Category

Italian exiles

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Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909–2012)

Emilio G. Segrè

Italian physicist and Nobel laureate

7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox Churches

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

King of Italy from 1900 to 1946

Italian writer and poet (1778–1827)

Umberto II of Italy

lieutenant of the Kingdom of Italy and last king of Italy

Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school (1749–1801)

Carlo Alberto I of Sardinia

King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849

Elena of Montenegro

queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy

Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)

Marie José of Belgium

Queen Consort of Italy (1906–2001)

Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples

disputed Head of the House of Savoy from 1983 to 2024

Bruno Pontecorvo

Italian nuclear physicist (1913–1993)

Niccolò Tommaseo

Italian linguist (1802-1874)

Giovanna of Savoy

Bulgarian and Italian Royal

Philippe Buonarroti

Italian utopian socialist, writer, agitator, and freemason (1761-1837)

Giorgio Perlasca

Italian self-appointed Spanish diplomat in Hungary who saved 5218 Jews from the Holocaust (1910-1992)

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835-1908)

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy

Head of the House of Savoy (2024)

Maria Theresa of Austria

Austrian archduchess

Tommaso Buscetta

Sicilian Mafia boss to become government informant

Giorgio Strehler

Italian opera and theatre director (1921–1997)

Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso

Italian noblewoman, patriot, editor and philanthropist (1808–1871)

Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy

Italian Royal (1914–2001)

Italian general

Anthony Panizzi

Italian librarian (1797-1879) and Principal Librarian of the British Museum

Camillo Berneri

Italian philosopher (1897–1937)

Princess Iolanda, Countess of Bergolo

Italian Royal (1901-1986)

Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy

Savoyard Royal and historian

Italian nuclear physicist, paleontologist, and university teacher (1901–2001)

Princess Maria Pia of Savoy

Italian princess

Amilcare Cipriani

Italian anarchist (1843-1918)

Vito Cascio Ferro

member of the Sicilian Mafia (1862–1943)

Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy

Giuseppe Morello

American mobster (1867–1930)

Cesare Battisti

Italian former terrorist and murderer

Princess Vittoria of Savoy

member of the House of Savoy and digital influencer

Federico Confalonieri

Italian revolutionist (1785-1846)

Aldo Castellani

Italian bacteriologist (1874–1971)

Sisto Riario Sforza

Italian cardinal (1810–1877)

Guido Pontecorvo

Italian geneticist (1907–1999)

Federigo Fregoso

Catholic cardinal

Gaetano Badalamenti

Italian criminal (1923–2004)

American mob boss (1877-1947)

Francesco Lomonaco

Italian writer, politician and patriot 1772-1810

Fernando De Rosa

Italian socialist (1908-1936)

Charles DeRudio

U.S. Army officer who fought in the 7th U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Alessio Casimirri

Red Brigade member

Francesco Fausto Nitti

Italian journalist (1899-1974)

Italian patriot (1825-1853)

Umberto Ammaturo

Italian criminal

Domenico Pellegrini Giampietro

Italian academic and politician

Marina Petrella

Italian assassin

Maurizio Abbatino

Italian pentito

Italian-born American jurist (1898-1978)