Calvi, Renaissance painter Luca Cattapani, late Renaissance painter Sergio Cofferati, member of European Parliament and former mayor of Bologna Walter Corsanini, football player Gerard of Cremona, translator of scientific books from Arabic into Latin Francesco and Giuseppe Dattaro, father and son team of architects Sandrone Dazieri, crime writer Roberto Farinacci, fascist politician Giacomo Gentili, world rowing champion Arcangelo Ghisleri, geographer, writer, and politician Luigi Guido Grandi, monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and engineer Giuseppe Guarneri, luthier Manolo Guindani, retired footballer and manager Saint Homobonus, patron saint of Cremona, as well as business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers Liutprand of Cremona, bishop of Cremona, historian, and author Giovanni Lucchi, bowmaker Filippo de Lurano, early 16th-century composer Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi, Italian economist Franco Mari, actor Primo Mazzolari, priest and writer Altobello Melone, painter Tarquinio Merula, composer of the Baroque era Mina, singer (nicknamed the Tiger of Cremona) Claudio Monteverdi, composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras Benedetto Pallavicino, composer of the Renaissance Oreste Perri, sprint canoeist in the 1970s and mayor of Cremona from June 2009 to June 2014 Amilcare Ponchielli, composer Costanzo Porta, composer of the Renaissance Girolamo del Prato, sculptor and craftsman Aldo Protti, opera singer Quartetto di Cremona, Italian string quartet Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman general and politician Francesco Rugeri, luthier Vincenzo Rugeri, luthier Sicard of Cremona, prelate, historian and writer Antonio Stradivari, renowned luthier Ugo Tognazzi, actor, director, and screenwriter Juanelo Turriano, clockmaker, engineer, and mathematician Pietro Dalle Vedove, football player Gianluca Vialli, footballer and manager Marco Girolamo Vida, bishop Chiara Ferragni, influencer References Bibliography External links City's portal http://www.cremonamusica.com/ 218 BC 210s BC establishments Roman towns and cities in Italy Cities and towns in Lombardy Territories of the Republic of Venice