100 Notable alumni of
Federico II University of Naples

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The Federico II University of Naples is 293rd in the world, 103rd in Europe, and 9th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Federico II University of Naples sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Thomas Aquinas

    Thomas Aquinas
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1225-1274 (aged 49)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied in 1239-1245
    Occupations
    philosopherfriarCatholic theologianuniversity teachertheologian
    Biography

    Thomas Aquinas OP was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher. He is considered one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Catholic theology and Western philosophy.

  2. Giordano Bruno

    Giordano Bruno
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1548-1600 (aged 52)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied in 1562-1565
    Occupations
    astrologerphilosopheruniversity teachermathematicianwriter
    Biography

    Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, poet, alchemist, astronomer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then-novel Copernican model. He practised Hermeticism and took a mystical approach to exploring the universe. He proposed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets (exoplanets), and he raised the possibility that these planets might foster life of their own, a cosmological position known as cosmic pluralism. He also insisted that the universe is infinite and could have no centre.

  3. Paolo Sorrentino

    Paolo Sorrentino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1970-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    actorplaywrightscreenwriterdirectorfilm director
    Biography

    Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award accepted for Best International Film, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento awards.

  4. Giorgio Napolitano

    Giorgio Napolitano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1925-2023 (aged 98)
    Occupations
    journalistpolitician
    Biography

    Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015. At the time the longest-serving president in Italian history and the first to achieve re-election, he played a dominant role in Italian politics, leading some critics to refer to him as Re Giorgio ("King Giorgio").

  5. Roberto Saviano

    Roberto Saviano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1979-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    screenwriterwriterjournalist
    Biography

    Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. In his writings, including articles and his book Gomorrah, he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of organized crime in Italy, in particular the Camorra crime syndicate, and of organized crime more generally.

  6. Samantha Cristoforetti

    Samantha Cristoforetti
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1977-.. (age 49)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Graduated with laurea
    Occupations
    astronaut
    Biography

    Samantha Cristoforetti OMRI is an Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the second of two women sent into space by ESA and the first from Italy. Cristoforetti holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and she held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson in June 2017, and later by Christina Koch. She took command of ISS Expedition 68 on 28 September 2022.

  7. Benedetto Croce

    Benedetto Croce
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1866-1952 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    literary criticwriterart historianphilosopherpolitician
    Biography

    Benedetto Croce, OCI, COSML was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and politician who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography, and aesthetics. A political liberal in most regards, he formulated a distinction between liberalism (as support for civil liberties) and "liberism" (as support for laissez-faire economics and capitalism). Croce had considerable influence on other Italian intellectuals, from Marxists to Italian fascists, such as Antonio Gramsci and Giovanni Gentile, respectively.

  8. Alessandro Preziosi

    Alessandro Preziosi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
    Biography

    Alessandro Preziosi is an Italian actor.

  9. Giambattista Vico

    Giambattista Vico
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1668-1744 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    collector of fairy taleshistorianphilosopherjuristsociologist
    Biography

    Giambattista Vico was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist during the Italian Enlightenment. He criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism, finding Cartesian analysis and other types of reductionism impractical to human life, and he was an apologist for classical antiquity and the Renaissance humanities, in addition to being the first expositor of the fundamentals of social science and of semiotics. He is recognised as one of the first Counter-Enlightenment figures in history.

  10. Renzo Arbore

    Renzo Arbore
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1937-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    film directortelevision presenteractorjazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore Knight Grand Cross OMRI is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director.

  11. Giovanni Leone

    Giovanni Leone
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1908-2001 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Giovanni Leone was an Italian politician, jurist and university professor who was the president of Italy from 1971 to 1978. A founding member of Christian Democracy (DC), Leone briefly served as Prime Minister of Italy from June to December 1963 and again from June to December 1968. He was also President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1955 to 1963.

  12. Sylva Koscina

    Sylva Koscina
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1933-1994 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    modelfilm actor
    Biography

    Sylva Koscina was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, best known for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968).

  13. Giuseppe Moscati

    Giuseppe Moscati
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1880-1927 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    physicianprofessor
    Biography

    Giuseppe Moscati was an Italian doctor, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry and for his piety. Moscati was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1987; his feast day is 16 November.

  14. Giampaolo Morelli

    Giampaolo Morelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1974-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    screenwritertelevision presenterfilm directorwriteractor
    Biography

    Giampaolo Morelli is an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is particularly known for his television work; among his roles is as the title character in the L'ispettore Coliandro series.

  15. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

    Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1696-1787 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    composerpoetlawyerCatholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Alphonsus Maria de Liguori CSsR was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the Redemptorists, in November 1732.

  16. Paul IV

    Paul IV
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1476-1559 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    diplomatCatholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559. While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed an anti-Spanish outlook that later coloured his papacy. In response to an invasion of part of the Papal States by Spain during his papacy, he called for a French military intervention. After a defeat of the French and with Spanish troops at the edge of Rome, the Papacy and Spain reached a compromise: French and Spanish forces left the Papal States and the Pope thereafter adopted a neutral stance between France and Spain.

  17. Umberto Nobile

    Umberto Nobile
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1885-1978 (aged 93)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied electrical engineering and industrial engineering
    Occupations
    politicianairship pilotmilitary flight engineerpolar exploreraircraft pilot
    Biography

    Umberto Nobile was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.

  18. Roberto Gualtieri

    Roberto Gualtieri
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1966-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    historianresearcheruniversity teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Roberto Gualtieri is an Italian historian and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), incumbent Mayor of Rome since 2021 and Minister of Economy and Finances in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021. He previously was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019, where he chaired the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee within the Parliament from 2014 until 2019.

  19. Luciano De Crescenzo

    Luciano De Crescenzo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1928-2019 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    television presenterfilm directorengineeractordirector
    Biography

    Luciano De Crescenzo was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer.

  20. Vincenzo Salemme

    Vincenzo Salemme
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm directoractorwriterdramaturge
    Biography

    Vincenzo Salemme is an Italian actor, comedian, and filmmaker.

  21. Imma Battaglia

    Imma Battaglia
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politicianLGBTQ rights activist
    Biography

    Immacolata "Imma" Battaglia is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist.

  22. Gennaro Sangiuliano

    Gennaro Sangiuliano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1962-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    biographeressayistpoliticianwriterjournalist
    Biography

    Gennaro Sangiuliano is an Italian journalist, writer, and politician who served as Minister of Culture in the Meloni Cabinet. He was the director of the Roma newspaper in Naples from 1996 to 2001 and of TG2 from 2018 to 2022, as well as the deputy director of the Libero newspaper and of TG1 from 2009 to 2018.

  23. Pasquale Squitieri

    Pasquale Squitieri
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1938-2017 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    screenwriterpoliticianfilm director
    Biography

    Pasquale Squitieri was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

  24. Errico Malatesta

    Errico Malatesta
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1853-1932 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    trade unionistrevolutionaryeditorjournalistactivist
    Biography

    Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist. He edited several radical newspapers and spent much of his life exiled and imprisoned, having been jailed and expelled from Italy, Britain, France, and Switzerland. Originally a supporter of insurrectionary propaganda by deed, Malatesta later advocated for syndicalism. His exiles included five years in Europe and 12 years in Argentina. Malatesta participated in actions including an 1895 Spanish revolt and a Belgian general strike. He toured the United States, giving lectures and founding the influential anarchist journal La Questione Sociale. After World War I, he returned to Italy where his Umanità Nova had some popularity before its closure under the rise of Mussolini.

  25. Urban VI

    Urban VI
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1318-1389 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic priestpolitician
    Biography

    Pope Urban VI, born Bartolomeo Prignano ( Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo priɲˈɲaːno]), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death, in October 1389. He was the last pope elected from outside the College of Cardinals. His pontificate began shortly after the end of the Avignon Papacy. It was marked by immense conflict between rival factions as a part of the Western Schism, with much of Europe, such as France, the Iberian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, and Scotland recognizing Clement VII, based in Avignon, as the true pope.

  26. Luciana Lamorgese

    Luciana Lamorgese
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Luciana Lamorgese is an Italian civil servant and prefect who served as Minister of the Interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022.

  27. Luca Parmitano

    Luca Parmitano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    astronaut
    Biography

    Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force. He is the first Italian (and the third European) to command the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 61.

  28. Luigi de Magistris

    Luigi de Magistris
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    prosecutorpolitician
    Biography

    Luigi de Magistris is an Italian politician and former prosecutor who served as mayor of Naples from 2011 to 2021. He began his prosecutor career in 1995, attracing significant media attention for his investigations, and served in this role between Naples and Catanzaro until 2009. He was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2011. In 2021, he ran for president of Calabria in a snap election but finished third. In 2022, he founded the People's Union (UP), an electoral list and political coalition of which he was leader as its spokesperson until 2024.

  29. Clemente Mastella

    Clemente Mastella
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    journalistpolitician
    Biography

    Mario Clemente Mastella is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Benevento since 20 June 2016. He also served as leader of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR), a minor centrist and Christian-democratic Italian party. Mastella, who began his career in the Christian Democracy (DC) party, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1976, is known for his trasformismo, changing over his career many political parties and affiliations.

  30. Paolo Cirino Pomicino

    Paolo Cirino Pomicino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1939-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    neurosurgeonmedical directorpolitician
    Biography

    Paolo Cirino Pomicino is an Italian politician, who was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 Italian general election representing the Christian Democracy for Autonomies.

  31. Italo Bocchino

    Italo Bocchino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    journalistpolitician
    Biography

    Italo Bocchino is an Italian politician and journalist.

  32. Bartolo Longo

    Bartolo Longo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1841-1926 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    juristlawyerwriter
    Biography

    Bartolo Longo, TOSD was an Italian lawyer and former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a Dominican tertiary, dedicating his life to the rosary and the Virgin Mary. He was eventually awarded a papal knighthood of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on October 19, 2025.

  33. Gaetano Manfredi

    Gaetano Manfredi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    engineeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Gaetano Manfredi is an Italian university professor and politician. He has been mayor of Naples since 2021, and has served as the Minister of University and Research in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2020 to 2021.

  34. Aboubakar Soumahoro

    Aboubakar Soumahoro
    Born in
    Ivory Coast Flag Ivory Coast
    Years
    1980-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    trade unionistpolitician
    Biography

    Aboubakar Soumahoro is an Ivorian-born Italian politician, trade unionist and activist who is serving as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Emilia-Romagna constituency since 2022.

  35. Chiara Valerio

    Chiara Valerio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1978-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    radio personalitywriterediting staff
    Biography

    Chiara Valerio is an Italian author and essayist.

  36. Ferdinando Imposimato

    Ferdinando Imposimato
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1936-2018 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyerjudgemagistratehuman rights defender
    Biography

    Ferdinando Imposimato was an Italian magistrate and the honorary president of the Supreme Court of Italy.

  37. Antonio Salandra

    Antonio Salandra
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1853-1931 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Antonio Salandra was a conservative Italian politician, journalist, and writer who served as the 21st prime minister of Italy between 1914 and 1916. He ensured the entry of Italy in World War I on the side of the Triple Entente (the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire) to fulfil Italy's irredentist claims.

  38. Nicola Romeo

    Nicola Romeo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1876-1938 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    engineerbusinesspersonentrepreneurpolitician
    Biography

    Nicola Romeo was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. He served as a senator in the 18th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy.

  39. Raffaele La Capria

    Raffaele La Capria
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1922-2022 (aged 100)
    Occupations
    novelistlinguistjournalistauthortranslator
    Biography

    Raffaele La Capria was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.

  40. Gianni Pittella

    Gianni Pittella
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Giovanni Saverio Furio "Gianni" Pittella is an Italian politician who is serving as the mayor of Lauria since 2021. Like his father and younger brother, Pittella began his political career in the Italian Socialist Party. He and his brother later joined the Labour Federation and the Democrats of the Left within the centre-left coalition, at that time known as The Olive Tree. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 1999. In 2007, the Pittellas were among the founding members of the Democratic Party.

  41. Nicola Mancino

    Nicola Mancino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1931-.. (age 95)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudgepolitician
    Biography

    Nicola Mancino is an Italian politician who served as president of the Senate of the Republic from 1996 to 2001. He was also president of Campania's regional parliament from 1965 to 1971, governor of Campania from 1971 to 1972 and Minister of the Interior from 1992 to 1994.

  42. Renato Caccioppoli

    Renato Caccioppoli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1904-1959 (aged 55)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied in 1921-1925
    Occupations
    mathematicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Renato Caccioppoli was an Italian mathematician, known for his contributions to mathematical analysis, including the theory of functions of several complex variables, functional analysis, measure theory.

  43. Ernesto de Martino

    Ernesto de Martino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1908-1965 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    ethnographerhistorian of religionanthropologist
    Biography

    Ernesto de Martino was an Italian anthropologist, philosopher and historian of religions. He studied with Benedetto Croce and Adolfo Omodeo, and did field research with Diego Carpitella into the funeral rituals of Lucania and tarantism.

  44. Nicola Materazzi

    Nicola Materazzi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1939-2022 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    mechanical engineer
    Biography

    Nicola Materazzi was an Italian mechanical engineer who developed several sports and racing cars, including the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, and B Engineering Edonis. He was one of Italy's leading turbocharging specialists from the mid-1970s, a respected sports car and motorcycle engineer, and is sometimes referred to as "Mr. F40" or the "father of the F40".

  45. Franzo Grande Stevens

    Franzo Grande Stevens
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1928-2025 (aged 97)
    Occupations
    lawyerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Franzo Grande Stevens was an Italian lawyer. He was famous for being the lawyer of the Agnelli family, and was one of the triad of longtime advisors of Gianni Agnelli. He continued to advise Agnelli's grandson and heir John Elkann. He served as chairman of Juventus from 2003 to 2006, when the club was relegated due to Calciopoli.

  46. Sergio Costa

    Sergio Costa
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politicianpolice officer
    Biography

    Sergio Costa is an Italian military official and politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Environment between 2018 and 2021. He is a member of the Five Star Movement.

  47. Girolamo de Rada

    Girolamo de Rada
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1814-1903 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    historianpoetjournalistwriter
    Biography

    Girolamo de Rada was an Arbëreshë folklorist, journalist, lawyer, playwright, poet, rilindas and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 19th century who played an essential role in the Albanian Renaissance.

  48. Ivan Scalfarotto

    Ivan Scalfarotto
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ivan Scalfarotto is an Italian politician and activist, committed to LGBT rights. A member of the Italian Parliament, he was a Deputy Minister at the Italian Ministry of Interior.

  49. Clio Bittoni

    Clio Bittoni
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1934-2024 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied in 1958
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Clio Maria Bittoni was an Italian lawyer who specialised in labour law. She was the widow of Giorgio Napolitano, who was the President of Italy from 2006 until 2015.

  50. Nicola Abbagnano

    Nicola Abbagnano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1901-1990 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    university teacherphilosopherwriter
    Biography

    Nicola Abbagnano was an Italian existential philosopher.

  51. Achille Bonito Oliva

    Achille Bonito Oliva
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1939-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    poetart historianwriterart criticuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Achille Bonito Oliva is an Italian art critic and historian of contemporary art. Since 1968 he has taught history of contemporary art at La Sapienza, the university of Rome. He has written extensively on contemporary art and contemporary artists. He originated the term Transavanguardia to describe the new direction taken in the late 1970s by artists such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino. He has organised or curated numerous contemporary art events and exhibitions; in 1993 he was artistic director of the Biennale di Venezia.

  52. Paolo Maddalena

    Paolo Maddalena
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1936-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    university teacherjudgemagistrate
    Biography

    Paolo Maddalena is an Italian magistrate and academic, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 2002 to 2011.

  53. Raffaele Cantone

    Raffaele Cantone
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyerjudgejuristmagistrate
    Biography

    Raffaele Cantone is an Italian magistrate. In March 2014, he was appointed president of the National Anti-Corruption Authority by the then Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi; he held the office until October 2019. In June 2020, Cantone was appointed by the High Council of the Judiciary as the chief prosecutor in Perugia.

  54. Eduardo Ciannelli

    Eduardo Ciannelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1889-1969 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorstage actor
    Biography

    Eduardo Ciannelli was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals. He was sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli.

  55. Francesco De Lorenzo

    Francesco De Lorenzo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1938-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    politicianphysician
    Biography

    Francesco De Lorenzo is an Italian physician and politician and is a member of the Italian Liberal Party.

  56. Giuseppe Mercalli

    Giuseppe Mercalli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1850-1914 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    seismologistuniversity teachergeologistvolcanologist
    Biography

    Giuseppe Mercalli was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity.

  57. Antonio Labriola

    Antonio Labriola
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1843-1904 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    writerjournalistphilosopheruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Antonio Labriola was an Italian Marxist theoretician and philosopher. Although an academic philosopher and never an active member of any Marxist political party, his thought exerted influence on many political theorists in Italy during the early 20th century, including the founder of the Italian Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce, as well as the leaders of the Italian Communist Party, Antonio Gramsci and Amadeo Bordiga. He also influenced the Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician Leon Trotsky.

  58. Roberto Esposito

    Roberto Esposito
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1950-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    university teacherphilosopher
    Biography

    Roberto Esposito is an Italian political philosopher and critical theorist, notable for his contributions to biopolitics, Italian Thought, and metapolitics. He currently serves as emeritus professor of theoretical philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.

  59. Gennaro Migliore

    Gennaro Migliore
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Gennaro Migliore is an Italian politician of the Italia Viva party who has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 until 2008 and again since 2013.

  60. Luigj Gurakuqi

    Luigj Gurakuqi
    Born in
    Albania Flag Albania
    Years
    1879-1925 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    poetwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Luigj Gurakuqi, also called Louis Gurakuchi, was an Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honored with the People's Hero of Albania medal.

  61. Gaetano Filangieri

    Gaetano Filangieri
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1752-1788 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    juristphilosopher
    Biography

    Gaetano Filangieri, 5th Prince of Satriano was an Italian jurist and philosopher. Highly polemical in regard to the political and legal system of the ancien régime, and opposed to the privilege of the aristocracy and the extreme power of the magistracy, Filangieri fought in favor of a constitutional system based on the rights of man.

  62. Alfonso Gatto

    Alfonso Gatto
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1909-1976 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    playwrightliterary criticactorwriterpainter
    Biography

    Alfonso Gatto was an Italian poet and writer. Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of hermetic poetry.

  63. Sheyene Gerardi

    Sheyene Gerardi
    Born in
    Venezuela Flag Venezuela
    Years
    20th Century
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    Studied political science
    Occupations
    chief executive officerbusinesspersonactorminer
    Biography

    Sheyene Gerardi is an Italo-Venezuelan former actress, producer, and media proprietor. She has won numerous awards for her work and charitable efforts.

  64. Valeria Parrella

    Valeria Parrella
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1974-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Valeria Parrella is an Italian author, playwright and activist.

  65. Carla Ruocco

    Carla Ruocco
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Carla Ruocco is an Italian politician from the Five Star Movement who served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2022.

  66. Filippo Patroni Griffi

    Filippo Patroni Griffi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    magistratepolitician
    Biography

    Filippo Patroni Griffi is an Italian politician and magistrate who served as Minister of Public Administration between 2011 and 2013.

  67. Elio Vito

    Elio Vito
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elio Vito is an Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from 1992 to 2022.

  68. Marcello Pittella

    Marcello Pittella
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1962-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Marcello Pittella is an Italian politician who served as president of Basilicata from 2013 to 2019. Like his father and older brother, Pittella began his political career in the Italian Socialist Party. He and his brother later joined the Labour Federation and the Democrats of the Left within the centre-left coalition, at that time known as The Olive Tree. In 2007, the Pittellas were among the founding members of the Democratic Party.

  69. Piero De Luca

    Piero De Luca
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1980-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    juristpolitician
    Biography

    Piero De Luca is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was first elected in the 2018 general election, and was re-elected in 2022. He is the son of Vincenzo De Luca.

  70. Francesco De Martino

    Francesco De Martino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1907-2002 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    university teacherlegal historianlawyerjuristpolitician
    Biography

    Francesco de Martino was an Italian jurist, politician, lifetime senator (1991–2002) and former Vice President of the Council of Ministers. He was considered by many to be the conscience of the Italian Socialist Party.

  71. Viola Carofalo

    Viola Carofalo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1980-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politicianphilosopher
    Biography

    Viola Carofalo is an Italian politician and former national spokesperson and leader of Power to the People, a coalition of parties, movements and associations (about a hundred among which Communist Refoundation Party, Italian Communist Party and The Other Europe) which contested the 2018 Italian general election.

  72. Antonio Manganelli

    Antonio Manganelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1950-2013 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    civil servantpolitician
    Biography

    Antonio Manganelli was an Italian police chief, and head of Polizia di Stato from June 2007, when he replaced Gianni De Gennaro.

  73. Bruno Forte

    Bruno Forte
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teachertheologian
    Biography

    Bruno Forte is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto since 2004.

  74. Arturo Scotto

    Arturo Scotto
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1978-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Arturo Scotto is an Italian politician.

  75. Jerzy Ossoliński

    Jerzy Ossoliński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1595-1650 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h. Topór was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, governor (voivode) of Sandomierz from 1636, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire since 1634, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639, Great Crown Chancellor from 1643, starost of Bydgoszcz (1633), Luboml (1639), Puck and Bolim (1647), magnate, politician, statesman and diplomat. Famous for being extensively educated, he was a skillful politician and a persuasive public speaker.

  76. Francesco Mario Pagano

    Francesco Mario Pagano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1748-1799 (aged 51)
    Occupations
    historianplaywrightphilosopherlegal counselor
    Biography

    Francesco Mario Pagano was an Italian jurist, author, thinker, and the founder of the Neapolitan school of law. He is regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers. A moderate reformist, he is seen as a forerunner of the Italian unification.

  77. Franco Roberti

    Franco Roberti
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    juristpoliticianmagistrate
    Biography

    Franco Roberti is an Italian magistrate and politician, member of the European Parliament since 2019.

  78. Vincenzo Tiberio

    Vincenzo Tiberio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1869-1915 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    physician
    Biography

    Vincenzo Tiberio was an Italian researcher and medical officer of the Medical Corps of the Italian Navy and physician at the University of Naples. Observing that people complained of intestinal disorders after the walls of a well which supplied drinking water was cleaned off, he published a little noticed 1895 paper on the bactericidal effect of some molds, 35 years before Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin.

  79. Donato Toma

    Donato Toma
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Donato Toma is an Italian politician, president of Molise from 2018 to 2023.

  80. Giuseppe Galasso

    Giuseppe Galasso
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1929-2018 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Giuseppe Galasso was an Italian historian and politician. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1994.

  81. Pietro Giannone

    Pietro Giannone
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1676-1748 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    historianautobiographerjuristphilosopher
    Biography

    Pietro Giannone was an Italian philosopher, historian and jurist born in Ischitella, in the province of Foggia, Kingdom of Naples. He opposed the papal influence in Naples, for which he was excommunicated and imprisoned for twelve years until his death.

  82. Renato Ruggiero

    Renato Ruggiero
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1930-2013 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    juristbusinesspersondiplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Renato Ruggiero was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001.

  83. Mario Rosario Morelli

    Mario Rosario Morelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgemagistrate
    Biography

    Mario Rosario Morelli is an Italian judge. He was Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 12 December 2011 and 12 December 2020, and served as its president from 16 September 2020.

  84. Pasquale Stanislao Mancini

    Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1817-1888 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    justice ministeruniversity teacherdiplomateducation ministerforeign minister
    Biography

    Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 8th Marquess of Fusignano was an Italian jurist and statesman.

  85. Alessio Fasano

    Alessio Fasano
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    physicianresearchergastroenterologist
    Biography

    Alessio Fasano is an Italian-born medical doctor, pediatric gastroenterologist and researcher. He currently holds many roles, including professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and professor of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, both in Boston. He serves as director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and co-director of the Harvard Medical School Celiac Research Program. In addition, he is director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at MGHfC, where he oversees a research program with approximately 50 scientists and staff researching a variety of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, including cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, enteric infections and necrotizing enterocolitis. A common theme of these programs is the study of the emerging role of the gut microbiome in health and disease. Fasano is also the scientific director of the European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno (EBRIS) in Italy. Along with these leadership positions, he is a practicing outpatient clinician in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition and the division chief.

  86. Vincenzo Napoli

    Vincenzo Napoli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1950-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    architectpolitician
    Biography

    Vincenzo Napoli is an Italian politician.

  87. Gerardo D'Ambrosio

    Gerardo D'Ambrosio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1930-2014 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    prosecutorjudgepolitician
    Biography

    Gerardo D'Ambrosio was an Italian magistrate and politician.

  88. Annibale de Gasparis

    Annibale de Gasparis
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1819-1892 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    university teachermathematicianastronomer
    Biography

    Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, known for discovering asteroids and his contributions to theoretical astronomy.

  89. Valeria Valente

    Valeria Valente
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Valeria Valente is an Italian politician and lawyer. Valente is a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in Naples, Italy in 1976. When she was very young she was active in the politics of the student movement. At 18 she became the coordinator for the city of Naples and a year later joined the National Union of Students, so she moved to Rome to continue her political career. In 2016 she announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party (DP) Primaries for the office of Mayor of Naples.

  90. Maria Bakunin

    Maria Bakunin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1873-1960 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    biologistchemist
    Biography

    Maria Mikhailovna Bakunina was a Russian-Italian chemist and geologist. Born in Siberia, she moved to southern Italy at a young age, taking up chemistry during her education. By the time of her graduation from the University of Naples, she was already a pioneering figure in stereochemistry and made a number of advancements in applied chemistry. During the early 20th century, she carried out a series of geological surveys in the region of Campania, identifying a number of ichthyol deposits for exploitation. With the outbreak of World War II, she continued her work at the University of Naples and dedicated herself to the rebuilding of the Accademia Pontaniana after the war.

  91. Ruggero Santilli

    Ruggero Santilli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1935-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Ruggero Maria Santilli is an Italo-American nuclear physicist. Mainstream scientists dismiss his theories as fringe science.

  92. Nicola Zingarelli

    Nicola Zingarelli
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1860-1935 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    lexicographerromanistlinguistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Nicola Zingarelli was an Italian philologist, the founder of the Zingarelli Italian dictionary.

  93. Felice Ippolito

    Felice Ippolito
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1915-1997 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    geologistengineerpolitician
    Biography

    Felice Ippolito was an Italian geologist, politician and engineer. He was a fiery promoter of the development of nuclear energy in Italy. His daughter is the actress Angelica Ippolito.

  94. Guido Raimondi

    Guido Raimondi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples
    In 1975 graduated with Master of Laws
    Occupations
    juristjudgepolitician
    Biography

    Guido Raimondi is an Italian judge born in Naples and former judge and President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Raimondi was nominated to the court by Italy and began his 9-year term as ECHR judge on 5 May 2010. He was the president of ECHR from 1 November 2015 until 4 May 2019.

  95. Vito De Filippo

    Vito De Filippo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Vito De Filippo is an Italian politician. He served as the president of Basilicata from 6 May 2005 until his resignation on 24 April 2013 during his second term. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the state undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in Matteo Renzi and Enrico Letta's governments, respectively, and was a deputy from 2018 to 2022. In 2022, his senatorial candidacy was unsuccessful.

  96. Stefano Incerti

    Stefano Incerti
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Stefano Incerti is an Italian film director. He has directed more than ten films since 1995.

  97. Fulvio Martusciello

    Fulvio Martusciello
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Fulvio Martusciello is an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament since 2014.

  98. Cinzia Giorgio

    Cinzia Giorgio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Cinzia Giorgio is an Italian writer.

  99. Domenico Pittella

    Domenico Pittella
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1932-2018 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    surgeonpolitician
    Biography

    Domenico Pittella was an Italian politician who was a member of the Senate of the Republic from 1972 to 1983. A member of the Italian Socialist Party, Pittella began his career in the late 1960s and 1970s, emerging as one of the most popular members of the Regional Council of Basilicata. As a member of Basilicata's regional council, he was successfully elected to the Senate of the Republic.

  100. Ortensio Zecchino

    Ortensio Zecchino
    Born in
    Eritrea Flag Eritrea
    Years
    1943-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    historianpolitician
    Biography

    Ortensio Zecchino is an Italian academic and politician. He is a former Italian Minister of University and Research.