List of personalities of the city of Trieste
This list contains personalities born in Trieste and those who worked in Trieste but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Trieste
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Until 1800
- Pietro Bonomo (1458–1546), humanist, politician and Bishop of Trieste
- Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (1747–1819), entrepreneur, scholar, writer and patron
- Domenico Bossi (1767-1853), portrait painter
- Domenico Rossetti (1774–1842), lawyer, politician and patron
- Anton von Cavallar (around 1775–1831), old Austrian diplomat and court official
- Isak Aron von Parente (1775–1853), Jewish shipowner and wholesale merchant, ennobled in 1847
- Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo (1790–1871), poet and Hebraist
- Mutius von Tommasini (1794–1879), Mayor of Trieste
- Manto Mavrogenous (1796–1848), supporter and commander of the Greek War of Independence
- Basilio Calafati (1800–1878), magician, showman and inn owner
- Anton Philipp Ganzoni (1800–1881), Swiss politician
- Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), scholar, poet and enlightener
1801 to 1850
- Julius von Hößlin (1802–1849), banker
- Pietro Kandler (1804–1872), historian
- Elio of Morpurgo (1805–1876), banker
- Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna (1811–1871), Austrian secret diplomat, journalist and editor
- Charles Faider (1811-1893), Belgian lawyer and politician
- Giuseppe Revere (1812–1889), writer and politician
- Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte (1814–1847), son of Jérôme Bonaparte
- Hermann Buchler (1815–1900), Austrian-German entrepreneur
- Johann von Dumreicher (1815–1880), Austrian doctor and surgeon
- Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (1816–1883), Austrian Vice Admiral, circumnavigator, politician, a. a. Imperial and Royal Minister of Commerce (1865–67)
- Mathilde Lätitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte (1820–1904), daughter of Napoléon's youngest brother Jérôme Bonaparte
- Friedrich Kaltenegger von Riedhorst (1820–1892), Austrian civil servant and politician
- Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891), French general and politician
- Giovanni Berlam (1823-1892), architect
- Peter von Chlumecký (1825–1863), Moravian historian
- Giuseppe Bruni (1827–1877), architect
- Arnold Leonhard Cloetta (1828–1890), pathologist and pharmacologist
- Antonio Caccia the Younger (1829–1893), Swiss writer
- Oskar von Hoffmann (1832–1912), German banker and translator
- Alfred Jaell (1832–1882), Austrian pianist and composer
- Julius Hofmann (1840–1896), Austrian architect
- Ludwig Tischler (1840–1906), Austrian architect
- Giulio Ascoli (1843-1896), mathematician
- Guido von Call (1849–1927), Austrian diplomat and politician
- Guido Goldschmiedt (1850–1915), chemist
- Attilio Hortis (1850–1926), literary historian and politician
1851 to 1875
- Paul Vittorelli (1851–1932), lawyer and judge
- Luigino Ricci (1852–1906), musician and composer
- Johann Georg Ritter von Hütterott (1852–1910), Austrian industrialist
- Salvatore Pincherle (1853–1936), mathematician
- Ruggero Berlam (1854–1920), architect
- Spiridon Gopčević (1855−?), South Slavic-Austrian journalist, diplomat and astronomer
- Gustav Kappler (1855–1922), Austrian marine painter and construction draftsman
- Leontine von Littrow (1856–1925), Austrian impressionist painter
- Wilhelm Cloetta (1857–1911), Swiss Romanist
- Carl Schilling (navigator) (1857–1932), German pedagogue, mathematician and navigator
- Guglielmo Oberdan (1858–1882), member of the irredentist movement
- Viktor Parma (1858–1924), Yugoslav composer
- Josef Roth (1859–1927), Colonel General of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces
- Salvatore Segrè Sartorio (1859–1949), politician
- Carlo Schmidl (1859–1943), Italian-Austrian music publisher and art collector
- Teodoro Mayer (1860–1942), politician
- Italo Svevo (1861–1928), writer
- Richard Mollier (1863–1935), professor of applied physics and mechanical engineering
- Vineta Mayer (1865–1945), Austrian mountaineer
- Carlo Wostry (1865–1943), painter
- Alexander Kircher (1867–1939), German-Austrian naval and landscape painter and illustrator
- Vittorio Güttner (1869–1935), Austrian-German sculptor, actor and hobby Indianist
- Anna Hilaria Preuß (1873–1948), German-Austrian writer
- Eugen Bregant (1875–1936), Austrian general
- Luigi Carnera (1875–1962), astronomer and explorer
- Richard Strelli (1875–1940), Benedictine Abbot of St. Paul in Lavanttal
1876 to 1900
- Theodor Däubler (1876–1934), German writer, epic poet, poet, narrator, and art critic
- Alberto Ascoli (1877–1957), serologist, hygienist and chemist
- Medea Norsa (1877–1952), Italian classical philologist and papyrologist
- Vittorio Benussi (1878–1927), philosopher and psychologist
- Camillo Bregant (1879–1956), Austrian general and racing rider
- Giulio Beda (1879–1954), Italian-German painter
- Camillo Castiglioni (1879–1957), Italian-Austrian industrialist, stock market speculator and pioneer of Austrian aviation
- Guido Horn d'Arturo (1879–1967), astronomer
- Pietro Marussig (1879–1937), painter
- Alexander Moissi (1879–1935), Austrian actor
- Arduino Berlam (1880-1946), architect
- Hermann von Guttenberg (1881–1969), Austrian-German professor of botany
- Ante Mandić (1881–1959), Yugoslav politician
- Walter von Czoernig-Czernhausen (1883–1945), Austrian cave explorer and senior building officer
- Josip Mandić (1883–1959), composer
- Umberto Saba (1883–1957), poet and writer
- Guido Marussig (1885–1972), painter, engraver and set designer
- Alfred Perutz (1885–1934), Austrian dermatologist and syphilidologist
- Georg Kantz (1896–1973), Austrian mathematician and university professor
- Umberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Italian tennis player
- Edvard Rusjan (1886–1911), Slovenian aviation pioneer
- Paul Pollan (1887–1971), President of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice
- Fulvio Suvich (1887–1980), politician and diplomat
- Scipio Slataper (1888-1915), writer
- Giani Stuparich (1891–1961), writer and journalist
- Victor de Sabata (1892–1967), conductor and composer
- Elfriede Ehrenfels (1894–1982), Austrian writer
- Giulio Del Torre (1894–1968), actor
- Rudolf Creutz (1896–1980), Austrian SS leader
- Georg Cufodontis (1896–1974), Austrian botanist and professor
- Oskar Kauffmann (1898–1955), Austrian psychiatrist, SS leader and medical officer
- Walter Felicetti-Liebenfels (1899–2000), Austrian art historian
1901 to 1925
- Emilio Comici (1901–1940), alpinist and cave explorer
- Luigi Malipiero (1901–1975), German theater director and director, actor, set designer and painter
- Irma Schmidegg (1901–1991), Austrian ski racer
- Roberto Bazlen (1902–1965), writer and publicist
- Fausto Cleva (1902–1971), American conductor
- Giovanni Boaga (1902–1961), mathematician and geodesist
- Hans Molly (1902–1994), German engineer and inventor
- Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967), Slovenian author
- Wanda Wulz (1903–1984), Italian photo artist
- Sergio Amidei (1904–1981), screenwriter
- Odilo Globocnik (1904–1945), Austrian National Socialist, SS-Obergruppenführer and Lieutenant General
- Erich Rajakowitsch (1905–1988), Austrian lawyer and SS-Obersturmführer
- Piero Rismondo (1905–1989), writer, theater director, director and journalist
- Egon Braun (1906–1993), Austrian historian of philosophy and classical archaeologist
- Leo Castelli (1907–1999), American art dealer, art collector and gallery owner
- Hans Herbert Fiedler (1907-2004), German opera singer and actor
- Fabio Metelli (1907-1987), psychologist
- Carlo Rizzo (1907–1979), actor
- Paul Henreid (1908–1992), American actor and director
- Enrico Paoli (1908–2005), chess player and chess composer
- Bruno Bjelinski (1909–1992), Yugoslav composer
- Giacomo Gentilomo (1909-2001), film director
- Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909–1969), architect and architectural theorist
- Livio Gratton (1910-1991), astronomer
- Gustav Hauck (1910–1983), Austrian pilot
- Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia (1910-1996), astronomer
- Piero Pasinati (1910-2000), soccer player and coach
- Tone Tomšič (1910–1942), Slovenian communist and resistance fighter
- Helmut Breymann (1911–1944), member of the Reichstag
- Nereo Rocco (1912–1979), football player and coach
- Gaetano Kanizsa (1913-1993), psychologist
- Giorgio Oberweger (1913–1998), track and field athlete
- Boris Pahor (* 1913), Slovenian writer
- Laura Solari (1913–1984), actress
- Giordano Cottur (1914-2006), cyclist
- Luciano Petech (1914-2010), historian and Tibetologist
- Alda Noni (1916–2011), opera singer
- Carlo Morelli (1917–2007), geophysicist and geodesist
- Giuseppe Grezar (1918–1949), football player
- Ivan Vidav (1918–2015), Slovenian mathematician
- Paolo Barbi (1919–2011), politician
- Enrico Luzi (1919–2011), actor and voice actor
- Mitja Ribičič (1919–2013), Yugoslav politician
- Ferruccio Valcareggi (1919–2005), football player and coach
- Fedora Barbieri (1920–2003), opera singer
- Jadran Ferluga (1920–2004), Slovenian Byzantinist
- Aldo Ghira (1920–1991), water polo player
- Michele Tito (1920–1968), track and field athlete
- Pompeo Posar (1921–2004), photographer
- Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997), director
- Mario Zafred (1922–1987), composer, conductor and music critic
- Guido De Santi (1923–1998), racing cyclist
- Livio Lorenzon (1923–1971), actor
- Fulvio Martini (1923–2003), Admiral in the Italian Navy
- Cesare Rubini (1923–2011), basketball coach and player, and water polo player
- Peter Blum (1925–1990), South African writer
- Nerina De Walderstein (1925–2011), resistance fighter against National Socialism and concentration camp survivor
- Lelio Lagorio (1925–2017), politician, Mayor of Florence, President of the Tuscany Region, Minister of Defense
- Giorgio Pilleri (1925-2018), neurologist
1926 to 1950
- Irene Camber (* 1926), foil fencer
- Tiberio Mitri (1926–2001), boxer and actor
- Simon Spierer (1926–2005), Swiss art collector and art patron
- Hans Germani (1927–1983), war journalist
- Tullio Kezich (1928–2009), film critic, screenwriter, writer and dramaturge
- Guido Weiss (* 1928), American mathematician
- Piero Cappuccilli (1929–2005), opera singer
- Elvi Lissiak (1929–1996), actress
- Duilio Loi (1929-2008), boxer
- Erich B. Kusch (1930–2010), German journalist
- Mario Maranzana (1930–2012), actor
- Sandro Bocola (* 1931), Italian-Swiss writer and artist
- Stelio Candelli (born 1931), actor
- Fulvia Franco (1931–1988), actress
- Alessandro Staccioli (* 1931), auxiliary bishop
- Cesare Maldini (1932–2016), soccer player and soccer coach
- Giovanni Miccoli (1933–2017), church historian
- Lila Rocco (1933–2015), actress
- Paola Loew (1934–1999), Austrian actress and radio play speaker
- Fabio Cudicini (* 1935), football goalkeeper
- Amedeo Tommasi (* 1935), pianist and composer
- Ivan Rassimov (1938–2003), actor
- Joseph Straus (* 1938), scientist
- Giorgio Ferrini (1939–1976), football player
- Claudio Magris (* 1939), writer, Germanist and translator
- Claudia Pasini (* 1939), fencer
- Enrico Rava (* 1939), jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Andrea de Adamich (* 1941), racing car driver
- Franko Luin (1941–2005), media and typeface designer of Slovenian origin
- Adriano Sofri (* 1942), politician, intellectual, freelance journalist and author
- Claudio Rebbi (* 1943), Italian-American theoretical physicist
- Leandro Lucchetti (* 1944), film director and screenwriter
- Roberto Car (* 1947), physicist
- Gianni Lepre (* 1947), theater, film and television director
- Marino Maranzana (* 1950), director and screenwriter
- Christian van Singer (* 1950), Swiss politician
From 1951
- Luciano Comida (1954-2011), author
- Fabrizio Costa (* 1954), television director
- Riccardo Illy (* 1955), entrepreneur
- Ilario Di Buò (* 1956), archer
- Susanna Tamaro (* 1957), writer
- Dietmar Bittrich (* 1958), writer
- Mauro Maur (* 1958), trumpeter and composer
- Marino Zerial (* 1958), biologist
- Federico Agostini (* 1959), violinist
- Roberto Magris (* 1959), jazz pianist
- Mauro Covacich (* 1965), writer and journalist
- Anna Lauvergnac (* around 1966), singer and film composer
- Alessandra Bernardi (* 1967), author
- Mauro Bole (* 1968), climber
- Daniela Barcellona (* 1969), opera singer
- Rudresh Mahanthappa (* 1971), American jazz musician and composer
- Luca Turilli (* 1972), composer and musician
- Stefano Patuanelli (* 1974), politician
- Max Tonetto (* 1974), football player
- Elisa Toffoli (* 1977), singer and songwriter
- Daniela Chmet (* 1979), triathlete
- Margherita Granbassi (* 1979), fencer
- Corinna Ulcigrai (* 1980), mathematician
- Nicola Cassio (* 1985), swimmer
- Marco Colombin (* 1989), grass skier
- Sara Gama (* 1989), soccer player
- Federica Tafuro (* 1989), grass skier
- Nicholas Anziutti (* 1992), grass skier
- Lorenzo Martini (* 1994), grass skier
- Andrea Petagna (* 1995), football player
- Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro (* 1998), hurdler
- Lara Della Mea (* 1999), ski racer
Well-known residents of Trieste
- Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405–1464), Bishop of Trieste, later Pope Pius II.
- Carlo d'Ottavio Fontana (1774–1832), dealer, numismatist and patron
- Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), brother of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Carlos María Isidro de Borbón (1788–1855), Count of Molina, Carlist pretender with court in exile in Trieste
- Pasquale Revoltella (1795–1869), banker, entrepreneur and patron
- Anton d'Antoni (1801-1859), Austrian opera composer
- Antonio Gazzoletti (1813–1866), lawyer and poet
- Franz von Schaub (1817–1871), astronomer and oceanographer
- Carlos Luis de Borbón (1818–1861), Count of Montemolín, Carlist pretender with court in exile in Trieste
- Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria (1832–1867), Archduke of Austria, Emperor of Mexico, builder of Miramare Palace
- Charlotte of Belgium (1840–1927), Princess of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of Mexico
- Giuseppe Wulz (1843–1918), Italian photographer
- Marie Hoheisel (1873–1947), Austrian women's rights activist
- James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish author, lived largely in Trieste from 1905–1915 and wrote his novel Ulysses here
- Stanislaus Joyce (1884–1955), Irish professor of literature at the University of Trieste, brother of James Joyce
- Gottfried von Banfield (1890–1986), kuk naval aviator and shipowner
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947) lived in Trieste from 1898–1900 and was a writer
- Amadeus of Savoy (1898–1942), Duke of Apulia, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Governor and Viceroy of Italian East Africa, lived with his family from 1932 to 1937 in Miramare Castle
- Emmi Pikler (1902–1984), Hungarian pediatrician
- Wanda Wulz (1903–1984), Italian photographer
- Franco Basaglia (1924–1980), psychiatrist
- Fulvio Tomizza (1935–1999), writer
- Veit Heinichen (* 1957), German writer
- Kenka Lekovich (* 1962), author