List of Famous people born in Basilicata, Italy

Simone Zaza is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Torino and the Italian national team.

Roberto Speranza is an Italian politician of the Chamber of Deputies who serves as national secretary of Article One. Since 5 September 2019, he has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. During his tenure, he had to face the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

Donato Bilancia was an Italian serial killer who murdered seventeen people – nine women and eight men – on the Italian Riviera in the period from October 1997 to April 1998.

Luciana Lamorgese is an Italian civil servant and prefect, and Minister of the Interior in the Conte II Cabinet since 5 September 2019. On February 13, 2021, she was confirmed in the same post within the new Draghi Cabinet.

Dino Tavarone is an Italian-Canadian actor most prominent in the Cinema of Quebec. He is most noted for his role as mafia boss Giuseppe Scarfo in the television series Omertà, and his performance in Manon Briand's film 2 Seconds , for which he received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999.

Luigi De Canio is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a full-back.

Giovanni Saverio Furio Pittella is an Italian politician who served as Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group from 2014 to 2018 and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Italy from 1999 to 2018. He previously served as First Vice President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014.

Ruggero Deodato is an Italian film director, and has also performed as both a screenwriter, and more recently an actor in both his own and other projects.