List of people from Como explained

The following is a list of notable people who were born in Como, Italy.

• Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus; 23–79 CE), author, natural philosopher and naval and military commander known for the Naturalis Historia
• Caecilius (c. 59 CE), a poet, the subject of Catullus's Carmina 35,^[1] who had a girlfriend more learned than the Sapphic Muse^{[2] [3]}
• Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; 63–c.113 CE), lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome
• Agostina Camozzi (1435–1458), Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Saint Augustine beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on 19 September 1834
• Paolo Giovio (1483–1552), physician, historian and biographer remembered as a chronicler of the Italian Wars
• Benedetto Odescalchi (1611–1689), Pope Innocent XI from 1676 until his death
• Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), physicist known for the development of the battery in 1800
• Luigi Borgomainerio (1836–1876), caricaturist
• Cosima Liszt (1837–1930), Franz Liszt's daughter and Richard Wagner's wife
• Maria Roda (1877–?), Italian American anarchist-feminist
• Giuseppe Sinigaglia (1884–1916), rower, European championship gold medalist in 1911
• Antonio Sant'Elia (1888–1916), architect
• Mario Radice (1898–1987), abstract painter
• Manlio Rho (1901–1957), abstract painter
• Carla Porta Musa (1902–2012), essayist, poet and unverified supercentenarian
• Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943), an architect and pioneer of the Italian modern movement and rationalism
• Giorgio Perlasca (1910–1992), saved 5,218 Jews from transportation to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
• Antonio Spallino (1925–2017), Olympic fencer and mayor of Como from 1970 to 1985
• Gabriele Oriali (born 1952), 1982 Italian national team footballer World Champion
• Corrado Passera (born 1954), manager and banker, Minister of Economic Development of the Monti Cabinet
• Stefano Casiraghi (1960–1990), World Offshore Champion and second husband of Caroline Princess of Monaco
• Remo Ruffini (born 1961), businessman, founder of fashion group Moncler
• Max Papis (born 1969), Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR racing driver
• Luisa Lambri (1969), artist, photographer, filmmaker
• Fabio Casartelli (1970–1995) cyclist and Olympic gold medalist
• Diego De Ascentis (born 1976), football midfielder
• Paola Tagliabue (born 1976), world champion free diver in 2006
• Gianluca Zambrotta (born 1977), international footballer and World Champion in Germany 2006
• Jennifer Isacco (born 1977), bobsledder, Olympic medalist in 2006^[4]
• Floraleda Sacchi (born 1978), harpist and musicologist
• Anna Cappellini (born 1987), ice dancer, Olympian, two times national champion, European champion and world champion in 2014
• Francesca Rio (born 1990), figure skater, junior national champion and three-time national silver medalist
• Matteo Bianchetti (born 1993), captain of the Italian national under-21 football team
• Filippo Mondelli (1994–2021), world champion rower
• Elisa Meneghini (born 1997), Olympian, artistic gymnast, gold medalist at the 2018 Doha World Cup
• Patrick Cutrone (born 1998), football striker of AC Milan
• Chituru Ali (born 1999), sprinter

Notes and References

1. [:la:s:Carmina (Catullus)/35|Carmina (Catullus)/35]
2. Book: John Hazel. Who's who in the Roman World. 2001. Psychology Press. 978-0-415-22410-9. 42.
3. Web site: Catullus . 17 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200529/http://www.let.ru.nl/v.hunink/documents/catullus_md.htm . 19 July 2011 . dead .
4. Web site: Jennifer Isacco . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/jennifer-isacco-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . . . 16 February 2019.