1. Umberto Saba (1883)

Italian Poet Novelist

Italian poet and writer known for Prelude and Flight and associated with the Crepuscolarismo movement.

2. Albert Conti (1887)

Actor

American actor first cast in the 1923 film Merry-Go-Round when director Erich von Stroheim called him in search of an Austrian military officer to act as a technical advisor.

3. Paul Henreid (1908)

Actor Director

He portrayed Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, which critics have called one of the greatest films of all time. That same year, he starred as Jeremiah Durrance with Bette Davis in...

4. George Dolenz (1908)

Actor

Suave leading man who played roles in The Last Time I Saw Paris in 1954 and A Bullet for Joey in 1955. His filmography includes Bowery to Broadway and Vendetta.

5. Boris Pahor (1913)

Autobiographer

Notable Slovene writer best known for his autobiographical novel, Necropolis, which is narrated by a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. Pahor received the prestigious Preseren Award in 1992.

6. Mauro Maur (1958)

Italian Musician

Performer who was First Trumpet for Rome's Orchestra of the Opera House for almost twenty-five years.

7. Ivan Rassimov (1938)

Italian Actor

Italian actor known mainly for playing villains in horror and exploitation films. These include Planet of the Vampires and The Man from the Deep River.

8. Don Beyer (1950)

American Diplomat

Democratic politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1998. In 2014, he launched a campaign for the eighth-district Virginia seat in the United States House of...

9. Luca Turilli (1972)

Musician

Italian musician and songwriter who is one of the founders of the metal band Rhapsody of Fire, with whom he has released numerous albums.

10. Eleonora Cortini (1992)

Model

Italian model and TV presenter who is known for her participation in programs like Soliti ignoti, Tale e Quale Show, and Pechino Express. 

11. Angelo Pintus (1975)

Comedian

Actor and comedian who has been seen regularly on the shows Buona Domenica, Colorado, and Quelli che il calcio. He has also performed standup at countless festivals and hosted programs like...

12. Larissa Nevierov (1974)

Sailor

Larissa Nevierov is an Italian sailor that won the Laser Radial World Championships in 1998.

13. Anita Kravos (1974)

Actress

14. Nicola Cassio (1985)

Swimmer

Nicola Cassio is an Italian freestyle swimmer. Cassio won several medals mainly as a member of the Italian 4 x 200 m freestyle relay. He participated for Italy in the...

15. Diego Cafagna (1975)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Diego Cafagna is an Italian race walker.

16. Fulvia Franco (1931)

Actor

Fulvia Franco was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Trieste, the daughter of a businessman, Franco won the third edition of the...

17. Giulia Sergas (1979)

Professional Golfer

Giulia Sergas is an Italian professional golfer currently playing on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

18. Giovanni Martinolich (1884)

Italian Chess Player

Giovanni Martinolich was an Italian chess master. He was born in Trieste the son of Dr Giovanni Martinolich a lawyer Sec. of the Austrian Association of Maritime law and legal...

19. Matteo Gladig (1880)

Italian Chess Player

Matteo Gladig was an Italian chess master. Born in Triest he won at Triest 1905 took 2nd behind Giovanni Martinolich at Triest 1909 and drew a short match with Oldřich...

20. Irene Camber (1926)

Italian Fencer 1952 Olympic Gold

Irene Camber also known as Irene Camber-Corno is an Italian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition.

21. Enrico Paoli (1908)

Italian Chess Player

Enrico Paoli was an Italian International chess master. He was born in Trieste Italy and learned chess when he was nine years old. He was winner of International Tournaments of...

22. Umberto De Morpurgo (1896)

Italian Tennis Player

Umberto De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy. De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria but became an Italian citizen when the city...

23. Michele Zerial (1987)

Italian Canoeist

Michele Zerial is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500...

24. Lyla Rocco (1933)

Actor

25. Pietro Bonomo (Unknow)

Roman Catholic Archbishop

Pietro Bonomo was an Italian humanist and diplomat who became bishop of Trieste in 1502 and archbishop of Vienna briefly in 1522. He was born into an important family in...

26. Fabio Cudicini (1935)

Italian Footballer

bio Cudicini is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper who played from 1955 to 1973. With his 1. 91 m he was one of the tallest goalkeepers of his time....

27. Almerigo Grilz (1953)

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Almerigo Grilz was an Italian right wing politician and an independent war correspondent. He was born in Trieste then Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste now part of...

28. Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna (1811)

Austrian Diplomat Journalist Aut

Chevalier Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna ; originally Alois Anton Dobrauz Ritter di Saldapenna was an Austrian secret diplomat and journalist founder and editor of the Mémorial diplomatique a noted...

29. Salvatore Giannone (1936)

Italian Sprinter

Salvatore Giannone was an Italian sprinter that won one gold medal at the Summer Universiade. He was finalist with the national relay team on 4x100 metres relay at the 1956...

30. Rodolfo Ranni (1937)

Argentine Actor

Rodolfo Ranni is an Italian Argentine film actor. He has made over 85 film and TV appearances since 1958. More recently he has appeared in Argentine television dramas. His last...

31. Ricardo Renzo Brentani (1937)

Brazilian Physician And Scientis

Ricardo Renzo Brentani was a noted Brazilian physician scientist and university professor. He was made a Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit in 2007. He graduated in...

32. Matteo Scozzarella (1988)

Italian Footballer

Matteo Scozzarella is an Italian footballer who plays for Spezia Calcio on loan from Atalanta as a midfielder.

33. Federico Maracchi (1988)

Italian Footballer

Maracchi is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Lega Prima Divisione club Venezia.

34. Mitja Ribičič (1919)

Yugoslav Politician

Mitja Ribičič was a Slovenian Communist official Yugoslav politician. He was the only Slovenian prime minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Between 1945 and 1957 he was at...

35. Federica Ranchi (1939)

Actor

36. Enrico Rava (1939)

Italian Musician

Enrico Rava is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His...

37. Claudio Magris (1939)

Scholar Translator And Writer

Claudio Magris is an Italian scholar translator and writer.

38. Claudia Pasini (1939)

Fencer

Claudia Pasini is an Italian fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

39. Lelio Lagorio (1925)

Mayor Of Florence And Minister O

Lelio Lagorio is an Italian politician who served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978.

40. Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822)

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41. Jože Pirjevec (1940)

Slovene Historian

Jože Pirjevec is a Slovene historian from Italy. He is one of the most prominent diplomatic historians of the west Balkans region and member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences...

42. Franca Batich (1940)

Italian Painter

Batich is an Italian contemporary artist who specializes in oil and mixed technique abstract painting. A student of Giovanni Giordani Frida de Reya and Alice Psaconopulo Batich first began exhibiting...

43. Porfirio Smerdou (1905)

Mexican Diplomat

Porfirio Smerdou was a Mexican consul.

44. Sergio DellaPergola (1942)

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Sergio Della Pergola is an Italian-born Israeli professor and demographic expert widely acknowledged as the leading authority in demography and statistics related to the Jewish population all over the world....

45. Daniela Surina (1942)

Actor

46. Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli (1892)

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Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli was an Italian politician member of Benito Mussolini's fascist government from 1935 to 1939 as minister of Public Works.

47. Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857)

Italian Chemist And Politician

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician was an Italian photochemist of Armenian descent and an Italian senator. He was born in Trieste Italy from Armenian parents. Ciamician was an early researcher in the...

48. Charles Faider (1811)

Jurist Politician

Charles Jean Baptiste Florian Faider was a Belgian jurist and politician.

49. Fabio Baldas (1949)

Italian Football Referee

bio Baldas. is a former football referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA the first-round Group A...

50. Mauro Roman (1954)

Italian Equestrian

Mauro Roman is an Italian equestrian.