Born in Florence, in 1540, after the death of his father, he was brought up and trained in art by a close friend, often referred to as his ' uncle ', the mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino, whose name he sometimes assumed in his pictures.

Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs.

Born David Selznick to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of silent movie distributor Lewis J. Selznick and Florence A.

Born in Florence, Italy at the Palazzo Pitti on 26 April 1575, Marie was the sixth daughter of Francesco I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Joanna, Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

Born in Florence, he was the son of a da Andrea Carnesecchi, a merchant who under the patronage of the Medici, and especially of Giulio de ' Medici as Pope Clement VII, rapidly rose to high office at the papal court.

Born in Trieste, Mathilde Bonaparte was raised in Florence and Rome.

Born in White Plains, New York, to Florence Belle ( née Crane ) and James Allen Whitmore, Sr., a park commission official, Whitmore attended Amherst Central High School in Snyder, New York, before graduating from The Choate School ( now Choate Rosemary Hall ) in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Born Florence Annie Bridgwood in Hamilton, Ontario, she was the child of Charlotte A. Bridgwood, a vaudeville actress known professionally as Lotta Lawrence, who was the leading lady and director of the Lawrence Dramatic Company.

Born John Florence Sullivan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Irish Catholic parents, Allen barely knew his mother, Cecilia Herlihy Sullivan, who died of pneumonia when he was not quite three years old.

Born at 3 Queen Street, Gloucester in 1890, the second of four children of David Gurney, a tailor, and his wife Florence, a seamstress, Gurney showed musical ability early.

Born in East Melbourne, Australia into a prosperous family that later fell on hard times, Ethel Florence ( who preferred to answer to Et, Ettie or Etta ) was the elder daughter of Walter Lindesay Richardson MD ( c. 1826 – 79 ) and his wife Mary ( née Bailey ).

Born in London, Laurence Irving was a son of the great Victorian actor manager, Sir Henry Irving and his wife Florence ( née O ' Callaghan ), and brother to actor manager Harry Brodribb Irving.

Born in Boulder, Colorado, Carpenter moved to New York City with his parents Marion Scott Carpenter and Florence Noxon Carpenter for the first two years of his life.

Born in Settignano, now a part of Florence, he was the youngest of five brothers, sculptors and stonecutters.

Born in Florence, Leopold II was the son of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Princess Luisa Maria Amelia Teresa of the Two Sicilies, who were double first cousins.

Born in Florence, Bussotti learned to play the violin as a child, becoming a prodigy.

Born in Florence and a friar of the Servite Order, he was employed from 1521 to 1534 as one of Michelangelo Buonarroti's assistants at the Medici Chapel ( Sacrestia Nuova ) in San Lorenzo in Florence.

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Born in Florence, the son of a pharmacist and undertaker, he was taught the violin by his uncle, Antonio Veracini, with whom he often appeared in concert.

Born in Bay City, Michigan, List was the only child of German American parents, John Frederick List ( 1859 – 1944 ) and Alma Maria Barbara Florence List ( 1887 – 1971 )

Born in Mons, he studied in Florence under Tommaso Redi, abandoning his Flemish influences for the Italian tradition.

Born on a farm in Knox County, Ohio, Webb C. Ball was married in 1879 to Florence I.

Born in Florence, Colorado in 1901 and raised in Leadville, he learned to read very early, and soon could send and receive messages in Morse code, taught by his father.

Born in Rome in 1952, Piero Gemelli is an Italian photographer.

Born in Lugo di Romagna, he was chief designer and technical director of Ducati from 1954 until 1989.

Born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne ( now in the Province of Rome ), he was, on his mother's side, a member of the family de ' Conti di Segni, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX.

Born in Genoa ( although some sources say Manarola ) in an unknown year, Sinibaldo was the son of Brumisan di Grillo and Ugo Fieschi, Count of Lavagna.

Born in Palmi near Reggio di Calabria, Cilea gave early indication of an aptitude for music when at the age of four he heard a performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma and was greatly affected by it.

Born in 1468 at Canino, Latium ( then part of the Papal States ), Alessandro Farnese was the oldest son of Pier Luigi I Farnese, Signore di Montalto ( 1435 – 1487 ) and his wife Giovanna Caetani, a member of the Caetani family which had also produced Pope Boniface VIII.

Born at Trieste, Austria ( today Italy ), and known as " Prince Napoléon " or by the sobriquet of " Plon-Plon ", he was a close advisor to his first cousin, Napoleon III of France, and in particular was seen as a leading advocate of French intervention in Italy on behalf of Camillo di Cavour and the Italian nationalists.

Born Giovanni Rota Rinaldi, into a musical family in Milan, Rota was a renowned child prodigy — his first oratorio, L ' infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was written at age 11 and performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923 ; his three-act lyrical comedy after Hans Christian Andersen, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed when he was just 13 and published in 1926.

Born in Trieste ( then in Austria-Hungary ) as Aron Ettore Schmitz to a Jewish family that originated in Germany, Italo Svevo ( literally Italian swabian ) wrote the classic novel La Coscienza di Zeno ( rendered as Confessions of Zeno, or Zeno's Conscience ) and self-published it in 1923.

Born in Stignano ( in the county of Stilo ) in the province of Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, Campanella was a child prodigy.

Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi ( Born at Castiglione di Sicilia-Provincia di Catania, Sicily on 14 January 1914 – Died at his native town on 3 July 2003 ) of the Roman Catholic Church was a senior papal diplomat and former Personal Secretary to Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini ( later Pope Paul VI ).

Born in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà was the seventh son of Count Ascanio Savorgnan di Brazzà, a nobleman of Udine with many French connections, and his wife Giacinta Simonetti.

Born in Benediktbeuern, he moved to Rome in 1711 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Maratta.

Born into a poor rural family from Montenero di Bisaccia ( Molise ), as a very young man Di Pietro would go to Germany to work in the morning in a factory and in the afternoon in a sawmill in order to pay for his studies.

Born in the fortress of Asso at the region of Erisso ( pertinenza di Erisso ) on northern Cephalonia ( the then under Venetian rule Ionian island of Kefalonia ) by Greek Orthodox parents.

Born in Piedmont, he was originally known as Francesco-Maria di Broglia, conte di Revel before becoming naturalized in France after 1643.

Born in San Martino di Lupari, Carlo Agostini studied at the seminary in Treviso, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Andrea Longhin, OFM Cap, on 24 September 1910.

Born in San Pietro di Gorizia ( Šempeter-Vrtojba ), he earned a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Padua.

Born in Montefranco di Spoleto, Sbarretti was educated and first served in the archdiocese of Spoleto.

Born as Giovanni Serrapica, his parents were raised in Castellamare di Stabia and Gragnano.

Born in Florence or in Ragusa ( modern Dubrovnik ), he was the son of Benci di Uguccione, surnamed " Buono ", Florentine merchant of the noble and ancient family of the Sacchetti.