1853-1923), writer
- Giacomo Salvadori (1858–?), Architect, sculptor and painter.
- Artur Nikodem (1870–1940), painter
- Cesare Battisti (1875–1916), geographer and politician
- Luigi Pigarelli (1875–1964), lawyer and pianist
- Giuseppe Placido Nicolini (1877–1973), clergyman
- Ida Dalser (1880–1937), first wife of Benito Mussolini
- Carlo Battisti (1882–1977), Romance philologist, toponomist and politician
- Albert Defant (1884–1974), meteorologist and oceanographer
- Adolf Mahr (1887–1951), archaeologist and director of the Irish National Museum in the 1930s
- Rudolf Posch (1887–1948), priest and journalist
- Vittorio Bertoldi (1888–1953), Romance scholar and linguist
- Bernhard Jülg (1888–1975), writer
- Eduard Reut-Nicolussi (1888–1958), lawyer and politician
- Hans Kofler (1896–1947), Arabist and Semitist
- Richard Kaaserer (1896–1947), SS chief and police leader
- Ernesto Sestan (1898–1986), historian
1901 to 1950
- Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen (1903–1992) Austrian locomotive designer and technician
- Renzo Videsott (1904–1974), veterinarian, mountaineer and conservationist
- Hans Vonmetz (1905–1975), painter and sculptor
- Egon Lendl (1906–1989), geographer
- Nicolò Rasmo (1909–1986), art historian and monument conservator
- Bruno Detassis (1910–2008), mountaineer
- Markus von Lutterotti (1913–2010), physician and pioneer of the hospice movement
- Martino Aichner (1918–1994), pilot and entrepreneur
- Chiara Lubich (1920–2008), founder of the Focolare Movement
- Alcide Berloffa (1922–2011), politician
- Luigi Mengoni (1922-2001), lawyer
- Giorgio Moser (1923–2004), documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter
- Bruno Fait (1924–2000), athlete
- Mauro Morassi (1925–1966), film director
- Edda Albertini (1926–1998), actress
- Beniamino Andreatta (1928–2007), economist and politician
- Cesare Maestri (* 1929), mountaineer and alpine writer
- Mario Borzaga (1932–1960), clergyman
- Bruna Corrà (born 1933), actress
- Mario Bampi (* 1938), racing cyclist
- Adriano Tomasi Travaglia (* 1939), Bishop of Lima
- Gianni Bazzanella (* 1940), politician
- Claudio Michelotto (* 1942), racing cyclist
- Giovanni Risatti (1942–2003), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Macapá in Brazil
- Carlo Andreotti (* 1943), politician and journalist
- Margherita Cagol (1945–1975), left-wing extremist terrorist and senior member of the Red Brigades
- Cesare Montecucco (* 1947), chemist, biologist and pathologist
- Diego Mosna (* 1948), entrepreneur, sports official and politician
1951 to 1980
- Luisa Fiedler (* 1952), politician
- Maurizio Bach (* 1953), sociologist
- Siegfried Brugger (* 1953), lawyer and politician
- Marco Varner (* 1954), composer and music teacher
- Alberto Pacher (* 1956), politician
- Lorenzo Dellai (* 1959), politician
- Rolando Maran (* 1963), soccer player and coach
- Francesco Patton OFM (* 1963 in Vigo Meano), Franciscan Father and since 2016 Curator of the Holy Land
- Francesca Neri (* 1964), actress and producer
- Maurizio De Jorio (* 1967), Eurobeat artist
- Roberto Sighel (* 1967), speed skater
- Lorenzo Bernardi (* 1968), volleyball player and coach
- Angelo Weiss (* 1969), ski racer
- Mariano Piccoli (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Cristina Paluselli (* 1973), cross-country skier
- Stefano Poda (* 1973), opera director
- Mauro Trentini (* 1975), racing cyclist
- Andrea Carpano (* 1976), ice hockey player
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (* 1978), racing cyclist
- Loris Frasnelli (* 1979), cross-country skier
- Alessandro Degasperi (* 1980), triathlete
- Andrea Stoppini (* 1980), tennis player
From 1981
- Yuri Floriani (* 1981), athlete
- Matteo Anesi (* 1984), speed skater
- Maurizio Girardini (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Leonardo Moser (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Derik Zampedri (* 1985), racing cyclist
- Francesca Dallapé (* 1986), water diver
- Stefano Marchetti (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Andrea Ambrosi (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Claudia Andreatti (* 1987), presenter and Miss Italy 2006
- Daniel Oss (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Patrick Facchini (* 1988), racing cyclist
- Mirko Bortolotti (* 1990), racing car driver
- Moreno Moser (* 1990), racing cyclist
- Andrea Pilzer (* 1991), curler
- Katia Fellin (* 1992), actress
- Daniele Ferrazza (* 1993), curler
- Andrea Giovannini (* 1993) speed skater
- Angelica Moratelli (* 1994), tennis player
- Gianni Moscon (* 1994), racing cyclist
- Amos Mosaner (* 1995), curler
- Deborah Chiesa (* 1996), tennis player
- Arianna Sighel (* 1996), short tracker
- Laura Pirovano (* 1997), ski racer
Famous residents of Trento
- Vigilius of Trient (around 355–405), bishop and martyr
- Friedrich von Wangen (around 1175–1218), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Rodolfo Belenzani (1372–1409), nobleman and revolutionary
- Johannes Hinderbach (1418–1486), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Bernhard von Cles (1485–1539), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501–1577), doctor and botanist
- Cristoforo Madruzzo (1512–1578), Prince-Bishop of Trento
- Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer (1777–1860), Prince-Bishop of Trient
- Andrea Malfatti (1832–1917), sculptor
- Natale Tommasi (1853–1923), architect, preservationist and restorer
- Luigi Bonazza (1877–1965), painter
- Giuseppe Gerola (1877–1938), art historian, archaeologist and monument conservator
- Giovanni Battista Trener (1877–1954), geologist
- Andrea Mascagni (1917–2004), musician and politician
- Bruno Kessler (1924–1991), politician
- Paolo Prodi (1932–2016), historian
- Renato Curcio (* 1941), ex-terrorist, author and former leader of the Red Brigades
- Mauro Politi (* 1944), lawyer and diplomat
- Michele Nicoletti (* 1956), scientist and politician