43 Notable Alumni of the University of Parma [Sorted List]

Paolo Conte

Born in: Italy
Years: 1937-.. (age 88)
Occupations: painterpoetlawyerjazz musiciansongwriter
Biography: Paolo Conte is an Italian singer, pianist, songwriter and lawyer, known for his distinctly grainy, resonant voice. His compositions fuse Italian and Mediterranean sounds with jazz, boogie and elements of the French chanson and Latin-American rhythms.

Giovannino Guareschi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1908-1968 (aged 60)
Occupations: film directorjournalistcaricaturistscreenwriterwriter
Biography: Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi was an Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo.

Innocent IV

Born in: Italy
Years: Died in 1254
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.

Gene Gnocchi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1955-.. (age 70)
Enrolled in the University of Parma: Studied jurisprudence
Occupations: association football playertelevision presenteractor
Biography: Eugenio Ghiozzi, best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛːne ɲˈɲɔkki]), is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer.

Romolo Valli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1925-1980 (aged 55)
Occupations: stage actoractorvoice actor
Biography: Romolo Valli was an Italian actor.

Bruno Tabacci

Born in: Italy
Years: 1946-.. (age 79)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Bruno Tabacci is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the president of the Democratic Centre. In the past, he was a member of Christian Democracy and served as the president of Lombardy from 1987 to 1989.

Cesare Zavattini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1902-1989 (aged 87)
Occupations: screenwriterjournalistdraftspersonpoetcomics artist
Biography: Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.

Bernardi Ramazzini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1633-1714 (aged 81)
Occupations: writerphysicianuniversity teacher
Biography: Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician.

Leo Ortolani

Born in: Italy
Years: 1967-.. (age 58)
Occupations: comics artistscreenwriter
Biography: Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.

Attilio Bertolucci

Born in: Italy
Years: 1911-2000 (aged 89)
Occupations: translatorpoetwriter
Biography: Attilio Bertolucci was an Italian poet and writer. He was the father of film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci.

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1598-1671 (aged 73)
Enrolled in the University of Parma: Studied in 1628
Occupations: philosopherwriterastronomercartographertheologian
Biography: Giovanni Battista Riccioli, SJ was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126 arguments concerning the motion of the Earth, and for introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature. He is also widely known for discovering the first double star. He argued that the rotation of the Earth should reveal itself because on a rotating Earth, the ground moves at different speeds at different times.

Edmondo Cirielli

Born in: Italy
Years: 1964-.. (age 61)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Edmondo Cirielli is an Italian politician. He is a deputy of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 2001, and has previously served as President of the Province of Salerno from 2009 to 2012.

Alceste De Ambris

Born in: Italy
Years: 1874-1934 (aged 60)
Occupations: trade unionistjournalistpolitician
Biography: Alceste De Ambris was an Italian journalist, socialist activist and syndicalist, considered one of the greatest representatives of revolutionary syndicalism in Italy.

Valerio Varesi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 66)
Occupations: journalistwriter
Biography: Valerio Varesi is an Italian author of crime novels. So far six of his novels have been published in English, the first two of which were shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger. His novels have all been bestsellers in the original Italian. He is a journalist with La Repubblica.

Gerardo Bianco

Born in: Italy
Years: 1931-2022 (aged 91)
Occupations: politicianlatinistuniversity teacher
Biography: Gerardo Bianco was an Italian politician.

Gian Domenico Romagnosi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1761-1835 (aged 74)
Occupations: professorsociologisteconomistphysicistphilosopher
Biography: Gian Domenico Romagnosi was an Italian philosopher, economist and jurist.

Ugo Betti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1892-1953 (aged 61)
Occupations: judgewriterplaywrightpoet
Biography: Ugo Betti was an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello.

Anthony Panizzi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1797-1879 (aged 82)
Occupations: politicianlibrarian
Biography: Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi, better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalised British citizen of Italian birth, and an Italian patriot. He was a librarian, becoming the Principal Librarian (i.e. head) of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866.

Giovanni Prodi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1925-2010 (aged 85)
Enrolled in the University of Parma: Studied in 1945-1948
Occupations: university teachermathematicianacademic
Biography: Giovanni Prodi was an Italian mathematician, also known for many activities concerning the teaching of mathematics.

Flavio Delbono

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 66)
Occupations: politicianeconomist
Biography: Flavio Delbono is an Italian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Bologna from 25 June 2009 until 28 January 2010, when he was forced to resign as he was being investigated for crimes such as embezzlement, fraud and aggravated abuse of office following allegations made by his former lover.

Vittorio Gallese

Born in: Italy
Years: 1959-.. (age 66)
Occupations: physiologistuniversity teacherneuroscientist
Biography: Vittorio Gallese is professor of Psychobiology at the University of Parma, Italy, and was professor in Experimental Aesthetics at the University of London, UK. He is an expert in neurophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, social neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. Gallese is one of the discoverers of mirror neurons. His research attempts to elucidate the functional organization of brain mechanisms underlying social cognition, including action understanding, empathy, language, mindreading and aesthetic experience.

Corrado Clini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1947-.. (age 78)
Occupations: politicianphysician
Biography: Corrado Clini is an Italian politician and was the Italian minister of environment, land and sea (IMELS) in the Monti cabinet from November 2011 to April 2013.

Francesco Rucco

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 51)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Francesco Rucco is an Italian politician and lawyer.

Patrizia Barbieri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: lawyerpolitician
Biography: Patrizia Barbieri is an Italian politician.

Chiara Moroni

Born in: Italy
Years: 1974-.. (age 51)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Chiara Moroni is an Italian politician, daughter of Sergio Moroni, a Socialist politician who killed himself during Tangentopoli.

Michele Guerra

Born in: Italy
Years: 1982-.. (age 43)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianfilm criticfilm historian
Biography: Michele Guerra is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Parma since 2022.

Carlo Masci

Born in: Italy
Years: 1958-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Carlo Masci is an Italian politician.

Fabio Fabbri

Born in: Italy
Years: 1933-2024 (aged 91)
Enrolled in the University of Parma: Graduated with law degree
Occupations: politicianjournalistlawyer
Biography: Fabio Fabbri was an Italian politician and lawyer.

Gloria Saccani Jotti

Born in: Italy
Years: 1956-.. (age 69)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Gloria Saccani Jotti is an Italian politician and professor of clinical pathology. She was elected to be a deputy to the Parliament of Italy in the 2018 Italian general election for the Legislature XVIII of Italy.

Niccolò Cabeo

Born in: Italy
Years: 1586-1650 (aged 64)
Occupations: engineerastronomerphysicistphilosophermathematician
Biography: Niccolò Cabeo, SJ was an Italian Jesuit philosopher, theologian, engineer and mathematician.

Marco Osnato

Born in: Italy
Years: 1972-.. (age 53)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marco Osnato is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was first elected in the 2018 general election, and was re-elected in 2022. Since 2022, he has chaired the Finance Committee.

Alberto Broggi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1966-.. (age 59)
Occupations: computer scientistartificial intelligence researcher
Biography: Alberto Broggi is General Manager at VisLab srl and a professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Parma in Italy.

Alfio Piva

Born in: Costa Rica
Years: 1940-.. (age 85)
Occupations: politicianenvironmentalist
Biography: Alfio Piva Mesén is a Costa Rican politician, veterinarian, scientist and environmentalist. He was the First Vice President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. The Second Vice President during that interval was Luis Liberman.

Luciano Fadiga

Born in: Italy
Years: 1961-.. (age 64)
Occupations: physiologistresearcherneuroscientist
Biography: Luciano Fadiga is a neurophysiologist at the Human Physiology Section of the University of Ferrara and a Senior Researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia of Genoa, Italy.

Roberto Savio

Born in: Italy
Occupations: journalist
Biography: Roberto Savio is a journalist, communication expert, political commentator, activist for social and climate justice and advocate of global governance. He has spent most of his career with Inter Press Service (IPS), the news agency which he founded in 1964 along with Argentine journalist Pablo Piacentini.

Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga

Born in: Italy
Years: 1810-1895 (aged 85)
Occupations: university teacherpoliticianwriterjournalist
Biography: Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga was an Italian author and patriot.

Gerardo Bianchi

Born in: Italy
Years: Died in 1302
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Gerardo Bianchi was an Italian churchman and papal diplomat, an important figure of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

David Levi

Born in: Italy
Years: 1816-1898 (aged 82)
Occupations: poetpolitician
Biography: Davide Levi was an Italian poet, patriot and politician.

Prospero Colonna di Sciarra

Born in: Italy
Years: 1707-1765 (aged 58)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
Biography: Prospero Colonna di Sciarra was an Italian cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano. He was the brother of cardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra.

Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno

Born in: Italy
Years: 1578-1641 (aged 63)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishopnuncio
Biography: Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno was an Italian cardinal, brother of cardinal Nicola Guidi di Bagno and nephew of cardinal Girolamo Colonna.

Camillo Rondani

Born in: Italy
Years: 1808-1879 (aged 71)
Occupations: entomologist
Biography: Camillo Rondani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.

Giovanni Passerini

Born in: Italy
Years: 1816-1893 (aged 77)
Occupations: entomologistbotanistlichenologist
Biography: Giovanni Passerini was an Italian botanist and entomologist, born on June 16, 1816, in Pieve di Guastalla. He died on April 17, 1893, in Parma.

Antonio Francesco Sanvitale

Born in: Italy
Years: 1660-1714 (aged 54)
Occupations: Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Biography: Antonio Francesco Sanvitale was made a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1709.