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

Bernhard of Cles

Martino Martini

Andrea Pozzo

Leopold von Firmian

Cesare Battisti

Beniamino Andreatta

Chiara Lubich

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