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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 edit
Prime ministers edit
Secretaries of state and ministers edit
- A. J. Mundella
- John Profumo
- John Sperni Mayor of St Pancras, 1937-1938
Arts edit
Cartoonists edit
Circus performers edit
Composers edit
Designers edit
Education edit
Film directors edit
Hairdressers edit
Librarians edit
Literature edit
- 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[citation needed]
- 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 edit
- Perry Bamonte
- Richard Barbieri
- John Barbirolli
- Anthony Bassano
- Nicola Benedetti
- Anna Calvi
- Junior Campbell
- Jim Capaldi
- Paul Coletti
- Maria Cosway
- Robert Del Naja
- Mike Di Scala
- Sophia Dussek
- Lita Ford
- Felice Giardini
- Tony Iommi
- Brian Johnson
- Remo Lauricella
- Nicolas Mori
- Vincent Novello
- Paolo Nutini
- Pino Palladino
- Antonio Pappano
- Anthony Pini
- Sergio Pizzorno
- Andrea Prodan
- Chris Rea
- Andrew Ridgely
- Atticus Ross
- Liberty Ross
- Francis Rossi
- Semprini
Painters edit
Photographers edit
Poets edit
Scriptwriters edit
Sculptors edit
Singers edit
Opera singers edit
Translators edit
Writers edit
Crime edit
Fraudsters edit
Mobsters edit
- Messina Brothers
- Bert 'Battles' Rossi
- Charles 'Darby' Sabini
- Albert Dimes
- The Cortesi brothers
- Tony Mella 'The king of Soho' during the 1950s.[2]
Economics edit
Entrepreneurs edit
- Charles Forte, Italian emigré[3]
- Alex Polizzi, hotelier
Food and drink edit
Celebrity chefs edit
Media and performing arts edit
Actors edit
- Philip Arditti
- 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
- Marla Landi
- Lupino Lane
- Christopher Lee
- Ray Lovelock
- John Lynch
- Michael Malarkey
- Max Minghella
- Nico Mirallegro
- Alfred Molina
- Ruaridh Mollica
- Vincenzo Nicoli
- 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
Actresses edit
- Ronni Ancona
- Marina Berti
- Esmé Bianco
- Emily Bruni
- Eliza Butterworth
- Alessandra Celi
- Pearl Chanda
- Raffiella Chapman
- Flaminia Cinque
- Camille Coduri
- Nina Conti
- Frankie Corio
- Adrienne Corri
- Sophia Di Martino
- Paola Dionisotti
- Giovanna Fletcher
- Claire Forlani
- Anna Francolini
- Holliday Grainger
- Louise Lombard
- Montserrat Lombard
- Cherie Lunghi
- Nathalie Lunghi
- Ida Lupino
- Linda Lusardi
- Susan Lynch
- Silvana Mangano
- Daniela Nardini
- Tamzin Outhwaite
- Isabella Pappas
- Gloria Paul
- Liberty Ross
- Camilla and Rebecca Rosso
- Greta Scacchi
- Gia Scala
- Kaya Scodelario
- Sarah Seggari
- Indira Varma
- Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
- Rachel Weisz
- Thaila Zucchi
Comedians edit
Conductors edit
Dancers and choreographers edit
Directors edit
Journalists and broadcasters edit
TV personalities edit
Internet personalities edit
Military edit
Soldiers edit
Nobility edit
People linked to royalty edit
Politics and law edit
Legal professionals edit
Police edit
Politicians edit
Religion edit
Ecclesial figures edit
Science and engineering edit
Engineers edit
Inventors edit
Scientists edit
Sport edit
Athletics edit
Basketballers edit
Boxers edit
Cricketers edit
Cyclists - road-racing edit
Divers edit
Footballers edit
- 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 Šarčević
- Carlo Sartori
- Ricky Sbragia
- Riccardo Scimeca
- Tom Sermanni
- Harry Toffolo
- Paolo Vernazza
- Peter Vincenti
- Giuseppe Wilson
Gymnastics edit
Motor racing drivers edit
Racehorse jockeys edit
Rugby players edit
Snooker edit
Others edit
- Thomas John Barnardo
- Julian Baggini
- Lucy Evangelista
- Peter Falconio
- Elizabeth Maria Molteno
- Richard Rogers
- Alessandra "Alex" Spendolini - Frederic "Fred" Sirieix's ex wife
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Owen, Richard (4 August 2009). "Italian homecoming for Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti". The Times. London, UK. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ^ Bert Battles Rossi. The national Crime Syndicate. ISBN 9780995654808.
- ^ "Obituary: Lord Forte". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 28 February 2007.