List of personalities of the city of Verona

This list includes personalities born in Verona and those who worked in Verona but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Verona

Guarino da Verona

Girolamo Fracastoro

Antonio Bertali

Cesare Lombroso

Prince Alexander I.

Romano Guardini

Mario Capecchi

Alberto Malesani

Vincenzo Nibali

Until 1600

Peter of Verona (around 1206 - 1252), Dominican, martyr and saint
Alboino I della Scala (around 1284-1311), Lord of Verona
Cangrande I della Scala (1291-1329), Lord of Verona
Guarino da Verona (1374–1460), scholar and humanist
Isotta Nogarola (1418–1466), humanist and author
Antonio Rizzo (around 1430 -?), Sculptor and architect
Giovanni Giocondo (1433–1515), Dominican, humanist, antiquarian and architect
Domenico Morone (around 1442 - around 1517), painter
Galeazzo Mondella (1467–1528), goldsmith and medalist
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (around 1470 -?), Composer
Francesco Morone (around 1471-1529), painter
Marco Cara (around 1475 - around 1525), composer
Girolamo Fracastoro (around 1478 - 1553), doctor and poet
Giovanni Francesco Caroto (around 1480 - 1555), painter
Michele Sanmicheli (1484–1559), architect
Bonifazio Veronese (around 1487 - 1553), painter
Johannes Baptista Montanus (1498–1551), professor
Vincenzo Ruffo (around 1510 - 1587), clergyman, conductor and composer
Paolo Farinato (1524–1606), painter and architect
Rinaldo Corso (1525–1580 / 82), scholar, Bishop of Strongoli
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), painter
Giovanni Matteo Asola (around 1532-1609), conductor and composer
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535 / 36–1592), conductor and composer
Alexander Guagnini (1538–1614), chronicler
Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627), painter
Giulio Angolo del Moro (1555−?), Sculptor, architect and painter
Alessandro Turchi (1578–1649), painter

1601 to 1800

Antonio Bertali (1605–1669), Italian-Austrian composer and violinist
Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), violinist and composer
Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), philosopher, astronomer and archaeologist
Alessandro Maffei (1662–1730), general in the Bavarian army
Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (1665 - around 1725), composer
Antonio Balestra (1666–1740), painter, draftsman and engraver
Felice Torelli (1667–1748), painter
Evaristo Dall'Abaco (1675–1742), violinist, cellist and composer
Scipione Maffei (1675–1755), poet and scholar
Gianbettino Cignaroli (1706–1770), painter
Pietro Rotari (1707–1762), painter
Jacopo Guarana (1720–1808), fresco painter
Franz Maria Schweitzer (1722–1812), merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818), opera composer
Pietro Cossali (1748–1815), mathematician
Aloisius Fortis (1748–1829), General of the Jesuit Order
Paul von Mezanelli (1757–1822), Royal Bavarian Major General
Antonio Cesari (1760–1828), linguist, writer and literary theorist
Vincenz von Pompei (1763–1849), Royal Bavarian Major General
Magdalena Gabriela von Canossa (1774–1835), religious, founder and saint
Gaetano Rossi (1774–1855), writer
Francesco Puttinati (around 1775–1848), medalist and sculptor
Giuseppe Zamboni (1776–1846), Catholic priest and physicist
Gaspar Bertoni (1777-1853), founder of an order, priest and saint

1801 to 1850

Alessandro Puttinati (1801–1872), sculptor
Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), sculptor
Luigi di Canossa (1809–1900), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Giovanni Morelli (1816–1891), member of parliament, senator, doctor and art historian
Giovanni Corsi (1822–1890), opera singer
Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), doctor, professor of forensic medicine and psychiatry
Gustav Niessl von Mayendorf (1839–1919), Austrian astronomer and mycologist
Franco Faccio (1840–1891), composer and conductor
Rudolf Otto Ritter von Ottenfeld (1856–1913), German battle and oriental painter.

1851 to 1900

Ludwig Graf Huyn (1853–1931), chamberlain and major general in the Austro-Hungarian Army
Rudolf von Larisch (1856–1934), Austrian typographer, type designer, graphic designer, university professor and author
Rudolf Otto von Ottenfeld (1856–1913), German battle and oriental painter
Alexander I (1857-1893), Prince of Bulgaria
Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), Austrian landscape painter
Hermann von Littrow (1858–1931), Austrian engineer
Emilio Salgari (1862-1911), writer
Radó von Kövesligethy (1862–1934), Hungarian astronomer and geophysicist
Richard von Bienerth-Schmerling (1863–1918), Austrian civil servant, minister and prime minister
Fausta Labia (1870–1935), opera singer
Giovanni Calabria (1873–1954), priest and founder of an order
Ugo Amaldi (1875–1957), mathematician
Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952), engineer, inventor and politician
Giuseppe Adami (1878–1946), playwright, librettist, screenwriter and music critic
Mario Calderara (1879–1944), naval officer and aviation pioneer
Maria Labia (1880–1953), opera singer
Romano Guardini (1885–1968), Catholic priest, religious philosopher and theologian
Leonardo Olschki (1885–1961), Romanist, Italianist, orientalist and literary scholar
Mario Amadori (1886–1941), pharmaceutical chemist and university professor
Giacomo Rimini (1887–1952), American opera singer
Edoardo Agnelli (1892–1935), industrialist
Amina Pirani Maggi (1892–1979), actress
Giovanni Battista Meneghini (1896–1981), industrialist
Pirro Marconi (1897–1938), classical archaeologist

1901 to 1950

Armando Ronca (1901–1970), architect
Renato Birolli (1905–1959), painter
Guido Gonella (1905–1982), lawyer, journalist, university professor and politician
Guido Masetti (1907–1993), football goalkeeper
Alberto Trabucchi (1907–1998), legal scholar, university lecturer, judge and advocate general
Aldo Olivieri (1910-2001), football player and coach
Carlo Terron (1910–1991), writer, journalist and psychiatrist
Luigi Bellotti (1914–1995), archbishop and diplomat
Guido Leoni (1920–1998), screenwriter and film director
Bruno Ruffo (1920–2007), motorcycle racing driver
Carlo Alberto Baltieri (1922–1991), film editor and film director
Osvaldo Fattori (1922–2017), football player and coach
Giulio Cabianca (1923–1961), racing driver
Gianfranco De Bosio (* 1924), film director, theater director and screenwriter
Walter Chiari (1924–1991), actor
Attilio Giovannini (* 1924), football player
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000), composer
Arrigo Cipriani (* 1932), innkeeper, author and real estate entrepreneur
Giulio Brogi (1935-2019), actor
Mario Capecchi (* 1937), American geneticist
Mario Corso (1941-2020), football player and coach
Giacomo Battiato (* 1943), director and screenwriter
Alberto Castagnetti (1943–2009), swimmer and swimming coach
Gigliola Cinquetti (* 1947), singer
Giovanni Roncari OFMCap (born 1949), Catholic bishop

From 1951

Alberto Malesani (* 1954), football player and coach
Claudio Gugerotti (* 1955), Catholic Archbishop, Diplomat of the Holy See
Carlo Rovelli (* 1956), physicist
David Larible (born 1957), clown
Andrea Marfori (* 1958), documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter
Bruno Marini (* 1958), saxophonist and Hammond organ player
Cesare Marcotto (* 1959), set designer and artist
Marco Stroppa (* 1959), composer
Beniamino Vignola (* 1959), football player
Cecilia Gasdia (* 1960), soprano
Carla Cico (* 1961), Chief Executive Officer at Brasil Telecom
Eva Grimaldi (* 1961), actress
Renato Zanella (* 1961), ballet dancer, choreographer and director
Luca Olivieri (* 1962), guitarist and singer
Federico Morelli (* 1963), papyrologist and classical philologist
Beatrice Macola (1965-2001), actress
Flavio Tosi (* 1969), politician
Fulvio Valbusa (* 1969), cross-country skier
Alberto Castaldini (* 1970), historian and journalist
Francesca Rettondini (* 1971), actress
Sabina Valbusa (* 1972), cross-country skier
Massimo Bertolini (* 1974), tennis player
Nicola Brunelli (* 1978), western rider
Marco Zullo (* 1978), politician
Ronnie Quintarelli (* 1979), racing car driver
Damiano Cunego (* 1981), racing cyclist
Vincenzo Nibali (* 1984), racing cyclist
Enrica Cipriani (* 1988), ski racer
Gianmarco Zigoni (* 1991), football player

Well-known residents of Verona

Dietrich von Bern , legendary figure
Zenon of Verona († 371), Bishop of Verona, saint
Alboin (before 526 - 572/573), Duke of the Longobards, died in Verona
Berengar I (around 840/845 - 924), King of the Lombards and Emperor, murdered in Verona
Otto II. (955–983), Holy Roman Emperor, convened a diet in Verona in 983
Otto III. (980–1002), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, was elected Roman-German King in Verona in 983
Honorius II († 1072), antipope, came from the Veronese nobility
Lucius III. (1097–1185), Pope, died in Verona
Urban III. (around 1120 - 1187), was elected Pope in Verona in 1185
Altichiero da Zevio (around 1330 - around 1390), painter, worked and died in Verona
Cansignorio della Scala (1340-1375), Lord of Verona
Simone Cantarini (1612–1648), painter, died in Verona
Antonio Cagnoli (1743-1816), astronomer
Franz Scholl (1772–1838), fortress builder in Verona
Carlo Steeb (1773-1856), German priest and founder of an order in Verona
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944), politician and officer, executed in Verona
Giovanni Mardersteig (1892–1977), German-Italian publisher and book designer, worked and died in Verona
Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German bacteriologist, honorary citizen of Verona from 1950
Galeazzo Ciano Count of Cortellazzo (1903–1944), fascist foreign minister, executed in Verona
Sepp Kerschbaumer (1913–1964), South Tyrol activist, died in custody in Verona
Henry Orenstein (* 1923), Polish-American poker player
Roberto Bonadimani (* 1945), comic book author and illustrator