“Famous Trentini”

“Trentini Famosi”

 

This is an area where you can find information about famous Trentini.

 

If you know of any, please email us and we will add them in.

 

Cesare Battisti

Prominent Italian Irrendentist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Battisti

 

Lorenzo Bernardi

Volleyball player, double world champion, elected "Volleyball Player of the Century".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Bernardi

 

Gianni Caproni

Aeronautical engineer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni

 

Padre Angelo Confalonieri

First official Trentino in Australia.

More information…

 

Alcide De Gasperi

First Italian prime minister from 1945 to 1953 (longest serving Italian prime minister), founder of Christian Democrat party, one of the founding fathers of the European Union EU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcide_De_Gasperi

 

Don Lorenzo Guetti

Founder of the cooperative movement in Trentino.

http://cms.klurig.com/uploads/brochure_federazione_Skills.doc

 

Martino Martini

Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian, mainly working in imperial China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martino_Martini

 

Francesco Moser

Cyclist, Giro d’Italia winner, world road racing champion, 3 time Paris-Roubaix winner, holder of the one hour world time trial record.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Moser

 

Alois Negrelli

Engineer, railroad pioneer and creator of the plans for the Suez Canal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Negrelli

 

Antonio Pedrotti

Conductor and composer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Pedrotti

 

Giovanni Prati

Poet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Prati

 

Riccardo Zandonai

Opera composer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Zandonai