List of Famous people born in Apulia, Italy

Giuseppe Caldarola was an Italian journalist and politician who served as a Deputy. Caldarola was born in Bari. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2001 Italian general election for the Democrats of the Left. In the 2006 general election he was elected to the Chamber for The Olive Tree. In 2007 Caldarola joined the Democratic Party (Italy).

Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore is an Italian TV host, showman, singer, musician, film actor, and film director.

Nicola Legrottaglie is an Italian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and most recently the manager of Delfino Pescara 1936.

Enzo de Muro Lomanto was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the lyric repertory.

Pierre Michel Nigro, better known as Michael Fortunati, is an Italo disco/Eurobeat singer.

Michele Pio Pirro is a motorcycle racer from Italy, who races in the CIV Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 R. He has also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and the Supersport World Championship. He is currently a test rider for Ducati in MotoGP.

Bohemond II was Prince of Taranto from 1111 to 1128 and Prince of Antioch from 1111/1119 to 1130. He was the son of Bohemond I, who in 1108 was forced to submit to the authority of the Byzantine Empire in the Treaty of Devol. Three years later, the infant Bohemond inherited the Principality of Taranto under the guardianship of his mother, Constance of France. The Principality of Antioch was administered by his father's nephew, Tancred, until 1111. Tancred's cousin, Roger of Salerno, managed the principality from 1111 to 1119. After Roger died in the Battle of the Field of Blood, Baldwin II of Jerusalem took over the administration of Antioch. However, he did acknowledge Bohemond's right to personally rule the principality upon reaching the age of majority.

Italia Almirante Manzini was an Italian actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1911 to 1934.