History of Bologna - Some Notable People From Bologna

Some Notable People From Bologna

• Aldrovandus (Ulisse Aldrovandi, naturalist, 1522–1605)
• Antonio Alessandrini (anatomist and parasitologist, 1786–1861)
• Maria Gaetana Agnesi (mathematician, humanitarian, and linguist, 1718–1799)
• Amico Aspertini (painter, c. 1474–1552)
• Pupi Avati (director, born 1938)
• Riccardo Bacchelli (writer, 1891-1985)
• Adriano Banchieri (composer, 1568–1634)
• Agostino Barelli (architect, 1627–1687)
• Antonio Basoli (painter and scene designer, 1774–1848)
• Laura Bassi (scientist, first female appointed to university chair in Europe, 1711–1788)
• Ugo Bassi (Italian nationalist hero, executed for role in 1848 uprisings, 1800–1849)
• Stefano Benni (writer, born 1947)
• Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini, Pope 1740–58)
• Giovanni II Bentivoglio (1443–1508)
• Giordano Berti (writer, born 1959)
• Amedeo Biavati (footballer, 1915–1979, credited with the invention of the stepover, World Champion 1938, played only for Bologna FC)
• Simone Bolelli (Professional Tennis Player, Born 1985)
• Giacomo Bolognini (painter, 1664–1734)
• Rafael Bombelli (mathematician, 1526-1572)
• Rossano Brazzi (actor, 1916–1994)
• Raffaella Carrà (singer, born 1943)
• Annibale Carracci (painter, 1560–1609)
• Lodovico Carracci (painter, 1555–1619)
• Agostino Carracci (painter, 1557–1602)
• Chiara Caselli (actress, born 1967)
• Pier Ferdinando Casini (politician, born 1955)
• Pietro Cataldi (mathematician, 1548–1626)
• Pierluigi Collina (football referee, born 1960)
• Alessandro Cortini (musician, born 1976)
• Giuseppe Maria Crespi (painter, 1665–1747)
• Donato Creti (painter, 1671–1749)
• Scipione del Ferro (mathematician, solved the cubic equation, 1465–1526)
• Francesco Francia (Francesco Raibolini, painter, c. 1450–1517)
• Lucio Dalla (singer-songwriter, 1943–2012)
• Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri, painter, 1581–1641)
• Sara Errani (tennis player, born 1987)
• Gianfranco Fini (politician, born 1952)
• Aristotile Fioravanti (architect, c. 1415–c. 1486)
• Luigi Galvani (scientist, discoverer of bioelectricity, 1737–1798)
• Alessandro Gamberini, (footballer, born 1981)
• Serena Grandi (actress, born 1958)
• Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni, Pope 1572–85, instituted the Gregorian Calendar)
• Gregory XV (Alessandro Ludovisi, Pope 1621-3)
• Il Guercino (Giovanni Barbieri, painter, 1591–1666)
• Irnerius (jurist, c. 1050 – at least 1125)
• Claudio Lolli (singer-songwriter, born 1950)
• Lucius II (Gherardo Caccianemici dell'Orso, Pope 1144-5)
• Marcello Malpighi (physiologist, anatomist and histologist, 1628–1694)
• Guglielmo Marconi (engineer, pioneer of wireless telegraphy, Nobel prize for Physics, 1874–1937)
• Giovanni Battista Martini (musical theorist, 1706–1784)
• Giuseppe Mezzofanti (cardinal, linguist and hyperpolyglot, 1774–1839)
• Marco Minghetti (economist and statesman, 1818–1886)
• Giorgio Morandi (painter, 1890–1964)
• Gianni Morandi (singer, born 1944)
• Edgardo Mortara ( Catholic priest that was the subject of the Mortara Case during the Risorgimento, 1851–1940 )
• Gianluca Pagliuca (footballer, born 1966)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini (writer, poet, director, 1922–1975)
• Roberto Regazzi (luthier, born 1956)
• Guido Reni (painter, 1575–1642)
• Ottorino Respighi (composer, 1879–1936)
• Augusto Righi (physicist, authority on electromagnetism, 1850–1920)
• Vasco Rossi (singer-songwriter, born 1952)
• Carlo Ruini (equine anatomist, 1530–1598)
• Angelo Schiavio (footballer, 1905–1990, scored the winning goal in overtime in the 1934 World Cup Final, played only for Bologna)
• Elisabetta Sirani (painter, 1638–1665)
• Alberto Tomba (skier, born 1966)
• Ondina Valla (first Italian woman Olympic gold medalist, 1916–2006)
• Mariele Ventre (teacher and educator, founder of Piccolo Coro dell' Antoniano choir, 1939–1995)
• Christian Vieri (footballer, born 1973)
• Vitale da Bologna (painter, fl. 1330, d 1361)
• Anteo Zamboni (anarchist who at the age of 15 attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini, 1911–1926)
• Alex Zanardi (racing driver, born 1966)
• Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti (writer, musician, and composer, 1801–1878)

In addition to the natives of the city listed above, the following have made Bologna their home:

• Giosuè Carducci (poet and academic, Nobel Prize for Literature, born near Lucca, Tuscany, 1835–1907)
• Carlo Felice Cillario (Italian conductor of international renown, founder of the Bologna Chamber Orchestra in 1946 (February 7, 1915 – December 13, 2007)
• Umberto Eco (writer and academic, born in Alessandria, Piedmont, 1932)
• Enzio of Sardinia (born c. 1218, King of Sardinia and illegitimate son of Emperor Frederick II, was imprisoned in Palazzo Re Enzo from 1249 until his death in 1272)
• Vasco Errani (politician, born 1955)
• Alfonso Lombardi (sculptor, born in Ferrara, c. 1497-1537)
• Niccolò dell'Arca (sculptor, born in Bari, c. 1435-1440 – 2 March 1494)
• Juan Ignacio Molina (naturalist, born in Chile, 1740–1829)
• Giovanni Pascoli (poet and academic, born in San Mauro di Romagna, 1855–1912)
• St. Petronius (San Petronio, bishop of Bologna and patron saint of the city, birthplace unknown, died c. 450 AD)
• Romano Prodi (economist, politician, born in Scandiano, Reggio Emilia, 1939)
• Gioachino Rossini (opera composer, born in Pesaro, 1792–1868)
• Giuseppe Torelli (composer, born in Verona, 1658–1709)
• Wu Ming (collective of writers, active since 2000)
• Farinelli (Carlo Broschi, castrato opera singer, 1705–1782)