List of Sardinians
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This is a list of famous people from Sardinia.
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[edit] Politicians
- Emilio Lussu
- Giovanni Maria Angioy
- Eleanor of Arborea
- Mariano IV di Arborea
- Ugone di Arborea
- Giorgio Asproni
- Domenico Alberto Azuni
- Enrico Berlinguer
- Giovanni Berlinguer
- Mario Berlinguer
- Michele Columbu
- Francesco Cossiga
- Attilio Deffenu
- Antonio Gramsci
- Francesco Cocco Ortu
- Ospitone
- Francesco Pais Serra
- Efisio Pintor
- Giuseppe Pisanu
- Antonio Segni
- Mariotto Segni
- Domenico Simon
- Giovanni Siotto Pintor
- Renato Soru
- Giovanni Battista Tuveri
- Edoardo Usai
[edit] Mercenaries, Soldiers & Troops
- Amsicora
- Tola
- Brigata Sassari
- Cacciatori di Sardegna
- Granatieri di Sardegna
- Franco Angioni
- Virgilio Nurchis Hero and Brigadier-General during World War Two.
- Manoel Jose Nurchis or Gil Brasilian of Sardinian origin.
[edit] Businessmen
- Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho the richest man of Brasil in 1930s
[edit] Artists
- Remo Branca
- Francesco Ciusa Romagna
- Giovanni Ciusa Romagna
- Salvatore Fancello
- Ignazio fresu
- Giovanni Marghinotti
- Antonio Moccia
- Costantino Nivola
- Sebastian Piras
- Aligi Sassu
- Pinuccio Sciola
- Eugenio Tavolara
[edit] Writers and Poets
- Grazia Deledda Nobel
- Filippo Addis
- Giulio Angioni
- Pietro Aquenza Mossa
- Giovanni Arquer
- Pietro Arquer
- Sigismondo Arquer
- Vicente Bacallar Sanna
- Antonio Bacaredda
- Ottone Bacaredda
- Ludovico Baille
- Faustino Cesare Baille
- Francesco Bellit
- Manlio Brigaglia
- Antioco Brondo
- Vincenzo Brusco Onnis
- Carlo Buragna
- Pompeo Calvia
- Salvatore Cambosu
- Francesco Carboni di Bonnanaro
- Maurizio Carrus
- Pietro Casu
- Antioco Casula, Montanaru
- Francesco Casula
- Pietro Chessa Cappai
- Pietro Spiggia
- Raimondo Congiu
- Mario Corda
- Gavino Cossu
- Enrico Costa
- Giovan Pietro Cubeddu
- Michele Cugusi
- Antioco Antonio Del Arca
- Jose Delitala Castelvì
- Giovanni Delogu Ibba
- Pasquale Dessanay
- Giuseppe Dessì
- Francesco Angelo De Vico
- Giovanni Dexart
- Melchiorre Dore
- Francesco Fancello
- Fabio Fancello
- Pietro Lavra
- Emilio Lussu
- Giovanni Maria Dettori
- Filiberto Farci
- Anna Maria Falchi Massidda
- Giovanni Francesco Fara
- Romolo Riccardo Lecis
- Antonio Maccioni
- Andrea Manca del Arca
- Giuseppe Manno
- Francesco Ignazio Mannu
- Pietro Martini
- Lino Masala Lobina
- Diego Mele
- Peppino Mereu
- Paolo Mossa di Bonorva
- Giovanni Antonio Mura
- Melchiorre Murenu
- Salvatore Niffoi
- Gavino Pes
- Paulo Pillonca
- Efisio Pintor Sirigu
- Gianfranco Pintore
- Onofrio Piras, Solitariu
- Raimondo Piras
- Pietro Pisurzi
- Massimo Pittau
- Giantomaso Porcell
- Vincenzo Raimondo Porru
- Giovanni Proto Arca
- Maurizio Pugioni
- Antonio Purqueddu
- Salvator Ruju
- Gavino Sambigucci
- Giacinto Satta
- Salvatore Satta
- Sebastiano Satta
- Luigi Soffi
- Canonico Giovanni Spano
- Antonio Solinas
- Vincenzo Sulis
- Pasquale Tola
- Raimondo Valle
- Salvatore Vidal (Giovanni Andrea Contini)
- Filippo Vivanet
- Giuseppe Zatrillas Vico
- Italo Calvino (His mother was Sardinian)
[edit] Actors & Actresses
- Anna Maria Pierangeli - also known as Pier Angeli
- Gianni Agus
- Enrica Bonaccorti
- Giancarlo Magalli Roman having Sardinian origin
- Nanni Loy
- Sandro Ghiani
- Valeria Marini
- Christopher Meloni - American actor, father from Sardinia
- Salvatore Coco - Australian actor, parents from Sardinia
- Amedeo Nazzari
- Alessandro Nivola-American Actor, Grandson of Costantino Nivola
- Pamela Prati
- Stefano Satta Flores
- Raffaele Chessa
- Marisa Solinas
- Caterina Murino
- Max Giusti - Mother from Sardinia
[edit] Show-girls
- Elisabetta Canalis
- Giorgia Palmas
- Melissa Satta
- Pamela Prati
- Caterina Murino
- Francesca Lodo
- Valeria Marini born in Rome, from Sardinian parents
[edit] Musicians
- Askra
- Maria Carta
- Elena Ledda
- Paolo Fresu
- Goffredo Mameli (creator of the Italian anthem)
- Kenze Neke
- Marisa Sannia
- Tazenda
- Tenores de Bitti
- Battista Giordano, Composer/Musician
- Sa Razza
- Les Balentes
[edit] Foodstuffs
- Ferruccio Podda (founder of Podda Formaggi which uses only Sardinian milk to produce Pecorino Sardo and other cheeses and yoghurts
- Andrea Cossu
[edit] Telecommunications
- Renato Soru - founder of Tiscali
[edit] Footballers
- Gianfranco Zola
- Gianluca Festa
- Salvatore Fresi
- Marco Materazzi - Mother from Tempio, father from Arborea, province of Oristano
- Andrea Pisanu
- Vittorio Pusceddu
- Marco Sanna
- Sandro Cois - Sardinian origin
- Francesco Coco - Sardinian origin
- Mario Piga
- Gianfranco Matteoli
- Francesco Pisano
- Andrea Cossu
- Salvatore Burrai
- Roberto Puddu
[edit] Boxers & Wrestlers
- Franco UdellaWorld Boxing Champion
- Piero Rollo European Boxing Champion
- Fortunato Manca European Boxing champion
- Franco Loy Boxing champion
- Natalino Caredda European Boxing champion
- Enzo Calzaghe boxer
- Joe Calzaghe - father from Sardinia
- Tonino Puddu - former European Champion
- Simone Maludrottu - European bantamweight boxing champion
- Franco Columbu Ex-boxer and then bodybuilder.
- Salvatore Burruni Boxing Champion
- Andrea Sarritzu - European flyweight boxing champion
- Lorenzo Cosseddu - boxer
- Giancarlo Usai - boxer
- Giovanni Cocco - Olympic champion in greco-roman wrestling
[edit] Jockeys
- Frankie Dettori - Born in Milan from Sardinian parents
- Giuseppe Michele PesBorn in Tuscany from Sardinian parents
- Andrea Degortes best known as Aceto
[edit] Athletics
- Sandro Floris
[edit] Bodybuilders
- Franco Columbu Mr Olympia in 1976 and 1981.
- Benny Podda - American body builder and pro football trainer of Sardinian origin
[edit] Speed Skaters
- Fabio Carta - Born in Torino, Sardinian parents
