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.

Prime ministers

 * Benjamin Disraeli

Secretaries of state and ministers

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

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
 * John Galliano

Education

 * Anna Hassan

Film directors

 * Ginevra Elkann
 * 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
 * Lita Ford
 * Felice Giardini
 * Tony Iommi
 * Brian Johnson
 * Remo Lauricella
 * 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

 * Giovanni Battista Cipriani
 * Emilio Coia
 * Maria Cosway
 * John Marcangelo
 * Alberto Morrocco
 * Eduardo Paolozzi
 * Carlo Pellegrini
 * 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
 * Isaac D'Israeli
 * Armando Iannucci
 * 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

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.

Entrepreneurs

 * Charles Forte, Italian emigré
 * Alex Polizzi, hotelier

Celebrity chefs

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

Actors

 * Philip Arditti
 * 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
 * Marla Landi
 * Lupino Lane
 * Christopher Lee
 * Ray Lovelock
 * John Lynch
 * Michael Malarkey
 * Max Minghella
 * Nico Mirallegro
 * Alfred Molina
 * Ruaridh Mollica
 * Vincenzo Nicoli
 * 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
 * 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
 * Louise Lombard
 * Montserrat Lombard
 * Cherie Lunghi
 * Nathalie Lunghi
 * Ida Lupino
 * Linda Lusardi
 * Susan Lynch
 * 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
 * Vincent Simone
 * Bruno Tonioli

Directors

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

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
 * Louis Theroux

TV personalities

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

Internet personalities

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

Soldiers

 * Dennis Donnini

People linked to royalty

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

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

Ecclesial figures

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

Engineers

 * Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
 * Guglielmo Marconi

Inventors

 * Nick D'Aloisio
 * Dino Dini
 * Guglielmo Marconi

Scientists

 * Henry Peter Bayon
 * Nicole Soranzo
 * Joseph Whitaker

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

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

Others

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