List of people from Rome
The following list contains important personalities born in Rome, regardless of their future spheres.
The list is not exhaustive.
A
- Alberto Abruzzese, literature and media studies
- Francesco Abussi, cinematographer, screenwriter and film director
- Alessandra Acciai, Actress
- Adeodatus II, Pope
- Giorgio Agamben, a philosopher and lawyer and editor of the Italian editions of the writings of Walter Benjamin
- Agapetus I, Pope
- Aegidius Romanus, Augustinian hermit
- Agnes of Rome, martyr
- Luciana Aigner - Foresti, archaeologist
- Andrea Aiuti, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Vincenzo Albrici, organist, conductor and composer
- Alessandro Alessandroni, musicians
- Alexander I., Bishop of Rome
- Gregorio Allegri, priest, composer and tenor singer
- Giovanna Amati, automobile racing driver
- Domenico Amici, artists
- Niccolò Ammaniti, writer
- Joe D' Amato, Film Director
- Franco Amurri, Film Director
- Anacletus, Pope, about 77-88
- Anacletus II, anti-pope to Pope Innocent II
- Anastasius III. , Pope from 911-913
- Giulio Andreotti, politicians
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio, musician and composer
- Roberta Lilli, politician
- Fiorenzo Angelini, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Elio de Angelis, Formula 1 racing driver
- Ambra Angiolini, Film Actress
- Richard Antinucci, American race car driver
- Guillaume Apollinaire, French writer and art critic
- Alberto Aquilani, football player
- Asia Argento, actress and director
- Dario Argento, Film director and screenwriter
- Marco Ariano, jazz drummer and performance artist
- Augustus, Roman emperor
- Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
- Carlo Aymonino, architect and city planner
B
- Giovanni Baglione, a painter and art writer
- Paola Barbara, Actress
- Luca Barbarossa, singer
- Enzo Barboni, screenwriter and director
- Andrea Bargnani, Basketball Player
- Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
- Agostino Di Bartolomei, football player
- Mattia Battistini, opera and concert singer
- Alessandro Bausani, Iranist, Islamic scholar and linguist
- Lamberto Bava, director, screenwriter and film producer
- Orazio Benevoli, conductor and composer
- Dario Beni, cyclist and sports official
- Fulvio Bernardini, football player and coach
- Luigi Bernini, sculptor, architect and mechanical engineer
- Andrea Bertolacci, football player
- Max Biaggi, motorcycle racer
- Luigi Di Biagio, football player and coach
- Laura Biagiotti, designer
- Daniela Bianchi, former actress
- Pedro Biava Ramponi, Colombian composer
- Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Lina Bo Bardi, an architect and designer
- Boniface II, Pope 530-532
- Boniface III. , Pope
- Sal Borgese, actor and stuntman
- Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona and Rossano
- Junio Valerio Borghese, a naval officer and politician
- Cesare Borgia, Renaissance rulers
- Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess
- Raoul Bova, actor and photo model
- Francesco Borgongini Duca, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Christina von Braun, German cultural studies scholar, gender theorist, writer and filmmaker
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, a French naval officer and Africa traveler
- Scipione Breislak, geologist
- Guido Buzzelli, cartoonist and illustrator
C
- Nicola Cabibbo, a physicist and university teacher
- Giulio Caccini, composer
- Giuseppe Cades, painter and graphic artist
- Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman statesman, general and author
- Mario Caiano, Film Director
- Calpurnia, third wife Gaius Julius Caesar
- Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, entrepreneurs
- Filippo Camassei, Patriarch of Jerusalem and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Achille Campanile, journalist and playwright
- Anna Maria Cancellieri, Minister of the Interior
- Paolo Di Canio, football player
- Justus of Canterbury, missionary, archbishop of Canterbury
- Remo Capitani, actor
- Benedetta Cappa, painter of Futurism
- Luigi Carnacina, cooking
- Claudio Casciolini, composer
- Mario Caserini, film director, actor and screenwriter
- Francesco Castellacci, race car driver
- Enzo Castellari, director
- Luciana Castellina, politician and journalist
- Sergio Castellitto, actor, film director and screenwriter
- Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger, Roman general and statesman
- Pietro Cavallini, painter
- Suso Cecchi D' Amico, screenwriter
- Beatrice Cenci, Roman patrician
- Michela Cerruti, car racer
- Andrea de Cesaris, race car driver
- Alberto Di Chiara, football player
- Gaetano Chiaveri, builder and architect
- Luciano Ciancola, cyclist
- Ciriaci Pietro, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Clement of Rome, one of the Apostolic Fathers
- Clement X, Pope from 1670 to 1676
- Muzio Clementi, classical composer
- Filippo Coarelli, Classical archaeologist, Hellenist and scholars of antiquity
- Maria Rosa Coccia (1759-1833), composer, first woman entitled " maestra di cappella romana "
- Celestine III. , Pope
- Stefano Colantuono, football player and coach
- Pino Colizzi, film actor and voice actor
- Tonino Delli Colli, cameraman
- Michael Collins, American astronaut
- Ennio De Concini, screenwriter and film director
- Bernardo Maria Conti, Cardinal
- Carlo Conti, Bishop of Ancona and cardinal
- Sergio Corbucci, Film Director
- Renato Corsetti, Chair of the Universala Esperanto - Asocio
- Simone Corsi, motorcycle racer
- Daniele Corvia, football player
- Franco Costa, painter
- Marcello Costalunga, Vatican Curia Archbishop
- Carlo Cremonesi, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Marcus Antonius Creticus, Roman politician
D
- Paolo Damiani, jazz bassist and big band leader
- Mimmo Dei, sports patron and racehorse owner
- Friedrich Christian Delius, German writer
- Stefano Dionisi, actor
- Domitian, Roman Emperor 81-96
- Maurizio Domizzi, football player
- Gianni Dova, painter
- Piero Dorazio, painter
E
- Franco Evangelisti, composer, improviser and music theorist
- Julius Evola, cultural philosopher
F
- Fabian, Pope and Martyr, Pope and Bishop of Rome
- Aldo Fabrizi, actor and director
- Antonio Faraò, Jazz Pianist
- Pierfrancesco Favino, movie actor
- Pier Luigi Farnese II, bastard son of Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III.
- Felician, Roman Christian martyr and
- Felix I, Pope
- Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer
- Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist
- Giuseppe Feretto cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Sabrina Ferilli, film and theater actress
- Attilio Ferraris, football player
- Anna Maria Ferrero, Actress
- Alessia Filippi, swimmer
- Ettore Fioravanti, Jazzperkussionist and bandleader
- Giancarlo Fisichella, formula 1 racing driver
- Alessandro Florenzi, football player
- Marcello Fondato, film director and screenwriter
- Sepp Forcher, radio presenter
- Luigi Forino, cellist and music teacher
- Bruno Francisci, automobile and motorcycle racer
- Franco Frattini, politician and European Commissioner
- Marco Frisina, clergyman and composer of film scores
- Massimiliano Fuksas, architect and designer
G
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, organist and composer
- Matteo Garrone, film director and screenwriter
- Tony Gaudio, Film Director
- Giuliano Gemma, actor
- Giuseppe Gentile, Athlete
- Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter of the Baroque
- François Gérard, painter
- Gerino Gerini, Formula 1 racing driver
- Fernando Germani, organist, composer and organ teacher
- Geta, Roman emperor
- Pier Leone Ghezzi, painter
- Francesco Gianni, improviser
- Giuseppe Giannini, football player and coach
- Paolo Giobbi, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Bruno Giordano, football player and coach
- Giuseppe Girometti, gem cutter, engraver, sculptor and medalist
- Ignazio Giunti, race car driver
- Luigi Gottifredi, Superior General
- Carlo Grano, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
- Gregory II, Pope
- Francesco De Gregori, Cantautore ( songwriter )
- Francesca Gregorini, director, screenwriter and film producer
- Fabrizio Grillo, football player
- Fabio Grosso, football player
- Sabina Grzimek, sculptor
- Ennio Guarnieri, Cinematographer
- Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde de Olivares, Spanish Prime Minister at the time of Philip IV
B
- Nicola Francesco Haym, musician, composer and librettist
- Vanessa Hessler, photo model
- Honorius III. , Pope
- Honorius IV, Pope
I
- Franco Interlenghi, actor and film producer
J
- John VIII, Pope
- Alberto di Jorio, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Jovanotti, singers, rappers
- Juan Carlos I, Head of State, King
- Julius I, Pope 337-352
- Julius III. , Pope
K
- Tony Kendall (1936 - 2009), actor
L
- Vincenzo Labella, filmmaker
- Lorenzo Lauri, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Leo VII, Pope 936-939
- Gianfranco Leoncini, football player
- Sergio Leone film director
- Liberius, Pope 352-366
- Roberto Lippi, race car driver
- Fabio Liverani, football player and coach
- Angelo Di Livio, football player
- Francesca Lollobrigida, inline speed skater and Speedskaterin
- Sophia Loren, actress
- Enrico Lorenzetti, motorcycle racer
- Lucius I., Roman bishop
M
- Federico Macheda, Football Player
- Anna Magnani, actress
- Franca Magnani, journalist
- Teobert painter, photographer, discoverer and researcher of Mayan ruins
- Lionello Manfredonia, football player
- Silvana Mangano, Actress
- Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Paolo Marella, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Andrea Marcelli, Jazzperkussionist and composer
- Alessandra Martines, Film Actress
- Massimo Massimi, Cardinal
- Chiara Mastalli, Actress
- Ruggero Mastroianni, Cutter
- Marisa Merlini, Actress
- Raffaele Mertes, filmmaker
- Maurizio Merli, actor
- Pietro Metastasio, poet and librettist
- Franco Micalizzi, Film Composer
- Franco Modigliani, economist and Nobel Prize winner
- Elsa Morante, writer
- Alberto Moravia, writer
- Emiliano Moretti, football player
- Ennio Morricone, composer and conductor
- Luigi Musso, Formula 1 racing driver
- Alessandra Mussolini, actress and fascist politician
- Ornella Muti, Actress
N
- Filippo Napoletano, painter
- Alessandro Nesta, football player
- Nicholas I, Pope
- Nicholas III. , Pope from 1277 to 1280
- Noemi, singer
O
- Delio Onnis, Argentine footballer
- Franciotto Orsini, Cardinal
P
- Anita Pallenberg, model, actress and fashion designer
- Vincent Pallotti Catholic priest and founder of the Order
- Massimo Pallottino, archaeologist
- Luciana Paluzzi, Actress
- Patrizia Panico, soccer player
- Raniero Panzieri
- Massimo Paris, violinist, composer, conductor and university teachers
- Ryan Paris, musicians
- Paul V, Pope from 1605 to 1621
- Federico Peluso, football player
- Jacopo Peri, composer
- Achille Perilli, painter
- Luigi Pintor, journalist, publicist and politician
- Emanuele Pirro, race car driver
- Pius XII. , Pope from 1939 to 1958
- Giacomo della Porta, architect and sculptor
- Andrea Prodan, actor
- Titus Pullo, Centurion
R
- Eros Ramazzotti, singers and musicians
- Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, held a literary salon at the Hôtel de Rambouillet in Paris from
- Claudio Ranieri, football player and coach
- Fausto Razzi, composer
- Dagmar Reichardt, German literary scholar and Romance languages
- Mario Revelli di Beaumont, motorcycle racer and car designer
- Andrea Riccardi, theologian and co-founder of the group Sant'Egidio
- Cola di Rienzo, politicians and tribune
- Flavio Roma, football player
- Giulio Romano, painter, architect and builder
- Cesare Romiti, managing director of Fiat
- Aleandro Rosi, football player
- Isabella Rossellini, actress
- Roberto Rossellini, director
- Daniele De Rossi, Football Player
- Walter Rossi ( Artist ), artist and architect
- Nunzio Rotondo, jazz trumpeter
- Massimo Rotundo, cartoonist
- Bruno Rubeo, Film outfitters
S
- Carlo Alberto Salustri called Trilussa, dialect poet and fable writer
- Giacomo Savelli, Cardinal
- Giovanni Battista Scaramelli, Jesuit, ascetic writer
- Giorgio Scarlatti, race car driver
- Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, a composer, organist and choirmaster
- Furio Scarpelli, Screenwriter
- Rudolf Schadow, German sculptor
- Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian and French fashion designer
- Marie of Schleinitz, Berlin salonière and patron of Richard Wagner.
- Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Toti Scialoja, painter and writer
- Patrizia Scascitelli, jazz musician
- Andy Selva, San- marinesischer football player
- Domenico Serafini, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Fabrizio Sferra, jazz drummer
- Francesco Siacci, mathematicians, ballistics and officer
- Sabrina Siani, Film Actress
- Enzo Siciliano, writer and journalist
- Marguerite Sikabonyi, Actress
- Fabrizio De Simone, race car driver
- Clara von Simson, a scientist and German politician (FDP)
- Fernando Silva, Brazilian swimmer
- New Year's Eve IV, Antipope Paschal II to
- Attilio Simonetti, Roman genre painter
- Giancarlo De Sisti, football player and coach
- Sergio Sollima, Film Director
- Cornelio Sommaruga, former President of the ICRC
- Alberto Sordi, movie actor
- Alessandro Specchi, Roman architect and graphic designer
- Luciano Spinosi, football player
- Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer and Oscar winner
- Charles Edward Stuart, exiled claimant to the throne on the throne of Great Britain and Ireland
- Kim Rossi Stuart, film and theater actor; film Director
T
- Enrico Tamberlik, opera tenor
- Domenico Tardini, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Piero Taruffi, car and motorcycle racer
- Scipione Tecchi, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Gianfranco Tedeschi, bassist
- Danilo Terenzi, Jazz Musicians
- Aurelio Tiratelli, painter
- Titus, Roman emperor
- Sergio Tofano, comic book artist, writer, director, actor and artist
- Aldo Tonti, Cinematographer
- Giulio Tonti, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Rodolfo Torti, cartoonist
- Francesco Totti Football Player
- Licia Troisi, fantasy writer
- Armando Trovajoli, pianist and film composer
U
- Federico Ughi, jazz drummer
- Urban VII, Pope in 1590
V
- Egidio Vagnozzi, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Marco Di Vaio, football player
- Giuseppe Valadier, architect, urban planner, archaeologist and Goldsmith
- Lorenzo Valla, humanist and canons
- Pietro della Valle, a traveler and travel writer
- Walter Veltroni, journalist and politician, mayor of Rome (2001 - 2008)
- Antonello Venditti, Cantautore ( songwriter )
- Lucius Vorenus, Centurion
- Vigilius, Pope of 537 to 7 June 555
- Giovanni da Vigo, physicians ( 15-16. Century)
- Louis Visconti, French architect
- Mutio Vitelleschi, Superior General
W
- John William Waterhouse, British painter, which is attributed to the group of the Pre-Raphaelites
- Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British nobleman, Brigadier and entrepreneurs
- Lina Wertmuller film director
Z
- Giovanni Zamboni, composer
- Daniel Zampieri, racers
- Bruno Zevi, architect, architectural historian, author and university professor
- Antonio Zugarelli, tennis players
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