This is a list of notable British people of Italian ancestry and of Italians established in the UK. The citizenship and connection to the United Kingdom and Italy is shown in parentheses.
Administration Prime ministers Benjamin Disraeli
Secretaries of state and ministers A. J. Mundella John Profumo John Sperni Mayor of St Pancras, 1937-1938
Arts Cartoonists Edward Ardizzone Barry Fantoni Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)
Circus performers Emilia Arata Charlie Cairoli Joseph Grimaldi
Composers Muzio Clementi Maria Cosway Gerald Finzi Felice Giardini Remo Lauricella John Marcangelo
Designers John Amabile Antonio Berardi Benedetta Dubini John Galliano Bianca Mosca
Education Anna Hassan
Film directors Ginevra Elkann Elliott Hasler Kim Longinotto
Hairdressers Lino Carbosiero Anthony Mascolo
Librarians Anthony Panizzi
Literature
John Florio (1553–1625), known in Italian as Giovanni Florio; linguist and lexicographer of Anglo-Italian origin; referred to himself as 'an Englishman in Italiano'; royal language tutor at the Court of James I; a friend with huge influence on William Shakespeare Michelangelo Florio (1515–1572), Italian humanist; Franciscan friar before converting to Protestantism; pastor in England and Switzerland; father of the renaissance polymath John Florio
Musicians
Perry Bamonte Richard Barbieri John Barbirolli Anthony Bassano Nicola Benedetti Blossom Caldarone Anna Calvi Junior Campbell Jim Capaldi Paul Coletti Maria Cosway Ambrose Coviello Robert Del Naja Mike Di Scala Sophia Dussek Nic Fanciulli Lita Ford Felice Giardini Tony Iommi Brian Johnson Remo Lauricella Matt Maltese Nicolas Mori Vincent Novello Paolo Nutini Fabiana Palladino Pino Palladino Antonio Pappano Anthony Pini Sergio Pizzorno Andrea Prodan Chris Rea Andrew Ridgely Atticus Ross Liberty Ross Francis Rossi Semprini Sick Luke
Painters Estella Canziani Giovanni Battista Cipriani Emilio Coia Maria Cosway John Marcangelo Anna Mazzotta Alberto Morrocco Eduardo Paolozzi Carlo Pellegrini Jasmine Pradissitto Dante Gabriel Rossetti Alexander Rossi Jack Vettriano Andrew Vicari
Photographers Alexander Bassano Felice Beato Oscar Marzaroli Mario Testino Minnie Weisz
Poets
Emilia Lanier Mario Petrucci Christina Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Scriptwriters Emilia di Girolamo Dominic Minghella
Sculptors Eduardo Paolozzi
Singers Lewis Capaldi Paul Di'Anno Sophia Dussek Brian Johnson Leona Lewis Luciana Lisa Maffia Linda Martin Christina Novelli Paolo Nutini Julian Perretta Sergio Pizzorno Andrea Prodan Chris Rea Francis Rossi Jack Savoretti Sharleen Spiteri Lena Zavaroni Thaila Zucchi
Opera singers Louisa Bassano Domenico Crivelli Clara Novello Nancy Storace
Translators Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Writers Harold Acton Jani Allan Serena Guen Isaac D'Israeli Armando Iannucci Anna Mazzola Nigel Pivaro John William Polidori David Profumo Christina Georgina Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti Maria Francesca Rossetti William Michael Rossetti Rafael Sabatini Silvia Saunders Alexander Trocchi Giustiniana Wynne
Crime Fraudsters Giovanni di Stefano
Mobsters Messina Brothers Bert 'Battles' Rossi Charles 'Darby' Sabini Albert Dimes The Cortesi brothers Tony Mella 'The king of Soho' during the 1950s.
Economics Entrepreneurs Charles Forte, Italian emigré Alex Polizzi, hotelier
Food and drink Celebrity chefs Antonio Carluccio Gennaro Contaldo Gino D'Acampo Anna Del Conte Angela Hartnett Giorgio Locatelli Filippo Mazzei Marco Pierre White Aldo Zilli
Food writers Carla Capalbo
Media and performing arts
Actors Philip Arditti Bruno Barnabe Peter Capaldi Hugh Carson Daniel Caltagirone Enzo Cilenti Jason Connery Tom Conti Michael Costa Sean Cronin Cameron Cuffe Timothy Dalton Fabien Frankel Michael Greco Jack Huston Lupino Lane Christopher Lee Ray Lovelock John Lynch Michael Malarkey Max Minghella Nico Mirallegro Alfred Molina Ruaridh Mollica Vincenzo Nicoli Sam Nivola Cliff Parisi Luke Pasqualino Adrian Paul Nigel Pivaro Robert Rietti George Rossi Carlo Rota Fabrizio Santino Victor Spinetti Enzo Squillino Jnr Ken Stott Mark Strong Joe Tracini
Actresses Ronni Ancona Hilda Anthony Greta Bellamacina Marina Berti Esmé Bianco Emily Bruni Eliza Butterworth Alessandra Celi Pearl Chanda Raffiella Chapman Flaminia Cinque Camille Coduri Nina Conti Frankie Corio Adrienne Corri Amy Di Bartolomeo Sophia Di Martino Paola Dionisotti Giovanna Fletcher Claire Forlani Anna Francolini Holliday Grainger Felicity Jones Marla Landi Louise Lombard Montserrat Lombard Cherie Lunghi Nathalie Lunghi Ida Lupino Linda Lusardi Susan Lynch Louisa Lytton Silvana Mangano Stefanie Martini Daniela Nardini Tamzin Outhwaite Isabella Pappas Gloria Paul Tanya Reynolds Liberty Ross Camilla and Rebecca Rosso Greta Scacchi Gia Scala Kaya Scodelario Sarah Seggari Ellora Torchia Indira Varma Lucia Elizabeth Vestris Rachel Weisz Thaila Zucchi
Comedians Ronni Ancona Nina Conti Armando Iannucci Joe Pasquale Victor Spinetti
Conductors John Barbirolli Mantovani Nicolas Mori Antonio Pappano
Dancers and choreographers Flavia Cacace Graziano Di Prima Giovanni Pernice Genesia Rosato Vincent Simone Bruno Tonioli
Directors Josh Appignanesi Peter Capaldi Peter Cattaneo Ida Lupino Anthony Minghella Carlo Gabriel Nero Annalisa Piras Franco Rosso
Journalists and broadcasters Luisa Baldini Katie Boyle Paul Coia Chris Crudelli Gino D'Acampo Romana D'Annunzio Nick Ferrari Paul Gambaccini Karin Giannone Lucrezia Millarini Thalia Pellegrini Marina Purkiss Carla Romano Ruth Sherlock Sophia Smith Galer Louis Theroux
TV personalities Mario Falcone Ricci Guarnaccio Katie Price Georgia Toffolo Paul Torrisi
Internet personalities Adam Pacitti Marzia Kjellberg PJ Liguori Claude Callegari Mark Goldbridge
Military Soldiers Dennis Donnini
Nobility People linked to royalty John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton Peter II, Count of Savoy Philip Eyre Gell David Rizzio Mary of Modena Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Politics and law Civil servants John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury
Legal professionals Joseph Beltrami Albert Profumo John Woodcock
Police Jerome Caminada
Politicians Tonia Antoniazzi David Bellotti Roger Casale Gloria de Piero Benjamin Disraeli Linda Fabiani Jack Lopresti Marco Longhi Ernesto Nathan James Tennant Molteno John Charles Molteno A. J. Mundella Manuela Perteghella John Profumo Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft
Religion Ecclesial figures
Charles Januarius Acton Anselm of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury John Marco Allegro Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury Mario Conti Moses Montefiore Philip Tartaglia
Science and engineering
Engineers Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti Guglielmo Marconi
Inventors James Chiosso Nick D'Aloisio Dino Dini Guglielmo Marconi
Scientists Henry Peter Bayon Nicole Soranzo Joseph Whitaker
Sport Athletics Toni Minichiello Andrew Pozzi
Basketballers Carlton Myers
Boxers
Frank Buglioni Enzo Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Anthony Crolla Enzo Maccarinelli
Cricketers Damian Crowley Tony Palladino
Cyclists - road-racing Dario Cioni Max Sciandri
Divers Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
Footballers Marco Adaggio Joe Bacuzzi Ryan Baldacchino Marcus Bettinelli Peter Bonetti Martin Buglione Danny Cadamarteri Alex Campana John Capaldi Tony Capaldi Tony Cascarino Mike Cecere Mark DeBolla Danny Dichio Tony Dorigo Mark Falco Joe Fascione Lil Fuccillo Marco Gabbiadini Giulio Giuricich Dario Gradi Giuliano Grazioli Lou Macari Giuliano Maiorana Tony Marchi Peter Marinello Dominic Matteo Piero Mingoia Giovanni Moscardini Daniel Nardiello Danilo Orsi-Dadomo Tom Parrinello Simone Perrotta Danny Racchi Adriano Rigoglioso Robert Rosario Alessia Russo Antoni Šarčević Carlo Sartori Ricky Sbragia Riccardo Scimeca Tom Sermanni Harry Toffolo Paolo Vernazza Peter Vincenti Giuseppe Wilson
Gymnastics Claudia Fragapane
Martial arts Margot Ciccarelli
Motor racing drivers Paul di Resta Dario Franchitti Marino Franchitti Dario Resta Roy Salvadori Dino Zamparelli
Racehorse jockeys
Frankie Dettori
Rugby players Tommaso Allan George Biagi Danny Cipriani Alex Corbisiero Lawrence Dallaglio Simon Danielli Nick De Luca Marcus Di Rollo Chris Fusaro Richard Lepori Dominic Manfredi Kane Palma-Newport Jake Polledri James Saltonstall Peter Sidoli Robert Sidoli Warren Spragg Marko Stanojevic
Snooker Tony Meo
Tennis Rosamund Colman
Others Thomas John Barnardo Louisa Grace Bartolini Julian Baggini Lucy Evangelista Peter Falconio Elizabeth Maria Molteno Helen Pankhurst Richard Rogers Alessandra "Alex" Spendolini - Frederic "Fred" Sirieix's ex wife
See also Immigration to the United Kingdom Italian Briton Italian diaspora Italian people List of Italian Americans
References
External links Accademia Apulia UK