Famous People from Trieste, Italy

There are many famous people who are from or have lived in Trieste, Italy.  Irish novelist James Joyce lived here for ten years prior to the start of the First World War.  There is a statue of him in the park across the street and a plaque on a building where he lived a couple of blocks from where we are staying.  I had a coffee at nearby San Marco Cafe, that has been in operation for over one-hundred years, where I sat visualizing Joyce having a coffee and a drink (or two) at the same location.

The only other names on the Wikipedia list that I recognized were "British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, a fencer, and diplomat," Richard Francis Burton, who served here as British Consul, and actor George Dolenz, who  was the father of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees.

There is also an indirect family connection to Trieste, as my sister-in-law Pat has roots here.  When I let her know that I was going to be in the neighbourhood she responded with the following details on her ancestors:

    "His name was Andrew (Andrea) Lorenzetti and he was born in Trieste in 1833.  His father was Pietro Lorenzetti, born in Rovigno, Italy (Croatia) and his mother is listed as Catherine Esbizada.  No info on her."

Although there was no Lorenzettis on the Wikipedia list of famous writers, actors, and politicians, they were still here in Trieste just the same.  In my extended family that makes them just as famous, if not more.