100 Notable Alumni of the Federico II University of Naples

Thomas Aquinas

Born in: Italy
Years: 1225-1274 (aged 49)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Studied in 1239-1245
Occupations: writerprofessorLatin Catholic priestCatholic theologianphilosopher
Biography: Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.

Giordano Bruno

Born in: Italy
Years: 1548-1600 (aged 52)
Occupations: writermathematicianuniversity teacherphilosopherastrologer
Biography: Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, poet, cosmological theorist and esotericist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then-novel Copernican model. 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 center.

Paolo Sorrentino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1970-.. (age 54)
Occupations: film directordirectorscreenwriteractorplaywright
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, BAFTA Award 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.

Giorgio Napolitano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1925-2023 (aged 98)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving president, until the record was surpassed by Sergio Mattarella in 2023. He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic, which has been in existence since 1946. Although he was a prominent figure of the First Italian Republic, he did not take part in the Constituent Assembly of Italy that drafted the Italian constitution; he is considered one of the symbols of the Second Italian Republic, which came about after the Tangentopoli scandal of the 1990s. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio ("King Giorgio").

Roberto Saviano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1979-.. (age 45)
Occupations: journalistwriterscreenwriter
Biography: Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer, essayist, 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.

Samantha Cristoforetti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Graduated with laurea
Occupations: astronaut
Biography: Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She 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 is also the first Italian woman in space. She took command of ISS Expedition 68 on 28 September 2022.

Ettore Majorana

Born in: Italy
Years: 1906-..
Occupations: physicistnuclear physicist
Biography: Ettore Majorana was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On 25 March 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances after purchasing a ticket to travel by ship from Palermo to Naples.

Benedetto Croce

Born in: Italy
Years: 1866-1952 (aged 86)
Occupations: art historianwriterliterary critichistorianpolitician
Biography: Benedetto Croce, KOCI, 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.

Alessandro Preziosi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1973-.. (age 51)
Occupations: film actorstage actortelevision actor
Biography: Alessandro Preziosi is an Italian actor.

Giambattista Vico

Born in: Italy
Years: 1668-1744 (aged 76)
Occupations: historiancollector of fairy talessociologistjuristphilosopher
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.

Giovanni Leone

Born in: Italy
Years: 1908-2001 (aged 93)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Giovanni Leone was an Italian politician, jurist and university professor. A founding member of the Christian Democracy (DC), Leone served as the president of Italy from December 1971 until June 1978. He also briefly served as Prime Minister of Italy from June to December 1963 and again from June to December 1968. He was also the president of the Chamber of Deputies from May 1955 until June 1963.

Sylva Koscina

Born in: Croatia
Years: 1933-1994 (aged 61)
Occupations: film actormodel
Biography: Sylva Koscina was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered 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).

Renzo Arbore

Born in: Italy
Years: 1937-.. (age 87)
Occupations: actortelevision presenterfilm directordisc jockeyscreenwriter
Biography: Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore Knight Grand Cross OMRI is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director.

Giuseppe Moscati

Born in: Italy
Years: 1880-1927 (aged 47)
Occupations: professorphysician
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.

Giampaolo Morelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriteractortelevision presenter
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.

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Born in: Italy
Years: 1696-1787 (aged 91)
Occupations: Catholic priestlawyerpoetcomposerwriter
Biography: Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR, sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, 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.

Umberto Nobile

Born in: Italy
Years: 1885-1978 (aged 93)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Studied industrial engineering and electrical engineering
Occupations: aerospace engineerairship pilotpoliticianaircraft pilotpolar explorer
Biography: Umberto Nobile was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.

Luciano De Crescenzo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1928-2019 (aged 91)
Occupations: television presenterwriterscreenwriterdirectoractor
Biography: Luciano De Crescenzo was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer.

Paul IV

Born in: Italy
Years: 1476-1559 (aged 83)
Occupations: diplomatCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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.

Enrico de Nicola

Born in: Italy
Years: 1877-1959 (aged 82)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Studied in 1896
Occupations: journalistlawyerpoliticianjudge
Biography: Enrico De Nicola, was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and provisional head of state of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948. Afterwards, he became the first president of Italy on 1 January 1948.

Imma Battaglia

Born in: Italy
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: LGBTQI+ rights activistpolitician
Biography: Immacolata "Imma" Battaglia is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist.

Vincenzo Salemme

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: writeractorfilm directorstage actortelevision actor
Biography: Vincenzo Salemme is an Italian actor, playwright, director and screenwriter.

Luciana Lamorgese

Born in: Italy
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
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.

Errico Malatesta

Born in: Italy
Years: 1853-1932 (aged 79)
Occupations: anarchistwriterrevolutionaryjournalisttrade unionist
Biography: Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist propagandist 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.

Luca Parmitano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1976-.. (age 48)
Occupations: astronaut
Biography: Colonel 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.

Luigi de Magistris

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Luigi de Magistris is an Italian politician and a former prosecutor. He served as mayor of Naples from 2011 to 2021, and a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2011. He is the leader of the political formation People's Union.

Urban VI

Born in: Italy
Years: 1318-1389 (aged 71)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianCatholic priest
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 most recent pope to be 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 part of the Western Schism, with much of Europe recognizing Clement VII, based in Avignon, as the true pope.

Pasquale Squitieri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1938-2017 (aged 79)
Occupations: film directorpoliticianscreenwriter
Biography: Pasquale Squitieri was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Clemente Mastella

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
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 Union of Democrats for Europe, a minor centrist Italian party. He was Minister of Labour in the Berlusconi government from 10 May 1994 to 17 January 1995 and Minister of Justice in the Prodi government from 17 May 2006 to 17 January 2008.

Paolo Cirino Pomicino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: medical directorpoliticianneurosurgeon
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.

Aboubakar Soumahoro

Born in: Ivory Coast
Years: 1980-.. (age 44)
Occupations: politiciantrade unionist
Biography: Aboubakar Soumahoro is an Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician, elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2022 Italian election. He has advocated for labor rights of migrant farmers in Italy.

Ferdinando Imposimato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1936-2018 (aged 82)
Occupations: judgelawyerpoliticianhuman rights activistmagistrate
Biography: Ferdinando Imposimato was an Italian magistrate and the honorary president of the Supreme Court of Italy.

Gaetano Manfredi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: university teacherengineer
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.

Italo Bocchino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Italo Bocchino is an Italian politician and journalist.

Gennaro Sangiuliano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: writerpoliticianessayistbiographerjournalist
Biography: Gennaro Sangiuliano is an Italian journalist, writer and politician, since 22 October 2022 minister of culture in the Meloni Cabinet. He was the director of the Rome newspaper in Naples from 1996 to 2001 and of TG2 from 2018 to 2022 and the deputy director of the Libero newspaper and of TG1 from 2009 to 2018.

Antonio Salandra

Born in: Italy
Years: 1853-1931 (aged 78)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
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.

Bartolo Longo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1841-1926 (aged 85)
Occupations: lawyerjuristwriterfriar
Biography: Bartolo Longo was an Italian lawyer who has been beatified by the Catholic Church. He presented himself as a former "Satanic priest" who returned to the Catholic faith and became a third order Dominican, 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.

Chiara Valerio

Born in: Italy
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Occupations: radio personalitywriter
Biography: Chiara Valerio is an Italian author and essayist.

Nicola Romeo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1876-1938 (aged 62)
Occupations: businesspersonengineerpoliticianentrepreneur
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.

Raffaele La Capria

Born in: Italy
Years: 1922-2022 (aged 100)
Occupations: linguistnovelistwriterscreenwritertranslator
Biography: Raffaele La Capria was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.

Gianni Pittella

Born in: Italy
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Giovanni Saverio Furio Pittella is an Italian politician who served as Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group from 2014 to 2018 and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Italy from 1999 to 2018. He previously served as First Vice President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014.

Nicola Mancino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1931-.. (age 93)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
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.

Sergio Costa

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 65)
Occupations: police officerpolitician
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.

Renato Caccioppoli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1904-1959 (aged 55)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Studied in 1921-1925
Occupations: university teachermathematician
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.

Ernesto de Martino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1908-1965 (aged 57)
Occupations: ethnographeranthropologisthistorian of religion
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.

Nicola Materazzi

Born in: 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".

Ivan Scalfarotto

Born in: Italy
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
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.

Girolamo de Rada

Born in: Italy
Years: 1814-1903 (aged 89)
Occupations: journalistpoethistorianwriter
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.

Paolo Maddalena

Born in: Italy
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Occupations: university teachermagistratejudge
Biography: Paolo Maddalena is an Italian magistrate and academic, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 2002 to 2011.

Franzo Grande Stevens

Born in: Italy
Years: 1928-.. (age 96)
Occupations: businesspersonlawyer
Biography: Franzo Grande Stevens is an Italian lawyer. Grande Stevens is famous for being the lawyer of the Agnelli family, and he was one of the triad of longtime advisors of Gianni Agnelli. He continues to advise his grandson and heir John Elkann. He served as chairman of Juventus F.C. from 2003 to 2006.

Nicola Abbagnano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1901-1990 (aged 89)
Occupations: university teacherwriterphilosopher
Biography: Nicola Abbagnano was an Italian existential philosopher.

Raffaele Cantone

Born in: Italy
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: judgelawyerpoliticianmagistratejurist
Biography: Raffaele Cantone is an Italian magistrate who was appointed President of the Anti-corruption National Authority on 24 March 2014 by the Italian prime Minister, Matteo Renzi. Cantone held the office until October 2019.

Achille Bonito Oliva

Born in: Italy
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: university teacherart criticwriterart historianpoet
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.

Francesco De Lorenzo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1938-.. (age 86)
Occupations: physicianpolitician
Biography: Francesco De Lorenzo is an Italian physician and politician and is a member of the Italian Liberal Party.

Giuseppe Mercalli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1850-1914 (aged 64)
Occupations: seismologistvolcanologistgeologistuniversity teacher
Biography: Giuseppe Mercalli was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity.

Clio Bittoni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1934-.. (age 90)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: Studied in 1958
Occupations: lawyer
Biography: Clio Maria Bittoni is an Italian lawyer specializing in labor law. She is the widow of Giorgio Napolitano, former President of Italy.

Eduardo Ciannelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1889-1969 (aged 80)
Occupations: film actorscreenwritertelevision actoractoropera singer
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.

Gennaro Migliore

Born in: Italy
Years: 1968-.. (age 56)
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.

Gaetano Filangieri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1753-1788 (aged 35)
Occupations: philosopherjurist
Biography: Gaetano Filangieri was an Italian jurist and philosopher.

Roberto Esposito

Born in: Italy
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: philosopheruniversity teacher
Biography: Roberto Esposito is an Italian political philosopher, critical theorist, and professor, notable for his academic research and works on biopolitics. He currently serves as professor of theoretical philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.

Antonio Labriola

Born in: Italy
Years: 1843-1904 (aged 61)
Occupations: journalistwriteruniversity teacherphilosopher
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.

Luigj Gurakuqi

Born in: Albania
Years: 1879-1925 (aged 46)
Occupations: politicianwriter
Biography: Luigj Gurakuqi was an Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honoured with the People's Hero of Albania medal.

Carla Ruocco

Born in: Italy
Years: 1973-.. (age 51)
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.

Alfonso Gatto

Born in: Italy
Years: 1909-1976 (aged 67)
Occupations: literary criticnovelistplaywrightwriteractor
Biography: Alfonso Gatto was an Italian writer. Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of hermetic poetry.

Valeria Parrella

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: writer
Biography: Valeria Parrella is an Italian author, playwright and activist.

Filippo Patroni Griffi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: politicianmagistrate
Biography: Filippo Patroni Griffi is an Italian politician and magistrate who served as Minister of Public Administration between 2011 and 2013.

Elio Vito

Born in: Italy
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Elio Vito is an Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from 1992 to 2022.

Viola Carofalo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1980-.. (age 44)
Occupations: philosopherpolitician
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.

Marcello Pittella

Born in: Italy
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marcello Pittella is an Italian politician. He has served as President of the Basilicata region from 2013 to 2019. He was formerly a member of the Democratic Party (PD), but is now associated with Carlo Calenda's Action party.

Francesco De Martino

Born in: Italy
Years: 1907-2002 (aged 95)
Occupations: lawyerlegal historianuniversity teacherpoliticianjurist
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.

Antonio Manganelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1950-2013 (aged 63)
Occupations: politiciancivil servant
Biography: Antonio Manganelli was an Italian police chief, and head of Polizia di Stato from June, 2007, when he replaced Gianni De Gennaro.

Bruno Forte

Born in: Italy
Years: 1949-.. (age 75)
Occupations: Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
Biography: Bruno Forte is an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and ecclesiastic, currently Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto.

Franco Roberti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: magistratepoliticianjurist
Biography: Franco Roberti is an Italian magistrate and politician, member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Francesco Mario Pagano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1748-1799 (aged 51)
Occupations: playwrighthistorianlegal counselorphilosopher
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.

Jerzy Ossoliński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1595-1650 (aged 55)
Occupations: politiciandiplomat
Biography: Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h. Topór was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, governor (voivode) of Sandomierz from 1636, Reichsfürst (Imperial Prince) since 1634, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639, Great Crown Chancellor from 1643, sheriff (starost) of Bydgoszcz (1633), Lubomel (1639), Puck and Bolim (1647), magnate, politician and diplomat. Famous for being extensively educated, he was a skillful politician and a persuasive public speaker.

Arturo Scotto

Born in: Italy
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Arturo Scotto is an Italian politician.

Donato Toma

Born in: Italy
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Donato Toma is an Italian politician, president of Molise from 2018 to 2023.

Vincenzo Tiberio

Born in: 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.

Giuseppe Galasso

Born in: 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.

Pietro Giannone

Born in: Italy
Years: 1676-1748 (aged 72)
Occupations: juristautobiographerhistorianphilosopher
Biography: Pietro Giannone was an Italian philosopher, historian and jurist born in Ischitella, in the province of Foggia. He opposed the papal influence in Naples, for which he was excommunicated and imprisoned for twelve years until his death.

Renato Ruggiero

Born in: Italy
Years: 1930-2013 (aged 83)
Occupations: businesspersonjuristpoliticiandiplomat
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.

Mario Rosario Morelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1941-.. (age 83)
Occupations: magistratejudgepolitician
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.

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1817-1888 (aged 71)
Occupations: education ministerdiplomatuniversity teacherjustice ministerjournalist
Biography: Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 8th Marquess of Fusignano was an Italian jurist and statesman.

Gerardo D'Ambrosio

Born in: Italy
Years: 1930-2014 (aged 84)
Occupations: prosecutorpoliticianjudge
Biography: Gerardo D'Ambrosio was an Italian magistrate and politician.

Ruggero Santilli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1935-.. (age 89)
Occupations: physicist
Biography: Ruggero Maria Santilli is an Italo-American nuclear physicist. Mainstream scientists dismiss his theories as fringe science.

Alessio Fasano

Born in: Italy
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: researcherphysiciangastroenterologist
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.

Guido Raimondi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Enrolled in the Federico II University of Naples: In 1975 graduated with Master of Laws
Occupations: politicianjudgejurist
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.

Valeria Valente

Born in: Italy
Years: 1976-.. (age 48)
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.

Annibale de Gasparis

Born in: Italy
Years: 1819-1892 (aged 73)
Occupations: university teacherastronomermathematician
Biography: Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, known for discovering asteroids and his contributions to theoretical astronomy.

Vincenzo Napoli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1950-.. (age 74)
Occupations: politicianarchitect
Biography: Vincenzo Napoli is an Italian politician.

Nicola Zingarelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1860-1935 (aged 75)
Occupations: romanistlexicographeruniversity teacherlinguist
Biography: Nicola Zingarelli was an Italian philologist, the founder of the Zingarelli Italian dictionary.

Vito De Filippo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1963-.. (age 61)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Vito De Filippo is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the president of Basilicata from 6 May 2005 until his resignation on 24 April 2013 during his second term.

Stefano Incerti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Stefano Incerti is an Italian film director. He has directed more than ten films since 1995.

Felice Ippolito

Born in: Italy
Years: 1915-1997 (aged 82)
Occupations: geologistpoliticianengineer
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.

Maria Bakunin

Born in: Russia
Years: 1873-1960 (aged 87)
Occupations: chemistbiologist
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.

Alfredo Covelli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1914-1998 (aged 84)
Occupations: politicianjournalist
Biography: Alfredo Covelli was an Italian monarchist politician. He was the leader of the Monarchist National Party.

Domenico Pittella

Born in: Italy
Years: 1932-2018 (aged 86)
Occupations: politiciansurgeon
Biography: Domenico Pittella was an Italian politician.

Cinzia Giorgio

Born in: Italy
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: writer
Biography: Cinzia Giorgio is an Italian writer.

Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina

Born in: Italy
Years: 1815-1890 (aged 75)
Occupations: writerpoliticianwar correspondentphilosopherjournalist
Biography: Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina was an Italian journalist, patriot and politician.

Raffaele Piria

Born in: Italy
Years: 1814-1865 (aged 51)
Occupations: physicianpoliticianuniversity teacherchemist
Biography: Raffaele Piria was an Italian chemist from Scilla, who lived in Palmi. He converted the substance Salicin into a sugar and a second component, which on oxidation becomes salicylic acid, a major component of the analgesic drug Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). Other reactions discovered by Piria were the conversion of aspartic acid to malic acid by action of nitrogen dioxide, and the reaction of aromatic nitro compounds with sulfite towards aminosulfonic acids.

# 🏆	University name	Country & City
1	University of Bologna	Bologna
2	Sapienza University of Rome	Rome
3	University of Milan	Milan
4	University of Padua	Padua
5	University of Turin	Turin
6	University of Pisa	Pisa
7	Polytechnic University of Milan	Milan
8	Federico II University of Naples	Naples
9	University of Florence	Florence
10	University of Genoa	Genoa
11	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart	Milan
12	University of Pavia	Pavia
13	Polytechnic University of Turin	Turin
14	University of Rome Tor Vergata	Rome
15	University of Palermo	Palermo
16	University of Trento	Trento
17	University of Bari	Bari