Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter G

A retired Italian football player and now coach.

A retired Italian football player and now coach.

Was an Italian soccer player. He debuted in Serie A with Lucchese before moving to Inter and winning

Was an Italian soccer player. He debuted in Serie A with Lucchese before moving to Inter and winning two championships in 1953 and 1954. At the 1950 World Cup he played as a right fullback in the game against Paraguay. In 1954 he went to Lazio and at 32 years of age he retired not having scored a goal and played in 272 games in Serie A.

Was an Italian Scottish footballer who played for Lucchese, Pisa, Genoa and Italy [1][2]. He was one

Was an Italian Scottish footballer who played for Lucchese, Pisa, Genoa and Italy [1][2]. He was one of the earliest of the Oriundi. While the majority of these foreign-born footballers who played for Italy came from South America, Moscardini was the only one born in Scotland [3]. The football stadium in Barga, Tuscany, where his family came from, is named in his honour.

An Italian footballer who plays for Serie C1/A team Hellas Verona in the role of a defender. He is 1

An Italian footballer who plays for Serie C1/A team Hellas Verona in the role of a defender. He is 182 cm tall and was signed by Hellas Verona during the 2007 summer transfer market.

Was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known as one of the vedutisti or (veduta, or "view pain

Was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known as one of the vedutisti or (veduta, or "view painters").As a young man, Pannini trained in his native town of Piacenza as a stage designer. In 1711, he moved to Rome, where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces, including the Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and the Palazzo de Carolis (1720). As a painter, Pannini is best known for his vistas of Rome, in which he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are the interior of the Pantheon, and his vedute — paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome. Most of his works, specially those of ruins have a substantial fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of capriccio themes.

Was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.Trained as a schoolteacher,

Was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.Trained as a schoolteacher, he taught for a few years after 1899, then became a librarian. The literary life attracted Papini, who founded the magazine Il Leonardo, together with Giu

Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer

Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Was an Italian poet and classical scholar.His earlier poems look simple, and focus particularly on d

Was an Italian poet and classical scholar.His earlier poems look simple, and focus particularly on domestic life and nature. However, Pascoli, even in that period of Positivism and scientism, believes that life is a mystery; only symbolic associations dis

An Italian football defender. He currently plays for Udinese.

An Italian football defender. He currently plays for Udinese.

An Italian footballer. He plays for Vicenza.Passiglia started his career at Arezzo. Except on loan t

An Italian footballer. He plays for Vicenza.Passiglia started his career at Arezzo. Except on loan to Serie B team Ancona in 2nd half of 2002-03 season, he was played in Serie C1 until followed Arezzo promoted to Serie B in summer 2004.

An Italian former professional footballer.

An Italian former professional footballer.

Was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect. Son of the famous sculptor Nicola Pisano, he receive

Was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect. Son of the famous sculptor Nicola Pisano, he received his training in the workshop of his father.In 1265-1268 he worked with his father at the pulpit in Siena Cathedral. The fountain Fontana Maggiore in Peru

Was an Italian poet born in what then was part of the Austrian Empire and educated in law at Padua.

Was an Italian poet born in what then was part of the Austrian Empire and educated in law at Padua. Adopting a literary career, he was inspired by anti-Austrian feeling and devotion to the royal house of Savoy, and in early life his combination of a sympa

He was an Italian martial artist. In 1905 he won the International Tournaments of Liège, of Krefeld

He was an Italian martial artist. In 1905 he won the International Tournaments of Liège, of Krefeld and Westphalia in addition to the European Championship. In 1906 he won the South America championship. In 1907 he became world champion by beating the Fre

Was an Italian painter.His mother, who died in 1863, came from an old mountain family. His father, a

Was an Italian painter.His mother, who died in 1863, came from an old mountain family. His father, a commoner, left for Milan, to seek his fortune with another son, leaving Segantini behind. At age seven he ran away and was later found perishing of cold a

Was a liberal Italian politician, prime minister, newspaper editor, journalist, and a noted historia

Was a liberal Italian politician, prime minister, newspaper editor, journalist, and a noted historian.He was leader of the Italian Republican Party (PRI) from 1979 to 1987. He served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1981 to 1982, the first in the post-1945

An Italian former football midfielder.Stroppa started his playing career in the AC Milan's youth sys

An Italian former football midfielder.Stroppa started his playing career in the AC Milan's youth system, and was loaned for two seasons at Monza, then a sort of AC Milan feeder club. He returned to AC Milan in 1989, where he won an European Cup and an Intercontinental Cup in 1990 under coach Arrigo Sacchi. On 1991 he signed for Lazio, and on 1993 he moved to Foggia, then an outsider Serie A team known for its spectacular style of play and its coach Zdenek Zeman

Was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s. He finished fifth in the four-man event at

Was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s. He finished fifth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

An Italian footballer who currently plays for US Palermo of Serie A. He is a centre midfielder. His

An Italian footballer who currently plays for US Palermo of Serie A. He is a centre midfielder. His last name literally translates into "German".Despite being a native of Palermo, Tedesco was initially refused by the local team, Palermo, because of his thin build, and moved to Reggina. At Reggina, he quickly became a regular in 1990. After three seasons with Reggina (1 in Serie B, 2 in Serie C1), Tedesco moved to Fiorentina in 1993 and helped the team to win the Serie B league. The following season, he then debuted in Serie A in a 2-1 win against Cagliari on September 4, 1994.

An Italian football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Italy,[3]and

An Italian football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Italy,[3]and former player. He is the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, also having coached Italy. He is also the only manager to have won all UEFA club competitions and the Intercontinental Cup. He achieved this with Juventus over his two spells with the club.

Was an Italian painter during the Baroque period, active in Sicily.Tuccari was born in Messina. He w

Was an Italian painter during the Baroque period, active in Sicily.Tuccari was born in Messina. He was the son and pupil of Antonio Tuccari, an obscure painter. He excelled as a battle painter. He died of the plague. He was responsible for the frescos in

Was an Italo-Yugoslav football player from Fiume which was in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the time.

Was an Italo-Yugoslav football player from Fiume which was in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the time.He played the majority of his club football for Juventus in Italy, also playing one season with his hometown club Fiumana, as well as representing the Italian national football team three different times.Giovanni's older brother Mario Varglien, also played for Juventus at the same time and was a World Cup winner.

An Italian football manager and former centre back, currently in charge with Serie B side Cesena.[1]

An Italian football manager and former centre back, currently in charge with Serie B side Cesena.[1]Vavassori started his playing career with Atalanta, where he made his Serie A debut in the 1971-72 season. From 1972 he played five consecutive Serie A seasons with Napoli, before to return to Atalanta in 1977. He left Atalanta in 1982 to join Cagliari, and successively retired one year later. He also made five appearances for the Italian youth national team.

Was a Italian football player and manager from Venice in the region of Veneto. Vecchina played his e

Was a Italian football player and manager from Venice in the region of Veneto. Vecchina played his entire career in the Italian football system; he is most well known for his time with Juventus, Venezia and Padova.[1]After retiring from playing, Vecchia went on to manage many Italian football clubs including some time at Napoli with Attila Sallustro.

Was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for t

Was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story Cavalleria Rusticana and the novel I Malavoglia.The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro, Verga was born into