The following is a list of people from Milan.
Entrepreneurs Ferdinando Bocconi (1836–1908), Italian entrepreneur and politician, founder of Bocconi University Ernesto Breda (1852–1918), Italian engineer and entrepreneur (1867–1936), businessman; born in MilanMauro Gobbini, "Campari, Davide", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 17 (1974). Retrieved 15 August 2013. Federico Confalonieri (1785–1846), businessman Enrico Cuccia (1907–2000), banker (18491907), businessman and senator; he founded the Società Ernesto De Angeli e C, a textile company manufacturing cotton printsGiorgio Fiocca, "De Angeli, Ernesto", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 33 (Treccani, 1987). Retrieved 15 August 2013. , businessman and pharmacist who founded Carlo Erba SpA Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926–1972), influential Italian publisher, businessman, and political activist Ferdinando Innocenti (1891–1966), Italian businessman who founded the machinery–works company Innocenti and manufacturer of the Lambretta motorscooter Enrico Mattei (1906–1962), Italian public administrator and chairman of Eni Arnoldo Mondadori (1889–1971), book publisher Angelo Moratti (1909–1981), Italian oil tycoon and the former owner of Inter Milan from 1955 to 1968 Massimo Moratti (born 1945), Italian billionaire petroleum businessman, the former owner of Inter Milan and chairman of the Saras Group Angelo Motta (1890–1957), Italian entrepreneur, and founder of the food company Motta Angelo Rizzoli (1889–1970), Italian publisher and film producer Edoardo Sonzogno (1836–1920), Italian publisher
Fashion designers Giorgio Armani (1934–2025), Italian fashion designer Domenico Dolce (born 1958), Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur, founder (along with Stefano Gabbana) the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana Mariuccia Mandelli (1925–2015), Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur Miuccia Prada (born 1949), fashion designer Stefano Gabbana, (born 1962), Italian fashion designer and perfume entrepreneurship
Fine arts Architects and designers Donato Felice d'Allio (16771761), Rococo style, worked in Austria Luca Beltrami (1854–1933), Italian architect and architectural historian Donato Bramante (1444–1514), Italian Renaissance architect and painter Bramantino (1456–c. 1530), Italian Renaissance architect and painter Filarete (c. 1400–c. 1469), Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor, medallist, and architectural theorist Ignazio Gardella (1905–1999), Italian architect and designer Giovanni Muzio (1893–1982), Italian architect Giuseppe Piermarini (1734–1808), Italian architect who designed the Teatro alla Scala Gino Pollini (1903–1991), Italian architect Gio Ponti (1891–1979), Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), Italian architect and designer, one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement, laureate of the Pritzker Prize in 1990 Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007), Italian architect and designer Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943), Italian architect, pioneer of the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism Marco Zanuso (1916–2001), Italian Modernist architect and designer
Painters Filippo Abbiati (16401715) Mario Acerbi (painter) (18871982) Angelo Achini (18501930) Franz Adam (18151886) Luigi Ademollo (17641849) Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593), Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books Carlo Paolo Agazzi (18701922) Federico Agnelli (16261702), engraver Leonardo di Bisuccio (15th century), Italian painter of the Renaissance period Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), Italian Futurist painter and sculptor Caravaggio (1571–1610), Italian painter Carlo Carrà (1881–1966), Italian Futurist painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), Italian painter and writer Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect Filippo De Pisis (1896–1956), Italian painter and poet Claudio Detto (born 1950), Italian contemporary art painter Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), Argentine–Italian painter, sculptor and theorist Vincenzo Foppa (c. 1427–1430–c. 1515–1516), Italian Renaissance painter Francesco Hayez (1791–1882), Italian painter Bruno Munari (1907–1998), artist, designer Giorgio Salmoiraghi (1936–2022) Alberto Savinio (1891–1952), Greek–Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899), Italian painter Mario Sironi (1885–1961), Italian Modernist artist who active as a painter, sculptor, illustrator, and designer Saul Steinberg (1914–1999), American artist Guglielmo Stella (1828–1888), painter and writer Luigi Veronesi (1908–1998), Italian photographer, painter, scenographer and film director Bernardino Zenale (c. 1460–1526), Italian painter and architect
Photographers Gabriele Basilico (19442013) Fabio Ponzio (born 1959) Oliviero Toscani (19422025)
Sculptors Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Italian Neoclassical sculptor Mario Merz (1925–2003), sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (1926–2025), sculptor Gio Pomodoro (1930–2002), sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), Italian post–Impressionist sculptor Adolfo Wildt (1868–1931), Italian sculptor
Literature and historians Joseph Allegranza (1715–1785) Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794), Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist and politician Giovanni Berchet (1783–1851), Italian poet and patriot Enzo Biagi (1920–2007), Italian journalist, writer and former partisan Luciano Bianciardi (1922–1971), Italian journalist, translator and writer of short stories and novels Giorgio Bocca (1920–2011), Italian essayist and journalist Valentino Bompiani (1898–1992), Italian publisher, writer and playwright Alfredo Bracchi (1897–1976), versatile Italian writer Gianni Brera (1919–1992), Italian sports journalist and novelist Cesare Cantù (1804–1895), Italian historian, writer, archivist and politician Carlo Cattaneo (1801–1869), Italian philosopher, writer, and activist (19302003), Marxist historian specializing in AsiaTwo obituaries from Tuttocina.it. Adelaide Coari (1881–1966), Italian journalist, activist, and teacher Una Chi (1942–2021), Italian translator and writer Ottavio Codogno (1570/74–1630), author of a guidebook to the postal services of early 17th–century Europe Bernardino Corio (14591519?), historian, author of the Storia di Milano Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–1823), Italian writer Ivan Della Mea (1940–2009), Italian novelist, journalist, singer, songwriter and political activist Carlo Dossi (1849–1910), Italian writer, politician and diplomat Francesco Filelfo (1398–1481), Italian Renaissance humanist Dario Fo (1926–2016), Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian writer and poet Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979), Italian journalist and novelist Melchiorre Gioia (1767–1829), Italian writer on philosophy and political economy Julien Green (1900–1998), American writer Tommaso Grossi (1791–1853), Italian poet and novelist Umberto Eco (1932–2016), Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator Clara Maffei (1814–1886), Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento Carlo Maria Maggi (1630–1699), Italian scholar, writer and poet Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet, novelist and philosopher Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944), Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement Eugenio Montale (1896–1981), Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature Indro Montanelli (1909–2001), Italian journalist, historian, and writer Vincenzo Monti (1754–1828), Italian poet, playwright, translator, and scholar Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), Italian poet and translator, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959 Giuseppe Parini (1729–1799), Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period Silvio Pellico (1789–1854), Italian writer, poet, dramatist and patriot active in the Italian unification Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, and one of the earliest humanists Carlo Porta (1775–1821), Italian poet Bonvesin da la Riva (c. 1240–c. 1313), Italian Medieval writer and poet Giuseppe Rovani (1818–1874), Italian novelist and essayist Alberto Savinio (1891–1952), Greek–Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer Beppe Severgnini (born 1956), Italian journalist, essayist and columnist Stendhal (1783–1842), 19th–century French writer Carlo Tenca (1816–1883), Italian man of letters, journalist, deputy and supporter of the Risorgimento Delio Tessa (1886–1939), Italian poet Leo Valiani (1909–1999), Italian historian, politician, and journalist Alessandro Verri (1741–1816), Italian author Pietro Verri (1728–1797), Italian economist, historian, philosopher and writer Elio Vittorini (1908–1966), Italian writer and novelist
Media Actors/Actresses of Film, Theatre and TV Diego Abatantuono (born 1955) Cele Abba (19061992) Marta Abba (19001988) Gino Bramieri (1928–1996), Italian comedian and actor Nino Castelnuovo (1936–2021), Italian actor Valentina Cortese (1923–2019), Italian film and theatre actress Fabio Lanzoni (born 1959), Italian actor and model Mariangela Melato (1941–2013), award-winning Italian film and theater actress Marco Lui (born 1975), mime and comedian Tino Scotti (1905–1984), Italian film actor Franca Valeri (1920–2020), Italian actress, playwright, screenwriter, author, and theatre director María de Navas (1678–1721), actress Carlo Bonomi (1937–2022), Italian voice actor
Directors and filmmakers
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007), Italian director and filmmaker Tinto Brass (born 1933), Italian film director and screenwriter Axel Braun (born 1966), adult film producer and director Attilio Colonello (1930–2021), scenic designer and stage director for opera Paolo Grassi (1919–1981), Italian theatrical impresario Gabriele Salvatores (born 1950), Italian Academy Award–winning film director and screenwriter Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997), Italian stage director, theatre practitioner, actor and politician
TV and radio presenter Lucilla Agosti (born 1978), television and radio presenter and actress Mike Bongiorno (1924–2009), Italian–American television presenter Rebecca Staffelli (born 1998), television presenter, radio personality and model Valerio Staffelli (born 1963), journalist and television personality
Internet Celebrity PANDA BOI, Italian internet celebrity
Musicians
Composers Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), Italian librettist, composer, poet and critic Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), Italian composer primarily known for his operas Pino Presti (born 1943) Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Italian composer best known for his operas
Pianists
Marcello Abbado (19262020) Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (17201795), harpsichordist Maurizio Pollini (born 1942), pianist
Singers Manuel Agnelli (born 1966), alternative rock, member of the band Afterhours Ghigo Agosti (1936–2024), also comedy rock Teresa Berganza (1933–2022), Spanish mezzo–soprano Maria Callas (1923–1977), opera singer Adriano Celentano (born 1938), singer, songwriter, actor, and filmmaker Giovanni D'Anzi (1906–1974), musician Emilio De Marchi (1861–1917), Italian operatic tenor Eugenio Finardi (born 1952), Italian rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Renato Fumagalli (born 1945), Italian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and actor Giorgio Gaber (1939–2003), musician, actor