All articles A–Z
519,064 articles
Alessandro Morbidelli (planetary scientist)
Alessandro Morbidelli (born 1966 in Priocca, Italy) is an Italian planetary scientist known for the Nice model and the Grand Tack model of Jupiter's migration.
Alessandro Morelli
Alessandro Morelli is an Italian Lega politician and journalist who serves as Undersecretary of State at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Meloni's government.
Alessandro Moreschi
Alessandro Moreschi (1858–1922), the Angel of Rome, was the last Vatican castrato and the only castrato ever recorded, in 17 wax sides made at the Sistine Chapel in 1902 and 1904.
Alessandro Moretta
Alessandro Moretta (1953–2018) was an Italian immunologist and physician, Professor of Histology at the University of Genoa, known as the godfather of human NK cell research and co-founder of Innate Pharma.
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta, born 1976 in Rome, is an Italian manager and retired centre-back who starred for Lazio and AC Milan, won the 2006 World Cup, and has coached Miami FC, Perugia, Frosinone, Reggiana, Monza, and Avellino.
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola (Alessandro Antine Nivola, born 1972, Boston) is an American actor and producer known for Face/Off, American Hustle, Disobedience, The Many Saints of Newark, and The Brutalist; grandson of sculptor Costantino Nivola, husband of Emily Mortimer.
Alessandro Orsini (Italian sociologist)
Alessandro Orsini, born in Naples in 1975, is an Italian sociologist of terrorism and radicalization, an associate professor at Luiss in Rome known for the DRIA model.
Alessandro Puccini
Alessandro Puccini (born 1968, Cascina, Pisa) is an Italian foil fencer, 1996 Atlanta Olympic champion in men's individual foil, world team champion 1990 and 1994, later a fencing master, FIE Hall of Fame member, and national coach.
Alessandro Romano (footballer, born 2006)
Alessandro Gianni Romano is a Swiss-born Italian professional footballer, a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari on loan from AS Roma, and an Italy international since 2026.
Alessandro Segafredo
Alessandro Segafredo, born 2004 in Asiago, is an Italian ice hockey forward for Rapperswil-Jona (Swiss National League). Youth Olympic 3-on-3 gold 2020, ZSC Lions Champions Hockey League winner 2025, first Italian to win it, and Italy Olympian 2026.
Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette is an Italian-born immunologist and professor at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, known for founding the Immune Epitope Database and mapping T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
Alessandro Sforza
Alessandro Sforza (1534–1581) was an Italian cardinal of the Santa Fiora branch of the Sforza family, bishop of Parma from 1560 and a papal legate called the vicepapa.
Alessandro Tagliabue
Alessandro Tagliabue is an ocean biogeochemist and professor at the University of Liverpool who studies how iron shapes marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle, and led the Tara Oceans Weddell Sea expedition.
Alessandro Tassoni
Alessandro Tassoni (1565–1635) was an Italian poet, critic, and courtier from Modena, best known for the mock-heroic poem La secchia rapita about the theft of a bucket from Bologna.
Alessandro Troisi
Alessandro Troisi is a theoretical and computational chemist at the University of Liverpool, known for modeling charge transport in organic semiconductors and computer-aided materials discovery.
Alessandro Valignano
Alessandro Valignano, also known as Father Alessandro Valignano, was an Italian Jesuit visitor who reorganized the Catholic missions in Asia around cultural accommodation and trained the first Japanese clergy.
Alessandro Vallebona
Alessandro Vallebona (1899–1987) was an Italian radiologist from Genoa who originated stratigraphy in 1930 and developed axial transverse stratigraphy in 1947, laying the foundations for computed axial tomography.
Alessandro Venturella
Alessandro "V-Man" Venturella (born 1984) is an English bassist for Slipknot since 2014, replacing Paul Gray; former Cry For Silence guitarist and Mastodon guitar tech, recruited by Jim Root.
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani is an Italian-born physicist at Northeastern University in Boston who works in computational epidemiology and network science, known for GLEAM, a global model for forecasting infectious disease spread.
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist of Como and Pavia, inventor of the electrophorus and the voltaic pile (1799, announced 1800), opponent of Galvani's animal electricity, honoured by Napoleon, and namesake of the volt.
Alessandro Zan
Alessandro Zan, born in Padua in 1973, is an Italian Democratic Party politician and Member of the European Parliament since 2024, known for the Zan bill against homotransphobia.
Alessi Rose
Alessi Rose (Alessandra Rose Jones, born 2002, Derby) is an English alt-pop singer-songwriter of confessional songs. EPs: rumination as ritual, for your validation, Voyeur; UK Albums Chart peak 42.
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara (Alessia Caracciolo, born 1996) is a Canadian pop-R&B singer-songwriter from Brampton, Ontario, who broke through with "Here" (2015), won the 2018 Grammy for Best New Artist, and has released albums through Love or Lack Thereof (2026).
Alessia Filippi
Alessia Filippi (born 1987, Rome), Italian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist in the 800 m freestyle at Beijing 2008 and 2009 world champion in the 1500 m freestyle; former short-course 800 m world record holder (8:04.53).
Alessia Orro
Alessia Orro, Italian volleyball setter (born 1998, Narbolia), Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024, 2025 World Championship MVP, three-time VNL winner, plays for Fenerbahçe and Italy.
Alessia Russo
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (born 1999, Maidstone) is an English striker for Arsenal and England; Euro 2022 and 2025 winner, 2025 Champions League winner, famous for her backheel goal against Sweden.
Alessia Zecchini
Alessia Zecchini, Italian freediver born 1992 in Rome, multiple women's freediving world record holder with 123 m constant weight monofin and over a dozen world championship golds, subject of The Deepest Breath.
Alessio Butti
Alessio Butti is an Italian politician serving as Undersecretary of State for technological innovation in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government, and the government's lead voice on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Alessio Cacciamani
Alessio Cacciamani (born 2007, Jesi) is an Italian winger-midfielder for Torino, number 77. Serie A debut May 2025 vs Inter at 17; Juve Stabia loan 2025/26; contract to 2031; first senior Italy call-up June 2026.
Alessio Cerci
Alessio Cerci, born 1987 in Velletri, Italian right winger; Roma youth product, Torino star of 2013-14 (13 goals, 11 assists), 16-million-euro 2014 Atlético Madrid signing who played 11 matches, 15 Italy caps, retired after Arezzo.