List of people from Sardinia

Main article: Sardinians

This is a list of famous people from or with origins in the island of Sardinia.

Academic figures and inventors

Domenico Alberto Azuni

Giovanni Spano

Gianluigi Gessa

Pietro Amat di San Filippo (1826 - 1895), geographer, historian and bibliographer.
Giulio Angioni (born 1939), writer and anthropologist
Efisio Arru (1927 – 2000), parasitologist
Domenico Alberto Azuni (1749–1827), Jurist
Ludovico Baille (1764–1869), Historian
Augusto Bissiri (1879 - 1968), inventor, credited as one of the first developers of television, the cathode ray tube and the fax.
Remo Bodei (born in Cagliari,1938), philosopher
Francesco Antonio Boi (1767 - 1850), physician and anatomist
Francesco Antonio Broccu (1797–1882), inventor, born in Gadoni, regarded as the first developer of Revolver
Giuseppe Brotzu (1895 – 1976), pharmacologist, discoverer of cephalosphorin based antibiotics, and candidate for Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Carlo Cercignani (1939–2010), physicist and mathematician
Fausto Cercignani (born 1941), scholar in linguistics
Enrico Costa (born 1944), astrophysicist, known for studies on the gamma ray bursts
Erminio Costa (Cagliari 1924- Washington 2009), neuroscientist
Joan de Girgio Vitelli (Alghero 1870 - Rome 1916), lawyer and writer.
Carlo Fadda ( 1853–1931) jurist and politician.
Antonio Fais (1841 – 1925), mathematician and engineer.
Giovanni Francesco Fara (1543-1591), geographer and historian
Walter Ferreri, Astronomer
Gian Luigi Gessa (born 1932), pharmacologist and neuropsychiatrist
Pier Michele Giagaraccio (16th century AD), jurist, lawyer, and poet
Paola Leone, neurologist leader researcher of Canavan disease
Giovanni Lilliu ( 1914 – 2012), archeologist, academician, publicist and politician.
Eva Mameli (1886 – 1978), botanist, naturalist and mathematician.
Ettore Pais (1856– 1939), historian with Sardinian ancestry
Gustavo Piga (born 1964), economist (Sardinian ancestry)
Antonio Pigliaru (1922–1969), philosopher
Paolo Savona (born 1936), economist
Giovanni Soro (died 1544), the Western world first great cryptanalyst. Soro was employed in Venice by the Council of Ten as cipher breaker-in-chief.
Giovanni Spano (1803–1878), linguist and archaeologist
Nicola Tanda (born 1928) philologist and literary critic.
Pasquale Tola (1800–1874), historian, magistrate and politician

Activists

Aurelio Chessa ( 1913 – 1996) anarchist, journalist and historian
Giovanni Nuvoli

Architects and designers

Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli (born 1963), architect, senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Carlo Battaglia (1933 – 2005), designer
Gaetano Cima (1805 – 1878), Neoclassical architect
Fernando Clemente (1917–1998), architect and urbanist
Francesco Boffo (1796-1867), Neoclassical architect
Davis Ducart
Renzo Frau (Cagliari 1880 - 1926), designer
Flavio Manzoni (born 1965), architect and car designer
Ambra Medda (born 1982), Designer
Antonio Simon Mossa (born 1916): Architect, politician and journalist
Vico Mossa (1914 - 2003), Architect
Orazio Satta Puliga (1910 - 1974), car designer with Sardinian ancestry
Enzo Satta, urbanist and architect
Eugenio Tavolara (1901–1963), sculptor and designer

Astronauts

Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra (1923 – 2007)

Authors

Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926

Milena Agus (born 1955)
Francesco Alziator (1909-1977), writer and journalist
Antonella Anedda (born 1955), half-Sardinian
Giulio Angioni (born 1939) writer and anthropologist
Gerolamo Araolla (1542-1615)
Sergio Atzeni (1952-1995)
Vicente Bacallar Sanna (1669-1726)
Ludovico Baille (1764-1839)
Italo Calvino (1923-1985) (Sardinian from mother side), writer candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature.
Alberto Capitta (born 1954)
Fausta Cialente (1898-1994)
Antoni Cossu (1927–2002)
Cecilia Maria de Candia (1853 - 1926), writer (Sardinian ancestry from father side)
Grazia Deledda (1871-1936), winner of the Nobel prize for literature
Pietro Delitala (middle 16th century - 1613), poet
Salvatore Farina (1846-1918), novelist
Maria Chessa Lai (1922 - 2012), poet
Gavino Ledda (born 1938)
Emilio Lussu (1890-1975)
Goffredo Mameli, patriot and poet, creator of the Italian anthem (born in Genoa by Sardinian father)
Francesco Manunta i Baldino (1928–1995), poet
Melchiorre Murenu (1803-1854)
Michela Murgia
Salvatore Niffoi (born 1950), writer.
Rafael Sari (1904 - 1978),poet and writer
Flavio Soriga (born 1975) writer
Pasqual Scanu (1908 - 1978)
Tigellius (1st century BC – 40 BC), lyric poet during the time of Julius Caesar
Pasquale Tola (1800-1874)
Dolores Turchi (born 1935)

Businessmen

Renato Soru

Massimo Cellino (born 1956), entrepreneur and football club owner.
Giovanni Antonio Sanna (1819 – 1875), entrepreneur and politician.
Renato Soru (born 1957), entrepreneur founder of Tiscali and former governor of Sardinia

Cinema and TV

Actors & actresses

Maria Luisa Pierangeli

Melissa Satta

Gianni Agus
Mavie Bardanzellu (born 1938), actress
Éric Cantona (born 24 May 1966), French actor and football player with Sardinian ancestry
Vittorio Congia (born 4 November 1930), film actor
Donatella Damiani (born 1958), Sardinian from father side
Rossana Ghessa (born 24 January 1943)
Rita Livesi (born 1915)
Bruce Kirby (born 1928), American actor, Sardinian ancestry
Denis Marti (born 1972), pornographic actor and adult film maker
Christopher Meloni - American actor, father from Sardinia
Gloria Milland (born 1940), actress
Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929), Brazilian actress, with Sardinian ancestry from mother's side
Tiberio Murgia
Caterina Murino
Amedeo Nazzari
Alessandro Nivola-American Actor, Grandson of Costantino Nivola
Marisa Pierangeli
Anna Maria Pierangeli - also known as Pier Angeli
Bruno Putzulu French actor, Sardinian ancestry
Stefano Satta Flores, Sardinian ancestry
Marisa Solinas, Sardinian ancestry

Filmmakers

Luigi Batzella
Antonello Grimaldi
Nanni Loy
Sebastian Piras, photographer and filmmaker
Fiorenzo Serra (1921 - 2005), documentarist
Franco Solinas (1927-1982) screenwriter

Showgirls and fashion models

Elisabetta Canalis
Franca Dall'Olio (born 1945), Miss Italia 1963.
Valeria Marini, born in Rome from Sardinian parents
Alessandra Meloni (born 1972). Miss Italia 1994.
Giorgia Palmas
Pamela Prati (Sardinian from mother side)
Virginia Sanjust di Teulada (born 1977), Sardinian from father side
Melissa Satta
Adriana Serra (1923 – 1995), actress and Miss Italia 1941 (sardinian from father side) ^[1] ^[2]

Police officers

Emanuela Loi

Criminals

Er Canaro (born 1956)
Giovanni Corbeddu Salis (1844 - 1898), outlaw.

Journalists

Corrado Augias (born 26 January 1935), Sardinian ancestry
Mino Carta (born 1933), Sardinian parents
Pasquale Chessa (born 1947), historian and journalist
Attilio Deffenu (1890–1918) journalist, syndicalist and patriot
Jean-Marc Morandini (born 1965) Sardinian from mother side
Annalisa Piras (born 1971), journalist and film maker ^[3]
Cristiano Ruiu (born 1979)
Barbara Serra (born 1974), Sardinian from father side

Mercenaries, soldiers & troops

Domenico Millelire

Mario Aramu (1900 – 1940) aviator.
Tercio de Cerdeña, (founded 1564), infantry brigade of the Spanish Army
Brigata Cagliari (founded 1862), mechanized infantry brigade of the Italian Army up 1926.
Brigata Sassari, (founded 1915), mechanized infantry brigade of the Italian Army
Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade, (founded 1814), mechanized infantry brigade of the Italian Army
Domenico Millelire (1761 – 1827) patriot, navy officer.
Antonio Todde (1889 – 2002), oldest man in the world at the date of his death and the third-oldest military veteran ever
Efisio Tola (1803 - 1833), patriot.
Virgilio Nurchis (1892 - ?) Brigadier-General, one of the Italian Generals of WWII
Manoel José Nurchis (1940 - 1972) aka 'Gil', Brazilian guerrillero of Sardinian origin.
Justin Tuveri (May 13, 1898 – October 5, 2007), one of the last Italian veterans of the First World War

Musicians and singers

Goffredo Mameli, author of Italian national anthem (Genoese of Sardinian ancestry).

the tenor Giovanni Matteo De Candia.

Giuseppe Anedda

Giuseppe Anedda (1912 – 1997)
Bianca Atzei (born 1987)
Maria Carta
Chaoswave
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Giovanni Matteo De Candia, operatic singer (tenor), known as Mario
Bernardo de Muro, operatic singer (tenor)
Francesco Demuro
Roberto Diana (born 1983) musician, guitarist, composer, producer and session man.
La Fossa (rap group)
Paolo Fresu
Ricky Gianco (born Riccardo Sanna, 1943), singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer,with partial Sardinian ancestry
Raimondo Inconis (born 1959 ), contrabassoonist.
Elena Ledda
Nyco Lilliu (born 1987), Sardinian ancestry
Pierrick Lilliu (born 1986), Sardinian ancestry
Bernadette Manca di Nissa
Franca Masu (born 1962)
Carmen Melis (1885–1967), operatic soprano
Efisio Melis
Roberto Meloni
Filomena Moretti, guitarist
Franco Oppo ( 1935 – 2016) composer and scholar
Aldo Piga, music compose
Marisa Sannia
Valerio Scanu
Angelo Sotgiu (born 1946)
Tazenda
Tenores di Bitti

Visual artists

Painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors

Francesco Ciusa

Edina Altara (1898–1983), illustrator and painter
Giuseppe Biasi (1885–1945), painter
Vittore Bocchetta (born 1918), Sculptor, painter and academic
Carlo Chessa (1855 – 1912) painter, printmaker, and illustrator
Francesco Ciusa (1883 – 1949) sculptor.
Ignazio Fresu (born 1957), sculptor
Giovanni del Giglio (died 1554), mannerist painter
Master of Castelsardo (15th-16th century), painter
Francesco Menzio (1899–1979), Painter
Ugo Mulas (1928 - 1973), photographer with Sardinian ancestry
Costantino Nivola (1911–1988), sculptor
Aligi Sassu (1912–2000), sculptor and painter
Pinuccio Sciola ( 1942 - 2016), sculptor
Mario Sironi (1885–1961), modernist painter, sculptor, illustrator, and designer
Maria Antonietta Tilloca
Vittoria Valmaggia (1944-2009), painter, ceramist sculptor and designer

Cartoonists & comics creators

Aurelio Galleppini (1917-1994) (His parents were Sardinians)
Igort (real name Igor Tuveri) (born 1958)
Graziano Origa (born 1952), cartoonist, punk artist
Michele Medda (born 1962), comic writer

Politicians

Sports figures

Athletics

Sandro Floris
Giorgio Marras
Mario Medda (1943 – 1981), modern pentathlete
Eugenio Meloni (born 1994), high jump specialist
Giovanni Puggioni
Silvia Salis (born in Genoa, Sardinian ancestry)
Antonio Siddi (16 June 1923 – 21 January 1983)
Valentina Uccheddu, long jumper

Auto racing drivers

Clemente Biondetti
Domenico Brigaglia (born 1958), Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Omar Magliona (born 1977)
Giovanni de Riu (1925 – 2008), Formula One racing driver
Simone Sanna (born 1978)

Basketball Players

Federica Brunetti (born 1988)
Massimo Chessa (born 1988) professional basketball player.
Luigi Datome (born 1987 ) professional basketball player with Sardinian ancestry who currently plays for Fenerbahçe Ülker.
Lidia Oppo (born 1995)
Daniele Soro (born 1975)
Marco Spissu (born 1995) professional basketball player for the U-20 Italian national team.

Bicycle racers

Bodybuilders

Franco Columbu, Mr Olympia in 1976 and 1981, and Mr Universe 1970 ^[6]

Boxers & wrestlers

Franco Columbu

Fernando Atzori (born 1942), olympic boxing gold medalist
Salvatore Burruni Boxing Champion
Joe Calzaghe - father Enzo from Sardinia
Enzo Calzaghe
Nicolino Locche (1939 – 2005), Argentine boxer with Sardinian ancestry
Duilio Loi - Sardinian from father side
Simone Maludrottu - European bantamweight boxing champion
Gavino Matta
Graciano Rocchigiani - father Zanubio from Sardinia
Franco Udella - World Boxing Champion

Canoers

Pierangelo Congiu (born 1951), sprint canoer

Extreme Sportsmen

John Carta (1946 –1990), skydiver and basejumper pioneer

Footballers

Gianfranco Zola

Salvatore Sirigu

Andrea Cossu

Mattia Aramu (born 1995), sardinian parents ^[7]^[8]
Simone Aresti (born 1986)
Salvatore Burrai
Dennis Chessa (born 1992) Sardinian ancestry
Andrea Cocco
Sandro Cois - Sardinian origin
Alessio Cossu (born 1986)
Andrea Cossu (footballer, born 1980)
Enrico Cotza
Antonello Cuccureddu - born in Alghero
Mattia Desole (born 1993)
Daniele Dessena (born 1987)- Sardinian origin
Alessandro Farina
Gianluca Festa
Michele Fini (born 1974)
Valerio Fiori (born 1969)
Alessandro Frau
Salvatore Fresi
Gustavo Giagnoni
Nicola Lai
Valentino Lai
Marco Mancosu
Matteo Mancosu
Marco Materazzi - Mother from Tempio, father from Arborea, province of Oristano
Giuseppe Materazzi
Gianfranco Matteoli
Salvatore Pinna, goalkeeper
Francesco Pisano
Andrea Pisanu
Marco Sau
Katia Serra, Sardinian origin
Simona Sodini (born 1982)
Giovanni Solinas (born 1968), football manager
Salvatore Sirigu
Pietro Paolo Virdis
Gianfranco Zola

Ice hockey players

Luca Sbisa

Equestrian Champions and Jockeys

Paolo Angioni in 1968

Paolo Angioni (born 22 January 1938), equestrian olympic champion
Andrea Degortes best known as Aceto
Frankie Dettori - Born in Milan from Sardinian parents
Gianfranco Dettori

Rowers

Francesco Cossu (born January 11, 1907, date of death unknown)

Speed skaters

Fabio Carta - Born in Torino, Sardinian parents

Tennis Players

Alessandro de Minicis

Volleyball Players

Alessia Orro (born 1998), captain of the Italy women's under 18 national volleyball team
Andreia Marras (born 1971) Sardinian ancestry

Religious figures

Pope Hilarius

Joseph Toronto

Abraham da Cagliari (8th century AD), Rabbi
Ottorino Pietro Alberti (1927-2012) Archibishop
Salvatore Alepus (1503–1568), Archbishop
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1796–1878), Cardinal
Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 110 AD), Christian martyr
Hilary the Deacon (mid-4th century)
Ilario Cao
Nicholas Congiato, (1816 – 1897) Jesuit, President of Santa Clara University
Luigi De Magistris, Cardinal
Giovanni Melis Fois, Prelate of Roman Catholic Church
Saint Ephysius (250-303), Christian martyr
Eusebius of Vercelli
Saint Gabinus (4th century AD), Christian martyr
Pope Hilarius (died 468), Pope
St. Ignatius of Laconi, (1701-1781)
Saint Lucifer (4th century AD), Bishop of Cagliari
Antonia Mesina (1919–1935), Martyr
Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929 – 2006), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia
Riccus (13th century), Archbishop
Maria Gabriella Sagheddu (1914–1939), Saint Beatus
Pope Symmachus (6th century AD), Pope
Joseph Toronto (1818–1883), Mormon missionary
Aloysius Varsi (1830 -1900)
Francesco Zirano (1565 - 1603) member of the Order of Friars Minor, beatified in 2014.

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