- Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin pronunciation ; English pronunciation ; July 12 or July 13, 100 BC or 102 BC – March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men of World history. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. - Domitian
Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 - 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor of the "gens Flavia". Domitianus was a member of the Flavian Dynasty, being the son of Vespasian, by his wife Domitilla, and brother of Titus, whom he succeeded on 14 October, 81. - Mark Antony
Marcus Antonius (Latin: <small>M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N</small>) ("c." January 14, 83 BC - August 1, 30 BC), known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator. After Caesar's assassination, Antony allied with Octavian and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus to form an official triumvirate which modern scholars have labelled the second triumvirate. - Trilussa
Carlo Alberto Salustri was an Italian dialect poet, better known by his pen name of Trilussa (an anagram of “Salustri”). He is best known for the poems, some of them sonnets, written in the dialect of Rome. - Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni (born 3 July, 1955) is an Italian politician and member of the Democrats of the Left (DS) party, serving as Mayor of Rome since 2001. - Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (236-183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. He was best known for defeating Hannibal of Carthage, a feat that earned him the agnomen "Africanus", the nickname "the Roman Hannibal" and recognition as one of the finest commanders in military history. - Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is a motion picture and stage, Academy Award-winning actress, widely considered to be the most popular Italian performer. - Cola di Rienzo
Cola di Rienzo or di Rienzi was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, tribune of the Roman people in the mid-14th century. - Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928; sometimes also credited as "Dan Savio" or "Leo Nichols") is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. He has composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions, more than any other composer living or deceased. He is best known for the characteristic sparse and memorable soundtracks of Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964), … - Lucullus
Lucius Licinius Lucullus (ca. 118-56 BC) was a consul of ancient Rome, a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and victor in the East. - Hadrian
Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus. He was a relative of his predecessor Trajan, being a grandson of Trajan's father's sister. Trajan never officially designated a successor, but, according to his wife, Pompeia Plotina, Trajan named Hadrian emperor immediately before his death. However, Trajan's wife was well-disposed toward Hadrian, and he may well have owed his succession to her. - Augustus
Augustus (Latin: <small>IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS</small>; September 23, 63 BC - August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian; Latin: <small>GAIVS•IVLIVS•CAESAR•OCTAVIANVS</small>) prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. Although he preserved the outward form of the Roman Republic, he ruled as an autocrat for 41 years, … - Pope John Xv
John XV (born in Rome), Pope from 985 to 996, succeeding Boniface VII (974, 984-985), (said to have been Pope for four months after Pope John XIV (983-984), but now considered an antipope). John XV was the son of Leo, a Roman presbyter. At the time he mounted the papal chair Crescentius II was Patrician of Rome, significantly hampering the pope's influence, but the presence of the Empress Theophano, regent for her son, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III (983-1002), … - Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born 27 September 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player. He plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A and for the Italian national team, with whom he won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Francesco Totti's position is that of a striker or an attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as the trequartista (or second striker), a compromise between the two positions where the player acts as a link between midfield and attack. - Titus
Titus Flavius Vespasianus, also known as Titus, was a Roman Emperor, from the death of his father Vespasian in 79 AD until his own death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his younger brother Domitian. Prior to becoming emperor, Titus was a successful general who crushed the Jewish Rebellion in 70. Although his reign was brief, … - Scipione Borghese
Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576 - october 2, 1633) was an Italian Renaissance prelate, art collector and member of the noble Borghese family - Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafro, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church, was a Spanish-Italian condottiero, lord and cardinal. He was the son of Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei, sibling to Lucrezia Borgia, Jofré Borgia Prince of Squillace and Giovanni Borgia, duke of Gandia, and half-brother to Don Pedro Luis de Borja and Girolama de Borja, … - Messalina
Valeria Messalina, sometimes spelled Messallina, (c. 17/20 -48) was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century. She was a Roman Empress and third wife of Emperor Claudius. - Dario Argento
Dario Argento was born in Rome in 1940, the son of influential film producer Salvatore Argento , and established Brazilian photographer Elda Luxardo . While these parental influences assured Argento's filmic fascination from an early age, he assimilated influences from a wide range of the fantastic arts. - Pope Nicholas I
Pope Nicholas I, (Rome c. 820 - November 13, 867), or Nicholas the Great, reigned from April 24, 858 until his death. He is remembered as a consolidator of papal authority and power, exerting decisive influence upon the historical development of the papacy and its position among the Christian nations of Western Europe, and is considered a saint. - Francesco Rutelli
Francesco Rutelli (born June 14 1954), MP, is an Italian politician, formerly Mayor of Rome, and president of the center wing liberal party Daisy-Democracy is Freedom. He is also the Minister of Welfare and Cultural Activities in the cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi. - Giulio Romano
Giulio Romano (c. 1499? - November 1, 1546) was an Italian painter and architect. A prominent pupil of Raphael, his stylistic deviations from high Renaissance classicism help define the 16th century style known as Mannerism. Giulio's drawings have long been treasured by collectors; contemporary prints of them engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi, were a significant contribution to the spread of 16th century Italian style throughout Europe. - Franco Frattini
Franco Frattini (born 14 March 1957) is an Italian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. - Massimo D'Alema
Massimo D'Alema (born April 20, 1949) is an Italian politician, currently Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. He is also a journalist, a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, and he was the first President of the Council of Ministers coming from Italian Communist Party. - Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani (March 7, 1908 - September 26, 1973) was an Academy Award-winning Italian actress, with stage experience. - Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 - April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director. Leone is well-known for his Spaghetti Western films, and his recognizable style of juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with extreme long shots. Despite only directing seven films, Leone is recognized as one of the greatest directors of all time. Of his seven films, he is best known for his The Man With No Name trilogy, which consists of A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, … - Pope Innocent II
Pope Innocent II (died September 24, 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was Pope from 1130 to 1143, and was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the antipope Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna). - Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, (June 15 1920 - February 25 2003) was a beloved Italian actor and a film director. He was also the voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films. - Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. Fermi won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity. - Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as "Roma città aperta" to the movement. - Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, (November 28, 1907 - September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian novelists in the 20th century. His works explored issues of modern sexuality, alienation, and existentialism. He is best known for his antifascist novel "Il Conformista" ("The Conformist"), which was the basis for the 1970 film "The Conformist" which was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. - Pope John VIII
John VIII was pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. He is often considered one of the ablest pontiffs of the ninth century and the last bright spot on the papacy until Gregory VII two centuries later. He was born in Rome. Among the reforms achieved during his pontificate was a notable administrative reorganisation of the papal curia. With little help from European kings, he attempted to expel the Saracens from Italy after they had penetrated as far as Rome. - Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo (or Laurentius) Valla (c. 1406 - August 1, 1457) was an Italian humanist, rhetorician, and educator. His family was from Piacenza; his father, Luca della Valla was a lawyer. - Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti (born 14 January 1919 in Rome) is an Italian politician who served seven times as Prime Minister of Italy. He also served as Foreign Minister of Italy between 1983 and 1989. Andreotti has sat in Parliament without interruption since 1946, when he was elected to the Constituent Assembly. He was almost continuously re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, until President Francesco Cossiga appointed him Senator for life in 1991. - Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born March 19, 1976 in Rome) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He plays centre back for AC Milan in Serie A and also in the Italian National Team. Having previously played for S.S. Lazio, Nesta transferred to A.C. Milan from Lazio in 2002 for approximately €30 million paid over three years, after being valued at over £50 million by Lazio a year earlier. - Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8 1593 - c.1653) was an Italian Early Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation influenced by Caravaggio (Caravaggisti). In an era when women painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community, she was the first female painter to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence. She was also one of the first female artists to paint historical and religious paintings, … - Frances Of Rome
Saint Frances of Rome (Rome, 1384–Rome, March 9 1440), like many saints, was born of wealthy Italian parents. When she was eleven years old, she decided to be a nun, but within two years her parents married her off to Lorenzo Ponziano (or "de Ponziani"), commander of the papal troops of Rome. Although the marriage had been arranged, it was a happy one, lasting for forty years, partly because Lorenzo admired his wife and her sister, Vannozza, … - Giada de Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer and the current host of the Food Network programs "Everyday Italian", "Behind the Bash", "Giada's Weekend Getaways", and "Giada in Paradise". In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor on NBC's "Today". - Pope Mark Mark
Pope Saint Mark or Marcus was Pope from January 18, 336 to October 7, 336. He is said to have been a Roman, but little is known of his early life. He was consecrated on January 18, 336, and died October 7 that same year. The "Liber Pontificalis" says that he was a Roman, and that his father's name was Priscus. - Metastasio
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, (January 13, 1698 - April 12, 1782) was an Italian writer and poet.
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