List of Famous people born in Calabria, Italy

Girolamo Grillo was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

Fausto Gullo was an Italian politician.

Michele Coppolillo is an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in nine editions of the Giro d'Italia, one Tour de France and two editions of the Vuelta a España.

Michele Bianchi was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist leader who took a position in the Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) He was among the founding members of the Fascist movement. He was widely seen as the dominant leader of the leftist, syndicalist wing of the National Fascist Party. He took an active role in the "interventionist left" where he "espoused an alliance between nationalism and syndicalism." He was one of the most influential politicians of the regime before his succumbing to tuberculosis in 1930. He was also one of the grand architects behind the "Great List" which secured the parliamentary majority in favor of the fascists.

Ercole Lupinacci was an Italian of Arbëreshë ethnicity and Bishop Emeritus of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro.

Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo was an Italian cardinal and politician, who led the popular anti-republican Sanfedismo movement.

Francesco Reda is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport, after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).