List of sons and daughters of Rome

The following list contains important people born in Rome , regardless of their later sphere of activity.

The list does not claim to be complete.

A.

Ahmed Abdelwahed (* 1996), track and field athlete
Alberto Abruzzese (* 1942), literary and media scholar
Francesco Abussi (* 1947), cameraman, screenwriter and film director
Alessandra Acciai (born 1965), actress
Filippo Acciaiuoli (1700–1766), papal diplomat, bishop of Ancona and cardinal
Adeodatus I († 618), Pope (615–618)
Adeodatus II († 676), Pope (672–676)
Giorgio Agamben (* 1942), philosopher and lawyer and editor of the Italian editions of Walter Benjamin's writings
Agapitus I († 536), Pope (535–536)
Aegidius Romanus (around 1243–1316), Augustinian hermit
Agnes of Rome (around 237-250), martyr
Luciana Aigner-Foresti (* 1936), archaeologist, ancient historian and Etruscanologist
Andrea Aiuti (1849–1905), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Giovanni Francesco Albani (1720–1803), Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Giuseppe Albani (1750–1834), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Marcella Albani (1899–1959), actress, film producer and author
Vincenzo Albrici (1631–1696), organist, conductor and composer
Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Alessandro Alessandroni (1925–2017), musician
Alexander I († 115), Bishop of Rome (106–115)
Alfons de Borbón (1941–1956), member of the Spanish Bourbon House
Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), priest, composer and tenor singer
Guido Altarelli (1941–2015), theoretical physicist
Giovanna Amati (* 1962), racing car driver
Domenico Amici (1808-?), Artist
Niccolò Ammaniti (* 1966), writer
Franco Amurri (* 1958), film director and screenwriter
Anaklet († 88 (?)), Pope, around 79–88
Anaclet II (around 1090–1138), antipope to Pope Innocent II.

Anastasius III. († 913), Pope from 911 to 913

Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), politician

Lucilla Andreucci (* 1969), long-distance runner

Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567–1630), musician and composer

Roberta Angelilli (* 1965), politician

Fiorenzo Angelini (1916–2014), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Elio de Angelis (1958–1986), racing car driver

Ambra Angiolini (* 1977), film actress

Paolo Francesco Antamori (1712–1795), Bishop of Orvieto and Cardinal

Luca Antei (* 1992), soccer player

Richard Antinucci (* 1981), American racing driver

Mirko Antonucci (* 1999), football player

Silvio Antoniano (1540–1603), lawyer, theologian, cardinal

Flavio Apel (* 1988), artist

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), French writer and art critic of Italian-Polish descent

Alberto Aquilani (* 1984), football player

Tullia d'Aragona (1510–1556), courtesan and poet and philosopher of the Renaissance

Vittoria Archilei , called "la Romanina" (* approx. 1560 - around 1645), famous singer (soprano)

Asia Argento (* 1975), actress and director

Dario Argento (* 1940), film director and screenwriter

Marcello Argilli (1926–2014), lawyer, journalist, writer, children's book author and comic author

Marco Ariano (* 1961), jazz drummer and performance artist

Domenico Armellini (1769–1828), Bishop of Terni

Pompeio Arrigoni (1552–1616), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD), Roman Emperor

Aldo Aureggi (1931-2020), fencer

Mark Aurel (121–180), Roman emperor

Giuseppe Aureli (1858–1929), painter

Carlo Aymonino (1926–2010), architect and urban planner

B.

Guido Baccelli (1830–1916), physician and politician
Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818), painter of the baroque and classicism
Giovanni Baglione (1571–1643), painter and art writer
Jorge de Bagration (1944–2008), from 1991 recognized head of the former royal family of Georgia
Pio Baldi (* 1945), architect
Alfredo Balloni (* 1989), racing cyclist
Silvia Baraldini (* 1947), activist
Federico Barba (* 1993), football player
Paola Barbara (1912–1989), actress
Luca Barbarossa (* 1961), singer
Antonio Barberini (1607–1671), Duke of Urbino, Archbishop of Reims, son of Carlo Barberini and nephew of Pope Urban VIII.
Carlo Barberini (1630–1704), cardinal
Enzo Barboni (1922–2002), screenwriter and director
Andrea Bargnani (* 1985), basketball player
Cecilia Bartoli (* 1966), mezzo-soprano
Domenico Bartolini (1813–1887), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Giulio Battelli (1904–2005), archivist, palaeographer, literary scholar and university professor
Mattia Battistini (1856–1928), opera and concert singer
Alessandro Bausani (1921–1988), Iranist, Islamic scholar and linguist
Lamberto Bava (* 1944), director, screenwriter and film producer
Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863), poet
Michele Belli (1753–1822), Curia Bishop
Giordano Bellincampi (* 1965), Danish conductor of Italian origin
Benedict VI. († 974), Pope from 973 to 974
Benedict VII († 983), Pope from 974 to 983
Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672), conductor and composer
Dario Beni (1889–1969), cyclist and sports official
Marianna Benti Bulgarelli , called "la Romanina" (around 1684–1734), opera singer (soprano)
Vincent Beretti (1781–1842), Russian and Ukrainian architect of Italian descent
Fulvio Bernardini (1905–1984), football player and coach
Luigi Bernini (1612–1681), sculptor, architect and machine designer
Matteo Berrettini (* 1996), tennis player
Andrea Bertolacci (* 1991), football player
Goffredo Bettini (* 1952), politician
Max Biaggi (* 1971), motorcycle racer
Isabella Biagini (1940–2018), actress, radio announcer and model
Laura Biagiotti (1943–2017), fashion designer
Angelo Bianchi (1817–1897), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Daniela Bianchi (* 1942), actress
Pedro Biava Ramponi (1902–1972), Colombian composer
Susanne Bickel (* 1960), Swiss Egyptologist
Pietro Fumasoni Biondi (1872–1960), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Lelio Biscia (1575-1638), cardinal
Alessandro Blasetti (1900–1987), film director
Ilary Blasi (* 1981), actress and photo model
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), Brazilian architect and designer of Italian origin
Giovanni Boccamazza († 1309), bishop and cardinal
Angelo Bolaffi (* 1946), philosopher and political scientist
Giorgio Bolognetti (1595–1686), Bishop of Rieti
Lucien-Louis-Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte (1828–1895), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Boniface of Tarsus († around 306), Roman early church martyr
Boniface II. († 532), Pope from 530 to 532
Boniface III († 607), Pope from February 19 to November 12, 607
Mario Bonnard (1889–1965), actor, film director and screenwriter
Roberto Bordi (* 1946), Franciscan, auxiliary bishop in El Beni o Beni
Giovanni Antonio Boretti (around 1640 - 1672), opera singer
Sal Borgese (born 1937), actor and stuntman
Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese (1775–1832), Prince of Sulmona and Rossano
Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese (1697–1759), bishop and cardinal
Junio Valerio Borghese (1906–1974), naval officer and politician
Scipione Borghese (1734–1782), cardinal
Cesare Borgia (1475–1507), Renaissance ruler
Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), princess
Raoul Bova (* 1971), actor and photo model
Cesare Bovo (born 1983), football player
Francesco Borgongini Duca (1884–1954), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Christina von Braun (* 1944), German cultural scientist, gender theorist, author and filmmaker
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), French naval officer and African traveler of Italian origin
Scipione Breislak (1750–1826), Italian geologist of Swedish origin
Alex Britti (* 1968), songwriter, guitarist and singer
Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), American painter and sculptor
Sandro Brugnolini (* 1931), musician and film composer
Lucia Brunacci (1848–1931), model, muse and lover of Anselm Feuerbach
Giovanni Brunelli (1795–1861), papal diplomat and cardinal
Gianmaria Bruni (* 1981), racing car driver
Cristian Bucchi (* 1977), soccer player and coach
Gaspare del Bufalo (1786–1837), founder of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious Blood (CPPS), is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church
Nastassja Burnett (* 1992), tennis player
Vittoria Bussi (* 1987), racing cyclist
Guido Buzzelli (1927–1992), comic book artist and illustrator

C.

Nicola Cabibbo (1935–2010), physicist and university professor
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), composer
Giuseppe Cades (1750–1799), painter and graphic artist
Cecilia of Rome (* around 200 AD; † around 230), Christian saint, virgin and martyr
Gaius Iulius Caesar (* 100 BC; † 44 BC), Roman statesman, general and author
Bonifazio Caetani (1567–1617), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio, Archbishop of Taranto and Cardinal
Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta (1526–1585), archbishop and cardinal
Prospero Caffarelli (1593-1659), cardinal
Mario Caiano (1933–2015), film director, screenwriter and producer
Giorgio Calcaterra (* 1972), long-distance and ultra-marathon runner
Calpurnia (* around 77 BC), third wife of Gaius Iulius Caesar
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone (* 1943), entrepreneur
Filippo Camassei (1848–1921), Patriarch of Jerusalem and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Mario Camerini (1895–1981), director
Achille Campanile (1899–1977), journalist and playwright
Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1844), painter
Annamaria Cancellieri (* 1943), politician, interior minister from 2011 to 2013
Antonio Candreva (* 1987), football player
Justus of Canterbury († between 627 and 631), missionary, Archbishop of Canterbury
Annibale Capalti (1811–1877), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Daniele Capezzone (* 1972), journalist and politician
Remo Capitani (1927-2014), actor
Gianantonio Capizucchi (1515–1569), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Gaetano Capocci (1811–1898), church musician, organist and composer
Cristiana Capotondi (* 1980), actress
Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), painter of futurism
Kaspar Capparoni (born 1964), actor
Angelo Capranica (around 1415 - 1478), bishop and cardinal
Luigi Carnacina (1888–1981), cook
Giulio Carpegna (1760–1826), papal diplomat, last inquisitor in Malta
Liam Caruana (* 1998), tennis player
Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (1838–1908), priest and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Claudio Casciolini (1697–1760), composer
Mario Caserini (1874–1920), film director, actor and screenwriter
Carlo Cassola (1917–1987), writer
Fabio Massimo Castaldo (* 1985), politician
Francesco Castellacci (* 1987), racing car driver
Giuseppe Maria Castellani (1798-1854), Curia Bishop
Enzo G. Castellari (* 1938), director
Luciana Castellina (* 1929), politician and journalist
Sergio Castellitto (* 1953), actor, film director and screenwriter
Danilo Cataldi (* 1994), football player
Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger (* 95 BC; † 46 BC), Roman general and statesman
Emilio de 'Cavalieri (1550–1602), composer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer
Pietro Cavallini (around 1250, † around 1330), painter
Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928), ballet dancer, pantomime, ballet master and ballet teacher
Suso Cecchi D'Amico (1914-2010), screenwriter
Angelo Celsi (around 1600 - 1671), cardinal
Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599), Roman patrician
Vincenzo Cerami (1940–2013), writer, dramaturge and screenwriter
Carlo Cerri (1610–1690), bishop and cardinal
Michela Cerruti (* 1987), racing car driver
Valentina Cervi (* 1976), actress
Alessandro Cesarini (around 1475 - 1542), bishop and cardinal
Alessandro Cesarini (1592–1644) (1592–1644), bishop and cardinal
Giuliano Cesarini the Elder (1398–1444), canonist, diplomat and cardinal
Andrea de Cesaris (1959–2014), racing car driver
Pierdonato Cesi (1585-1656), cardinal
Ross Cheever (* 1964), American racing car driver
Gaetano Chiaveri (1689–1770), builder and architect
Luciano Ciancola (1929–2011), racing cyclist
Flavio Chigi (1711–1771), Roman Catholic Curia Cardinal
Flavio Chigi (1810-1885), Roman Catholic cardinal
Ottavio Cinquanta (* 1938), sports official
Marco Cioci (* 1975), racing car driver
Flavio Cipolla (* 1983), tennis player
Pietro Ciriaci (1885–1966), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Franco Citti (1935–2016), actor
Chiara Civello (* 1975), jazz musician
Clement of Rome (* around 50; † 97 or 101), one of the Apostolic Fathers
Clement III. († 1191), Pope from 1187 to 1191
Clement X. (1590–1676), Pope from 1670 to 1676
Muzio Clementi (1752–1832), classical composer
Filippo Coarelli (* 1936), classical archaeologist, Graecist and ancient scholar
Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833), composer, first woman with the title "maestra di capella romana"
Celestine III. (* about 1106; † 1198), Pope from 1191 to 1198
Stefano Colantuono (* 1962), football player and coach
Piergiorgio Colautti (* 1934), painter and sculptor
Pino Colizzi (* 1937), film actor and voice actor
Tonino Delli Colli (1923-2005), cameraman
Michael Collins (* 1930), American astronaut
Giovanni Colonna (* 1934), archaeologist
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (1708–1763), Cardinal Chamberlain of the Roman Catholic Church
Pompeo Colonna (1479–1532), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rieti
Prospero Colonna (* around 1410, † 1463), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Flavio Colusso (* 1960), composer, librettist, conductor and choir director
Bianca Commichau-Lippisch (1890–1968), German painter
Domenico Comparetti (1835–1927), classical philologist, papyrologist and folklorist
Ennio De Concini (1923–2008), screenwriter and film director
Ercole Consalvi (1757–1824), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Papal States
Bernardo Maria Conti (1664–1730), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Carlo Conti (1556–1615), Bishop of Ancona and cardinal
Giovanni Conti (1414–1493), bishop and cardinal
Sergio Corbucci (1927–1990), film director
Ignazio Corrao (* 1984), politician
Renato Corsetti (* 1941), linguist, activist of the Esperanto movement and from 2001 to 2007 chairman of the World Esperanto Federation
Simone Corsi (* 1987), motorcycle racer
Paola Cortellesi (* 1973), actress and presenter
Daniele Corvia (* 1984), football player
Franco Costa (1934-2015), painter
Marcello Costalunga (1925-2010), Vatican Archbishop of the Curia
Antonio Cotogni (1831-1918), opera singer
Carlo Cremonesi (1866–1943), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Alessandro Crescenzi , Bishop and Cardinal
Pier Paolo Crescenzi (1572–1645), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Marcus Antonius Creticus († 71 BC), Roman politician
Emanuele Crialese (* 1965), screenwriter and film director
Gianluca Curci (* 1985), soccer goalkeeper

D.

Massimo D'Alema (* 1949), politician (PD), Prime Minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000, Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2008
Joe D'Amato (1936–1999), film director and producer, cameraman and screenwriter
Mirella D'Angelo (born 1956), actress
Piero D'Inzeo (1923-2014), show jumper
Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (1944–2020), Grand Master of the Order of Malta
Wolfango Dalla Vecchia (1923–1994), composer, organist and teacher
Paolo Damiani (* 1952), jazz bassist and big band leader
Enrico Dante (1884–1967), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Clelio Darida (1927–2017), lawyer and politician (DC)
Aurelio De Laurentiis (* 1949), film producer and football official
Marco De Luca (* 1981), walker
Luciano De Paolis (* 1941), bobsleigh athlete and two-time Olympic champion
Boris de Rachewiltz (1926–1997), Egyptologist
Fabrizio De Simone (* 1971), racing car driver
Cosimo de Torres (1584–1642), cardinal and archbishop
Mimmo Dei (1909–1985), sports patron and racing team owner
Innocenzo Del Bufalo de 'Cancellieri (1565 / 66-1610), cardinal
Luigi Del Drago (1776–1845), Cardinal to the Curia
Marisa Del Frate (1931–2015), singer and actress
Friedrich Christian Delius (* 1943), German writer
Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani (1773–1841), cardinal
Carlo Delle Piane (1936-2019), actor
Francesca Dellera (* 1965), actress and model
Giovanni Devoti (1744–1820), Bishop of Anagni and Curia Bishop
Agostino Di Bartolomei (1955-1994), football player
Luigi Di Biagio (* 1971), football player and coach
Paolo Di Canio (* 1968), football player
Alberto Di Chiara (* 1964), football player
Angelo Di Livio (* 1966), football player and coach
Grazia Di Michele (* 1955), Cantautrice
Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004), cameraman
Camillo Di Pietro (1806–1884), papal diplomat and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Guerino Di Tora (* 1946), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Rome
Marco Di Vaio (* 1976), football player
Francesco Diodati (* 1983), jazz musician
Stefano Dionisi (born 1966), actor
Domitian (51–96), Roman Emperor from 81 to 96
Maurizio Domizzi (* 1980), football player
Cristiano Doni (* 1973), football player
Piero Dorazio (1927–2005), painter
Gianni Dova (1925–1991), painter
Mario Draghi (* 1947), bank manager, economist and President of the European Central Bank since 2011
Heinrich Dressel (1845–1920), German epigraphist and numismatist
Serafino Dubois (1817–1899), chess player

E.

Eduard Ender (1822–1883), Austrian painter
Guglielmo Epifani (* 1950), politician and trade unionist
Eugenia of Rome (* around 180; † 258 or 262), Christian martyr
Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980), composer, improvisation musician and music theorist
Julius Evola (1898–1974), cultural philosopher, esotericist and racial theorist

F.

Luce Fabbri (1908–2000), anarchist and publicist
Fabianus (* before 200; † 250), martyr and from 236 to 250 bishop of Rome
Aldo Fabrizi (1905–1990), film actor and director
Federica Faiella (* 1981), figure skater
Franca Falcucci (1926-2014), politician
Giovanni Fallani (1910–1985), Archbishop of the Curia
Antonio Faraò (* 1965), jazz pianist
Simone Farina (* 1982), football player
Alessandro Farnese (1545–1592), general and diplomat
Pier Luigi II. Farnese (1503–1547), illegitimate son of Alessandro Farnese (1468–1549), later Pope Paul III.
Pierfrancesco Favino (born 1969), film actor
Felicianus († around 305), Christian and martyr in Rome, place of birth Rome uncertain
Felicitas († around 166), Roman Christian and martyr
Felix I († 274), Bishop of Rome from 269 to 274
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954), nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1938)
Giuseppe Ferraioli (1929–2000), Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat
Giancarlo Ferrando (1939-2020), cameraman
Niccola Ferrarelli (1762–1843), Curia Bishop
Attilio Ferraris (1904-1947), football player
Ferruccio Ferrazzi (1891–1978), painter and sculptor
Anna Maria Ferrero (1934-2018), actress
Giuseppe Ferretto (1899–1973), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Sabrina Ferilli (* 1964), film and theater actress
Gabriele Ferzetti (1925–2015), actor
Alessia Filippi (* 1987), swimmer
Ettore Fioravanti (* 1958), jazz percussionist and band leader
Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837), composer
Roberto Fiore (* 1959), politician (neo-fascist)
Ernesto de Fiori (1884–1945), Austrian sculptor, painter and draftsman
Valerio Fiori (* 1969), football player and coach
Fabio Firmani (* 1978), football player
Giancarlo Fisichella (* 1973), racing car driver
Alessandro Florenzi (* 1991), football player
Luciano Floridi (* 1964), philosopher
Alessio Foconi (* 1989), fencer
Enrica Follieri (1926-1999), Byzantinist
Marcello Fondato (1924–2008), film director and screenwriter
Sepp Forcher (* 1930), Austrian radio and television presenter
Luigi Forino (1868–1936), Italian-Argentine cellist and music teacher
Simone Forte (* 1996), athlete
Alessandro Franchi (1819–1878), Cardinal Secretary of State
Bruno Francisci († 1989), automobile and motorcycle racing driver
Marisa Del Frate (1931–2015), singer and actress
Candido Maria Frattini (1767–1821), Curia Bishop
Franco Frattini (* 1957), politician and EU commissioner
Marco Frisina (* 1954), clergyman and composer of film scores
Massimiliano Fuksas (* 1944), architect and designer

G

Caterina Gabrielli (1730–1796), famous opera singer (soprano)
Francesco Gabrieli (1904–1996), Arabist and Orientalist
Giulio Gabrielli the Elder (1603–1677), bishop and cardinal
Enrico Pietro Galeazzi (1896–1986), architect
Luigi Galimberti (1836–1896), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See
Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962), organist and composer
Matteo Garrone (* 1968), film director and screenwriter
Enrico Gasbarra (* 1962), politician
Giulio Gaudini (1904–1948), foil and epee fencer
Tony Gaudio (1883–1951), American cameraman of Italian descent
Giuliano Gemma (1938-2013), actor
Domenico Genovesi (1765-1835), Archbishop of the Curia
Giuseppe Gentile (* 1943), athlete
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653), Baroque painter
Paolo Gentiloni (* 1954), politician and foreign minister of Italy since 2014
François Gérard (1770–1837), French portrait painter
Gerino Gerini (1928–2013), automobile racing driver
Fernando Germani (1906–1998), organist, composer and organ teacher
Geta (189–211), Roman emperor from February 4, 211 to December 26, 211
Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755), painter
Fabio Di Giannantonio (* 1998), motorcycle racer
Francesco Gianni (1750-1822), improviser
Giuseppe Giannini (* 1964), football player and coach
Fabiola Gianotti (* 1960), experimental particle physicist
Paolo Giobbe (1880–1972), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Leonardo Giordani (* 1977), racing cyclist
Bruno Giordano (* 1956), football player and coach
Domiziana Giordano (* 1959), artist and actress
Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838–1915), writer and historian
Giuseppe Girometti (1780–1851), gem cutter, stamp cutter, sculptor and medalist
Ignazio Giunti (1941–1971), automobile racing driver
Alberto Giustolisi (1928–1990), chess player
Leda Gloria (1908–1997), actress
Domenico Gnoli (1838–1915), writer, art historian and librarian
Luigi Gottifredi (1595–1652), Order General
Carlo Grano (1887–1976), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Gregory the Great (around 540–604), Pope from 590 to 604 and Doctor of the Church
Gregory II (669-731), Pope from 715 to 731
Ugo Gregoretti (1930–2019), documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter
Francesco De Gregori (* 1951), Cantautore (songwriter)
Gregorio della Suburra († around 1162), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Leandro Greco (* 1986), football player
Francesca Gregorini (* 1968), Italian-American director, screenwriter and film producer
Fabrizio Grillo (* 1987), football player
Fabio Grosso (* 1977), football player
Sabina Grzimek (* 1942), sculptor
Ennio Guarnieri (1930–2019), cameraman
Enrico Guazzoni (1876–1949), film director, set designer, screenwriter and film producer
Monica Guerritore (born 1958), actress
Vittorio Gui (1885–1975), composer and conductor
Augusto Guidi (1838–1900), Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy
Camillo Guidi (1853–1941), civil engineer
Umberto Guidoni (* 1954), physicist, astronaut and member of the European Parliament
Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde de Olivares (1587–1645), Spanish Prime Minister at the time of Philip IV.

H

Günther Haseloff (1912–1990), German art historian, prehistorian and medieval archaeologist
Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729), musician, composer and librettist
Otto von Hessen (1937–1998), German early historian and medieval archaeologist
Heinrich von Hessen-Kassel (1927–1999), German painter and stage designer, who used his Italian name Enrico d'Assia as an artist
Vanessa Hessler (* 1988), photo model and actress
Honorius III. (around 1148–1227), Pope from 1216 to 1227
Honorius IV (around 1210–1287), Pope from 1285 to 1287
Danny Huston (* 1962), American actor and film director

I.

Immanuel ha-Romi (* around 1261; † around 1335), poet in Hebrew
Franco Interlenghi (1931–2015), actor and film producer

J

Domenico Maria Jacobini (1837–1900), cardinal to the Curia and diplomat of the Holy See
Nathan ben Jechiel (around 1020–1106), Jewish scholar
John VIII (* before 852; † 882), Pope from 872 to 882
Alberto di Jorio (1884–1979), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Jovanotti (* 1966), singer, rapper
Juan Carlos I (* 1938), King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
Julius I († 352), Pope from 337 to 352
Julius III. (1487–1555), Pope from 1550 to 1555

K

Tony Kendall (1936–2009), film actor
Gaetano Koch (1849–1910), architect of historicism
Alessandro Kouzkin (* 1992), Russian-Italian racing driver

L.

Vincenzo Labella (1925–2018), screenwriter, film producer and film director
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani (* 1951), architect, architectural theorist and historian
Orazio Lancellotti (1571-1620), cardinal
Stefano Landi (1587–1639), singer, conductor and composer
Marcello Lante (presumably 1561 - 1652), bishop and cardinal
Antonio Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1737-1817), cardinal
Lorenzo Lauri (1864–1941), Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Clelia Laviosa (1928–1999), archaeologist and etrusologist
Giovanni Battista Leni (1573–1627), bishop and cardinal
Leo III. (around 750-816) was Pope from 795 to 816
Leo VII († 939), Pope from 936 to 939
Leo VIII († 965), Pope from 963 to 965
Gianfranco Leoncini (1939-2019), football player
Sergio Leone (1929–1989), film director
Liberius († 366), Bishop of Rome from 352 to 366
Roberto Lippi (1926–2011), racing car driver
Fabio Liverani (* 1976), football player and coach
Mario Liverani (* 1939), ancient orientalist
Carlo Lizzani (1922–2013), film director, screenwriter and actor
Franco Lo Cascio (* 1946), film director and pornographer
Augusto Paolo Lojudice (* 1964), Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Francesca Lollobrigida (* 1991), inline speed skater and speed skater
Martino Longhi the Younger (1602–1660), architect
Sophia Loren (* 1934), film actress
Enrico Lorenzetti (1911–1989), motorcycle racer
Paolo Lorenzi (* 1981), tennis player
Vittorio Lucarelli (1928-2008), fencer
Lucius I († 254), Bishop of Rome from 253 to 254
Louis VI. (1328–1364 / 65), Duke of (Upper) Bavaria and Margrave and first Elector of Brandenburg
Giovanni Battista Lugari (1846–1914), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Wolfgang Lutz (* 1956), Austrian demographer and university professor

M.

Federico Macheda (* 1991), football player

Marianna Madia (* 1980), politician and since 2014 Minister for Administrative Reforms and Simplification

Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815–1894), Spanish painter and lithographer of the Romantic period

Bernardino Maffei (1514–1553), cardinal

Michele Maffei (* 1946), fencer

Orazio Maffei (1580–1609), Archbishop of Chieti and Cardinal

Raffaello Maffei (1451–1522), theologian and humanist

Anna Magnani (1908–1973), actress

Franca Magnani (1925-1996), journalist

Ingeborg Magnussen (1856–1946), painter and writer

Luciano Maiani (* 1941), physicist

Latino Malabranca Orsini (around 1235 - 1294), cardinal

Sonia Malavisi (* 1994), pole vaulter
Teobert Maler (1842–1917), German-Austrian architect, civil engineer, photographer, discoverer and researcher of Mayan ruins
Franco Maria Malfatti (1927–1991), politician
Hortensia Mancini (1646–1699), mistress of the English King Charles II.
Guido Mancini (1924–1963), entrepreneur and racing car driver
Laura Mancini (1635 / 36–1657), Duchess of Mercœur
Maria Mancini (1639–1715), mistress of the French king Louis XIV.
Olympia Mancini (1639–1708), mistress of the French King Louis XIV and from 1657 Countess of Soissons
Lionello Manfredonia (born 1956), football player
Silvana Mangano (1930–1989), actress
Massimo Manzi (* 1956), jazz musician
Marcella (* around 325; † around 410), martyr of the Christian Church
Andrea Marcelli (* 1962), jazz percussionist and composer
Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1871–1951), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Riccardo Marchiò (* 1955), Commander in Chief of the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum
Enrico Marconi (1792–1863), Italian-Polish architect
Paolo Marella (1895–1984), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Margarita of Spain (* 1939), sister of the former Spanish king Juan Carlos I.
Antonio Margheriti (1930–2002), film director
Carlo Maria Mariani (* 1931), painter
Maria Anna (1803–1884), Empress of Austria (1835–1848)
Marie Louise (1870–1899), Princess of Parma and Princess of Bulgaria
Maria Theresia (1870–1935), daughter of Prince Charles VI. Heinrich Ernst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and wife of the Portuguese pretender to the throne, Duke Miguel II of Braganza
Maria Theresia (1803–1879), daughter of King Victor Emanuel I of Sardinia-Piedmont
Pietro Marini (1793 / 1794–1863), cardinal
Francesco Marmaggi (1876–1949), diplomat of the Holy See and Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Francesca Marsaglia (* 1990), ski racer
Matteo Marsaglia (* 1985), ski racer and sports soldier
Alessandra Martines (* 1963), film actress
Michela Marzano (* 1970), philosopher, university lecturer, author and politician
Francesco Maselli (* 1930), film director and screenwriter
Giulia Masotti , called “La Dori” or “Giulia Romana” (approx. 1650–1701), soprano and opera singer
Lea Massari (born 1933), actress
Massimo Massimi (1877–1954), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Vincentius Massoni (1808–1857), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
Chiara Mastalli (* 1984), actress
Ruggero Mastroianni (1929–1996), film editor
Luigi Matera (1820-1891), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
Alessandro Mattei (1744–1820), Archbishop of Ferrara and Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Bruno Mattei (1931–2007), film director and film editor
Girolamo Mattei (1547-1603), cardinal
Orazio Mattei (1574–1622), Bishop of Gerace
Orazio Mattei (1621-1688), cardinal
Marco Mattiacci (* 1970), manager in the automotive industry and Formula 1 team boss at Scuderia Ferrari in 2014
Massimo Mattioli (1943–2019), underground artist and draftsman
Anna Mazzamauro (* 1938), actress and singer
Carlo Mazzone (* 1937), football player and coach
Joel McHale (* 1971), American actor and comedian
Giovanni Battista Mellini (1405–1478), Bishop of Urbino and Cardinal
Giorgia Meloni (* 1977), politician and journalist, from 2008 to 2011 Minister of Youth and Sports
Giampaolo Menichelli (* 1938), football player
Antonio Mennini (* 1947), diplomat of the Holy See
Antonietta Meo (1930–1937), an Italian girl who was born in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. as the youngest person (except martyrs) to date, the “Heroic Virtue” was awarded as a preliminary stage to beatification
Marisa Merlini (1923–2008), actress
Raffaele Mertes (* 1956), cameraman, director, screenwriter and producer
Maurizio Merli (1940–1989), actor
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782), poet and librettist
Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901–1984), American ornithologist of Swiss origin
Franco Micalizzi (* 1939), film composer
Maurizio Micangeli (* 1944), automobile racing driver
Michael of Greece (* 1939), the only child of the Greek Prince Christoph of Greece
Nicola Michetti (* around 1680; † 1758/59), architect
Savo Millini (1644-1701), cardinal
Gianni Minervini (* 1966), swimmer
Paolino Mingazzini (1895–1977), classical archaeologist
Federico Moccia (* 1963), writer, film director and screenwriter
Franco Modigliani (1918–2003), economist and Nobel Prize winner
Federica Mogherini (* 1973), politician
Benedetto Molli (1597–1657), architect
Mario Monicelli (1915–2010), screenwriter and film director
Elsa Morante (1912–1985), writer
Alberto Moravia (1907–1990), writer
Franco Morbidelli (* 1994), motorcycle racer
Emiliano Moretti (* 1981), football player
Mario Moretti (1912–2002), classical archaeologist and Etruscanologist
Claudia Mori (* 1944), singer, actress, and producer; Wife of Adriano Celentano
Carlo Luigi Morichini (1805–1879), Archbishop of Bologna and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Gian Marco Moroni (* 1998), tennis player
Ennio Morricone (1928–2020), composer and conductor
Gabriele Muccino (* 1967), film director and screenwriter
Donatus von Münstereifel (* around 140; † before 180), Roman military leader and Catholic saint
Luigi Musso (1924–1958), racing car driver
Alessandra Mussolini (* 1962), neo-fascist politician
Ornella Muti (born 1955), actress
Tiberio Muti (1574–1636), Bishop of Viterbo and Cardinal

N

Armando Nannuzzi (1925-2001), cameraman
Célestin Nanteuil (1813–1873), French painter, draftsman and illustrator
Filippo Napoletano (around 1587-1629), painter
Gregorio Naro (1581–1634), Bishop of Rieti and Cardinal
Alessandro Nesta (* 1976), football player
Antonio Nibby (1792–1839), archaeologist, topographer and university professor
Marcus von Niebuhr (1817–1860), Cabinet Councilor to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
Nicholas I (820–867), Pope from 858 to 867
Nicholas III (* between 1210 and 1220; † 1280), Pope from 1277 to 1280
Carlo Nocella (1826–1908), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Paolo Maria Nocera (* 1985), racing driver
Noemi (* 1982), singer
Franziska Nori (* 1968), German-Italian art historian, curator and museum director
Giuliano Nostini (1912-1983), fencer
Renzo Nostini (1914-2005), fencer

O

Claudio Olivieri (1934–2019), painter
Delio Onnis (born 1948), Argentine football player
Alberto Orlando (born 1938), football player
Franciotto Orsini (1473–1534), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Fulvio Orsini (1529–1600), late humanist, antiquarian and librarian
Alfredo Ottaviani (1890–1979), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

P

Camillo Pacetti (1758–1827), sculptor
Michelangelo Pacetti (1793–1865), painter
Vincenzo Pacetti (1746-1820), sculptor
Pier Carlo Padoan (* 1950), economist and politician, Minister of Finance since 2014
Luca Paganini (* 1993), football player
Anita Pallenberg (1942–2017), model, actress and fashion designer
Vincenzo Pallotti (1795–1850), Catholic priest and founder of an order
Massimo Pallottino (1909–1995), archaeologist
Luciana Paluzzi (born 1937), actress
Silvana Pampanini (1925–2016), actress
Alessandra Panaro (1939–2019), actress
Patrizia Panico (* 1975), soccer player
Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964), Marxist
Arvid Pardo (1914–1999), Maltese diplomat, schoolmaster and university professor
Massimo Paris (* 1953), violinist, composer, conductor and university professor
Ryan Paris (born 1953), musician
Gianfranco Parolini (1925–2018), film director and screenwriter
Paul V (1552–1621), Pope from 1605 to 1621
Antonio Pellegrini (1812-1887), cardinal
Lorenzo Pellegrini (* 1996), football player
Luca Pellegrini (* 1999), football player
Federico Peluso (* 1984), football player
Francesco Pentini (1797–1869), cardinal and politician of the Papal States
Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), composer
Achille Perilli (* 1927), painter and graphic artist
Casimir Pfyffer (1794–1875), first mayor of Lucerne and publicist
Giorgio Pessina (1902–1977), fencer
Antonio Luigi Piatti (1782–1841), Archbishop of the Curia
Carlo Pietromarchi (* 1937), automobile racing driver
Luigi Pintor (1925–2003), journalist, publicist and politician
Luca Pirri (* 1973), automobile racing driver
Emanuele Pirro (* 1962), automobile racing driver
Pius XII. (1876–1958), Pope from 1939 to 1958
Carlo Alberto Pizzini (1905–1981), composer and conductor
Matteo Politano (* 1993), football player
Marco Politi (* 1947), journalist and book author
Alberto Pomeranz († after 2000), pianist, composer and music teacher
Domenico Pompili (* 1963), Bishop of Rieti
Józef Michał Poniatowski (1816–1873), Polish composer, singer and diplomat
Giacomo della Porta (≈1532–1602), architect and sculptor
Gaspard Poussin (1615–1675), landscape painter
Andrea Prodan (born 1961), actor
Titus Pullo (1st century BC), Centurion
Massimo Pupilo (* 1969), fusion and improvisation musician

Q

Francesco Quinn (1963-2011), American actor

R.

Virginia Raggi (* 1978), lawyer and politician (M5S); Mayor of Rome since 2016
Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853), composer and music teacher
Eros Ramazzotti (* 1963), singer and musician
Gianluca Ramazzotti (* 1970), actor and voice actor
Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de Rambouillet (1588–1665), French noblewoman, held a literary salon in the Hôtel de Rambouillet in Paris
Alfredo Rampi (1975–1981) plunged into an artesian well, was found dead despite attempts to rescue it
Claudio Ranieri (* 1951), football player and coach
Ranieri Randaccio (* 1952), racing car driver
Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli (1605–1657), cardinal, bishop of Terni
Fausto Razzi (* 1932), composer
Dagmar Reichardt (* 1961), German literary scholar and Romance philologist
Anna Renzi , called "Romana" (approx. 1620 - after 1662), opera singer (soprano)
Mario Revelli di Beaumont (1907–1985), motorcycle racer and vehicle designer
Andrea Riccardi (* 1950), theologian and co-founder of the Sant'Egidio group
Luciano Ricceri (1940–2020), film architect and costume designer
Francesco Ricci Paracciani (1830–1894), Roman Catholic cardinal and archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica
Paolo Ricciardi (* 1968), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Rome
Francesca Ridgway (1936–2008), archaeologist and etrusologist
Cola di Rienzo (1313–1354), politician and tribune
Carlo Roberti (1605–1673), Archbishop and Cardinal
Manlio Rocchetti (1943–2017), make-up artist (Oscar-winning), lecturer
Ciriaco Rocci (1582–1651), Archbishop and Cardinal
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845–1907), Italian painter of German descent
Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687–1765), poet and librettist
Roberto Ronca (1901–1977), Roman Catholic Bishop, Prelate of Pompei
Flavio Roma (* 1974), football player
Giulio Romano (1499–1546), painter, architect and builder
Cesare Romiti (1923–2020), Managing Director of Fiat
Rocco Ronzani (* 1978), Catholic theologian
Aleandro Rosi (* 1987), football player
Isabella Rossellini (born 1952), actress
Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977), director
Daniele De Rossi (born 1983), football player
Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1822-1894), Christian archaeologist and epigraphist
Tullio Rossi (1903–1997), architect
Tullio Rossi (* 1948), racing cyclist
Nunzio Rotondo (1924–2009), jazz trumpeter
Massimo Rotundo (* 1955), comic artist
Antonio Rozzi (* 1994), football player
Bruno Rubeo (1946–2011), set designer
Giorgio Rubino (* 1986), athlete
Bartolomeo Ruspoli (1697–1741), cardinal
Gianrico Ruzza (* 1963), Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia

S.

Stefano Sabelli (* 1993), football player
Giulio Cesare Sacchetti (1587–1663), Cardinal to the Curia
Fabrizio Saccomanni (1942–2019), economist
Carlo Alberto Salustri, called Trilussa (1871–1950), dialect poet and fabulous author
Fausto Salvatori (1870–1929), writer and librettist
Cesare Sambucetti (1838–1911), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (1927–2019), Spanish writer
Mauro Sandreani (* 1954), soccer player and coach
Gianni Sanjust (1934-2020), jazz musician
Antonio Santacroce (1599–1641), Archbishop and Cardinal
Marcello Santacroce (1619–1674), Bishop of Tivoli and cardinal
Prospero Santacroce (1514–1589), cardinal
Sante de Santis (1965–2016), cook, restaurateur, cookbook author and TV chef in Germany
Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860–1932), painter, illustrator, screenwriter and film director
Giacomo Savelli (1523–1587), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Giulio Savelli (1574–1644), Archbishop of Salerno and Cardinal
Giovanna von Savoyen (1907-2000), wife of the Bulgarian Tsar Boris III.
Giovanni Battista Scaramelli (1687–1752), Jesuit, priest, preacher and writer of ascetic and mystical books
Giorgio Scarlatti (1921–1990), racing car driver
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750), composer, organist and choir director
Furio Scarpelli (1919-2010), screenwriter
Pietro Scarpini (1911–1997), pianist and music teacher
Patrizia Scascitelli (* 1949), jazz musician
Rudolf Schadow (1786–1822), German sculptor
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), Italian-French fashion designer
Marie von Schleinitz (1842–1912), Berlin salonière and Richard Wagner's patron
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880–1954), Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Toti Scialoja (1914–1998), painter and writer
Yvonne Sciò (* 1969), actress
Bruno Scipioni (1934–2019), actor and voice actor
Luca Scribani Rossi (* 1960), marksman
Stefano Sebastiani (* 1942), racing car driver
Andy Selva (* 1976), San Marino soccer player
Paolo Selvadagi (* 1946), auxiliary bishop in Rome
Domenico Serafini (1852–1918), Archbishop of Spoleto and Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Jordi Serangeli (* 1971), prehistoric archaeologist
Alessio Sestu (* 1983), football player
Fabrizio Sferra (* 1959), jazz drummer
Alessandro Sforza (1534–1581), Bishop of Parma and Cardinal
Francesco Siacci (1839–1907), mathematician, ballistician and officer
Sabrina Siani (* 1963), film actress
Enzo Siciliano (1934-2006), writer and journalist
Marguerite Sikabonyi (* 1982), actress
Clara von Simson (1897–1983), natural scientist and German politician (FDP)
Fernando Silva (* 1986), Brazilian swimmer
Silvester IV. († 1111), antipope from 1105 to 1111 to Paschal II.
Lorenzo De Silvestri (* 1988), football player
Attilio Simonetti (1843–1925), Roman genre painter
Giancarlo De Sisti (* 1943), football player and coach
Bobby Solo (born 1945), singer
Sergio Sollima (1921–2015), screenwriter and film director
Cornelio Sommaruga (* 1932), Swiss lawyer, former President of the ICRC
Alberto Sordi (1920–2003), film, television and theater actor as well as director, screenwriter and voice actor
Alessandro Spada (1787–1843), cardinal
Alessandro Specchi (1666–1729), Roman architect and graphic artist
Luciano Spinosi (* 1950), football player and coach
Ludovico Stanzani (1793–1872), architect and art collector in the Ukraine
Giampietro Stocco (* 1961), writer and journalist
Vittorio Storaro (* 1940), cameraman and Oscar winner
Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), exiled heir to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Benedict Stuart (1725–1807), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Catholic pretender to the British royal title
Kim Rossi Stuart (born 1969), film and stage actor; Film director

T

Antonio Tajani (* 1953), politician
Enrico Tamberlik (1820–1889), opera tenor
Dario Tamburrano (* 1969), politician
Domenico Tardini (1888–1961), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Mauro Tassotti (* 1960), soccer player and coach
Tatiana of Rome (* between 222 and 235; † before 250), Christian martyr
Scipione Tecchi (1854–1915), Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Gianfranco Tedeschi , double bass player
Danilo Terenzi (1956–1995), jazz musician
Mario Theodoli (1601–1650), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Tiberius (* 42 BC; † 37 AD), Roman emperor from 14 to 37 AD.
Robert Tikkanen (1888–1947), Finnish marksman and architect
Aurelio Tiratelli (1842–1900), painter
Tommaso Tittoni (1855-1931), diplomat, politician and from March 12 to 27, 1905 President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister)
Titus (39–81), Roman Emperor from 79 to 81
Sergio Tofano (1883–1973), comic book artist, writer, director, actor and make-up artist
Vincenzo Tommasini (1878–1950), composer
Aldo Tonti (1910–1988), cameraman
Giulio Tonti (1844–1918), diplomat and cardinal curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Mario Torelli (* 1937), archaeologist and etrusologist
Rodolfo Torti (* 1947), comic artist
Mario Tosi (* 1942), Italian-American cameraman
Francesco Totti (* 1976), football player
Lucia Traversa (* 1965), fencer
Tito Trocchi (1864–1947), diplomat and Curia Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
Licia Troisi (* 1980), fantasy writer
Armando Trovajoli (1917–2013), pianist and film composer

U

Federico Ughi (* 1972), jazz drummer
Urban VII. (1521–1590), Pope in 1590

V

Antonio Rossi Vaccari (1808–1874), Curia Bishop
Josefina Vannini (1859–1911), religious sister, founder of the order and blessed
Egidio Vagnozzi (1906–1980), cardinal
Giuseppe Valadier (1762–1839), architect, town planner, archaeologist and goldsmith
Lorenzo Valla (1405 / 07–1457), humanist and canon
Andrea della Valle (1463-1534), cardinal
Pietro della Valle (1586–1652), traveler and travel writer
Massimo Vanni (born 1946), actor
Walter Veltroni (* 1955), journalist and politician, Mayor of Rome (2001-2008)
Antonello Venditti (* 1949), Cantautore (songwriter)
Franco Venturi (1914–1994), historian, essayist and journalist
Roberto Venturoni (1945–2011), painter
Fabrizio Verospi (1571–1639), cardinal
Girolamo Verospi (1599–1652), cardinal and bishop
Edoardo Vesentini (1928–2020), mathematician and politician
Giuseppe Maria Vespignani (1800–1865), Bishop of Orvieto
Lucius Vorenus (1st century BC), Centurion
Vigilius (around 500 - 555), Pope from 537 until June 7, 555
Giovanni da Vigo (around 1450 - 1525), medic (15th / 16th century)
Luca Antonio Virili (1569-1634), cardinal
Fabrizio Violati (1935–2010), entrepreneur and racing car driver
Carolina Visca (* 2000), javelin thrower
Carlo Lodovico Visconti (1818-1894), archaeologist
Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751–1818), archaeologist
Filippo Aurelio Visconti (1754–1831), archaeologist
Louis Visconti (1791-1853), French architect
Mutio Vitelleschi (1563-1645), Order General
Monica Vitti (born 1931), actress
Matthias Theodor Vogt (* 1959), German cultural historian and author
Milena Vukotic (born 1935), actress

W.

John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), British painter belonging to the Pre-Raphaelite group
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1915-2014), British nobleman, brigadier and entrepreneur
Lina Wertmüller (* 1928), film director
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), member of the British royal family

Z

Giovanni Zamboni (* after 1650), composer
Luigi Zampa (1905–1991), film director of neorealism
Daniel Zampieri (* 1990), racing driver
Carlo Zecchi (1903–1984), pianist, conductor and music teacher
Francesco Saverio de Zelada (1717–1801), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Bruno Zevi (1918–2000), architect, architectural historian, author and university professor
Antonio Zugarelli (born 1950), tennis player
Matteo Maria Zuppi (* 1955), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Bologna and Cardinal