Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter G

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Catania of Italy's Serie A..His brot

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Catania of Italy's Serie A..His brother, Giovanni Tedesco, plays for U.S. Città di Palermo, also in Serie A, and the Sicilian rivals. He also played with Giovanni during 1997-98 season at Salernitana.

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle event

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle event at the 2004 European Championships. He represented his native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team L.P.R. Brakes-Ba

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team L.P.R. Brakes-Ballan.

Was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Ba

Was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1

Was an Italian chess player. Lolli was one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time. He

Was an Italian chess player. Lolli was one of the most important chess theoreticians of his time. He is most famous for his book Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi (English: Theoretical-practical views on the game of chess), published 1763 in Bologna.[1] It contains analyses of chess openings, in particular the Giuoco Piano.

Was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his long epic L'Adone.The Cambridg

Was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his long epic L'Adone.The Cambridge History of Italian Literature thought him to be "one of the greatest Italian poets of all time". He is considered the founder of the school of Marinism,

Was a sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.Gi

Was a sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.Giambologna was born in Douai, Flanders (now in France). After youthful studies in Antwerp with the architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq,[1] he moved to Ita

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld.

Italian Thai Boxer. With more than 130 matches all over the World, 19 years of competition, is one o

Italian Thai Boxer. With more than 130 matches all over the World, 19 years of competition, is one of the most export and known Italian athletes on the Italian scene. Giampaolo gained two World Professional Championships (WMTA, 1999 and WFC, 2008), and the European Professional Championship EMTA (2000). In 1995 he won the Bronze Medal in Bangkok World Championship and in 1994 he won the European Championship IAMTF.

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for A.S. Roma, S.S. Sambenedettese Cal

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for A.S. Roma, S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio, Juventus F.C., Brescia Calcio and Cagliari Calcio. He earned 9 caps and scored 1 goal for the Italy national football team from 1962 to 1964, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

An Italian footballer, who currently plays for Fiorentina, having been transferred there from Atalan

An Italian footballer, who currently plays for Fiorentina, having been transferred there from Atalanta in January 2005, with Valeri Bojinov from U.S. Lecce. As a powerful centre-forward, he was considered a natural replacement for former Fiorentina player Luca Toni by coach Cesare Prandelli.

Is a retired Italian hammer thrower. He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but wa

Is a retired Italian hammer thrower. He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use .

An Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He

An Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He also played for the Italian national football team. After retirement from professional football, Boniperti has been a president of Juventus and a deputy to the European Parliament.With 182 goals in all-competitions, he was the highest goalscorer in Juventus' history for more than 40 years, he currently remains second on the list. Notably, he is the ninth-highest goalscorer of all-time in Serie A and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

An Italian former footballer in midfielder role.Nicknamed Malik by fans, in Serie A was played 256 m

An Italian former footballer in midfielder role.Nicknamed Malik by fans, in Serie A was played 256 matches and scored 10 goals in teams Fanfulla, Varese, Reggina, Triestina and Internazionale Milano, won one title ("Scudetto") in season 1979/80 and two Coppa Italia in 1978 and 1982. With Italy he became a 1982 World Champion.

Is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as scrum-half. Mazzi played al

Is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as scrum-half. Mazzi played all his career at Rugby Roma Olimpic, becoming a member of the first category in 1994/95. He played there until 2008/09. He won the titles of the Italian Cha

An Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chievo on loan from Udinese.With Under

An Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chievo on loan from Udinese.With Under 21 Italian team he won 2004 UEFA Football Championship and bronze medal at 2004 Summer Olympics. He made his international debut in 2005.

An Italian football manager.After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced

An Italian football manager.After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury. He therefore opted to become a coach in the blucerchiati 's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979; he then left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985 he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Entella.

Is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1964 Summer

Is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat and grammarian.Trissino was born of a

Was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat and grammarian.Trissino was born of a patrician family at Vicenza in 1478. He was exiled from Venice for political reasons, and travelled in Germany and Lombardy. He eventually came under the

An Italian composer and pianist.After beginning his studies in piano, violin and composition at the

An Italian composer and pianist.After beginning his studies in piano, violin and composition at the age of four, he made a series of appearances as a child prodigy before entering the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy's most important music school, at the age of ten. His principal teachers include Carlo Zecchi, Arturo Bonucci and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (private and masterclass studies). Chiti was a prizewinner in the Treviso and Busoni competitions.

An Italian football coach and former player.Gasperini entered the Juventus youth system at the age o

An Italian football coach and former player.Gasperini entered the Juventus youth system at the age of 9; during his stay at the youth system, he won an Allievi Nazionali championship and was in the Primavera squad, which included Paolo Rossi and Sergio Brio, that placed runner-up in 1976 behind Lazio.[1] After having played a handful of Coppa Italia matches with the first team, he was loaned to Reggiana and then sold to Serie B club Palermo in 1978. He stayed five seasons at Palermo, all in Serie B, but reached a Coppa Italia final in 1979, then lost to Juventus.

Was an Italian pianist, conductor (especially of opera), composer and musicologist.Gavazzeni was bor

Was an Italian pianist, conductor (especially of opera), composer and musicologist.Gavazzeni was born in Bergamo. For almost 50 years, starting from 1948, he was principal conductor at La Scala, Milan, in 1966-68 being its music and artistic director.

Is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974-1989). He obtained a total of 94 victor

Is an Italian retired professional road racing cyclist (1974-1989). He obtained a total of 94 victories.Baronchelli was born in Ceresara, in the Province of Mantua. He was overall second at the Giro d'Italia in 1974 and 1978, and third in 1977. His other