Famous Residents
- Francesco Landini (c.1325–1397), composer, singer, poet, organist and instrument maker
- Lorenzo Monaco (1370–1424), painter
- the greatest name associated with the city is that of Fra Angelico or Blessed Giovanni Angelico, called da Fiesole (1387–1455). His baptismal name was Guido, but entering the convent of the Reformed Dominicans at Fiesole, he took Giovanni as name in religion; the surname Angelico 'angelic' was afterwards given to him in allusion to the beauty of his works and purity of spirit.
- Mino da Fiesole, Florentine sculptor (c.1429—1484) and painter
- Andrea Barzagli, soccer player, member of the 2006 Italian World Cup champion team.
- Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas spent their summers in Fiesole before the First World War.
- Frank Lloyd Wright for some time in 1910
- Caterina Bueno (1943–2007), singer and folk music historian
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“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
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