List of Famous people born in Apulia, Italy

Antonio Conte is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach at Serie A club Inter Milan.

Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento, also known simply as Thiago, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Spain national team.

Antonio D'Amico is an Italian model and fashion designer.

Antonio Maria Giovinazzi is an Italian racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alfa Romeo Racing. He was the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship runner-up and raced with Prema in the 2016 GP2 Series, again finishing runner-up with five wins and eight overall podiums. Giovinazzi was chosen by Scuderia Ferrari to be their third and reserve driver for the 2017 season. He made his competitive debut for Sauber at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix, replacing the injured Pascal Wehrlein. He also replaced Wehrlein at the following Chinese Grand Prix as Wehrlein continued his recovery. Giovinazzi signed a contract to race full-time for Alfa Romeo Racing in 2019.

Giuseppe Conte is an Italian university professor, jurist, lawyer and politician, who has been serving as Prime Minister of Italy since 1 June 2018. On 26 January 2021, Conte resigned his position as prime minister, which will become effective when a new government will be sworn in.

Antonio Cassano is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A talented and technically gifted player, he was usually deployed as a supporting forward, but could also play as an attacking midfielder, winger, or as a striker. Nicknamed Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia, and Fantantonio, he was known for his short temper as much as his skill and ability on the pitch.

Roberta Vinci is a retired Italian tennis player. She is the winner of five Grand Slam tournaments in doubles. Until 6 April 2015, she held the position of world No. 1 in doubles, and reached a career-high of No. 7 in singles in May 2016. She is the fourth Italian woman to have reached the top 10 in singles, having attained the rank after Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani. At 33 years and 4 days old, she became the oldest player ever to make her first appearance in the top 10.

Flavia Pennetta is a retired Italian tennis player and Grand Slam champion in both singles and doubles. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. She became a Grand Slam singles champion by winning the US Open in 2015, where she defeated her childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the first all-Italian Grand Slam final.

Graziano Pellè is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Parma.

Oktay Sinanoğlu was an internationally renowned Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist.