List of Famous people born in Apulia, Italy

Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2.

Joseph Orlando was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of Mad and the vice president of DC Comics, where he edited numerous titles and ran DC's Special Projects department.

Salvatore De Giorgi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Palermo from 1996 until his retirement in 2006. He was made a cardinal in 1998. He was first made a bishop in 1973 and led other dioceses in his native Apulia from 1978 to 1990.

Gabriella Cristiani is an Italian film editor with about twenty feature film credits. She has had a notable collaboration with director Bernardo Bertolucci. Early in her career she assisted editor Franco Arcalli on two of Bertolucci's films, Last Tango in Paris (1972) and 1900 (1976). Arcalli was the "supervising editor" on a 1977 film, Berlinguer, I Love You, that was one of Cristiani's first feature editing credits; the film was directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci - Bernardo's brother. Arcalli was to have edited Bernardo Bertolucci's next film, La Luna (1979), but he died during production; Cristiani, who was assisting, then took over as editor.

Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. He died of a heart ailment in 2002.

Esin Afşar was a well-known Turkish singer and stage actress.

Enzo Fiermonte, sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer.

Angelo Adamo Gregucci is an Italian football coach and former player.

Bruno Musarò is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt since 2015.

Emilio Solfrizzi is an Italian actor and comedian.