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Alessandro Cruto
Alessandro Cruto was an Italian inventor who improved on Thomas Edisons incandescent light bulb.
Alessandro Cruto was an Italian inventor who improved on Thomas Edisons incandescent light bulb.
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in the 1800s.
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was an Italian physicist known especially for the invention of the battery in the 1800s.
Amatino Manucci
Amatino ManucciAmatino Manucci was the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping.
Amatino ManucciAmatino Manucci was the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping.
Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)
Andrea Rossi is an Italian inventor and entrepreneur.
Andrea Rossi is an Italian inventor and entrepreneur.
Angelo Moriondo
Angelo Moriondo (Turin, June 6, 1851 – Turin, May 31, 1914) was one of the most important 19th Century contributors to the development of the espresso coffee machine Angelo Moriondo came from an...
Angelo Moriondo (Turin, June 6, 1851 – Turin, May 31, 1914) was one of the most important 19th Century contributors to the development of the espresso coffee machine Angelo Moriondo came from an...
Antonio Benedetto Carpano
Antonio Benedetto Carpano (1764, Bioglio (Biella) - 1815, Turin) was an Italian distiller, famous for having invented Vermouth and consequently the apéritif.
Antonio Benedetto Carpano (1764, Bioglio (Biella) - 1815, Turin) was an Italian distiller, famous for having invented Vermouth and consequently the apéritif.
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian-American inventor and a friend of the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian-American inventor and a friend of the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Antonio Pacinotti
Antonio Pacinotti (17 June 1841 – 24 March 1912) was an Italian physicist, who was Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa.
Antonio Pacinotti (17 June 1841 – 24 March 1912) was an Italian physicist, who was Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa.
Ascanio Sobrero
Ascanio Sobrero (October 12, 1812 – May 26, 1888), was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato.
Ascanio Sobrero (October 12, 1812 – May 26, 1888), was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato.
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano.
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano.
Carol Davila
Carol Davila (; 1828 – 24 August 1884) was a prestigious Romanian physician of Italian ancestry.
Carol Davila (; 1828 – 24 August 1884) was a prestigious Romanian physician of Italian ancestry.
Claudio Bordignon
In 1992 Doctor Claudio Bordignon working at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy performed the first procedure of gene therapy using hematopoietic stem cells as vectors to deliv...
In 1992 Doctor Claudio Bordignon working at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy performed the first procedure of gene therapy using hematopoietic stem cells as vectors to deliv...
Corradino D'Ascanio
General Corradino D'Ascanio (Popoli, Pescara February 1, 1891 — Pisa, August 6, 1981) was an Italian aeronautical engineer.
General Corradino D'Ascanio (Popoli, Pescara February 1, 1891 — Pisa, August 6, 1981) was an Italian aeronautical engineer.
Enea Bossi, Sr.
Enea Bossi, Sr. (29 March 1888–1963) was an Italian-American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer.
Enea Bossi, Sr. (29 March 1888–1963) was an Italian-American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer.
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago...
Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago...
Enrico Forlanini
Enrico Forlanini (December 13, 1848 - October 9, 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, well known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.
Enrico Forlanini (December 13, 1848 - October 9, 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, well known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.
Enzo Paoletti
Enzo Paoletti is an Italian scientist who devised a strategy to produce recombinant DNA vaccines.
Enzo Paoletti is an Italian scientist who devised a strategy to produce recombinant DNA vaccines.
Eugenio Barsanti
Father Eugenio Barsanti (12 October 1821 – 19 April 1864), also named Nicolò, was an Italian engineer, who invented a form of the internal combustion engine.
Father Eugenio Barsanti (12 October 1821 – 19 April 1864), also named Nicolò, was an Italian engineer, who invented a form of the internal combustion engine.
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Fabio Perini
Fabio Perini (born 1940) is an Italian entrepreneur and inventor, founder of Perini Navi shipyard (1983) and of the machinery company Fabio Perini S.p.A. (1966).
Fabio Perini (born 1940) is an Italian entrepreneur and inventor, founder of Perini Navi shipyard (1983) and of the machinery company Fabio Perini S.p.A. (1966).
Fausto Veranzio
Fausto Veranzio or Faust Vrančić was a polymath and bishop from the Venetian Republic.
Fausto Veranzio or Faust Vrančić was a polymath and bishop from the Venetian Republic.
Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin, is an Italian physicist and electrical engineer, mostly widely known for designing the first commercial microprocessor.
Federico Faggin, is an Italian physicist and electrical engineer, mostly widely known for designing the first commercial microprocessor.
Felice Matteucci
Felice Matteucci (February 12, 1808 - September 13, 1887) was an Italian hydraulic engineer who co-invented an internal combustion engine with Eugenio Barsanti.
Felice Matteucci (February 12, 1808 - September 13, 1887) was an Italian hydraulic engineer who co-invented an internal combustion engine with Eugenio Barsanti.
Flavio Baracchini
Tenente Flavio Torello Baracchini was an Italian World War I fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed and nine unconfirmed aerial victories.
Tenente Flavio Torello Baracchini was an Italian World War I fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed and nine unconfirmed aerial victories.
Flavio Gioja
Flavio Gioja or Gioia is reputed to have been an Italian mariner and inventor, although modern scholarship disputes that he ever, in fact, existed.
Flavio Gioja or Gioia is reputed to have been an Italian mariner and inventor, although modern scholarship disputes that he ever, in fact, existed.
Francesco Cirio
Francesco Cirio (24 December, 1836 – January 9, 1900) (64) was an Italian businessman and the inventor of canned vegetables and meat.
Francesco Cirio (24 December, 1836 – January 9, 1900) (64) was an Italian businessman and the inventor of canned vegetables and meat.
Galileo Ferraris
Galileo Ferraris (October 31, 1847 – February 7, 1897) was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer, noted mostly for the studies and independent discovery of the rotating magnetic field, a ...
Galileo Ferraris (October 31, 1847 – February 7, 1897) was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer, noted mostly for the studies and independent discovery of the rotating magnetic field, a ...
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
Galileo Galilei, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
Gerolamo Cardano
Gerolamo (or Girolamo, or Geronimo) Cardano (French Jérôme Cardan; Latin Hieronymus Cardanus) (24 September 1501 – 21 September 1576) was an Italian Renaissance mat...
Gerolamo (or Girolamo, or Geronimo) Cardano (French Jérôme Cardan; Latin Hieronymus Cardanus) (24 September 1501 – 21 September 1576) was an Italian Renaissance mat...
Giambattista della Porta
Giambattista della Porta, also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta and John Baptist Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Re...
Giambattista della Porta, also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta and John Baptist Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Scientific Re...
Gianni Bettini
Gianni Bettini (1860–1938) was an early audiophile.
Gianni Bettini (1860–1938) was an early audiophile.
Giovanni Battista Amici
Giovanni Battista Amici (25 March 1786 – 10 April 1863) was an Italian astronomer and microscopist.
Giovanni Battista Amici (25 March 1786 – 10 April 1863) was an Italian astronomer and microscopist.
Giovanni Branca
Giovanni Branca was an Italian engineer and architect, chiefly remembered today for what some commentators have taken to be an early steam engine.
Giovanni Branca was an Italian engineer and architect, chiefly remembered today for what some commentators have taken to be an early steam engine.
Giovanni Luppis
Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer was an officer of the Austrian Navy, born in Rijeka, in the Kingdom of Hungary, who had the idea of the first self-propelled torpedo.
Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer was an officer of the Austrian Navy, born in Rijeka, in the Kingdom of Hungary, who had the idea of the first self-propelled torpedo.
Giuseppe di Giugno
Giuseppe Di Giugno (born in Benghazi in 1937) is an Italian physicist.
Giuseppe Di Giugno (born in Benghazi in 1937) is an Italian physicist.
Giuseppe Donati
Giuseppe Donati (1835–1925) was the inventor of the classical ocarina, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator.
Giuseppe Donati (1835–1925) was the inventor of the classical ocarina, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator.
Giuseppe Ravizza
Giuseppe Ravizza, a prolific typewriter inventor, was born in Novara, Italy in 1811 (died 1885), and spent nearly 40 years of his life obsessively grappling with the complexities of inventing a ...
Giuseppe Ravizza, a prolific typewriter inventor, was born in Novara, Italy in 1811 (died 1885), and spent nearly 40 years of his life obsessively grappling with the complexities of inventing a ...
Giuseppe Zamboni
Giuseppe Zamboni (June 1, 1776 – July 25, 1846) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and physicist who invented the Zamboni pile, an early electric battery similar to the Voltaic pile.
Giuseppe Zamboni (June 1, 1776 – July 25, 1846) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and physicist who invented the Zamboni pile, an early electric battery similar to the Voltaic pile.
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system.
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system.
Guido of Arezzo
Guido of Arezzo or Guido Aretinus or Guido da Arezzo or Guido Monaco or Guido d'Arezzo was a music theorist of the Medieval era.
Guido of Arezzo or Guido Aretinus or Guido da Arezzo or Guido Monaco or Guido d'Arezzo was a music theorist of the Medieval era.
Ignazio Porro
Ignazio Porro (November 25, 1801 - October 8, 1875) was an Italian inventor of optical instruments.
Ignazio Porro (November 25, 1801 - October 8, 1875) was an Italian inventor of optical instruments.
Ildebrando Zacchini
Ildebrando Zacchini (1868 - July 17, 1948, Tampa, Florida) was a painter, inventor, and travelling circus owner Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Zacchini came up with an idea for a human ca...
Ildebrando Zacchini (1868 - July 17, 1948, Tampa, Florida) was a painter, inventor, and travelling circus owner Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Zacchini came up with an idea for a human ca...
Innocenzo Manzetti
Innocenzo Vincenzo Bartolomeo Luigi Carlo Manzetti (17 March 1826 – 17 March 1877) was an Italian inventor born in Aosta.
Innocenzo Vincenzo Bartolomeo Luigi Carlo Manzetti (17 March 1826 – 17 March 1877) was an Italian inventor born in Aosta.
Juanelo Turriano
Juanelo Turriano (Gianello Torriano; born Giovanni Torriani, c. 1500 — 1585) was an Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician.
Juanelo Turriano (Gianello Torriano; born Giovanni Torriani, c. 1500 — 1585) was an Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician.
Leonardo Chiariglione
Leonardo Chiariglione (born in 1943 in Almese, in the province of Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian engineer.
Leonardo Chiariglione (born in 1943 in Almese, in the province of Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian engineer.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, bota...
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, bota...
Lucio Bini
Lucio Bini was an Italian psychiatrist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Lucio Bini was an Italian psychiatrist and professor at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name.
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator, a noted humanitarian and devout Catholic best known for the philosophy of education which bears her name.
Mario Capecchi
Mario Renato Capecchi (Verona, Italy, 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method ...
Mario Renato Capecchi (Verona, Italy, 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method ...
Milko Bambič
Milko Bambič (26 April 1905 – 20 May 1991) also known by the nicknames Cvetanov and Banetov, was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, inventor, children's writ...
Milko Bambič (26 April 1905 – 20 May 1991) also known by the nicknames Cvetanov and Banetov, was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, inventor, children's writ...
Pellegrino Turri
Italian Pellegrino Turri invented a mechanical typing machine, one of the first typewriters in 1801 for his blind lover Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono.
Italian Pellegrino Turri invented a mechanical typing machine, one of the first typewriters in 1801 for his blind lover Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono.
Salvino D'Armate
Salvino D'Armato degli Armati of Florence (1258–1312) is one of the possible inventors of eyeglasses.
Salvino D'Armato degli Armati of Florence (1258–1312) is one of the possible inventors of eyeglasses.
Sanctorius
Santorio Santorio, also called Santorio Santorii, Sanctorius of Padua, and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor.
Santorio Santorio, also called Santorio Santorii, Sanctorius of Padua, and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor.
Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study.
Secondo Campini
Secondo Campini (August 28, 1904 - February 7, 1980) was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine.
Secondo Campini (August 28, 1904 - February 7, 1980) was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine.
Temistocle Calzecchi-Onesti
Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti was an Italian physicist and inventor born at Lapedona, Italy, where his father, Icilio Calzecchi, a medical doctor from nearby Monterubbiano, was temporarily working...
Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti was an Italian physicist and inventor born at Lapedona, Italy, where his father, Icilio Calzecchi, a medical doctor from nearby Monterubbiano, was temporarily working...
Teseo Tesei
Major Teseo Tesei (Elba, 1909 - Malta, July 26, 1941) was an Italian naval officer, who invented the human torpedo (called "Maiale", the Italian for "pig") used by the Regia Marina during World ...
Major Teseo Tesei (Elba, 1909 - Malta, July 26, 1941) was an Italian naval officer, who invented the human torpedo (called "Maiale", the Italian for "pig") used by the Regia Marina during World ...
The Telephone Cases
The Telephone Cases were a series of U.S. court cases in the 1870s and 1880s related to the invention of the telephone, which culminated in the 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Cou...
The Telephone Cases were a series of U.S. court cases in the 1870s and 1880s related to the invention of the telephone, which culminated in the 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Cou...
Tito Livio Burattini
Tito Livio Burattini was an inventor, architect, Egyptologist, scientist, instrument-maker, traveller, engineer, and nobleman.
Tito Livio Burattini was an inventor, architect, Egyptologist, scientist, instrument-maker, traveller, engineer, and nobleman.
Tomaso Vercellotti
Tomaso Vercellotti MD, DDS (March 1, 1954–Present) is an Italian Medical Doctor, Doctor of Dentistry and the inventor of the Piezosurgical procedure and Piezosurgery Device.
Tomaso Vercellotti MD, DDS (March 1, 1954–Present) is an Italian Medical Doctor, Doctor of Dentistry and the inventor of the Piezosurgical procedure and Piezosurgery Device.
Tullio Campagnolo
Gentullio (Tullio) Campagnolo (26 August 1901–3 February 1983) was an Italian racing cyclist and inventor.
Gentullio (Tullio) Campagnolo (26 August 1901–3 February 1983) was an Italian racing cyclist and inventor.
Ugo Cerletti
Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 - 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatry.
Ugo Cerletti (26 September 1877 - 25 July 1963) was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy in psychiatry.