Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600), (Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus) born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreover, that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited worlds populated by other intelligent beings. He was burned at the stake by civil authorities in 1600 after the Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy for his pantheism and turned him over to the state, which at that time considered heresy illegal. After his death he gained considerable fame, particularly among 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who, focusing on his astronomical beliefs, regarded him as a martyr for free thought and modern scientific ideas.

Some assessments suggest that Bruno's ideas about the universe played a smaller role in his trial than his pantheist beliefs, which differed from the interpretations and scope of God held by the Catholic Church. In addition to his cosmological writings, Bruno also wrote extensively on the art of memory, a loosely organized group of mnemonic techniques and principles. The work of Frances Yates, especially influential in anglophone scholarship, argues that Bruno was deeply influenced by the astronomy found in Arab astrology, Neoplatonism and Renaissance Hermeticism. Other recent studies of Bruno have focused on his qualitative approach to mathematics and his application of the spatial paradigms of geometry to language.

Anna Giordano Bruno (born 13 December 1980) is an Italian track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She is a double Italian record holder in the event with an outdoor best of 4.60 metres and an indoor best of 4.50 m. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and represented Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She has also competed at European-level both indoors and outdoors.

Born in San Vito al Tagliamento, Giordano Bruno grew up in northern city of Trieste. She first cleared the height of 4.00 metres in 2002 but her progress stagnated over the following two years. She graduated from the University of Udine with a degree in mathematics in 2004 and went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Padua.

She graduated from the University of Udine with a degree in Mathematics in 2004, and she got a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Udine in 2008. Then she went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Padua. From May 2011 she is a Researcher in Algebra at the University of Udine.