List of Famous people born in Calabria, Italy

Bohemond I was the Prince of Taranto from 1089 to 1111 and the Prince of Antioch from 1098 to 1111. He was a leader of the First Crusade, which was governed by a committee of nobles. The Norman monarchy he founded in Antioch arguably outlasted those of England and of Sicily.

Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman, renowned scholar of antiquity, and writer serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname; not his rank. He also founded a monastery, Vivarium, where he spent the last years of his life.

Antonio Catricalà is an Italian public manager, politician, professor, lawyer and magistrate.

Francesco Leonetti was an Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist.

Theano of Crotone is the name given to perhaps two Pythagorean philosophers. She has been called the pupil, daughter or wife of Pythagoras, although others made her the wife of Brontinus. Her place of birth and the identity of her father are just as uncertain, there is some uncertainty if Theano can be the daughter of Brontinus the Orphic, it is still misleading but many sources are explaining that Brontinus might be the best chance to be the father of Theano, even though other made her the wife of Brontinus, leading some authors to suggest that there was more than one person whose details have become merged. A few fragments and letters ascribed to her have survived which are of uncertain authorship.

Myia was a Pythagorean philosopher and, according to later tradition, one of the daughters of Theano and Pythagoras.

Leonida Rèpaci was an Italian writer and political activist. He won the Bagutta Prize in 1933 and was one of the originators of the Viareggio Prize, with Carlo Salsa and Alberto Colantuoni. He administered the prize until 1935 and then from 1946 until his death. From 1945 to 1946 he was the co-editor of the newspaper Il Tempo.

Cesare Previti is a former Italian politician and convicted criminal. He was, with Marcello Dell'Utri, a close friend and right-hand of Silvio Berlusconi and founder of Forza Italia.