List of British Italians

This is a list of notable British people of Italian ancestry and of Italians established in the UK. The citizenship and connection to the United Kingdom and Italy is shown in parentheses.

Administration

Prime ministers

• Benjamin Disraeli

Secretaries of state and ministers

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• A. J. Mundella
• John Profumo
• John Sperni Mayor of St Pancras, 1937-1938</div>

Arts

Cartoonists

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• Edward Ardizzone
• Barry Fantoni</div>

Circus performers

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• Emilia Arata
• Charlie Cairoli
• Joseph Grimaldi</div>

Composers

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• Muzio Clementi
• Maria Cosway
• Gerald Finzi
• Felice Giardini
• Remo Lauricella
• John Marcangelo</div>

Designers

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• John Amabile
• Antonio Berardi
• Benedetta Dubini
• John Galliano
• Bianca Mosca</div>

Education

• Anna Hassan

Film directors

• Ginevra Elkann
• Elliott Hasler
• Kim Longinotto

Hairdressers

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• Lino Carbosiero
• Anthony Mascolo</div>

Librarians

• Anthony Panizzi

Literature

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• John Florio (1553–1625), known in Italian as Giovanni Florio; linguist and lexicographer of Anglo-Italian origin; referred to himself as 'an Englishman in Italiano'; royal language tutor at the Court of James I; a friend with huge influence on William Shakespeare
• Michelangelo Florio (1515–1572), Italian humanist; Franciscan friar before converting to Protestantism; pastor in England and Switzerland; father of the renaissance polymath John Florio

Musicians

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• Perry Bamonte
• Richard Barbieri
• John Barbirolli
• Anthony Bassano
• Nicola Benedetti
• Anna Calvi
• Junior Campbell
• Jim Capaldi
• Paul Coletti
• Maria Cosway
• Ambrose Coviello
• Robert Del Naja
• Mike Di Scala
• Sophia Dussek
• Nic Fanciulli
• Lita Ford
• Felice Giardini
• Tony Iommi
• Brian Johnson
• Remo Lauricella
• Matt Maltese
• Nicolas Mori
• Vincent Novello
• Paolo Nutini
• Fabiana Palladino
• Pino Palladino
• Antonio Pappano
• Anthony Pini
• Sergio Pizzorno
• Andrea Prodan
• Chris Rea
• Andrew Ridgely
• Atticus Ross
• Liberty Ross
• Francis Rossi
• Semprini
• Sick Luke</div>

Painters

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• Estella Canziani
• Giovanni Battista Cipriani
• Emilio Coia
• Maria Cosway
• John Marcangelo
• Anna Mazzotta
• Alberto Morrocco
• Eduardo Paolozzi
• Carlo Pellegrini
• Jasmine Pradissitto
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Alexander Rossi
• Jack Vettriano
• Andrew Vicari</div>

Photographers

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• Alexander Bassano
• Felice Beato
• Oscar Marzaroli
• Mario Testino
• Minnie Weisz</div>

Poets

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• Emilia Lanier
• Mario Petrucci
• Christina Rossetti
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti</div>

Scriptwriters

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• Emilia di Girolamo
• Dominic Minghella</div>

Sculptors

• Eduardo Paolozzi

Singers

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• Lewis Capaldi
• Paul Di'Anno
• Sophia Dussek
• Brian Johnson
• Leona Lewis
• Luciana
• Lisa Maffia
• Linda Martin
• Christina Novelli
• Paolo Nutini
• Julian Perretta
• Sergio Pizzorno
• Andrea Prodan
• Chris Rea
• Francis Rossi
• Jack Savoretti
• Sharleen Spiteri
• Lena Zavaroni
• Thaila Zucchi</div>

Opera singers

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• Louisa Bassano
• Domenico Crivelli
• Clara Novello
• Nancy Storace</div>

Translators

• Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Writers

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• Harold Acton
• Jani Allan
• Serena Guen
• Isaac D'Israeli
• Armando Iannucci
• Anna Mazzola
• Nigel Pivaro
• John William Polidori
• David Profumo
• Christina Georgina Rossetti
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Maria Francesca Rossetti
• William Michael Rossetti
• Rafael Sabatini
• Silvia Saunders
• Alexander Trocchi
• Giustiniana Wynne</div>

Crime

Fraudsters

• Giovanni di Stefano

Mobsters

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• Messina Brothers
• Bert 'Battles' Rossi
• Charles 'Darby' Sabini
• Albert Dimes
• The Cortesi brothers
• Tony Mella 'The king of Soho' during the 1950s.</div>

Economics

Entrepreneurs

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• Charles Forte, Italian emigré
• Alex Polizzi, hotelier</div>

Food and drink

Celebrity chefs

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• Antonio Carluccio
• Gennaro Contaldo
• Gino D'Acampo
• Anna Del Conte
• Angela Hartnett
• Giorgio Locatelli
• Filippo Mazzei
• Marco Pierre White
• Aldo Zilli</div>

Food writers

• Carla Capalbo

Media and performing arts

Actors

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• Philip Arditti
• Bruno Barnabe
• Peter Capaldi
• Hugh Carson
• Daniel Caltagirone
• Enzo Cilenti
• Jason Connery
• Tom Conti
• Michael Costa
• Sean Cronin
• Cameron Cuffe
• Timothy Dalton
• Fabien Frankel
• Michael Greco
• Jack Huston
• Lupino Lane
• Christopher Lee
• Ray Lovelock
• John Lynch
• Michael Malarkey
• Max Minghella
• Nico Mirallegro
• Alfred Molina
• Ruaridh Mollica
• Vincenzo Nicoli
• Sam Nivola
• Cliff Parisi
• Luke Pasqualino
• Adrian Paul
• Nigel Pivaro
• Robert Rietti
• George Rossi
• Carlo Rota
• Fabrizio Santino
• Victor Spinetti
• Enzo Squillino Jnr
• Ken Stott
• Mark Strong
• Joe Tracini</div>

Actresses

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• Ronni Ancona
• Hilda Anthony
• Greta Bellamacina
• Marina Berti
• Esmé Bianco
• Emily Bruni
• Eliza Butterworth
• Alessandra Celi
• Pearl Chanda
• Raffiella Chapman
• Flaminia Cinque
• Camille Coduri
• Nina Conti
• Frankie Corio
• Adrienne Corri
• Amy Di Bartolomeo
• Sophia Di Martino
• Paola Dionisotti
• Giovanna Fletcher
• Claire Forlani
• Anna Francolini
• Holliday Grainger
• Felicity Jones
• Marla Landi
• Louise Lombard
• Montserrat Lombard
• Cherie Lunghi
• Nathalie Lunghi
• Ida Lupino
• Linda Lusardi
• Susan Lynch
• Louisa Lytton
• Silvana Mangano
• Stefanie Martini
• Daniela Nardini
• Tamzin Outhwaite
• Isabella Pappas
• Gloria Paul
• Tanya Reynolds
• Liberty Ross
• Camilla and Rebecca Rosso
• Greta Scacchi
• Gia Scala
• Kaya Scodelario
• Sarah Seggari
• Ellora Torchia
• Indira Varma
• Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
• Rachel Weisz
• Thaila Zucchi</div>

Comedians

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• Ronni Ancona
• Nina Conti
• Armando Iannucci
• Joe Pasquale
• Victor Spinetti</div>

Conductors

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• John Barbirolli
• Mantovani
• Nicolas Mori
• Antonio Pappano</div>

Dancers and choreographers

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• Flavia Cacace
• Graziano Di Prima
• Giovanni Pernice
• Genesia Rosato
• Vincent Simone
• Bruno Tonioli</div>

Directors

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• Josh Appignanesi
• Peter Capaldi
• Peter Cattaneo
• Ida Lupino
• Anthony Minghella
• Carlo Gabriel Nero
• Annalisa Piras
• Franco Rosso</div>

Journalists and broadcasters

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• Luisa Baldini
• Katie Boyle
• Paul Coia
• Chris Crudelli
• Gino D'Acampo
• Romana D'Annunzio
• Nick Ferrari
• Paul Gambaccini
• Karin Giannone
• Lucrezia Millarini
• Thalia Pellegrini
• Marina Purkiss
• Carla Romano
• Ruth Sherlock
• Sophia Smith Galer
• Louis Theroux</div>

TV personalities

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• Mario Falcone
• Ricci Guarnaccio
• Katie Price
• Georgia Toffolo
• Paul Torrisi</div>

Internet personalities

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• Marzia Kjellberg
• PJ Liguori
• Claude Callegari
• Mark Goldbridge</div>

Military

Soldiers

• Dennis Donnini

Nobility

People linked to royalty

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• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
• Peter II, Count of Savoy
• Philip Eyre Gell
• David Rizzio
• Mary of Modena
• Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi</div>

Politics and law

Civil servants

• John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury

Legal professionals

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• Joseph Beltrami
• Albert Profumo
• John Woodcock</div>

Police

• Jerome Caminada

Politicians

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• Tonia Antoniazzi
• David Bellotti
• Roger Casale
• Gloria de Piero
• Benjamin Disraeli
• Linda Fabiani
• Jack Lopresti
• Marco Longhi
• Ernesto Nathan
• James Tennant Molteno
• John Charles Molteno
• A. J. Mundella
• Manuela Perteghella
• John Profumo
• Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft</div>

Religion

Ecclesial figures

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• Charles Januarius Acton
• Anselm of Canterbury
• Augustine of Canterbury
• John Marco Allegro
• Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Mario Conti
• Moses Montefiore
• Philip Tartaglia</div>

Science and engineering

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Engineers

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• Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
• Guglielmo Marconi</div>

Inventors

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• James Chiosso
• Nick D'Aloisio
• Dino Dini
• Guglielmo Marconi</div>

Scientists

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• Henry Peter Bayon
• Nicole Soranzo
• Joseph Whitaker</div>

Sport

Athletics

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• Toni Minichiello
• Andrew Pozzi</div>

Basketballers

• Carlton Myers

Boxers

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• Frank Buglioni
• Enzo Calzaghe
• Joe Calzaghe
• Anthony Crolla
• Enzo Maccarinelli</div>

Cricketers

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• Damian Crowley
• Tony Palladino</div>

Cyclists - road-racing

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• Dario Cioni
• Max Sciandri</div>

Divers

• Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

Footballers

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• Marco Adaggio
• Joe Bacuzzi
• Ryan Baldacchino
• Marcus Bettinelli
• Peter Bonetti
• Martin Buglione
• Danny Cadamarteri
• Alex Campana
• John Capaldi
• Tony Capaldi
• Tony Cascarino
• Mike Cecere
• Mark DeBolla
• Danny Dichio
• Tony Dorigo
• Mark Falco
• Joe Fascione
• Lil Fuccillo
• Marco Gabbiadini
• Giulio Giuricich
• Dario Gradi
• Giuliano Grazioli
• Lou Macari
• Giuliano Maiorana
• Tony Marchi
• Peter Marinello
• Dominic Matteo
• Piero Mingoia
• Giovanni Moscardini
• Daniel Nardiello
• Danilo Orsi-Dadomo
• Tom Parrinello
• Simone Perrotta
• Danny Racchi
• Adriano Rigoglioso
• Robert Rosario
• Alessia Russo
• Antoni Å arčević
• Carlo Sartori
• Ricky Sbragia
• Riccardo Scimeca
• Tom Sermanni
• Harry Toffolo
• Paolo Vernazza
• Peter Vincenti
• Giuseppe Wilson</div>

Gymnastics

• Claudia Fragapane

Martial arts

• Margot Ciccarelli

Motor racing drivers

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• Paul di Resta
• Dario Franchitti
• Marino Franchitti
• Dario Resta
• Roy Salvadori
• Dino Zamparelli</div>

Racehorse jockeys

• Frankie Dettori

Rugby players

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• Tommaso Allan
• George Biagi
• Danny Cipriani
• Alex Corbisiero
• Lawrence Dallaglio
• Simon Danielli
• Nick De Luca
• Marcus Di Rollo
• Chris Fusaro
• Richard Lepori
• Dominic Manfredi
• Kane Palma-Newport
• Jake Polledri
• James Saltonstall
• Peter Sidoli
• Robert Sidoli
• Warren Spragg
• Marko Stanojevic</div>

Snooker

• Tony Meo

Tennis

• Rosamund Colman

Others

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• Thomas John Barnardo
• Julian Baggini
• Lucy Evangelista
• Peter Falconio
• Elizabeth Maria Molteno
• Helen Pankhurst
• Richard Rogers
• Alessandra "Alex" Spendolini - Frederic "Fred" Sirieix's ex wife</div>

See also

• Immigration to the United Kingdom
• Italian Briton
• Italian diaspora
• Italian people
• List of Italian Americans

References

External links

• Accademia Apulia UK