Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a motorcycle racer who has raced in the Superbike World Championship and the 250cc and 500cc clas

Is a motorcycle racer who has raced in the Superbike World Championship and the 250cc and 500cc classes in Grand Prix. In WSBK he had a record number of starts, as well as 10 poles and 17 wins. He retired at the end of the 2006 season.

Is an Italian mathematician, logician and aficionado of the history of science, who is also extremel

Is an Italian mathematician, logician and aficionado of the history of science, who is also extremely active as a popular science writer and essayist, especially in a perspective of philosophical atheism.

Was an Italian road bicycle racer from Vailate. In 1958 he won stages in all three of the Grand Tour

Was an Italian road bicycle racer from Vailate. In 1958 he won stages in all three of the Grand Tours, becoming the second cyclist (after Miguel Poblet) to won stages in all three of the Grand Tours in the same year. As of 2008, this has only been repeate

Was an Italian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, a

Was an Italian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Is an Italian former road bicycle racer.

Is an Italian former road bicycle racer.

A former Italian footballer who played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 19

A former Italian footballer who played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1969 Scoring a hat-trick in the 4-1 defeat of Ajax in the final. He is the last man to have scored a hat trick in the Champions League/European Cup Final. Ferenc Puskas (twice) and Alfredo Di Stefano (both of Real Madrid) are the only other players to have achieved this. Prati also played for the Italy national football team in the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship and the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Was an Italian-American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a

Was an Italian-American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and also pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.

An Italian footballer who currently plays for Unione Sportiva Pergocrema 1932.Brivio started his car

An Italian footballer who currently plays for Unione Sportiva Pergocrema 1932.Brivio started his career at Atalanta youth team. He then played for Palazzolo of Serie C2, and won promotion to Serie C1 in summer 1991.He transferred to Vicenza of Serie B in summer 1994. He played first 3 seasons as second choice and became regular in summer 1997. He played 70 Serie A games for Vicenza form 1995 until 1999.

An Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Since retirement he has become a football mana

An Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Since retirement he has become a football manager and is currently in this role for the Italy national under-21 football team.Casiraghi was born in Monza, Lombardy, and began his career with his home-town side, A.C. Monza, in 1985. The side were relegated to Serie C in his first season, but he helped them achieve promotion back to Serie B in 1988. He moved to Serie A giants Juventus in 1989, having scored 28 goals in 94 games for Monza.

A former Italian footballer.During his club career he played for Verona, Cagliari and Cesena. He ear

A former Italian footballer.During his club career he played for Verona, Cagliari and Cesena. He earned 18 caps for the Italy national football team, and played in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer.

Collina was born in Bologna and attended the local university, graduating with a degree in economics

Collina was born in Bologna and attended the local university, graduating with a degree in economics in 1984. During his teenage years, he played as a central defender for a local team, but was persuaded in 1977 to take a referee's course, where it was di

Is a basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summe

Is a basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Yugoslavia turned out to be too strong for Italy in the final: the match ended 77-86. He eventually played 278 matches for Italian na

A former football (soccer) midfielder. He started his career with Atalanta in 1989, but was a fringe

A former football (soccer) midfielder. He started his career with Atalanta in 1989, but was a fringe player and in 1992 was sold to Lecce, where he spent a season, before moving back to Atalanta. After another season long stay he joined one of Italy's biggest clubs Internazionale, where he spent 2 seasons and then moved to Verona. After this, he had unsuccessful spells with Parma and Venezia. In 2000, he played 2 games for AC Milan and scored 1 goal. He went on to spend the remainder of his career with Brescia, his old club Atalanta and Brindisi. He also won 10 caps for the Italian under-21 team, scoring once.

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for Atalanta B.C., A.S. Roma, Hellas V

A retired Italian footballer.During his club career he played for Atalanta B.C., A.S. Roma, Hellas Verona F.C. and A.C. Milan. He earned 1 cap for the Italy national football team in 1966, and participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

A former Italian football player from Gemona del Friuli in the Province of Udine. He played club foo

A former Italian football player from Gemona del Friuli in the Province of Udine. He played club football for some of the top clubs in his country, including Sampdoria, Napoli, Lazio, Atalanta and AC Milan.[2]At international level, he represented Italy on one occasion, in a game played on 13 March 1960. Notably, for Napoli he scored the winning goal of the 1961-62 Coppa Italia final against Spal 1907; this was the first team a club from Serie B had won the cup.

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Vicenza Calcio.He started his career

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Vicenza Calcio.He started his career at native club Atalanta, and was sold to Udinese Calcio in a co-ownership deal during 2005. Udinese got full ownership from Atalanta on 2006, and loaned him to Bologna in order to gain experience.

An Italian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Frosinone in the Italian

An Italian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Frosinone in the Italian Serie B.A midfielder, Braglia started his professional career with Serie C team Montevarchi, then making his debut in the Serie A in 1976 with Fiorentina. He then spent six seasons with Catanzaro, five of them being in the Italian top flight. He then retired in 1987 after spells with Serie B teams Triestina and Catania.

Was an Italian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the

Was an Italian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the goalkeeper of the Italian Olympic squad in 1912 and played one match in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament.

Was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician a

Was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its serene humanism and its use of geometric forms, particularly in relation to perspective and foreshortening. Most of his work was produced in the Tuscan town of Arezzo.

Is an Italian former champion alpine ski racer. Gros made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup i

Is an Italian former champion alpine ski racer. Gros made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in December 1972, at age 18. In that 1973 season, he won two races in Val d'Isère and Madonna di Campiglio; he was the youngest Italian skier ever to win a

Is an Italian rock singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the famous Italian rock band

Is an Italian rock singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the famous Italian rock band Litfiba. He was born in Florence.In 2002 his duet with an Indonesian popstar, Anggun, entitled "L'amore immaginato" reached #1 in the National Italian Airplay Charts for over two months.

Is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Was an influential Italian economist whose book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is

Was an influential Italian economist whose book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is taken as founding the Neo-Ricardian school of Economics.From 1921 to 1922 he studied in London at the London School of Economics. In 1922 he was appointed as Director of the provincial labour department in Milan, then as Professor in Political economy first in Perugia, and later in Cagliari, Sardinia. In Turin he had met Antonio Gramsci (the most important leader of Italian Communist Party). They became close friends, partly due to their shared ideological views—Sraffa was at this time a radical Marxist. He also was already in contact with Filippo Turati, perhaps the most important leader of Italian Socialist Party, whom he allegedly met and frequently visited in Rapallo,

Was a racing driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi.Taruffi began his m

Was a racing driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi.Taruffi began his motorsport career racing motorcycles. He won the 1932 500cc European Championship on a Norton and in 1937 set the motorcycle land speed record at 279.503 km