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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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or citizens:
“My neighbors tell me of their adventures with famous gentlemen and ladies, what notabilities they met at the dinner-table; but I am no more interested in such things than in the contents of the Daily Times. The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“As Jerome expanded, its chances for the title, “the toughest little town in the West,” increased and when it was incorporated in 1899 the citizens were able to support the claim by pointing to the number of thick stone shutters on the fronts of all saloons, gambling halls, and other places of business for protection against gunfire.”
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)