Arts and Music

• Umberto Giordano (born 1867, died 1948)

  Italian operatic composer.

  • Composed Andrea Chénier (see list of Romantic Composers)

Leadership

• Umberto II (born 1904, died 1983)

  King of Italy, 1946.

  • Italy''s last king, he was deposed by Mussolini after ruling for less than a month (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Science and Philosophy

• Umberto Guidoni (born 1954)

  Italian astrophysicist and astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1996) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)