Others
- Maximilian of Habsburg, Emperor of Mexico, Archduke of Austria (Schönbrunn 1832 - Querétaro 1867) built the white castle and park on the riviera. He planted plants in the park from his travels around the world.
- Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Italian General, resided at Miramare castle and was president of the local football team
- Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy, Italian princess, born at Miramare Castle in 1933
- Lidia Bastianich, Italian-American chef and TV cooking show host whose family lived in a Triestian refugee camp after their escape from Istria, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
- Mathilde Bonaparte, Napoleon's niece, daughter of his brother Jérôme Bonaparte, was born here in 1820
- Leo Castelli, New York art dealer who established one of the world's leading vanguard galleries in the 20th century
- Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna, Austrian diplomat, journalist and author
- Gottfried von Banfield (1890–1986), top Austrian Empire fighter ace in World War I
- Anton Füster, Austrian revolutionary activist, author and pedagogue
- Odilo Globocnik, Nazi war criminal, SS leader
- Albert O. Hirschman, noted economist and political scientist obtained his doctorate from the University of Trieste.
- Jules Verne, French author, lived in Trieste and wrote the novela " La Congiura di Trieste".
- Sigismund Zois, Slovene mecenate and natural scientist'
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