- Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
- Italian condottiere and duke of Milan 1450–66.
- Italian condottiere.
- duke of Milan 1494–1500 (son of Francesco Sforza).
- Count Carlo (ˈkarlo). 1873–1952, Italian statesman; leader of the anti-Fascist opposition
- Francesco (franˈtʃesko). 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66)
- his father Giacomuzzo (dʒakoˈmuttso) or Muzio (ˈmuttsjo), original name Attendolo. 1369–1424, Italian condottiere and founder of the dynasty that ruled Milan (1450–1535)
- Lodovico (lodoˈviːko), called the Moor. 1451– 1508, duke of Milan (1494–1500), but effective ruler from 1480; patron of Leonardo da Vinci
