Italian Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Wo

Is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 24

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelon

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event.

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

An Italian football (soccer) player, in the role of defender, who is currently unattached.A youth pl

An Italian football (soccer) player, in the role of defender, who is currently unattached.A youth player for Brescia until 1989, Negro joined Bologna F.C. 1909 the next year, and had his Serie A debut against Genoa 1893 on 28 October 1990. He played two seasons for Bologna, and then another one for Brescia, before joining S.S. Lazio of Rome, in which he played from 1993-2005.

An Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently the third goalkeeper for Inter Mila

An Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently the third goalkeeper for Inter Milan.He started his career at Internazionale, but debuted for Inter in 2006. [1][2] He played mostly in Serie C1 and Serie C2 in the early stages of his career, played for A.C. Mantova, AlbinoLeffe, Casarano, A.C. Pro Sesto, A.C. Ancona, U.S. Foggia, A.S. Acireale, Reggina Calcio, Bologna, S.S. Lazio, Piacenza Calcio. Since Fabián Carini and Alberto Fontana left Inter in 2005, he returned to the club, to be the third choice goalkeeper behind Francesco Toldo and Júlio César Soares, signed a two-year contract.

Was an Italian statesman, and most importantly the most famous mayor of his native city, Trento. His

Was an Italian statesman, and most importantly the most famous mayor of his native city, Trento. His tenure was characterized by progressive economic policies that impacted Trento's commercial sector and eventually led to its independence as a state.

Is an Italian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 19

Is an Italian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 metre freestyle competition. Also he was a member of the Italian water polo team which finished fourth i

A former Italian footballer.During his career he played for A.C. Legnano (1966-67), Torino F.C. (196

A former Italian footballer.During his career he played for A.C. Legnano (1966-67), Torino F.C. (1967-82), Udinese Calcio (1982-83) and A.C. Fiorentina (1983-85). He also played 19 matches and scored 5 goals for the Italy national football team, and participated in two World Cups (1974 and 1978).

An Italian former football (soccer) player. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title,

An Italian former football (soccer) player. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball. Rossi was the only player to have won all three honours at a single tournament until Lionel Messi in the 2005 U-20 FIFA World Cup in Netherlands and Sergio Aguero in the 2007 U-20 FIFA World Cup staged in Canada.

An Italian football midfielder, currently playing for Sampdoria.A product of European giants AC Mila

An Italian football midfielder, currently playing for Sampdoria.A product of European giants AC Milan's youth system, Sammarco never played a game for the side, serving consecutive loans: from 2002-04 in Serie C, and from 2004-07 with first division side A.C. ChievoVerona (the first two in joint ownership).

Was an Italian geologist and ornithologist.Savi was born in Pisa, son of Gaetano Savi, professor of

Was an Italian geologist and ornithologist.Savi was born in Pisa, son of Gaetano Savi, professor of Botany at the University of Pisa. The younger Savi became assistant-lecturer on zoology at the university in 1820, was appointed professor in 1823, and lectured also on geology.

Savoldelli is a good climber, but he is especially well known for his fast downhilling. Because of t

Savoldelli is a good climber, but he is especially well known for his fast downhilling. Because of that, he is often nicknamed Il Falco ("the falcon"). His downhill skills were particularly vital to his 2005 Giro win, when his descent down the last mountain of the penultimate stage managed to close a gap between him and his rival Gilberto Simoni, preserving his lead in the overall classification, and eventually giving him the Giro win.

An Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for A.S. Roma, after having played the fir

An Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for A.S. Roma, after having played the first half of the 2006/2007 season with Frosinone Calcio.

Is an Italian volleyball player.

Is an Italian volleyball player.

Is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed in the 1990s. Tommasini also competed in K-4 1000 m eve

Is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed in the 1990s. Tommasini also competed in K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

An Italian born footballer. He started his career at Italian team Piacenza before transferring to To

An Italian born footballer. He started his career at Italian team Piacenza before transferring to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 1998, managed at the time by Christian Gross. Although scoring on his debut in a friendly against Peterborough United, his time at Spurs was shortlived. He was transferred for a nominal fee to Pistoese in Italy for £400,000. He later played for Atalanta.

Was an Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. Giorgio

Was an Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. Giorgio Vasari in his book Lives of the Artists wrote that Uccello was obsessed by his interest in perspective and would stay up all night in his study trying to grasp the exact vanishing point. He used perspective in order to create a feeling of depth in his paintings and not, as his contemporaries, to narrate different or succeeding stories.His best known works are the three paintings representing the battle of San Romano (for a long time these were wrongly entitled the "Battle of Sant' Egidio of 1416").

A former professional footballer, who played as a left back.Vanoli played, amongst other clubs, for

A former professional footballer, who played as a left back.Vanoli played, amongst other clubs, for Parma (winning the UEFA Cup in 1998-99 and scoring in the final) and Fiorentina, having also two abroad spells: Glasgow Rangers in 2003-04 (only lasting that season, leaving after some inconsistent performances) and lowly Akratitos FC in Greece (2005-06).

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 Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Can

Was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi. He adopted the name Paolo Cagliari or Paolo Caliari,[1] and became known as "Veronese" from his birthplace in Verona.Veronese, Titian, and Tintoretto constitute the triumvirate of pre-eminent Venetian painters of the late Renaissance (1500s). Veronese is known as a supreme colourist, and for his illusionistic decorations in both fresco and oil. His most famous works are elaborate narrative cycles, executed in a dramatic and colorful Mannerist style, full of majestic architectural settings and glittering pageantry. His large paintings of biblical feasts executed for the refectories of monasteries in Venice and Verona are especially notable. His brief testimony with the Inquisition is often quoted for its insight into contemporary painting technique.

Is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Ama

Is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships: 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships.

Is an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian, especially famous for his grotesque irony and sa

Is an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian, especially famous for his grotesque irony and satire.Born in Genoa in 1932, Villaggio lived his childhood in poverty due to World War II. Later he had many jobs, among which a clerk for the Italsider Co.

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder.He currently plays for Torino F.C. of Serie A.Zanetti starte

An Italian football (soccer) midfielder.He currently plays for Torino F.C. of Serie A.Zanetti started his career at native club Vicenza. He was sold to Empoli in a co-ownership deal in 2003.In his first season with Empoli, he just made 13 appearances in Serie A. However, Empoli was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season and Zanetti followed the club.

Is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.86m tall and weighing 86kg, he plays for the Albania nati

Is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.86m tall and weighing 86kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level. He holds Albanian, French and Swiss citizenship.

Is a former Albanian footballer. He has 48 appearances for Albanian national team.

Is a former Albanian footballer. He has 48 appearances for Albanian national team.