Fabio Lanzoni

Lanzoni was born 15 March 1959 in Milan, Italy, to Flora Carnicelli Lanzoni and Sauro Lanzoni, a mechanical engineer and owner of a conveyor-belt factory and/or company. Lanzoni has an older brother, Walter (who The Spokesman-Review described as short and bald), and younger sister, Cristina. Lanzoni's father wanted Lanzoni to become an engineer and take over the family business.

When he was 3 years old, Lanzoni sampled liquors that were left on the kitchen counter, leading to him being hospitalized. Lanzoni claims this unpleasant experience "left a lasting bad impression" and caused his lifelong aversion to alcohol.

Fabio claims he first became aware of his magnetism in kindergarten: "After lunch, [the kindergarteners] would go for a little nap. All the little girls wanted to sleep next to me."

He first rode a motorbike at the age of 8 years old, and he credits a store close to his school as inspiring his lifelong fascination with motorcycles and dirt bikes.

During the first five years of Lanzoni's life, he was raised primarily by his grandmother, whom he has called "the most influential woman" in his life. She died of cancer when Lanzoni was 13, having kept her diagnosis a secret from the family. This death severely impacted Lanzoni, inspiring him to later become the spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.

Raised Catholic, he served as an altar boy. Lanzoni claims he was "always in trouble for breaking the rules and getting kicked out of school."

His modelling career began when he was discovered by a photographer while working out.

Lanzoni claimed he was "in the military for a couple of years", where they shaved his hair. He later clarified he served in the Italian Army in an interview with Maxim magazine.Lanzoni is best recognized for his appearance on the covers of hundreds of romance novels. In 2015, while describing his career, Lanzoni told The Guardian, I'd be the biggest hypocrite if I said I really worked very hard for my career, because it was given to me on a silver platter. I can't take any credit. My major focus was sports and going to the gym.