Mantua - Famous Citizens

Famous Citizens

  • Lovers of Valdaro
  • Virgil (70 BCE–19 BCE), a classical Roman poet.
  • Sordello or Sordel, a 13th-century Lombard troubadour, born in the municipality of Goito in the province of Mantua.
  • Pietro Pomponazzi (1462–1525), an Italian philosopher. He is sometimes known by his Latin name, Petrus Pomponatius.
  • Giovanni Battista Bertani (1516–1576), architect.
  • Leone de' Sommi (c. 1525–c. 1590), theater director and writer.
  • Claudio Monteverdi (c. 1567-1643), composer.
  • Constanzo Beschi, (8 November 1680 – 1742), a well known Tamil poet. He is known as Vīramāmunivar in Tamil.
  • Ippolito Nievo (1831 – 1861), writer, journalist and patriot.
  • Giuseppe Sarto (1835–1914), appointed Bishop in 1884 before he became Pope Pius X in 1903.
  • Tazio Nuvolari (1892 - 1953), motorcycle and racecar driver.
  • Learco Guerra (1902 - 1963), professional road racing cyclist.
  • Alberto Jori, neo-aristotelian philosopher.
  • Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief at Vogue Italia was born here.

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