Famous Citizens
- Lovers of Valdaro
- Virgil (70 BCE–19 BCE), a classical Roman poet.
- Sordello or Sordel, a 13th-century Lombard troubadour, born in the municipality of Goito in the province of Mantua.
- Pietro Pomponazzi (1462–1525), an Italian philosopher. He is sometimes known by his Latin name, Petrus Pomponatius.
- Giovanni Battista Bertani (1516–1576), architect.
- Leone de' Sommi (c. 1525–c. 1590), theater director and writer.
- Claudio Monteverdi (c. 1567-1643), composer.
- Constanzo Beschi, (8 November 1680 – 1742), a well known Tamil poet. He is known as Vīramāmunivar in Tamil.
- Ippolito Nievo (1831 – 1861), writer, journalist and patriot.
- Giuseppe Sarto (1835–1914), appointed Bishop in 1884 before he became Pope Pius X in 1903.
- Tazio Nuvolari (1892 - 1953), motorcycle and racecar driver.
- Learco Guerra (1902 - 1963), professional road racing cyclist.
- Alberto Jori, neo-aristotelian philosopher.
- Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief at Vogue Italia was born here.
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“The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)