This is a list of some notable people affiliated with University of Bologna.
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Notable alumni
Academics
Anna M. Borghi, Italian cognitive psychologist Umberto Eco, Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer Corrado Gini, Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Italian historian, writer, archaeologist and journalist
Clergy and Biblical scholars
Archbishop Thomas Becket; Cardinal Alberto Bolognetti Cardinal Paolo Burali d'Arezzo; Pope Alexander VI Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni) Pope Gregory XV Pope Innocent IX Gabriele Paleotti Saint Charles Borromeo, archbishop of Milan Henry of Susa (Hostiensis)
Presidents, prime ministers, and other heads of national government Adone Zoli, former Prime Minister of Italy. Álvaro de Figueroa, former Prime Minister of Spain. Joaquín Chapaprieta, former Prime Minister of Spain.
Cabinet members
Patrizio Bianchi, Minister of Public Education in the Draghi Cabinet Remo Gaspari, Minister of Relationships with the Parliament and Minister of Public Function in the Bettino Craxi and Giulio Andreotti Cabinet. Piero Gnudi, Minister of Tourism and Sports in the Monti cabinet. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, former Minister of Justice – Spain. Fawziya Abikar Nur, Minister for Health and Social Care – Somalia.
Diplomats and government officials
Senators, Representatives, and other politicians
Brando Benifei, Italian politician Anna Maria Bernini, Italian politician and lawyer Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian politician , Italian politician and lawyer Lanfranco De Franco, Italian politician and lawyer Maurizio Fugatti, Italian politician Edoardo Gaffeo, Italian politician Gian Luca Galletti, Italian politician Andrea Gnassi, Italian politician Sandro Gozi, Italian politician Matteo Lepore, Italian politician & mayor of Bologna Giacomo Matteotti , Italian politician Giulia Sarti, Italian politician Elly Schlein, Italian politician Sandra Zampa, Italian politician Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spain politician Pier Ferdinando Casini, Italian politician Gianni Cuperlo, Italian politician Virginio Merola, Italian politician & former mayor of Bologna Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini, President of Atomium - European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy.
Lawyers and judges
Daria de Pretis, Italian jurist, Constitutional Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy. Manuel Olivencia, lawyer and academic; Kristina Pardalos, Sammarinese jurist Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law.
Businessman & Economist
Diego Della Valle, chairman of the Italian leather goods company Tod's Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Formula One Group and former CEO of Italian sports car manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Raul Gardini, Italian agri-business and chemicals tycoon. Mauro Moretti, former CEO and general manager of Leonardo S.p.A. Elena Panaritis, Economist. Alberto Giovannini, Italian Macroeconomist and Financial Economist Fabrizio Zilibotti, Italian economist and Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University
Nobel Prize winners Guglielmo Marconi, 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics and the inventor of radio.
Astronauts and Astronomer
Andrea Boattini, Italian astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets. Isabella M. Gioia, Italian astrophysicist.
Engineers, inventors, and scientists
Mauro Forghieri, Formula One racing car designer. Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian Structural engineer and architect. Ulisse Aldrovandi; Laura Bassi, the world's first woman to earn a university chair in a scientific field of studies Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Greek-Italian chemist Nicolaus Copernicus, formulator of the heliocentric universal model; Enzo Ferrari, Italian racing driver, engineer and entrepreneur Luigi Galvani; Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and radio pioneer Pietro Mengoli; Paracelsus, founder of the discipline of toxicology; Maria Matilde Principi, Entomology department chair for 30 years Augusto Righi, pioneer in the study of electromagnetism Carlo Rovelli, Italian theoretical physicist Carlo Severini, Italian mathematician Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist and physiologist Luca Benini, computer scientist and educator Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician and the inventor of tensor calculus. Cristina Roccati, Italian physicist. Bruno Rossi, Italian experimental physicist. Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Spanish biochemist and developmental biologist. Enrico Marconi, Italian-Polish architect. Adamo Boari, Italian Art Nouveau and Art Deco civil engineer and architect. Cesare Emiliani, Italian-American scientist, geologist, micropaleontologist, and paleoceanography.
Physicians
Julius Caesar Aranzi, the pioneer human anatomists and surgeons. Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist. Marcello Malpighi; Gasparo Tagliacozzi, pioneer of plastic and reconstructive surgery Giovanni Aldini, Italian physician. Turisanus, physician. Taddeo Alderotti, Italian doctor and professor of medicine. Ismail Boçari, Albanian professor of medicine. Maria Dalle Donne, Italian physician and a former director at the University of Bologna. Giovanni Gasbarrini, physician, gastroenterology researcher and medical academic Hugo Spadafora, Italian and Panamanian physician. Justus Velsius, Dutch physician, and mathematician.
Entertainers
Michelangelo Antonioni; Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright Emilio Solfrizzi, Italian actor and comedian.
Authors and artists
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, writer and philosopher Leon Battista Alberti; Silvia Balducci, Italian journalist at RAI Rosetta Berardi, Italian painter, sculptor, and artist. Pico della Mirandola; Maria Cristina Didero, Italian curator, historian, and author Albrecht Dürer, German painter, printmaker and theorist Erasmus of Rotterdam Milena Gabanelli, Italian journalist and television host , Italian journalist Carlo Lucarelli Giovanni Pascoli Pier Paolo Pasolini; Petrarch; Pupi Avati, Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Carlo Mazzacurati, Italian film director and screenwriter , Italian journalist Torquato Tasso; Silvia Avallone, Italian novelist and poet. Chiara Gamberale, Italian writer, television and radio presenter. Vittorio Sgarbi, Italian art critic, art historian and writer. Andrea Pazienza, Italian comics artist and painter.
Other notables
Irnerius, founder of the School of Glossators Veronica Yoko Plebani, Italian Paralympic athlete. Pierluigi Collina, Chairman of the FIFA referees committee
Philosopher
Francesco Algarotti, Italian Philosopher, poet, art critic and art collector. Francesco Maria Zanotti, Italian philosopher and writer.
Notable faculty
Maria Gaetana Agnesi Leon Battista Alberti Ulisse Aldrovandi Camillo Baldi Augusto Barbera Hamida Barmaki Laura Bassi Pier Cesare Bori Bulgarus Gualtiero Calboli Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume Girolamo Cardano Giosuè Carducci Giovanni Cassini Manuel Chrysoloras Giacomo Ciamician Nicolaus Copernicus Ignazio Danti Lippo Bartolomeo Dardi Giovanni Della Casa Giovanni de' Marignolli Ivano Dionigi Yuriy Drohobych (also known as Georgius de Drohobycz) Albrecht Dürer Umberto Eco Luigi Galvani Carlo Goldoni Bettisia Gozzadini Sylvester Gozzolini Gratian Guido Guinizelli Henry of Susa (Hostiensis) Irnerius Beppo Levi Girolamo Maggi Giovanni Antonio Magini Marcello Malpighi Virgilio Malvezzi Martinus Gosia Pietro Mengoli Niall Ó Glacáin Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem Paracelsus Giovanni Pascoli Pier Paolo Pasolini Paul, Dominican martyr Francesco Petrarca (also known as Petrarch) Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Romano Prodi Augusto Righi Pellegrino Rossi William of Saliceto Coluccio Salutati Benvenutus Scotivoli Francesco Selmi William of Tyre Özalp Babaoğlu
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