1. Enzo Ferrari (1898)

Founder Of Ferrari Car Manufactu

Il Commendatore was a race-car driver turned automobile maker. He founded the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team.

2. Alfredo Ferrari (1932)

Son Of Enzo Ferrari

Son of Enzo Ferrari and engineer that helped create the 750 Monza racing car and the 1.5 liter V6 engine for the Ferrari automotive company.

3. Mirella Freni (1935)

Singer

Award-winning Italian opera singer who sang classics by composers like Giuseppe Verdi and Mozart as a soprano and starred in the 1975 film Madame Butterfly. 

4. Luciano Pavarotti (1935)

Opera Singer

Italian operatic tenor best known for his performances with Spanish singers Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. Together, they were given the name The Three Tenors.

5. Massimo Bottura (1962)

Chef

Italian chef and restaurateur known for being the patron of Osteria Francescana, a three-Michelin-star restaurant that is based in his hometown of Modena. He is also known for having been...

6. Giulia Provvedi (1993)

Pop Singer

Performs alongside her twin sister Silvia Provvedi in the pop duo known as LeDonatella. The twins won the tenth season of the reality show L'Isola dei Famosi in 2015. They also appeared...

7. Silvia Provvedi (1993)

Pop Singer

Member of the pop duo LeDonatella alongside her twin sister Giulia Provvedi. They appeared in the sixth season of the talent TV show X Factor Italia in 2012.

8. Benjamin Mascolo (1993)

Pop Singer

Italian pop singer best known as one half of the duo Benji & Fede with his friend Federico Rossi. The pair gained fame posting covers of popular songs to their joint YouTube...

9. Stefano Modena (1963)

Italian Racing Driver

Formula One racer who appeared in 81 races from 1987 to 1992.

10. Carlo Mattioli (1911)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Carlo Mattioli is a retired male race walker from Italy who represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988.

11. Davide Uccellari (1991)

Italian Triathlete

Davide Uccellari is an Italian triathlete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday August 7 he placed 29th.

12. Alessandra Riegler (1961)

Italian Chess Player

Alessandra Riegler is an Italian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. She was the sixth ICCF Women's World Champion a title she held from 2000-2005. In 2007 Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has...

13. Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719)

Italian Chess Player

Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an 18th-century Italian law professor priest chess player composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing.

14. Adriana Serra Zanetti (1976)

Tennis Player

Adriana Serra Zanetti is a professional Italian tennis player. She is a sister of Antonella Serra Zanetti. Serra Zanetti's highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking is World No. 38 which...

15. Gianna Galli (1935)

Italian Operatic Soprano

Gianna Galli was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1970s. She specialized in the lyric soprano repertoire and was particularly known...

16. Luca Rovinalti (1987)

Italian Journalist

Luca Rovinalti is an Italian journalist who has been executive chairman at the International Press Club of Prague since 2013.

17. Francesco Guccini (1940)

Italian Singer-songwriter

bum see Guccini. Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer-songwriter considered one of the most important Cantautori. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums...

18. Alex Ferrari (1982)

Brazilian Singer

Alex Ferrari is a Brazilian Latin sertanejo music singer songwriter and producer most famous for Bara Bará Bere Berê that charted in France reaching number-one on SNEP the official French...

19. Achille Fontanelli (1775)

Italian General

Achille Fontanelli was an Italian nationalist and Napoleonic general. Born into a low-ranking noble family he took service with a pro-French Italian military unit in 1797. He was captured in...

20. Caterina Caselli (1946)

Italian Record Producer

Caterina Caselli is an Italian record producer and former singer and actress. In 1966 she debuted in the Sanremo Festival with Nessuno mi può giudicare a song discarded by Adriano...

21. Francesco Dall'Olio (1953)

Volleyball Player

sco Dall'Olio is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was born in...

22. Fabio Bonci (1949)

Italian Footballer

bio Bonci is a retired Italian professional football player. His father Iro Bonci and uncles Adler Bonci Emilio Bonci and Remo Bonci all played football professionally.

23. Nicola Fabrizi (1804)

Italian Patriot

Nicola Fabrizi was an Italian patriot born at Sassi Garfagnana under the jurisdiction of Modena. Fabrizi was one of the most militant and dedicated leaders of the Risorgimento the movement...

24. Daniele Giovanardi (1950)

unknow

25. Carlo Giovanardi (1950)

Politician

Carlo Amedeo Giovanardi is an Italian politician and member of the Senate leader of the socially conservative wing of New Centre-Right party.

26. Stefano Cuoghi (1959)

Italian Footballer And Manager

Stefano Cuoghi is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages Grosseto.

27. Maria Beatrice D'Este, Duchess Of Massa (1750)

unknow

28. Adolfo Venturi (1856)

unknow

29. Paolo Martinelli (1952)

Italian Motorsport Engineer

Paolo Martinelli is an engineer best known for his position as head of Scuderia Ferrari's Engine Department from 1994 to 2006.

30. Mauro Bulgarelli (1954)

Actor

31. Fulvio Milani (1885)

Actor

32. Massimo Barbolini (1964)

Italian Volleyball Coach

Massimo Barbolini is an Italian volleyball coach. He is coach of Turkey women's national volleyball team and Galatasaray SK. Coaching Italy women's national volleyball team he has won the 2007...

33. Ivo Pulga (1964)

Italian Footballer And Coach

Ivo Pulga is an Italian association football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Cagliari in the Serie A.

34. Cecilia Camellini (1992)

Italian Paralympic Swimmer

Cecilia Camellini is a visually-impaired born blind Paralympic swimmer of Italy. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics she won two silver medals. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won two gold...

35. Fabrizio Borellini (1968)

Italian High Jumper

brizio Borellini is a retired Italian high jumper. He won one medal at the International athletics competitions.

36. Vincenzo Zitello (1956)

Italian Harpist

Vicenzo Zitello is an Italian composer and harpist who specializes in Celtic music. He has released seven albums and composed music for the play The Beat Generation.

37. Ernesto Burzagli (1873)

unknow

Ernesto Burzagli CB was a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Italy during the early 20th century. During a lifetime career in the Italian Royal Navy he rose to the...

38. Maurizio Ceresoli (1983)

Italian Racing Driver

Maurizio Ceresoli is an Italian auto racing driver. His first serious racing came in 2002 with the Italian Formula Ford Series. In his first season he finished as runner-up. One...

39. Antonella Serra Zanetti (1980)

Tennis Player

Antonella Serra Zanetti is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On January 30 2006 Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.

40. Bellerofonte Castaldi (1581)

Italian Composer

Bellerofonte Castaldi was an Italian composer poet and lutenist. His tabulatures are more complex than for example Kapsberger. Castaldi wrote male parts in his songs for tenors as he was...

41. Tarquinia Molza (1542)

Italian Singer

Tarquinia Molza was an Italian singer poet conductor composer and natural philosopher. She was considered a great virtuosa. She was involved with the famous Concerto delle donne although whether she...

42. Francesco Maria Molza (1489)

unknow

43. Lorenzo Fonda (1979)

Italian Film Director And Artist

Lorenzo Fonda is an Italian film director and artist based in New York City. He is recognized for his eclectic filmic styles and techniques that range from very stylized live...

44. Alessandro Tassoni (1565)

Italian Poet

Alessandro Tassoni was an Italian poet and writer.

45. Michelangelo Tamburini (1648)

Superior Geeral Of The Society O

Very Rev. Michelangelo Tamburini S. J.

46. Giovanni Guidetti (1972)

Italian Volleyball Coach

Giovanni Guidetti is an Italian volleyball coach. He's been coaching Turkish side Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü since 2008 and Germany national team since 2006.

47. Filippo Messori (1973)

Tennis Player

Messori is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He was born in Modena Italy. Messori enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won...

48. Cinzia Cavazzuti (1973)

Olympic Judoka

Cinzia Cavazzuti is an Italian former judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

49. Filippo Campioli (1982)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Campioli is a male high jumper from Italy. His personal best jump is 2. 30 metres achieved in June 2008 in Formia.

50. Gianmatteo Mareggini (1967)

Italian Footballer

Gianmatteo Mareggini is an Italian former footballer currently a goalkeeping coach for Figline.