Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Italian painter. Jacopo was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venic

Was an Italian painter. Jacopo was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters.Many of his greatest works, including the enormous Crucifixion in the cathedral of Verona (1436), have disappeared. From c. 1430 is the panel with Madonna and Child, in the Accademia Carrara, once attributed to Gentile da Fabriano. In 1441, at Ferrara, where he was at the service of Leonello d'Este together with Leon Battista Alberti, he executed a portrait of that Marquess, now lost. Of this period the Madonna dell'Umiltà, probably commissioned by one of the brothers of Leonello.

Was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venic

Was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiqui

Is an Italian basketball player currently signed with Lottomatica Roma.

Is an Italian basketball player currently signed with Lottomatica Roma.

Gianninoto has studied Lute with Terrell Stone, Tiziano Bagnati and Francesca Torelli, specializing

Gianninoto has studied Lute with Terrell Stone, Tiziano Bagnati and Francesca Torelli, specializing in 16th century music, and has performed research on several music manuscripts from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. He has published a series of books of transcriptions of ancient music for Lute, Baroque guitar and Theorbo, adapted for classical guitar, contributing to the rediscovery of ancient Italian repertoire.As a guitarist, Gianninoto graduated from the Conservatory "A. Pedrollo" in Vicenza, under the guidance of Paolo Muggia. He also studied with Narciso Yepes and Mario Gangi, and became proficient on the 10-string Guitar.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He finished eighth in the K-1 1000 m ev

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He finished eighth in the K-1 1000 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

An Italian football forward currently playing for FC Lucerne in the Swiss Super League.

An Italian football forward currently playing for FC Lucerne in the Swiss Super League.

Was an Italian mountain guide.He was born in the Chamonix valley. A modest chamois hunter and collec

Was an Italian mountain guide.He was born in the Chamonix valley. A modest chamois hunter and collector of crystals, Balmat realized the first ascent of Mont Blanc with Michel-Gabriel Paccard on August 8, 1786.

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who plays for Internazionale's youth system. Sharing similar

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder who plays for Internazionale's youth system. Sharing similar surname with Juventus living legend Alessandro Del Piero, the 14-year-old is a highly rated striker with both Brazilian and Italian nationality.Del Piero started out at Treviso before joining Inter's academy. Inter confirmed the signing on September 1, 2008, just few hours after the club signed the Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma.

Is a former Albanian national football midfielder. He currently plays for SK Tirana. He has previous

Is a former Albanian national football midfielder. He currently plays for SK Tirana. He has previously played in Greece for Iraklis F.C., Apollon Athen and Ethnikos.

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his first fight to Wo

Is an Italian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his first fight to Worapoj Petchkoom in 1:12.

Is a Democratic politician who served as the 49th Governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994, the firs

Is a Democratic politician who served as the 49th Governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994, the first Italian American to hold the position. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for 15 years between 1975 and 1990.

Is a professional footballer currently playing with Valletta in Maltese Premier League where he play

Is a professional footballer currently playing with Valletta in Maltese Premier League where he plays as a midfielder.Pace had a three way option of which nation he wished to play his international football for. He could have chosen to stick with England,

A Swedish actress of mostly Italian exploitation films.Her modeling career brought her to Italy wher

A Swedish actress of mostly Italian exploitation films.Her modeling career brought her to Italy where she started to appear in films, such as Umberto Lenzi's Mangiati Vivi (1980) and Richard Fleischer's Red Sonja (1985). She quit acting in the early 1990s and moved to the US where she currently resides.

An Italian actress.She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning The S

An Italian actress.She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning The Son's Room, receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as best new talent of the year. In 2004 she won a Silver Ribbon for La meglio gioventù.Trinca played again with Moretti in the controversial Il caimano (2006).

Was an Italian French automotive designer and test engineer.he was the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti.

Was an Italian French automotive designer and test engineer.he was the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti. Shortly after his birth the family moved to the village of Dorlisheim near Molsheim in Alsace where his father built the new Bugatti automobile manufacturing plant. Born into a family of brilliantly creative people, from boyhood he was interested in his father's business. His grandfather Carlo Bugatti had lived in France for several years when he moved from his native Milan to live in Paris. His father's factory had clients in France and had done work for the Peugeot company. As such, the Bugatti family were multilingual and in France, Gianoberto became known as Jean.

Is a professional footballer currently playing with Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers, wh

Is a professional footballer currently playing with Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers, where he plays as a striker.

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers, whe

Is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers, where he plays as a defender.

Is an Italian singer, the former lead singer of the group Eiffel 65. He is now lead singer of the ba

Is an Italian singer, the former lead singer of the group Eiffel 65. He is now lead singer of the band Bloom 06 with ex-Eiffel member Maurizio Lobina. His looks can be described as sort of a cross between George Clooney and Amaury Nolasco.

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin,

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin,

Is an Italian volleyball player. She was born in Codognè, Veneto.She began to play in her native to

Is an Italian volleyball player. She was born in Codognè, Veneto.She began to play in her native town. She scored her first success with Foppapedretti Bergamo, with which she was two times national champion (2004 and 2006), European champion (2005), won a

Is an Albanian football midfielder who plays for KF Partizani Tiranë.He has been capped for Albania

Is an Albanian football midfielder who plays for KF Partizani Tiranë.He has been capped for Albania.

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 2001. Her best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 2001. Her best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was fifth in the two-woman event in January 2007 twice (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Igls).

Is an Albanian football player who currently plays for Belasitsa Petrich. He is a natural defender w

Is an Albanian football player who currently plays for Belasitsa Petrich. He is a natural defender who can also play various positions on the midfield.Klodian Semina is being watched by many top clubs in Bulgaria and Turkey as well as abroad because of his good performances he has made.

Is a former ice hockey goaltender.Corsi was the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice ho

Is a former ice hockey goaltender.Corsi was the goaltender of the nazionale (Italian national ice hockey team) and spent the majority of his career with Varese. He also played for HC Gardena, SG Cortina and HC Bolzano during his time in Italy's Serie A le