82 Notable alumni of University of Genoa

Giulia Bogliolo Bruna is an Italian ethno-historian, living in France, specialist of the discovery travels at the Renaissance, of the imaginary of the north and of the Inuit in Frencophone and Anglophone travel literature and of the Inuit, their culture and traditional art

Graziella Pellegrini is an Italian Professor of Cell Biology and the Cell Therapy Program Coordinator at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She has developed and championed cell therapy protocols in hospitals across Italy.

Roberto Raul Dabbene was an Italian-Argentine ornithologist.

Massimo Boninsegni is an Italian-Canadian theoretical condensed matter physicist. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in physics at the Universita' degli Studi di Genova in 1986.

Alberto Diaspro is an Italian scientist. He received his doctoral degree in electronic engineering from the university of Genoa, Italy, in 1983. He is full professor in applied physics at university of Genoa. He is research director of Nanoscopy Italian Institute of Technology. Alberto Diaspro is President of the Italian biophysical society SIBPA. In 2022 he got the Gregorio Weber...

Giovanni Battista Rizza, officially known as Giambattista Rizza, was an Italian mathematician, working in the fields of complex analysis of several variables and in differential geometry: he is known for his contribution to hypercomplex analysis, notably for extending Cauchy's integral theorem and Cauchy's integral formula to complex functions of a hypercomplex variable, the theory of pluriharmonic functions and for the...

Antonio Stango is an Italian political scientist, expert of human rights at international level, writer and editor. After leading several non-governmental organizations, he is currently the President of the Italian Federation for Human Rights.

Giacomo Giuseppe Federico Delpino was an Italian botanist who made early observations on floral biology, particularly the pollination of flowers by insects. Delpino introduced a very broad view of plant ecology and was the first to suggest pollination syndromes, sets of traits associated with specific kinds of pollinators. He wrote Pensieri sulla Biologia Vegetale (Thoughts on Plant Biology) in 1867...

Massimo Fenati, is an Italian comic book artist, illustrator and director of animated films. He lives in London, UK, and has dual Italian and British citizenship. He is mostly known as the creator of the TV series Piripenguins.

Raimondo Ricci was an Italian politician and partisan, President of National Association of Italian Partisans from 2009 to 2011.

Caterina Consani (born 1963) is an Italian mathematician specializing in arithmetic geometry. She is a professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University.

Count Stefano Jacini of San Gervasio was an Italian politician and historian, a leading figure of the Christian Democrats.

Luisa Massimo was an Italian pediatrician. From 1972 to 1997 she was the director of the 4th Division of Pediatrics (Hematology and Oncology) of the Children's Hospital Istituto Giannina Gaslini of Genoa. From 1998 she is director emeritus. She is internationally considered one of the founders of Pediatric oncology

Roberto Morandotti is a physicist and full Professor, working in the Energy Materials Telecommunications Department of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique. The work of his team includes the areas of integrated and quantum photonics, nonlinear and singular optics, as well as terahertz photonics.

Angela Gotelli was an Italian politician, educator and activist. She served in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of Christian Democracy.

Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, VC, CBE, MC was a senior Royal Air Force officer, aviator, and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Giovanni Enrico Eugenio Vacca was an Italian mathematician, Sinologist and historian of science.

Roberto Traversi is an Italian politician.

Adriana Albini is an Italian pathologist and cancer researcher. She developed the concept of angioprevention which can be used to control cancer development. She is a competitive fencer and six of her novels have been published. In 2000 she was the Scientific Director at the Fondazione MultiMedica Onlus in Milan.

Luis Ossio Sanjinés served as the 34th vice president of Bolivia from 1989 to 1993, during the presidency of Jaime Paz Zamora. He belonged to the Christian Democratic Party (in Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC)).

Giovanni Battista Borea d'Olmo was born in Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia on 11 October 1831 and died in Sanremo the 19 October 1936 at 105 years. He was a member of Italian Senate from 18 November 1922 to his death.

Paolo Rossi was an Italian lawyer and politician.

Hugo Pesce Pescetto was a Peruvian physician and left-wing activist, intellectual and philosopher.

Lorenzo Acquarone was an Italian lawyer and politician.

Nicla Vassallo, is an Italian analytic philosopher with research and teaching interests in epistemology, philosophy of knowledge, theoretical philosophy, as well as gender studies and feminist epistemology. She is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Genoa, a Research Associate of National Research Council, and on List of alumni of King's College London. She...

Anton Giulio Barrili was an Italian novelist. He was educated for the legal profession, which he abandoned in Genoa for journalism. He was a volunteer in the campaign of 1859 and served with Garibaldi in 1866 (Austro-Prussian War, Third Italian War of Independence) and 1867. From 1865 onwards he published a large number of books of fiction, which had wide...

Tommaso Reggio was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Genoa from 1892 until his death. He was also the founder of the Sisters of Saint Martha. Reggio distinguished himself during an earthquake that struck his diocese in 1887. He tended to the injured in the rubble and led initiatives to direct diocesan resources towards the...

Nicolò Anselmi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of Rimini in Northern Italy since 17 November 2022. He became a priest in 1992. From 2007 to 2012, he was head of the Pastoral Service for the Youth of the Episcopal Conference of Italy. He returned to Genoa in 2012 to be pastor...

Giacinto Morera was an Italian engineer and mathematician. He is known for Morera's theorem in the theory of functions of a complex variable and for his work in the theory of linear elasticity.

Carla Federica Nespolo was an Italian politician, President of National Association of Italian Partisans from 2017 until her death.

Professor Isabella 'Susy' De Martini is an Italian politician and academic. Former member of PDL, from 12 April 2013 to 25 May 2014 she was a Member of the European Parliament, representing North-West Italy. De Martini is also a professor at the University of Genoa.

Giuseppe Chiaravalloti was an Italian judge and politician, President of Calabria.

Andrea Cardona is a Guatemalan mountaineer, the first Central American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first Latin American to complete the Adventurers Grand Slam.

Giancarlo Berardi is an Italian comic book writer. Born in Genoa, he is most famous as creator of comics Ken Parker (1977) and Julia (1998).

Fernanda Contri was an Italian jurist and politician. She was one of the Italian women who held senior positions in the Italian judiciary system.

Itala Mela was an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and mystic who was a lapsed Christian until a sudden conversion of faith in the 1920s and as a Benedictine oblate virgin assumed the name of "Maria della Trinità". Mela became one of the well-known mystics of the Church during her life and indeed following her death. She also penned a range...

Luigi Ferraris is an Italian executive, Chief Executive Officer of Terna S.p.A. from April 2017 to May 2020. Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane since May 31, 2021, successor to Gianfranco Battisti.

Giuseppe Pericu was an Italian politician.

Alessandro Fersen was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, actor, theater director, author and drama teacher. He is considered an influential figure in the 20th-century Italian theatre.

Marco Bollesan was an Italian rugby union player, coach and manager.

Carlo Lottieri is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Born in Brescia, he holds a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in Philosophy from the University of Genoa, a M.A. from the Institut Universitaire d’Etudes Européens (now attached to the University of Geneva), a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the Paris-Sorbonne University. His research interests cover philosophy of...

Alessandro Casati was an Italian academic, commentator, and politician. He served as a senator between 1923 and 1924 and again between 1948 and 1953. He also held ministerial office, most recently as Minister of War for slightly more than twelve months during 1944/45, serving under "Presidente del Consiglio" ("Prime Minister...") Bonomi.

Renato Balduzzi is an Italian academic and politician. He served as the Italian minister of health under Prime Minister Mario Monti from November 2011 to April 2013.

Gianni Baget Bozzo was an Italian Catholic priest and politician.

Claudio Burlando is an Italian politician, and was President of Liguria, until 31 March 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and a former Democrats of the Left member.

Adele Faccio was an Italian politician and deputy of the Radical Party (Partito Radicale). She was an advocate for sexual and reproductive rights, striving to give women the choice of whether or not to reproduce.

Giorgio Del Vecchio was a prominent Italian legal philosopher of the early 20th century. Among others he influenced the theories of Norberto Bobbio. He is famous for his book Justice.

Tomaso Armando Poggio, is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and director of both the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, a multi-institutional...

Luca Pastorino is an Italian politician and a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 2013. In 2019, he co-founded èViva with Francesco Laforgia.

Gino Giugni was an Italian academic and politician. He served as the minister of labor and social security in the period 1993–1994.

Kostas Georgakis was a Greek student studying geology in Italy. On 26 July 1970, while in Italy, he gave an interview denouncing the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. The junta retaliated by attacking him, pressuring his family, and rescinding his military exemption. In a final, fatal, protest in the early hours of 19 September 1970, Georgakis set himself ablaze in...

Giuseppe Felice Romani was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between Metastasio and Boito.

Riccardo Molinari is an Italian lawyer and politician of Lega serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was first elected in the 2018 general election, and was re-elected in 2022. Since 2018, he has served as group leader of Lega in the chamber.

Edoardo Rixi is an Italian politician.

Maria Latella is a multimedia journalist, columnist for Il Messaggero, Rome's leading daily newspaper, TV anchor woman and interviewer. She works for Sky Italia's SkyTg24, on the Sunday morning program "L'Intervista." The show was voted Italy's best political/current affairs TV program of 2012).

Marco Doria is an Italian academic and politician from Genoa. He served as Mayor of Genoa from 2012 to 2017.

Riccardo Gualino was an Italian business magnate and art collector. He was also a patron and an important film producer. His first business empire was based on lumber from Eastern Europe and included forest concessions, lumber mills, ships and warehouses. The highly leveraged structure collapsed in 1912–13. Gualino was also involved in manufacturing and distributing cement, and during World War...

Alberto Fortis is an Italian musician, songwriter, and poet.

Angelo Bagnasco is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007. He was President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) from 2016 to 2021.

Roberta Pinotti is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018.

Marco Amleto Belelli, or Divino Otelma, is an Italian television personality, politician and singer.

Augusta Lagostena "Tina" Bassi was an Italian lawyer, an Italian deputy for the Forza Italia party, a media personality and a writer.

Emilio Giordana, known professionally as Claudio Gora, was an Italian actor and film director.

Claudio Scajola is an Italian politician who is the mayor of Imperia since 2018 and the president of the province of Imperia since 2021.

Ornella Barra is an Italian-born Monegasque businesswoman. A qualified pharmacist, she is chief Executive officer of The Boots Group. She is married to the Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina.

Eugenio Scalfari was an Italian journalist. He was editor-in-chief of L'Espresso (1963–1968), a member of Parliament in Italy's Chamber of Deputies (1968–1972), and co-founder of La Repubblica and its editor-in-chief (1976–1996). He was known for his meetings and interviews with important figures, including Pope Francis, Enrico Berlinguer, Aldo Moro, Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, and Roberto Benigni.

Lamberto Sposini is an Italian former journalist and television presenter.

Marco Bucci is an Italian politician and former pharmaceutical manager.

Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher and political activist who worked for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and was a spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist...

Enzo Tortora was an Italian television presenter on national RAI television, who was unjustly convicted of being a member of the Camorra and drug trafficking in 1985, and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was acquitted of all charges by the Supreme Court of Cassation in 1987.

Fabio Fazio is an Italian television presenter. After debuting in 1982, he presented many TV programs, including Quelli che... il Calcio, Vieni via con me and Quello che (non) ho. Since 2003, he presents the weekly talk show Che tempo che fa, which airs on Nove since October 2023 and was formerly broadcast by Rai 3. He presented the Sanremo...

Francesca Cipriani D'Altorio is an Italian television host and celebrity.

Fabrizio Cristiano De André was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent cantautore of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a reference to his liking towards Faber-Castell's pastels and pencils, aside from the assonance with his own name, and also because he was known as "il cantautore degli emarginati" or...

Filippo Silvestri was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but also worked on Hymenoptera, Myriapoda, Italian Diptera and South American ground pearls, scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from the family Margarodidae. He is also noted for describing and naming the previously unknown order Zoraptera. In 1938 he was nominated to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences,...

Laura Crispini is an Italian geologist and an Antarctic researcher. Her areas of expertise are for the Tectonics, Geodynamics and Geological Mapping including the Geology of Antarctica. She has been nominated among 150 International representative of female Antarctic researchers for the SCAR "Celebration of Women in Antarctic Research" wikibomb event. At present she is Professor at the University of Genoa...

Giorgio Pighi is an Italian politician, lawyer and professor.

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985.

Piero Pirelli, born Piero Carlo Pirelli,, was an Italian entrepreneur and the son of Giovanni Battista Pirelli, the founder of Pirelli.

Paolo Emilio Taviani was an Italian political leader, economist, and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus. He was a partisan leader in Liguria, a Gold Medal of the Italian resistance movement, then a member of the Consulta (the national assembly gathered to direct the transformation of the monarchy into a republic) and the Constituent Assembly, later of the Italian...

Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and humanitarian consequences in Europe.

Enzo Traverso is an Italian scholar of European intellectual history. He is the author of several books on critical theory, the Holocaust, Marxism, memory, totalitarianism, revolution, and contemporary historiography. His books have been translated into numerous languages. After living and working in France for over 25 years, he is currently the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at...