# List of British Italians

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
### Prime ministers

* Benjamin Disraeli

### Secretaries of state and ministers

* A. J. Mundella
* John Profumo
* John Sperni Mayor of St Pancras, 1937-1938

## Arts
### Cartoonists

* Edward Ardizzone
* Barry Fantoni

### Circus performers

* Emilia Arata
* Charlie Cairoli
* Joseph Grimaldi

### Composers

* Muzio Clementi
* Maria Cosway
* Gerald Finzi
* Felice Giardini
* Remo Lauricella
* John Marcangelo

### Designers

* John Amabile
* Antonio Berardi
* Benedetta Dubini
* John Galliano
* Bianca Mosca

### Education

* Anna Hassan

### Film directors

* Ginevra Elkann
* Elliott Hasler
* Kim Longinotto

### Hairdressers

* Lino Carbosiero
* Anthony Mascolo

### Librarians

* Anthony Panizzi

### Literature

* 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
* 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

* 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
* Nic Fanciulli
* Lita Ford
* Felice Giardini
* Tony Iommi
* Brian Johnson
* Remo Lauricella
* Matt Maltese
* 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

* Estella Canziani
* Giovanni Battista Cipriani
* Emilio Coia
* Maria Cosway
* John Marcangelo
* Alberto Morrocco
* Eduardo Paolozzi
* Carlo Pellegrini
* Jasmine Pradissitto
* Dante Gabriel Rossetti
* Alexander Rossi
* Jack Vettriano
* Andrew Vicari

### Photographers

* Alexander Bassano
* Felice Beato
* Oscar Marzaroli
* Mario Testino
* Minnie Weisz

### Poets

* Emilia Lanier
* Mario Petrucci
* Christina Rossetti
* Dante Gabriel Rossetti

### Scriptwriters

* Emilia di Girolamo
* Dominic Minghella

### Sculptors

* Eduardo Paolozzi

### Singers

* Lewis Capaldi
* Frankie Cocozza
* Paul Di'Anno
* Sophia Dussek
* Brian Johnson
* Leona Lewis
* Luciana
* Lisa Maffia
* Linda Martin
* Christina Novelli
* Paolo Nutini
* Julian Perretta
* Sergio Pizzorno
* Andrea Prodan
* Chris Rea
* Francis Rossi
* Jack Savoretti
* Sharleen Spiteri
* Lena Zavaroni
* Thaila Zucchi

#### Opera singers

* Louisa Bassano
* Domenico Crivelli
* Clara Novello
* Nancy Storace

### Translators

* Dante Gabriel Rossetti

### Writers

* Harold Acton
* Jani Allan
* Serena Guen
* Isaac D'Israeli
* Armando Iannucci
* Anna Mazzola
* Nigel Pivaro
* John William Polidori
* David Profumo
* Christina Georgina Rossetti
* Dante Gabriel Rossetti
* Maria Francesca Rossetti
* William Michael Rossetti
* Rafael Sabatini
* Alexander Trocchi
* Giustiniana Wynne

## Crime
### Fraudsters

* Giovanni di Stefano

### Mobsters

* Messina Brothers
* Bert 'Battles' Rossi
* Charles 'Darby' Sabini
* Albert Dimes
* The Cortesi brothers
* Tony Mella 'The king of Soho' during the 1950s.

## Economics
### Entrepreneurs

* Charles Forte, Italian emigré
* Alex Polizzi, hotelier

## Food and drink
### Celebrity chefs

* Antonio Carluccio
* Gennaro Contaldo
* Gino D'Acampo
* Anna Del Conte
* Angela Hartnett
* Giorgio Locatelli
* Filippo Mazzei
* Marco Pierre White
* Aldo Zilli

### Food writers

* Carla Capalbo

## Media and performing arts
### Actors

* Philip Arditti
* Bruno Barnabe
* 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
* Lupino Lane
* Christopher Lee
* Ray Lovelock
* John Lynch
* Michael Malarkey
* Max Minghella
* Nico Mirallegro
* Alfred Molina
* Ruaridh Mollica
* Vincenzo Nicoli
* Sam Nivola
* 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

* Ronni Ancona
* Hilda Anthony
* 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
* Marla Landi
* Louise Lombard
* Montserrat Lombard
* Cherie Lunghi
* Nathalie Lunghi
* Ida Lupino
* Linda Lusardi
* Susan Lynch
* Louisa Lytton
* 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

* Ronni Ancona
* Nina Conti
* Armando Iannucci
* Joe Pasquale
* Victor Spinetti

### Conductors

* John Barbirolli
* Mantovani
* Nicolas Mori
* Antonio Pappano

### Dancers and choreographers

* Flavia Cacace
* Graziano Di Prima
* Giovanni Pernice
* Genesia Rosato
* Vincent Simone
* Bruno Tonioli

### Directors

* Josh Appignanesi
* Peter Capaldi
* Peter Cattaneo
* Ida Lupino
* Anthony Minghella
* Carlo Gabriel Nero
* Annalisa Piras
* Franco Rosso

### Journalists and broadcasters

* Luisa Baldini
* Katie Boyle
* Paul Coia
* Chris Crudelli
* Gino D'Acampo
* Romana D'Annunzio
* Nick Ferrari
* Paul Gambaccini
* Karin Giannone
* Lucrezia Millarini
* Thalia Pellegrini
* Marina Purkiss
* Carla Romano
* Ruth Sherlock
* Sophia Smith Galer
* Louis Theroux

### TV personalities

* Mario Falcone
* Ricci Guarnaccio
* Katie Price
* Georgia Toffolo
* Paul Torrisi

### Internet personalities

* Marzia Kjellberg
* PJ Liguori
* Claude Callegari
* Mark Goldbridge

## Military
### Soldiers

* Dennis Donnini

## Nobility
### People linked to royalty

* John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
* Peter II, Count of Savoy
* Philip Eyre Gell
* David Rizzio
* Mary of Modena
* Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

## Politics and law
### Civil servants

* John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury

### Legal professionals

* Joseph Beltrami
* Albert Profumo
* John Woodcock

### Police

* Jerome Caminada

### Politicians

* Tonia Antoniazzi
* David Bellotti
* Roger Casale
* Gloria de Piero
* Benjamin Disraeli
* Linda Fabiani
* Jack Lopresti
* Marco Longhi
* Ernesto Nathan
* James Tennant Molteno
* John Charles Molteno
* A. J. Mundella
* Manuela Perteghella
* John Profumo
* Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft

## Religion
### Ecclesial figures

* Charles Januarius Acton
* Anselm of Canterbury
* Augustine of Canterbury
* John Marco Allegro
* Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
* Mario Conti
* Moses Montefiore
* Philip Tartaglia

## Science and engineering
### Engineers

* Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
* Guglielmo Marconi

### Inventors

* James Chiosso
* Nick D'Aloisio
* Dino Dini
* Guglielmo Marconi

### Scientists

* Henry Peter Bayon
* Nicole Soranzo
* Joseph Whitaker

## Sport
### Athletics

* Toni Minichiello
* Andrew Pozzi

### Basketballers

* Carlton Myers

### Boxers

* Frank Buglioni
* Enzo Calzaghe
* Joe Calzaghe
* Anthony Crolla
* Enzo Maccarinelli

### Cricketers

* Damian Crowley
* Tony Palladino

### Cyclists - road-racing

* Dario Cioni
* Max Sciandri

### Divers

* Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

### Footballers

* 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

* Claudia Fragapane

### Martial arts

* Margot Ciccarelli

### Motor racing drivers

* Paul di Resta
* Dario Franchitti
* Marino Franchitti
* Dario Resta
* Roy Salvadori
* Dino Zamparelli

### Racehorse jockeys

* Frankie Dettori

### Rugby players

* Tommaso Allan
* George Biagi
* Danny Cipriani
* Alex Corbisiero
* Lawrence Dallaglio
* Simon Danielli
* Nick De Luca
* Marcus Di Rollo
* Chris Fusaro
* Richard Lepori
* Dominic Manfredi
* Kane Palma-Newport
* Jake Polledri
* James Saltonstall
* Peter Sidoli
* Robert Sidoli
* Warren Spragg
* Marko Stanojevic

### Snooker

* Tony Meo

### Tennis

* Rosamund Colman

## Others

* Thomas John Barnardo
* Julian Baggini
* Lucy Evangelista
* Peter Falconio
* Elizabeth Maria Molteno
* Helen Pankhurst
* Richard Rogers
* Alessandra "Alex" Spendolini - Frederic "Fred" Sirieix's ex wife