Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is an Albanian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Partizani Tirana.

Is an Albanian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Partizani Tirana.

Was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s

Was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s

Is an Italian politician and economist, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.After studying Ec

Is an Italian politician and economist, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.After studying Economics in his native city of Florence, Dini took up a post at the International Monetary Fund in 1959, where he worked his way up until he served as Execu

Is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands

Is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, failing to qualify for three of them. He scored no championship points. After racing in Italian Formula 3 and Formula 2 with mixed results, Leoni mov

Is an Italian judoka.

Is an Italian judoka.

An Italian football player, he plays in central midfield, but had also played on the left wing.Zauli

An Italian football player, he plays in central midfield, but had also played on the left wing.Zauli began his professional career in the youth squad of Modena FC, during the 1989-90 season down in Serie C1. He moved into the Serie C2 divion with Centese he notched up over 20 games with the club during the only season he was with them.

Is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfr

Is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy.Dettori's father bought him a palamino pony when he was 12 and he used to practise on it for an hour every night. When he was 13 Dettori left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey.

An Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranc

An Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy.In 1990 Dettori became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first w

Was a philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist.He founded the Community of the Ark in 1948

Was a philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist.He founded the Community of the Ark in 1948 which first met a lot of difficulties. In 1954, he went back to India to participate in nonviolent anti-feudal struggles with Vinoba Bhave.

Is a retired Italian alpine skier.

Is a retired Italian alpine skier.

This blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in F

This blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. In 1963 she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom she made a documentary after his death. Under Pasolini's direction she proved a wonderful talent, in many films like La ricotta (1963) and Teorema (Theorem, 1968). In 1976 she portrayed a cruel and eroto-maniacal fascist in Novecento (1900), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Since the 1960s she dedicated much of her times to literature and politics. She became the muse for a number of leading political and literary figures in Italy and came to personify the revolutionary and marxist era of 1970s Italy.

Is a former professional tennis player from Italy, who won five doubles titles during her career on

Is a former professional tennis player from Italy, who won five doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on January 19, 1987, when she became the number 32 of the world. Her best Grand Slam finish was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open at Roland Garros.

Is a former professional tennis player.She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter f

Is a former professional tennis player.She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon in 1989. Her 124 - 184 singles record included victories over such notable players as Zina Garrison and Jana Novotna.

Was a Italian film actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955.She was born in Bussolano

Was a Italian film actress. She appeared in 39 films between 1945 and 1955.She was born in Bussolano, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Is an Italian pair skater. With former partner Ondrej Hotárek, she is the 2007 & 2008 Italian natio

Is an Italian pair skater. With former partner Ondrej Hotárek, she is the 2007 & 2008 Italian national champion.

An Italian film actress.She was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), and is the niec

An Italian film actress.She was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), and is the niece of renowned Italian novelist Elsa Morante.Her roles include La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (1981), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, and Bianca (1984) and The Son's Room (2001), both directed by Nanni Moretti. She also starred alongside Javier Bardem in The Dancer Upstairs (2002), the directorial debut of John Malkovich, and in Remember Me, My Love (2003) directed by Gabriele Muccino.Morante attracted considerable attention with her performance as the neglected Madame Jourdain, with whom the young Molière falls in love, in the 2007 release Molière. She also provided the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl in the Italian-dubbed version of The Incredibles cartoon.

Popular in several European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries, famed for her powerful vo

Popular in several European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries, famed for her powerful voice, her romantic adult contemporary ballads and love songs. She is fluent in several languages and has recorded songs in Italian, Spanish and English. She has also recorded some songs in Portuguese, a language of which she has a good (but not excellent) knowledge, and French, which she does not speak at all. At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Pausini won Best Latin Pop Album for Escucha.

Was an Italian virtuoso singer who was also a harpist and dancer; born and raised in Mantua. Her fat

Was an Italian virtuoso singer who was also a harpist and dancer; born and raised in Mantua. Her father was an intellectual who tutored princes, leading to Laura's being brought up in courtly society. In the 1570s she was singing in Verona. Peverara is mo

Was a Italian film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1937 and 1969.She was born in Trieste,

Was a Italian film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1937 and 1969.She was born in Trieste, Italy and died in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland.

Is a former tennis player from Italy. Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and

Is a former tennis player from Italy. Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He won one doubles title during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ran

In 1998, she came to the United States to pursue her college studies and, in the past two years, has

In 1998, she came to the United States to pursue her college studies and, in the past two years, has begun to follow a career path in performing arts. She has completed courses at the prestigious Stella Adler School of Acting in New York City and continues to advance her career in acting and modeling.Laureta has been involved in productions such as Shadow Kill and a Star Wars fan film Legacy of the Sith. Other projects include being a featured model in several national print advertisements and promotional videos, such as a campaign for American Culture Hair Care Products. Laureta was recently interviewed and photographed for several Albanian publications,Revista ZemerShqiptare including The Illyria Newspaper, Jeta Magazine, as well as Albanian Culture TV and Radio Ateda in New York City.

Is the incumbent Prime Minister of Malta. He is also the leader of the Nationalist Party (Maltese: P

Is the incumbent Prime Minister of Malta. He is also the leader of the Nationalist Party (Maltese: Partit Nazzjonalista). He became Prime Minister on 23 March 2004, following the resignation of Eddie Fenech Adami and reconfirmed in 10th March 2008 followi

Was an Italian biologist whose research of biogenesis paved the way for later discoveries by Louis P

Was an Italian biologist whose research of biogenesis paved the way for later discoveries by Louis Pasteur.In 1754, at the age of 25 he became professor of logic, metaphysics and Greek in the University of Reggio, and in 1760 was moved to Modena, where he continued to teach with great assiduity and success, but devoted his whole leisure to natural science. He declined many offers from other Italian universities and from St Petersburg until 1768, when he accepted the invitation of Maria Theresa to the chair of natural history in the university of Pavia, which was then being reorganized.

An Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but when she was 22 she changed her na

An Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but when she was 22 she changed her name after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland.Massari become a celebrity in art cinema for two roles, the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura (1960), and as Clara, the mother of a sexually precocious 14 year old boy named Laurent (Benoît Ferreux) in Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971).She worked both in Italian and French Cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut, and international commercial films such as Les choses de la vie.

Is an Italian former tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She rea

Is an Italian former tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open four times and the Wimbledon Championships once, and is also famous for her choice of clothing. Pericoli reached t