People from Italy

80 people remembered here.

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  Mauro Canu

  † 2026 · Teacher and head teacher

  Sardinian head teacher who was strict for his pupils' own good and never stopped listening to them.

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  Antonio Moscato

  1938 – 2026 · Historian and political activist

  A historian of the workers' movement who taught generations to read the past as a call to act.

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  Sergio Spagnolo

  1941 – 2026 · Mathematician

  He found order in the convergence of equations and friendship in the work.

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  Beppe Angiolini

  1952 – 2026 · Fashion buyer and entrepreneur

  Arezzo fashion buyer who turned a small shop called Sugar into a world famous concept store.

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  Silvano Larini

  1935 – 2026 · Architect and businessman

  Milanese architect and friend of Craxi whose Swiss account became a turning point of Mani Pulite.

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  Tommaso Lisi

  1935 – 2026 · Poet and teacher

  Poet of Coreno Ausonio who spent a lifetime writing to his father and mother.

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  Barbara Spinelli

  1946 – 2026 · Journalist

  Co-founder of la Repubblica and daughter of Ventotene, she wrote for half a century so Europe would not forget.

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  Remo Calzona

  1939 – 2026 · Civil engineer

  Sapienza engineer who built Italian bridges and argued for structural honesty.

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  Vito Gruosso

  1948 – 2026 · Trade unionist and politician

  Union leader and senator who spent his life standing up for the workers of Basilicata.

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  Alex Zanardi

  1966 – 2026 · Racing driver and Paralympic handcyclist

  Two-time CART champion and four-time Paralympic gold medallist who looked at the half that was left.

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  Italo Zannier

  1932 – 2026 · Photographer

  Friulian photographer who became the first professor of the history of photography in Italy

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  Bruno Spaggiari

  1933 – 2026 · Motorcycle racer

  Ducati racer from Reggio Emilia who won at Monza and came within a few drops of fuel of Imola glory.

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  Alberto Masotti

  1936 – 2026 · Entrepreneur

  The doctor turned entrepreneur who carried La Perla from his mother's Bologna workshop to the world.

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  Gianfranco Morgando

  1949 – 2026 · Italian politician

  A patient builder of Catholic democratic politics, from Borgiallo to Rome and back.

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  Angelo Pierleoni

  1962 – 2026 · Footballer and coach

  Celano midfielder who rose from Fermana and Teramo to Serie A and scored against Juventus.

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  Wilma De Angelis

  1930 – 2026 · Singer and television presenter

  The Milanese voice of Nessuno and Patatina, and a pioneer of cooking on Italian television.

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  Federico l'Olandese Volante

  1950 – 2026 · Radio host

  The Flying Dutchman who made Italian radio take flight for more than fifty years.

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  Giovanni Lista

  1943 – 2026 · Art historian and art critic

  Italian art historian who remapped Futurism for France and Europe.

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  Pino Presti

  1943 – 2026 · Bassist

  The bass behind Libertango and the arranger behind Mina's golden 1970s.

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  Gabriele Sabatini

  1976 – 2026 · Footballer and football coach

  Spezia playmaker and coach who taught values as well as tactics. Ciao Mister.

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  Peppino Mazzullo

  1926 – 2026 · Italian actor and voice actor

  Historic Italian voice of Topo Gigio who gave generations Ma cosa mi dici mai.

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  Andrea Tempestini

  † 2026 · Journalist

  Libero vice director and digital editor who shaped the paper's online newsroom.

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  Bruno Musarò

  1948 – 2026 · Catholic archbishop and apostolic nuncio

  Andrano's nuncio: a Salento priest who carried the Holy See from Panama to Cairo and Costa Rica.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Diofebo Meli Lupi di Soragna

  1941 – 2026 · Prince

  Last Prince of the Holy Roman Empire; steward of Soragna's Rocca with humour and heart.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bruno Campanella

  1943 – 2026 · Conductor

  Bari-born bel canto maestro who led the world's great houses with rigor, sensitivity, and elegance.

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  Carlo Ginzburg

  1939 – 2026 · Historian

  Italian historian who helped found microhistory and recover forgotten voices.

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  Giuseppe Savoldi

  1947 – 2026 · Footballer (centre-forward) and coach

  Beppegol. Mister Two Billion. A Bergamo boy who rose higher than anyone to head the ball home.

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  Luigi Malice

  1937 – 2026 · Painter

  Neapolitan Informal painter who brought Mediterranean colour and shaped canvas into Calabrian contemporary art.

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  Angiolino Piscaglia

  1932 – 2026 · Professional cyclist

  Novafeltria cyclist, maglia nera of the 1957 Giro, who rode for joy into his nineties.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Fusako Yusaki

  1937 – 2026 · Animator

  She shaped plasticine into endless worlds and taught generations of children that everything can be transformed with joy.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Giacomo Ghiardelli

  2004 – 2026 · Footballer (midfielder)

  Casalese midfielder remembered by Juventus, Alessandria and Asti.

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  Flavia Lattanzi

  1940 – 2026 · Italian jurist and international judge

  A scholar and judge who held that the law must not fall silent in wartime.

  3 candles · 1 tributes