Athletes Famous Male Athletes from Italy

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List of popular male athletes from Italy, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Italy has a rich history of competing in sports, and these are the famous males that make that competition so exciting. Some of the best Italian male athletes in the world are listed below, some of who have represented Italy in the Olympics. You can click on the names of these talented male athletes of Italy in order to get more information about each one, such as the birthplace of the athlete and when they were born.

Athletes on this list include Carlo Parola and Claudio Ranieri.

This list answers the questions, "What famous male athletes are from Italy?" and "Who are the greatest male Italian athletes?"

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Rocky Marciano is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
Died at 46 (1923-1969)

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Joe Calzaghe is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 46

3
Brandon Vera is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 41

4
Clemente Russo is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 36

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Jake LaMotta is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 97

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Manu Ginóbili is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 41

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Carlos Delfino is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 36

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Giuseppe Gibilisco is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 39

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Bud Spencer is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 89

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Andrés Nocioni is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 39

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Fabricio Oberto is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 43

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Hernán Crespo is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 43

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Matteo Ferrari is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 39

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Armin Zöggeler is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 44

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Gus Mercurio is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
Died at 82 (1928-2010)

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Oswald Haselrieder is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 47

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Luciano Figueroa is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 37

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Pietro Piller Cottrer is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 44

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Gerhard Plankensteiner is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 47

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Fabio Cannavaro is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 45

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Bruno Zarrillo is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 52

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Wilfried Huber is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 48

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Zé Elias is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 42

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Carter Trevisani is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 36

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Andrea Barzagli is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 37

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Patrick Gruber is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 40

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Giuseppe Wilson is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 73

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Federico Fazio is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 31

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Arturo Gatti is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
Died at 37 (1972-2009)

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Chuck Zito is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 65

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Giovanni Federico is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 38

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Sebastian Colloredo is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 31

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Marco Pantani is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
Died at 34 (1970-2004)

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Giorgio Di Centa is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 46

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Gianluca Basile is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 43

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Gianluigi Buffon is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 40

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Román González is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 40

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Danny Tiatto is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 45

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Paolo Bettini is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 44

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Christian Manfredini is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 43

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Pablo Prigioni is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 41

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Roberto Cammarelle is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 38

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Massimo Scali is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 39

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Christian Oberstolz is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 41

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Massimo Margiotta is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 41

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Enrico Fabris is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 37

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Davide Rebellin is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 47

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Mario Varglien is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
Died at 73 (1905-1978)

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Ray Mancini is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 57

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Daniele Nardello is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Famous Male Athletes from Italy
age 46