Carlo Formichi (14 February 1871 – 13 December 1943) was an Italian linguist, Anglicist and orientalist, English and Sanskrit Scholar. He took a keen interest in Buddhism and Hindu philosophy. Formichi was born in Naples and became interested in Sanskrit, studying from Michele Kerbaker, even before he went to university. He however studied law, graduating in 1891 and then studied literature, receiving a degree in 1893. He taught at a gymnasium in the Calabria region and after receiving a scholarship he went to the University of Kiel for oriental studies under Paul Deussen and Hermann Oldenberg. He attended orientalists' congresses at London (1892) and Paris (1897). Graduating in 1897 he returned to Naples where he taught Sanskrit philology and spent some time in Vienna and at Bologna under