Arbëreshë people are ethnic Albanians settled in Southern Italy, or their descendants. Some have achieved notability in a wide variety of fields, in Italy or in other countries.

Prime Ministers of Italy Francesco Crispi – Italy's Prime Minister from 1887 until 1891, among the main protagonists of the Italian Risorgimento.Wright, Conflict on the Nile, p. 61 Crispi, Francesco, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Volume 30 (1984)Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy

Politics

Giorgio Basta – General of Holy Roman Empire Linda S. Mullenix - Legal author, Rita and Morris Atlas Chair in Advocacy, and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. Antonio Gramsci – Philosopher, writer, politician and political theorist – founding member and leader of the Communist Party of Italy Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota – Spanish-Arbereshe nobleman, diplomat, and pretender of the throne of Albania Francesco Crispi - Former Prime minister of Italy, Noted for his role in Italian unification Giuseppe Salvatore Bellusci – Politician. Nicola Barbato – Doctor and politician, among the founders of the movement of the Fasci Siciliani Workers Brunetti, La piazza della rivolta, pp. 71-72 Joseph J. DioGuardi – Former US Congressman Victor Hugo Schiro – Two-term mayor (17 July 1961 – 2 May 1970) of New Orleans, Louisiana Terenzio Tocci – Politician Mario Tanassi – Italian politician, who was several times Minister of the Italian Republic Richard Caliguiri – Politician Basilio Giordano – Italian and Canadian politician and journalist Gennaro Placco – poet and prominent activist of the Risorgimento Stefano Rodotà – jurist and politician Marco Osnato – Italian politician

Science and academia Girolamo de Rada – Author and important figure of the Albanian National Awakening Giulio Variboba – Poet Giuseppe Serembe – Lyric poet. Carmine Abate – Novelist and short story writer. Domenico Bellizzi a.k.a. Vorea Ujko – Priest and poet Mario Bellizzi – Poet Bernardo Bilotta – Priest, poet and folklorist Demetrio Camarda – Byzantine rite priest, Albanian language scholar, historian, and philologist Nicola Chetta – Byzantine rite priest, ethnographic, writer and poetAlbanian literature: a short history Authors Robert Elsie, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England) Publisher I.B.Tauris, 2005 , p. 46-48 Giuseppe Crispi – Priest and philologist, one of the major figures of the Arbëresh community of Sicily of his time Giuseppe Schirò – Poet, linguist, publicist, folklorist and Albanian patriot, among the most representative figures of the Arbëreshë literature of the 19th centuryDi Marco & Musco, Aspetti della cultura bizantina ed albanese in Sicilia, p. 85 Gabriele Dara – Politician and poet, regarded as one of the early writers of the Albanian National Awakening. Leonardo Lala – Italian writer Giuseppe Schirò Di Maggio – Poet, journalist, essayist, playwright and writer, among the most influential and prolific exponents of contemporary Arbëreshë literature Eleuterio Francesco Fortino – Priest of the Italo-Albanian Church in Calabria and writer of the Byzantine and Albanian culture Angelo Masci – Writer Luca Matranga – Byzantine rite priest, one of the first writers in Albanian Francesco Antonio Santori – Writer, playwright and poet of the Albanian National Awakening Ferruccio Baffa Trasci – Bishop, theologian and philosopher Vincenzo Dorsa – scholar, writer and translator Tom Perrotta – American novelist and screenwriter Marco La Piana – Italian scholar of Arbëresh origin Ernesto Sabato – Argentine novelist, essayist, painter and physicist"Juana María Ferrari, de ascendencia italiana y albanesa. Francisco Sabato, de origen italiano" Maria Antonia Braile – Italian-arbëreshë writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian Francesco Altimari – Italian scholar in the field of Albanology Pasquale Scutari – Italian linguist and Albanologist Giuseppe Schirò (junior) – Italian scholar and literary historian

Literature Daniela Gioseffi – poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and performer Pema Browne – American abstract artist Kristina Gentile Mandala – Albanian writer

Military Mercurio Bua – Famed condottiero (stratioti captain) and commander of the Venetian army Theodore Bua – Albanian captain of stradioti regiments of the Republic of Venice Demetrio Reres – Calabrian nobleman Khoja Zufar – Captain, governor, merchant and General Demetrio Capuzzimati – Stradiot captain in Puglia

Business and civil society Enrico Cuccia – Banker, founder of Mediobanca and important figure in Italian post-war industrial reconstruction. James J. Schiro – American business man Nicolas Berggruen – Philanthropist and investor Anselmo Lorecchio – Italian lawyer, journalist, politician, poet and writer Luigi Giura – Engineer and architect. Ercole Lupinacci – Bishop of the Italo-Albanian Church of Eparchy of Lungro. Ofelia Giudicissi Curci – Italian poet and archeologist Vaccaro brothers – Italian-American businessmen Andrew Kaczynski – Journalist and editor for CNN.

Religious Sotir Ferrara – Bishop of the Italo-Albanian Church of Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi. Giovanni Mele – Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy Donato Oliverio – Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro – Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy Michele Scutari, archpriest and poet Nikollë Filja – Arbëreshë Byzantine rite priest, and writer of the 18th century Antonio Ciliberti – Roman Catholic archbishop Gian Girolamo Albani – Italian Roman Catholic cardinal Giuseppe Schirò (archbishop) – Arbëreshë writer of the 18th century Ferruccio Baffa Trasci – Italian bishop, theologian and philosopher Eleuterio Francesco Fortino – Italian priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church Pietro Parente – Long-serving theologian in the Holy Office of the Roman Catholic Church Raffaele Castielli – Italian bishop Arberia Parish – Eastern Orthodox Christian parish

Cinema Danny DeVito – American actor Regis Philbin – American media personality and occasional actor and singer Aleksandër Moisiu – Austrian stage actor Bettina Moissi – German stage and film actress Gedeon Burkhard – German film and television actor Alan Barillaro – Canadian director, animator and writer J. J. Philbin – American producer and screenwriter Aroldo Tieri – Italian actor Mario Sábato – Argentine film director and screenwriter Mitchel Musso – American actor, musician, and singer Tracee Chimo – actress

Arts and entertainment Alborosie – Italian-Jamaican reggae artist Marco Basaiti – Renaissance painter Michael Bellusci – Musician and Drummer Olivier Berggruen – German-American art historian and curator Bino – Italian rock percussionist and actor Gabriella Cilmi – Australian singer-songwriter Claudia Conserva – Chilean television hostess Drita D'Avanzo – television personality Kara DioGuardi – American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality Enzo Domestico Kabregu – Italian-Uruguayan painter and art educator Salvatore Frega – Italian composer of contemporary cultured music and experimental music Mônica Kabregu Bernasconi – Uruguayan visual artist and ceramicist Joe Lala – American rock percussionist and actor Cosimo Damiano Lanza – Italian pianist, harpsichordist and composer Soledad Onetto – Chilean TV presenter Steven Parrino – American artist and musician associated with energetic punk nihilism Michele Perniola – Italian singer, best known for representing San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Renzo Rubino – Italian pop singer songwriter Bobbi Starr – pornographic actress Tito Schipa – Italian tenor Tito Schipa Jr. – Portuguese-born Italian composer, singer-songwriter, producer, writer and actor Nik Spatari – Italian painter, sculptor, architect and art scholar

Models Cecilia Bolocco – Chilean actress, TV Host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987 Diana Bolocco – Chilean TV host Graciela Alfano – Argentine artist, model, actress and vedette Amalia Granata – Argentine model and politician

Sports Tatiana Búa – Argentine tennis player Giuseppe Bellusci – Italian footballer Mateo Musacchio – Argentine footballer Darío Benedetto – Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Boca Juniors Daniel Caligiuri – German professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga Marco Caligiuri – German footballer Tomás Guidara – Argentine professional footballer Andy Varipapa – Professional trick bowler Antonio Candreva – Footballer

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