Veltroni

Last updated July 11, 2019

Veltroni is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Stefano Veltroni (16th century), Italian Renaissance painter
Walter Veltroni (born 1955), Italian writer, film director, journalist, and politician

Stefano Veltroni was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was a relation of Giorgio Vasari, and accompanied him as an assistant to Naples, Bologna, and Florence.

Walter Veltroni is an Italian writer, film director, journalist, and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from June 2001 to February 2008.

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