List of British Italians

Giovanni Florio, 1611. Engraving by William Hole from the 2nd edition of Florio's dictionary

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

Administration

The late John Profumo at the War Office.

Arts

Cartoonists

Circus performers

Composers

Designers

John Amabile

Film Directors

Ginevra Elkann

Hairdressers

Anthony Mascolo

Literature-related

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

Musicians

A US singer of Italian descent, Gwen Stefani lives in the UK.

Musician Nicola Benedetti, MBE playing at Albert Hall.

Painters

Painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood .

Photographers

Poets

Scriptwriters

Dominic Minghella

Singers

Translators

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Writers

Crime

Fraudsters

Giovanni di Stefano

Mobsters

Economics

Entrepreneurs

Carlo Di Stefano (Born in Sicily, owner of the restaurant's chain "San Carlo", with leading restaurants in Manchester, Bristol, Leicester, Liverpool, Leeds and London.)
Charles Forte (Emigrated from Italy)^[2]
Rocco Forte (English but father arrived from Italy)
Livia Giuggioli (founder of Eco-Age, a shop and consultancy firm that promotes ecologically-friendly products).
Alex Polizzi, hotelier
Anita Roddick (born in an Italian immigrant community)^[3]

Food & Drink

Celebrity Chefs

Media and Performing Arts

Actor Alfred Molina.

Actress Esmé Bianco.

Actress Claire Forlani.

19th-century actress Lucia Elizabeth Vestris.

Italian-Scottish director Peter Capaldi.

Paul Gambaccini, American-British radio presenter of Italian origin.

Actors

Actresses

Comedians

Conductors

Dancers and choreographers

Directors

Opera singers

TV personalities

TV presenters

Radio presenters

Paul Gambaccini

Military

Soldiers

Dennis Donnini

Nobility

People linked to royalty

Politics and Law

Legal Professionals

Politicians

Religion

Ecclesial figures

Anselm of Canterbury, Most important Christian thinker of 11th century's Europe.

Moses Montefiore, one of the 19th century's most famous Jews.

Science and Engineering

Engineer Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de Ferranti.

Engineer Guglielmo Marconi.

Engineers

Inventors

Scientists

Gino Miele
Joseph Whitaker

Sports

Basketballers

Carlton Myers

Boxers

Cricketers

Footballers

Motor racing drivers

Racehorse jockeys

Racehorse jockey Frankie Dettori.

Frankie Dettori

Road-racing cyclists

Rugby players

Rugby Union player Lawrence Dallaglio.

Others

Notes

1 2 Owen, Richard (4 August 2009). "Italian homecoming for Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti". The Times. London. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
↑ BBC obituary
↑ The Vancouver Sun, op. cit., p.A5

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