Some of the notable alumni and professors Selection of Alumni Sapienza University can boast several illustrious professors and alumni from the past and the present. From
Nicolaus Copernicus to
Maria Montessori, from
Luigi Pirandello to
Tullio De Mauro, from
Sergio Mattarella to
Mario Draghi. Numerous Nobel Prize winners have been professors or have graduated from Sapienza:
Guglielmo Marconi,
Enrico Fermi,
Daniel Bovet,
Emilio Segrè,
Giulio Natta,
Carlo Rubbia,
Franco Modigliani.
Nobel Prize Winners •
Guglielmo Marconi – 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics; taught Electro-magnetic Waves - Physics at Sapienza 1935–1937. •
Enrico Fermi – 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics; Chair of Theoretical Physics at Sapienza 1926–1938. •
Daniel Bovet – 1957 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, Chair of Psychobiology at Sapienza 1971–1982. •
Emilio Segrè – 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics; Chair of Physics at Sapienza 1928–1935. •
Giulio Natta – 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Chair of Physical Chemistry at Sapienza 1935–1937. •
Carlo Rubbia – 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics; Assistant Professor of Physics 1959–1960. •
Franco Modigliani – 1985 Nobel Prize in Economics; graduated in Law in 1939. •
Barry C. Barish – 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics; Fermi Chair of Physics at Sapienza 2019. •
Giorgio Parisi – 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics; Chair of Theoretical Physics 1992–2018. •
Serge Haroche – 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics; Fermi Chair of Physics at Sapienza 2022.
Politics, Diplomats & Administrators •
Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), politician. •
Laura Boldrini, politician. •
Giuseppe Conte, politician. •
Francesco del Bene, law firm founder. •
Mario Draghi, economist, politician. •
Paolo Gentiloni, politician. •
Gianni Letta, politician and journalist. •
Sergio Mattarella, politician, 12th President of Italy. •
Firmin Edouard Matoko,
Congolese diplomat and Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations at UNESCO. •
Federica Mogherini, politician and rector of the
College of Europe. •
Antonio Rodotà,
European Space Agency Director General. •
Francesco Rutelli, politician. •
Antonio Tajani, politician. •
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, French Minister.
Journalism •
Paolo Mieli, journalist.
Economics •
Mario Draghi, economist, politician. •
Ignazio Visco, economist. •
Enrico Giovannini, statistician.
Literature and Arts •
Barbara Jatta, historian of art. •
Alberto Angela, paleontologist. •
Emma Castelnuovo (1913–2014), mathematician. •
Porpora Marcasciano, sociologist and LGBT activist.
Business •
Luca Montezemolo, entrepreneur and
Ferrari's CEO •
Pierpaolo Piccioli,
Valentino and
Balenciaga creative director
Entertainment •
Luca Guadagnino, director. •
Antonello Venditti, singer-songwriter. •
Carlo Verdone, actor, director. •
Claudio Baglioni, musician. •
Edoardo Leo, actor. •
Cristiana Capotondi, actor.
Science and Academia •
Maria Montessori (1870–1952), physician and pedagogue. •
Eugenio Pacelli (1876–1958), Pope. •
Cesare Bazzani (1873–1939), architect. •
María Casanova de Chaudet (1899–1947), director of Argentina's first petrographic laboratory. •
Barbara Jatta, historian of art. •
Alberto Angela, paleontologist.
Sports •
Caterina Banti, sailor, Olympic champion. •
Andrea Stella,
Formula One engineer and executive.
Faculty and staff Among the prominent scholars who have taught at the Sapienza University of Rome are architects
Ernesto Basile and
Bruno Zevi; chemist
Emanuele Paternò; jurists
Antonio Salandra,
Sabino Cassese and
Giuliano Amato; mathematician
Vito Volterra; pharmacologist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Daniel Bovet; chemist and Nobel Laureate
Giulio Natta; philosophers
Luigi Ferri and
Augusto Del Noce; physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics
Enrico Fermi; political scientist
Roberto Forges Davanzati. •
Carlo Costamagna •
Cardinal Mazarin •
Mario Oriani-Ambrosini •
Corrado Gini, statistician •
Lucio Bini and
Ugo Cerletti, psychiatrists •
Corrado Böhm, computer scientist •
Benedetto Castelli, mathematician •
Andrea Cesalpino, physician and botanist •
Federigo Enriques, mathematician •
Maria Montessori, physician and pedagogist •
Paola S. Timiras, biologist •
Barnaba Tortolini, mathematician •
Andrea Zitolo, physical-chemist •
Edoardo Amaldi •
Oscar D'Agostino •
Ettore Majorana •
Bruno Pontecorvo •
Franco Rasetti •
Giovanni Battista Beccaria •
Giovanni Jona-Lasinio •
Luciano Maiani •
Domenico Pacini •
Antonio Signorini •
Nicola Cabibbo, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences •
Cora Sternberg •
Carlo Franzinetti, physicist •
Alessandro Piccolo (agricultural scientist), Professor at University of Naples Federico II,
Humboldt Prize in Chemistry •
Salvatore Dierna, architect, professor of environmental design
Humanities •
Anna Maria Bisi, archaeologist •
Cesare Borgia, Cardinal,
condottiero and politician of the 15th century •
Piero Boitani, literary critic, writer and academic •
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, jurisconsult •
Silvia Berti, historian •
Lazarus Buonamici, renaissance humanist •
Umberto Cassuto, Hebrew language and Bible scholar •
Marcel Danesi, language scientist •
Ernesto de Martino, anthropologist and ethnologist •
Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, poet •
Count Angelo de Gubernatis, orientalist •
Predrag Matvejević, writer and academic •
Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece •
Giuseppe Tucci, orientalist •
Mario Liverani, orientalist •
Paolo Matthiae, director of the archeological expedition of
Ebla •
Antonio Nibby, archaeologist •
Diego Laynez, second general of the
Society of Jesus •
Giulio Mazzarino, politician and cardinal •
Mauro Olivieri, professor of electronics •
Alessandro Roncaglia, economist •
Giulio Salvadori, literary critic and poet •
Giuseppe Scaraffia, literary critic •
Ugo Spirito, philosopher •
Giuseppe Ungaretti, poet •
Bernardino Varisco, philosopher •
Musine Kokalari,
Albanian writer ==See also==