People from Italy
80 people remembered here.
Valentino1932 – 2026 · Fashion designerItalian couturier of Valentino red and jet-set chic who dressed Jackie, Liz, and Diana.
293 candles · 12 tributes
Franco Baresi1960 – 2026 · Italian footballer (central defender and sweeper)Baresi is forever. Number 6, forever Rossoneri.
272 candles · 16 tributes
Giorgio Armani1934 – 2025 · Fashion designerMaster of soft power dressing who made Italian elegance feel modern, calm, and human.
245 candles · 12 tributes
Fabrizio Plessi1940 – 2026 · Italian installation artistMade television a material and Venice the grammar of video art.
100 candles · 9 tributes
Fabio Mussi1948 – 2026 · PoliticianPiombino worker's son who said no to the PD and kept a left gaze.
84 candles · 4 tributes
Pierfranco Vianelli1946 – 2026 · Amateur then professional road cyclist (1969 to 1973)Brescian amateur who won Olympic road gold in Mexico City in 1968, then built bicycles at home.
79 candles · 8 tributes
Antonino Fogliani1976 – 2026 · ConductorHe kept rare bel canto alive, from Pesaro to Bad Wildbad, with a joy that reached the last row.
74 candles · 4 tributes
Enzo Bianchi1943 – 2026 · Catholic lay monkFounder of Bose who kept teaching the Gospel after exile.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Franco Fontana1933 – 2026 · PhotographerWhat remains of me when I go? Colour.
68 candles · 5 tributes
Francesco Guccini1940 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter (cantautore)Storyteller of everyday life, from Via Emilia to the West.
68 candles · 6 tributes
Emma Bonino1948 – 2026 · PoliticianRadical who legalised choice in Italy and spent five decades fighting for freedom, Europe, and human rights.
66 candles · 4 tributes
Carlo Borlenghi1956 – 2026 · Sailing and watersports photographerHe taught the sailing world how to see the sea.
54 candles · 10 tributes
Vitantonio Lovallo1914 – 2026 · ShepherdZiton of Avigliano: Europe's oldest man, keeper of hillside memory.
49 candles · 7 tributes
Raffaele Costa1936 – 2026 · Italian politicianPiedmontese liberal who led the PLI's last season and fought waste with hospital blitzes.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Elio Zamuto1941 – 2026 · ActorItalian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.
44 candles · 4 tributes
Livio Berruti1939 – 2026 · SprinterRome 1960: the Angel who broke the American hold on the Olympic 200.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Gianfranco Pieri1937 – 2026 · Italian basketball playerIl Professore: Italy's first modern point guard, nine-time scudetto winner and 1966 European champion.
33 candles · 4 tributes
Alfredo Mantica1943 – 2026 · PoliticianRimini-born senator; Berlusconi undersecretary for foreign affairs.
15 candles · 5 tributes
Pasquale Formisano† 2026 · Shipping executiveMSC founding-generation captain who helped open Antwerp and build a global line.
13 candles · 1 tributes
Peppino di Capri1939 – 2026 · SingerThe dreamer from Capri who taught Neapolitan song to twist, and gave Italy Champagne, Roberta and Luna caprese.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Sandro De Palma1957 – 2026 · PianistA Neapolitan pianist who gave forgotten music and young players a stage.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Nico Perrone1935 – 2026 · HistorianHistorian of Mattei and modern Italy who taught generations to question familiar accounts.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Sandro Mazzola1942 – 2026 · FootballerGrande Inter's eternal number 10; son of Torino, forever Nerazzurro.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Silvia Monti1946 – 2026 · ActressAn actress who lit up Italian cinema for six bright years, then chose a quieter life.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Franco Carrera1943 – 2026 · FootballerNovara captain from Turin who swapped the midfield for the kitchen and made ravioli for forty years.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Paolo Romeo1938 – 2026 · Italian Catholic cardinalDiplomat of the Holy See on four continents and shepherd of Palermo. Caritas omnia sustinet: love bears all things.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Angelo Groppelli1946 – 2026 · Athlete (shot put)Seven times Italian champion who threw the shot beyond 20 metres in 1979.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Gioacchino Scrugli† 2026 · Choral conductor and singerFounder and for 37 years the voice and director of Nuoro's Coro Barbagia.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Umberto Pizzi1937 – 2026 · PhotojournalistSixty years of Italian history, from hunger to Cafonal, through one relentless lens.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Davide Di Lernia1978 – 2026 · Film directorMilan videomaker and DDLVIDEO founder who bridged radio, music and the camera.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Fulvio Lucisano1928 – 2026 · Film producerRome-born producer who shaped Italian screens for seven decades, from Mario Bava to Massimo Troisi.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Domenico Falzier1942 – 2026 · Football refereeHe refereed with balance and taught a generation of Treviso officials to do the same.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Antonio Fanna1926 – 2026 · MusicologistHe gave the forgotten music of Vivaldi back to the world.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Sergio Erede1940 – 2026 · Corporate lawyerThe dean of Italy's business lawyers, who shaped half a century of the country's biggest deals.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Giuseppe Moschioni1936 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)Italian goalkeeper who kept Foggia's goal in their first Serie A and helped them beat the Grande Inter.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Pietro Soddu1929 – 2026 · PoliticianA Christian Democrat of Sardinia who tied regional autonomy to national politics.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano1947 – 2026 · Business executiveFounding chairman of Hera, who built one of Italy's great public utilities.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Gianpaolo Bellini1935 – 2026 · PhysicistThe physicist who taught the world to hear the Sun's neutrinos.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Fiorenza Marchegiani1953 – 2026 · ActressThe actress who was Marta in Ricomincio da tre and a familiar face of Italian television.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Giorgio Bracardi1933 – 2026 · Comic actor and musicianThe voice of Scarpantibus, who taught Italy to laugh at things that never existed.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Stefania Corna1990 – 2026 · Volleyball player (setter and middle blocker)Bergamo setter, double European junior champion and Coppa Italia winner, who later carried her drive into the classroom.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Christiana Ruggeri1969 – 2026 · Journalist (Rai Tg2)Tg2 journalist and author who told the world's stories and stood always on the side of children and animals.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Bruno Terlizzo1937 – 2026 · Philosophy teacherTeacher, journalist and councillor who bridged Catholic and communist traditions of solidarity.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Riccardo Innocenti1943 – 2026 · Footballer (forward)Ardenno forward who captained Perugia after SPAL and Milan.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Sergio Carpanesi1936 – 2026 · Football midfielderSpezia native who won Fiorentina's first Scudetto and twice steadied the Aquilotti.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Grazia Daddario1932 – 2026 · ActressBari actress, poet and dialect-theatre voice who brought her city to Italian screens.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Osvaldo Bagnoli1935 – 2026 · Football player and coachIl Mago della Bovisa who guided Hellas Verona to its only Serie A title.
6 candles · 1 tributes