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)

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