Italy

Italian playwright and librettist celebrated for his witty comedies that mirrored the lives and values of 18th-century Venetian society

Italian and naturalized French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for significant contributions to analysis, number theory, and mechanics

Eighth President of Italy and Prime Minister, a prominent politician, jurist, and university teacher of the First Italian Republic

Italian media tycoon and politician who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, also a notable entrepreneur and football executive

Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873, the only Spanish monarch from the House of Savoy

Italian film director and screenwriter best known for his 'alienation trilogy' and influential contributions to world art cinema

Italian semiotician, philosopher, and novelist best known for his influential novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum

French poet, playwright, and art critic known for his pioneering work in the avant-garde movement and influential contributions to modern literature

Italian filmmaker credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre and one of the greatest directors in cinema history

Italian politician, economist, and banker who served as President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and Prime Minister from 1993 to 1994

Prolific Italian composer, orchestrator, and conductor, celebrated for more than 400 film scores and 100 classical works across modern classical, jazz, pop, and rock genres

Italian novelist, short story writer, painter, poet, and journalist, best known for his novel The Tartar Steppe and numerous short story collections