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People from Milan

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Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and raised in Milan, he developed an early interest in computers and video games, teaching himself programming and web design and assisting his parish and school with digital projects.

Ludovico Sforza

Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (1928—1997)

Italian Holocaust survivor and senator for life

Italian ballet dancer and actress (1936–2021)

Gianluigi Nuzzi

Italian journalist and writer

Allegra Versace

Italian designer heiress

Annibale Riccò

Italian astronomer (1844–1919)

human rights activist (1925–2000)

Italian activist, editor (1882-1952)

sailor, writer, television host, rally driver and all-round adventurer (1941-2005)

Rosina Ferrario

Italian aviator (1888–1957)

Giulia Niccolai

Italian writer (1934–2021)

Lorella Zanardo

Giuseppina Negroni Prati

Italian patriot and philanthropist (1824-1909)

Contardo Calligaris

penman, psychoanalyst (1948-2021)

Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi

Italian luthier

Guido Novak von Arienti

Austrian soldier and officer (1859-1928)

Amulet Supreme, pseudonym of Carolina Maria Gambia

Italian philosopher (1937–2018)

Italian politician (1863–1930)

Ottavio Ferrari

Italian librarian, philologist and professor (1607-1682)

Rebecca Staffelli

Italian television presenter, radio personality and model

Renato Mannheimer

Italian pollster and sociologist

Marco De Marchi

Italian entrepreneur, naturalist and philanthropist (1872-1936)

Italian colonial governor (1878-1941)

Carolina Cavalli

Italian film director and screenwriter

Valerio Staffelli

Italian journalist and actor

Abd al Wahid Pallavicini

Italian Islamic preacher

Italian actress (1918-2018)

Italian aviator (1911-1932)

Ugo Monneret de Villard

Italian engineer and archaeologist (1881–1954)

Hanna Krushelnytska

Ukrainian opera singer (soprano)

Italian journalist and politician (1847–1913)

Carlo Archinto, 2nd Marquess of Parona, 3rd Count of Trainate

Italian noble, officer and art patron (1670-1732)

Giacomo del Maino

Italian sculptor and architect (1469-1503)

Giuseppe Parlato

Italian contemporary historian (1952-2025)

Agostino Lampugnani

Italian Benedictine monk and scholar

Italian statistician (1816–1871)

Fourteen Prague Martyrs

collective group of Roman Catholic priests and professed religious in the Order of Friars Minor

Franco Branciaroli

Italian dancer and choreographer

Wanda Toscanini Horowitz

daughter of Arturo Toscanini and wife of Vladimir Horowitz (1907-1998)

Luciano Beretta

Italian lyricist, singer and ballet dancer (1928–1994)

Italian bibliographer (1786-1851)