People from Italy

15 people remembered here.

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  Valentino

  1932 – 2026 · Fashion designer

  Italian couturier of Valentino red and jet-set chic who dressed Jackie, Liz, and Diana.

  293 candles · 12 tributes
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  Franco Baresi

  1960 – 2026 · Italian footballer (central defender and sweeper)

  Baresi is forever. Number 6, forever Rossoneri.

  273 candles · 16 tributes
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  Giorgio Armani

  1934 – 2025 · Fashion designer

  Master of soft power dressing who made Italian elegance feel modern, calm, and human.

  245 candles · 12 tributes
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  Luciano Pavarotti

  1935 – 2007 · Operatic tenor

  Nessun dorma.

  204 candles · 15 tributes
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  Fabrizio Plessi

  1940 – 2026 · Italian installation artist

  Made television a material and Venice the grammar of video art.

  100 candles · 9 tributes
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  Fabio Mussi

  1948 – 2026 · Politician

  Piombino worker's son who said no to the PD and kept a left gaze.

  84 candles · 4 tributes
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  Pierfranco Vianelli

  1946 – 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
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  Antonino Fogliani

  1976 – 2026 · Conductor

  He kept rare bel canto alive, from Pesaro to Bad Wildbad, with a joy that reached the last row.

  74 candles · 4 tributes
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  Enzo Bianchi

  1943 – 2026 · Catholic lay monk

  Founder of Bose who kept teaching the Gospel after exile.

  72 candles · 9 tributes
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  Francesco Guccini

  1940 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter (cantautore)

  Storyteller of everyday life, from Via Emilia to the West.

  69 candles · 6 tributes
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  Franco Fontana

  1933 – 2026 · Photographer

  What remains of me when I go? Colour.

  68 candles · 5 tributes
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  Emma Bonino

  1948 – 2026 · Politician

  Radical who legalised choice in Italy and spent five decades fighting for freedom, Europe, and human rights.

  66 candles · 4 tributes
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  Carlo Borlenghi

  1956 – 2026 · Sailing and watersports photographer

  He taught the sailing world how to see the sea.

  54 candles · 10 tributes
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  Elio Zamuto

  1941 – 2026 · Actor

  Italian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.

  44 candles · 5 tributes
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  Livio Berruti

  1939 – 2026 · Sprinter

  Rome 1960: the Angel who broke the American hold on the Olympic 200.

  44 candles · 7 tributes