List of Famous people born in Apulia, Italy

Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolific a number of works as either; and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique.

Leonardo Leo, more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer.

Gaetano Veneziano was an Italian composer. His son Giovanni Veneziano was also a composer.

Pietro Carloni was an Italian stage and film actor.

Mario Alberizzi (1609–1680) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Cardinal Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina (1675–1680), Archbishop of Tivoli (1676–1679), and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria (1671–1675).

Saint Magnus of Anagni, also known as Magnus of Trani or Magnus of Fabrateria Vetus, is venerated as the patron saint of Anagni.

Niccolò Radulovich (1627–1702) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Giuseppe De Nittis was one of the most important Italian painters of the 19th century, whose work merges the styles of Salon art and Impressionism.