14 Notable alumni of
University of Salerno

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The University of Salerno is 2075th in the world, 683rd in Europe, and 38th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of Salerno sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Pietro Mennea

    Pietro Mennea
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1952-2013 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    lawyersprinterpoliticianathletics competitor
    Biography

    Pietro Paolo Mennea, nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still the European record. He is the only male sprinter who has qualified at four consecutive 200 metres Olympic finals: from 1972 to 1984.

  2. Mara Carfagna

    Mara Carfagna
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    dancermodelpolitician
    Biography

    Maria Rosaria "Mara" Carfagna is an Italian politician and former showgirl and model. After obtaining a degree in law, Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model. She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006. From 2008 to 2011, she served as Minister for Equal Opportunity in Berlusconi IV Cabinet. In 2018 she was elected vice president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2021, she has become the Minister for the South and territorial cohesion in the cabinet presided by Mario Draghi.

  3. Michele Santoro

    Michele Santoro
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalistpolitician
    Biography

    Michele Santoro is an Italian journalist, television host and presenter.

  4. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo

    Francesco Paolo Figliuolo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Francesco Paolo Figliuolo is an Italian army corps general. On 1 March 2021, he was appointed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the vaccination campaign.

  5. Vincenzo De Luca

    Vincenzo De Luca
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Vincenzo De Luca is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been serving as president of Campania since 18 June 2015. De Luca also served as mayor of Salerno for more than 17 years, becoming one of the longest serving mayors in Italy.

  6. Giuseppina Picierno

    Giuseppina Picierno
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2014.

  7. Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio

    Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio is an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the second cabinet of Giuliano Amato and as Minister of Environment in the second cabinet of Romano Prodi.

  8. Gianfranco Rotondi

    Gianfranco Rotondi
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Gianfranco Rotondi is an Italian politician. Born in Avellino, Campania, he is a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

  9. Vincenzo Di Mauro

    Vincenzo Di Mauro
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Vincenzo Di Mauro is an Italian Catholic bishop, archbishop-bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vigevano, and prior to that was an official of the Roman Curia. He was appointed coadjutor-bishop of Vigevano, which is part of the Province of Milan, by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, 22 November 2010, and given the "ad personam" (personal) title of archbishop. He succeeded Bishop Claudio Baggini as Bishop of Vegevano on 12 March 2011. He was appointed as secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and as the titular bishop of Arpi in 2007. He was ordained a bishop by Pope Benedict XVI (principal consecrator) and Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and Marian Jaworski on 29 September 2007. He was born in Monza and was ordained a priest in Milan on 12 June 1976.

  10. Luigi Iovino

    Luigi Iovino
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Luigi Iovino is an Italian politician, a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the XVIII legislature of the Italian Republic. He served as the Secretary of the Presidency Office of the Chamber of Deputies from October 2, 2019, to October 12, 2022, making him the youngest in the history of the Italian Republic.

  11. Matthaeus Platearius

    Matthaeus Platearius
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    Died in 1161
    Occupations
    physicianwriterbotanist
    Biography

    Matthaeus Platearius was a physician from the medical school at Salerno, and is thought to have produced a twelfth-century Latin manuscript on medicinal herbs titled "Circa Instans", later translated into French as "Le Livre des simples medecines". It was an alphabetic listing and textbook of simples that was based on Dioscorides "Vulgaris", which described the appearance, preparation, and uses of various drugs. It was widely acclaimed, and was one of the first herbals produced by the newly developed printing process in 1488. Ernst Meyer considered it equal to the herbals of Pliny and Dioscorides, while George Sarton thought it an improvement on "De Materia Medica".

  12. Guglielmo Vaccaro

    Guglielmo Vaccaro
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Guglielmo Vaccaro is a centre-left Italian politician of the Democratic Party in the faction around the Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta.

  13. Angelo Raffaele Dinardo

    Angelo Raffaele Dinardo
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1932-2015 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Angelo Raffaele Dinardo was an Italian politician. He served as the President of the Italian region of Basilicata from 1995 to 2000, as a member of the now defunct Italian People's Party (PPI).

  14. Eugenio Viola

    Eugenio Viola
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    art critic
    Biography

    Eugenio Viola is an Italian art critic and curator based in Bogotá.