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Gian Maria Volonté (1933–1994), actor. Known outside of Italy for his roles in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965) Luca Zingaretti (born 1961), actor and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano series. Marta Abba (1900–1988) actress.
Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974), film director and actor. His Shoeshine, The Bicycle Thief, and Umberto D. are classics of postwar Italian neorealism. Peppino De Filippo (1903–1980), was a comic actor of the screen and stage. Amedeo Nazzari (1907–1979), real name Salvatore Amedeo Buffa, was a famous actor from Sardinia.
Sicily is the largest region in Italy in terms of area, with a population of over five million and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Geographically, it is the largest and most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Jean Bullant. Agnolo Bronzino. Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Jan Brueghel the Younger. Filippo Brunelleschi. Marco Cardisco. Juan de Castillo. Androuet du Cerceau.
Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974), President of Argentina (Sardinian descent from father side) Silvia Salis (born in Genoa, Sardinian ancestry) Luigi Datome (born 1987), professional basketball player with Sardinian ancestry who currently plays for Fenerbahçe Ülker. Joe Calzaghe, father Enzo from Sardinia.
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is an Italian art masterpiece worldwide famous. Italy was the main centre of artistic developments throughout the Renaissance (1300–1600), beginning with the Proto-Renaissance of Giotto and reaching a particular peak in the High Renaissance of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, whose works inspired the ...
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (c. 1230 – c. 1294, c. 1230 – c. 1309) Michele Pontrandolfo (born 1971) Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933) Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (1852–1905) Giovanni da Verrazzano (1484–1527) Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Ugolino Vivaldi ( fl. 1291)
A–B. Amy Adams actress (Adams is American but was born in Veneto) Alexander VIII born "Pietro Vito Ottoboni" (22 April 1610 Venice – 1 February 1691 Rome) was pope from 1689 to 1691. Pomponio Amalteo (1505 Motta di Livenza – 1588 San Vito al Tagliamento) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school.