Enrico Fermi - Nobel Prize in Physics (1938), graduated from the University of L'Aquila in 1922. Known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor.
Giuseppe Occhialini - Physicist, graduated in 1930. Contributed to the discovery of the pion.
Carlo Rubbia - Nobel Prize in Physics (1984), graduated in 1957. Known for his work on the discovery of W and Z particles.
Franco Modigliani - Nobel Prize in Economics (1985), graduated in 1939. Known for his work on the life-cycle hypothesis of savings.