| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Gianni Agnelli |
Business |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-2003 |
President of Fiat, 1966-96 |
| Umberto Agnelli |
Business |
1-Nov-1934 |
27-May-2004 |
Chairman of Fiat, 2003-04 |
| Manlio Brosio |
Diplomat |
10-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1980 |
NATO Secretary General, 1964-71 |
| Italo Calvino |
Author |
15-Oct-1923 |
18-Sep-1985 |
Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore |
| Renato Dulbecco |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1914 |
20-Feb-2012 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Umberto Eco |
Scholar |
5-Jan-1932 |
19-Feb-2016 |
Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose |
| Galileo Ferraris |
Physicist |
31-Oct-1847 |
7-Feb-1897 |
Invented the induction motor |
| Antonio Gramsci |
Activist |
23-Jan-1891 |
27-Apr-1937 |
Founder of the Italian Communist Party |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
30-Dec-2012 |
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
| Cesare Pavese |
Poet |
9-Sep-1908 |
27-Aug-1950 |
La luna e i falò |
| Giuseppe Peano |
Mathematician |
27-Aug-1858 |
20-Apr-1932 |
Infinitesimal calculus |
| Mario Pieri |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1860 |
1-Mar-1913 |
Italian geometer |
| Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli |
Astronomer |
14-Mar-1835 |
4-Jul-1910 |
Discovered canals on Mars |
| Raf Vallone |
Actor |
17-Feb-1916 |
31-Oct-2002 |
The Greek Tycoon |