20 Notable alumni of
University of Cagliari
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The University of Cagliari is 1706th in the world, 590th in Europe, and 34th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the University of Cagliari sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Geppi Cucciari
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- stage actortelevision presenteractorwriterbasketball player
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Maria Giuseppina "Geppi" Cucciari is an Italian stand-up comedian, actress, radio host and television presenter.
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Paolo Savona
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- politicianeconomist
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Paolo Savona is an Italian economist, professor, and politician. He was the Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019, his second stint in government after 1993–1994. During the 2010s, Savona became one of the most fervent Eurosceptic economists in Italy.
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Emilio Lussu
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- writerscreenwritersoldierpolitician
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Emilio Lussu was a Sardinian and Italian writer, anti-fascist intellectual, military officer, partisan, and politician. He is also the author of the novel One Year on the High Plateau. Lussu was elected multiple times to Parliament, serving as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy for the constituency of Cagliari and twice as a minister. He founded the Sardinian Action Party and co-founded the Justice and Freedom movement. As an anti-fascist, he was assaulted, wounded, and sent to confinement to Lipari in the Aeolian Islands by the Italian fascist regime as a direct decision of Benito Mussolini. After escaping, with Carlo Rosselli and Fausto Nitti, he spent about fourteen years as a refugee abroad. He served as an officer in World War I, where he received multiple decorations, and participated in the Spanish Civil War as a political leader and in the Italian Resistance.
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Giulio Angioni
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- poetwriteranthropologistuniversity teachernovelist
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Giulio Angioni was an Italian writer and anthropologist.
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Bianca Pitzorno
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- archaeologistwritertranslatorscience fiction writerchildren's writer
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Bianca Pitzorno is an Italian writer best known for her books for children and young adults. She is considered one of Italy's most important authors in that field.
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Massimo Zedda
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- politician
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Massimo Zedda is an Italian politician, Mayor of Cagliari from 2011 to 2019 and again since 2024.
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Oliviero Diliberto
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- university teacherjuristpolitician
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Oliviero Diliberto is an Italian politician. He has been leader of the Party of Italian Communists.
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Paolo Truzzu
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- politician
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Paolo Truzzu is an Italian politician. He was elected mayor of Cagliari on 17 June 2019.
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Ugo Cappellacci
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- politician
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Ugo Cappellacci is an Italian Sardinian politician and member of the Forza Italia (FI) political party. Cappellacci, a center-right politician, was elected President of Sardinia in the 2009 regional election, held in February 2009, with 51.9% of the vote, ousting the incumbent left-wing coalition led by Renato Soru, who garnered 42.89%. He took office as President on 27 February 2009. He lost as incumbent to Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party in the 2014 regional election.
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Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli Calvino
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- botanistscientific collectormycologistuniversity teacherjournalist
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Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli, was an Italian botanist, and naturalist.
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Antonello Soro
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- politicianphysician
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Antonello Soro is an Italian politician from the Democratic Party.
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Emilio Floris
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- politician
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Emilio Floris is an Italian politician. A trained physician, he started his political career in the mid-1990s as a member of Forza Italia. In 2001, he was elected mayor of the Sardinian capital Cagliari.
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Mariano Delogu
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- politician
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Mariano Delogu was an Italian politician: mayor of Cagliari from 1994 to 2001 and senator from 2001 to 2013.
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Francesco Cocco-Ortu
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- lawyerpolitician
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Francesco Cocco-Ortu was an Italian politician, deputy of the Kingdom of Italy.
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Carlo Emery
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- university teacherentomologist
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Carlo Emery was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites are often closely related to their hosts.
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Emiliano Fenu
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- politician
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Emiliano Fenu is an Italian politician, mayor of Nuoro since 2025.
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Salvatore Cherchi
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- politician
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Salvatore Cherchi is an Italian politician who served as Deputy (1983–1992, 1996–2001), Senator (1992–1996), Mayor of Carbonia (2001–2010) and President of the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias (2010–2013).
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Andrea Lutzu
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- politician
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Andrea Lutzu is an Italian politician.
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Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada
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- mathematician
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Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada was an Italian mathematician.
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Francesco Antonio Boi
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- anatomist
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Francesco Antonio Boi was a Sardinian physician and professor of anatomy. He is known for his work with the sculptor Clemente Susini in preparing highly detailed and accurate wax anatomical models.
