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Alfredo Costanzo, Australian motor racing driver born in Calabria; Alfredo Valente (photographer), photographer, singer, painter and art collector; Aloysius Lilius, 16th-century astronomer who created the Gregorian Calendar; Amyris of Sybaris, consulted the Delphic oracle; Annalisa Insarda, film, television, theatre and voice actress
Pages in category "People from Calabria" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The high unemployment rate in Calabria has led to extensive migration and Calabria's biggest export has been its own people as Calabrians have moved to either other parts of Italy and abroad, especially to the United States, Canada and Argentina, to seek a better life. [113]
Ruffo di Calabria family (9 P) S. ... Pages in category "People of Calabrian descent" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total.
The Bruttians (alternative spelling, Brettii) (Latin: Bruttii) were an ancient Italic people. They inhabited the southern extremity of Italy, from the frontiers of Lucania to the Sicilian Straits and the promontory of Leucopetra. [1] This roughly corresponds to the modern region of Calabria.
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, and Molise, but mostly concentrated in the regions of Calabria and Sicily).
He was among the key figures of Italy's unification in 1860. Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952), was a statesman and prime minister during the concluding years of World War I . Luigi Sturzo (1871–1959), was a Catholic political leader and leading opponent of Fascism.
The Greek of Southern Italy, although greatly reduced, remained active in isolated enclaves in Calabria and Salento. Even after the Middle Ages there were sporadic migrations from mainland Greece. Thus, considerable numbers of refugees entered the region in the 16th and 17th centuries.