List of Sardinians

This is a list of famous people from Sardinia.

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
*Jean-Paul Marat- (from the father's side)
*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

Mercenaries, Soldiers & Troops

*Amsicora
*Tola
*Brigata Cagliari [http://web.infinito.it/utenti/f/fanteriadarresto/63_storia.html]
*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 Brazilian of Sardinian origin.

Businessmen

*Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho the richest man of Brasil in 1930s
*Renato Soru Founder of Tiscali

Artists

*Remo Branca
*Francesco Ciusa Romagna
*Giovanni Ciusa Romagna
*Salvatore Fancello
*Ignazio Fresu
*Antonio Marras
*Giovanni Marghinotti
*Antonio Moccia
*Costantino Nivola
*Sebastian Piras
*Aligi Sassu
*Pinuccio Sciola
*Eugenio Tavolara

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
*Remo Bodei
*Manlio Brigaglia
*Antioco Brondo
*Rina Brundu
*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
*Gavino Contini
*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
*Antonio Mura
*Giovanni Antonio Mura
*Pietro Mura
*Melchiorre Murenu
*Salvatore Niffoi
*Gavino Pes
*Paolo Pillonca
*Bianca Pitzorno
*Rina Brundu
*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)

Actors & Actresses

*Anna Maria Pierangeli - also known as Pier Angeli
*Gianni Agus
*Enrica Bonaccorti
*Maria Carta
*Giancarlo Magalli Roman having Sardinian origin
*Nanni Loy director
*Sandro Ghiani
*Valeria Marini
*Christopher Meloni - American actor, father from Sardinia
*Tiberio Murgia
*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

how-girls

*Elisabetta Canalis
*Giorgia Palmas
*Melissa Satta
*Pamela Prati
*Caterina Murino
*Francesca Lodo
*Valeria Marini born in Rome, from Sardinian parents

Musicians

*Askra
*Leonardo Cabizza folk guitar player
*Maria Carta
*Bernardo De Muro operatic singer (tenor)
*Elena Ledda
*Paolo Fresu
*Goffredo Mameli (creator of the Italian anthem)
*Kenze Neke
*Marisa Sannia
*Tazenda
*Tenores di Bitti
*Battista Giordano, Composer/Musician
*Sa Razza
*Les Balentes
*Sikitiki
*Mammaoil

Foodstuffs

*Ferruccio Podda (founder of Podda Formaggi which uses only Sardinian milk to produce Pecorino Sardo and other cheeses and yoghurts
*Andrea Cossu

Footballers

*Salvatore Burrai
*Sandro Cois - Sardinian origin
*Andrea Cossu
*Antonello Cuccureddu - Sardinian origin
*Gianluca Festa
*Salvatore Fresi
*Marco Materazzi - Mother from Tempio, father from Arborea, province of Oristano
*Gianfranco Matteoli
*Joe Pano
*Mario Piga
*Francesco Pisano
*Andrea Pisanu
*Roberto Puddu
*Sandro Pusceddu
*Vittorio Pusceddu
*Marco Sanna
*Gianfranco Zola

Boxers & Wrestlers

*Franco Udella - World Boxing Champion
*Piero Rollo - European Boxing Champion
*Fortunato Manca European Boxing champion
*Franco Loy Boxing champion
*Natalino Caredda European Boxing champion
*Joe Calzaghe - father from Sardinia
*Enzo Calzaghe
*Duilio Loi - son of Sardinian
*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

Jockeys

*Frankie Dettori - Born in Milan from Sardinian parents
*Giuseppe Michele PesBorn in Tuscany from Sardinian parents
*Andrea Degortes best known as Aceto

Athletics

*Sandro Floris

Bodybuilders

*Franco Columbu Mr Olympia in 1976 and 1981.
*Benny Podda - American body builder and pro football trainer of Sardinian origin

peed Skaters

*Fabio Carta - Born in Torino, Sardinian parents

ee also

*List of people by nationality
*List of Italians