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 Britain and Italy is shown in parentheses.

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Administration

Prime ministers

Secretaries of state and ministers

Arts

Cartoonists

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Composers

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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
Musician Nicola Benedetti, MBE playing at Albert Hall

Painters
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Photographers

Poets

Scriptwriters

Sculptors

Singers

Opera singers

Translators

Writers

Crime

Fraudsters

Mobsters

Economics

Entrepreneurs

Food and drink

Celebrity chefs

Media and performing arts
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
Actress Felicity Jones

Actors

Actresses

Comedians

Conductors

Dancers and choreographers

Directors

TV personalities

TV presenters

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Military

Soldiers

Nobility

People linked to royalty

Politics and law

Police

Politicians

Religion

Ecclesial figures
Anselm of Canterbury, important Christian thinker of 11th-century 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

Sports

Athletics

Basketballers

Boxers

Cricketers

Footballers

Gymnastics

Motor racing drivers

Racehorse jockeys
Racehorse jockey Frankie Dettori

Road-racing cyclists

Rugby players
Rugby union player Lawrence Dallaglio

Others

See also

References
  1. Owen, Richard (4 August 2009). "Italian homecoming for Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti". The Times. London, UK. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  2. "Obituary: Lord Forte". 28 February 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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