From the register to History
This page collects the birth, death or marriage records of certain personalities who, through their lives, have left their mark on the country’s collective memory.
Raffaele Mattioli (1895-1973)
Raffaele Mattioli was born in Vasto on March 20, 1895.
In 1912, he enrolled in the Faculty of Econo…
Giulio Battelli (1904-2005)
Giulio Battelli was born in Rome on April 11, 1904.
He graduated in 1928 with a degree in Humanitie…
Sandro Pertini (1896-1990)
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Pertini was born in Stella (SV) on September 25, 1896, to Alberto Gianan…
Elvira Notari (1875-1946)
Maria Elvira Giuseppa Coda, later married Notari, was born in Salerno on February 10, 1875.
After g…
Elena Di Porto (1912-1943)
Elena Di Porto was born in Rome on November 11, 1912, to Angelo and Grazia Astrologo. A Jewish famil…
Ada Negri (1870-1945)
Ada Negri was born in Lodi on February 3, 1870, into a family of humble circumstances.
Her father, …
Antonia Pozzi (1912-1938)
Antonia Pozzi was born in Milan on 12th February 1912 to Roberto, a lawyer, and Countess Carolina La…
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca on 22th December 1858 to Michele and Albina Magi.
The sixth of ni…
Filippo De Cecco (1854-1930)
Filippo Giovanni De Cecco (or Di Cecco, as he was known at the registry office) was born in Fara San…
Wanda Osiris (1905-1994)
Wanda Osiris – born Anna Menzio – was born in Rome on June 3rd, 1905, to Giuseppe, groom to the king…
Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984)
Eduardo De Filippo was born in Naples, at 5 Via Vittoria Colonna, on May 26th 1900.
The illegitimat…
Pasquale Vena (1871-1937)
Pasquale Vena was born on 8th September 1871, in Pisticci (MT).
He left while still very young alon…
Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889)
Lorenzo Leone Antonio Maria Respighi was born in Cortemaggiore (PC) on 7th October 1824.
Being orph…
Alba de Céspedes (1911-1997)
Alba Carla Laurita de Céspedes was born in Rome on 11th March 1911, to Laura Bertini Alessandrini of…
Gino Coppedè (1866-1927)
Gino Coppedè was born in Florence on 26th September 1866, to Mariano, a carver by trade, and Antonie…
Frate Menotti (1863-1924)
Menotti Vittorio Amedeo Bianchi, aka Friar Menotti, was born in Bari on 24th September 1863, to Tomm…
Mimì Quilici Buzzacchi (1903-1990)
Emma Buzzacchi, better known as Mimì, was born in Medole (MN) on August 28, 1903, to Lorenzo and Pia…
Suso Cecchi D’Amico (1914-1910)
Suso, stage name of Giovanna Cecchi, was born in Rome on 21th July 1914 to Emilio, a writer and lite…
Margherita Beloch Piazzolla (1879-1976)
Margherita Albina Beloch – later married Piazzolla – was born in Frascati on 12th July 1879 to Bella…
Sabato Martelli Castaldi (1896-1944)
Sabato Martelli Castaldi was born in Cava de’ Tirreni (SA) on 19th August 1896.
After spending his …
Tito (1890-1918) e Giacomo (1888-1969) Acerbo
Tito Giuseppe Zopito Acerbo was born in Loreto Aprutino (PE) on 4th March 1890, to Olinto and Marian…
Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998)
Anna Maria Ortese was born in Rome on 13th June 1914, to Oreste, a civil servant of Sicilian origin,…
Giacomo Matteotti (1885-1924)
Giacomo Matteotti was born in Fratta Polesine (RO) on 22th May 1885.
Son of Girolamo and Elisabetta…
Francesco Buonanno (1858-1940)
Francesco Buonanno was born in Solofra (AV) on 19th September 1858, the son of Michele and Carolina …
Benedetta Cappa (1897-1977)
Benedetta Cappa was born in Rome on 14th August 1897.
From an early age, she showed a particular fl…
Margherita Kaiser Parodi (1897-1918)
Margherita Kaiser Parodi was born in Rome on 16th May 1897, to Giuseppe and Maria Orlando.
His fath…
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi was born in Bologna on 25 April 1874, to Giuseppe, a wealthy landow…
Tina Modotti (1896-1942)
Assunta Adelaide Luigia Saltarini Modotti, known as Tina, was born on 17th August 1896 in Udine into…
Leopoldo Cassese (1901-1960)
Leopoldo Cassese was born in Atripalda (AV) on 20th January 1901.
After graduating in Literature in…
Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961)
Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi was born in Carrù (CN) on 24th March 1874.
Soon orphaned by his father, …
Egle Trincanato (1910-1998)
Egle Renata Romana Trincanato was born in Rome on 3rd June 1910.
His childhood was marked by freque…