20 Notable alumni of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia is ranked #595 in the world and #23 in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Modena and Reggio Emilia won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Giovanni Angelo Fontana
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Giovanni Angelo Fontana is an Italian politician and lawyer.
2. Peppino Vallone
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Peppino Vallone is an Italian politician.
3. Valentina Rodini
1995-. (aged 31)
rower
Valentina Rodini is an Italian rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won gold medal in the same event at 2020 Summer Olympics.
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4. Sabrina Pignedoli
1983-. (aged 43)
journalist
politician
Sabrina Pignedoli is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
5. Ermanno Gorrieri
1920-2004 (aged 84)
partisan
sociologist
politician
Ermanno Gorrieri was an Italian politician and economist.
6. Stefania Ascari
1980-. (aged 46)
lawyer
politician
Stefania Ascari is an Italian politician from the Five Star Movement (M5S). She has been a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies from Emilia-Romagna since the 2018 Italian general election.
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7. Isabella Bertolini
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Isabella Bertolini is an Italian politician.
8. Giorgio Pighi
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Giorgio Pighi is an Italian politician, lawyer and professor.
9. Luca Vecchi
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Luca Vecchi is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Mayor of Reggio Emilia on 25 May 2014 and took office on 5 June. He was re-elected for a second term in 2019.
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10. Ylenja Lucaselli
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Ylenja Lucaselli is an Italian politician and lawyer. She was elected to be a deputy to the Parliament of Italy in the 2018 Italian general election for the Legislature XVIII of Italy.
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11. Mattia Binotto
1969-. (aged 57)
sports executive
engineer
Mattia Binotto is an Italian motorsport engineer. Since 2025, Binotto has been the head of the Audi F1 Project. From 2019 to 2022, he served as the team principal of Italian Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One.
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12. Carlo Goldoni
1707-1793 (aged 86)
poet lawyer
director
writer
prose writer
librettist
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes....
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13. Graziano Delrio
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
physician
Graziano Delrio is an Italian medical doctor and politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from 2 April 2015 to 1 June 2018. He previously served as the state secretary to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. He was minister for regional affairs and autonomy from 28 April 2013 to 22 February 2014 as part...
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14. Francesca Donato
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Francesca Donato is an Italian politician who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Italy, representing Lega Nord.
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15. Federica Guidi
1969-. (aged 57)
businessperson
entrepreneur
politician
Federica Guidi is an Italian businesswoman and the former Minister of Economic Development.
16. Ludovico Antonio Muratori
1672-1750 (aged 78)
numismatist
archivist
Catholic priest
historian
librarian
Lodovico Antonio Muratori, commonly referred to in Latin as Muratorius, was an Italian Catholic priest, notable as historian and a leading scholar of his age, and for his discovery of the Muratorian fragment, the earliest known list of New Testament books.
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17. Maria Cecilia Guerra
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
economist
Maria Cecilia Guerra is an Italian economist and politician.
18. Piero Ferrari
1945-. (aged 81)
engineer
entrepreneur
manager
Piero Ferrari is an Italian billionaire businessman and sport personality. He is the second and only living son of Enzo Ferrari, and a 10.48% owner of the Ferrari automotive company, of which he is the vice chairman. He owns 13.2% of the Ferretti Group. As of February 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$10.2 billion.
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19. Sandro Pertini
1896-1990 (aged 94)
partisan
politician
journalist
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985.
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20. Giulia Galli
physicist
Giulia Galli is a condensed-matter physicist. She is the Liew Family Professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago and senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. She is also the director of the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials. She is recognized for her contributions...
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