List of Famous people born in Calabria, Italy

Damo was a Pythagorean philosopher said by many to have been the daughter of Pythagoras and Theano.

Alessandro Longo was an Italian composer and musicologist.

Giuseppe Maria Sensi was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as a longtime Vatican diplomat.

Mario Oliverio is an Italian politician. From 2004 to 2012, he was president of the Province of Cosenza. He served as President of the Calabria region from 2014 to 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Giuseppe Scopelliti is an Italian politician.

Jone Salinas was an Italian film actress. She was married to the producer Antonio Musu.

Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist from Scilla, lived in Palmi, who converted the substance Salicin into a sugar and a second component, which on oxidation becomes salicylic acid, a major component of the analgesic drug Aspirin. Other reactions discovered by Piria were the conversion of aspartic acid to malic acid by action of nitrogen dioxide, and the reaction of aromatic nitro compounds with sulfite towards aminosulfonic acids.

Barlaam of Seminara, c. 1290–1348, or Barlaam of Calabria was a southern Italian scholar and clergyman of the 14th century, as well as a humanist, philologist and theologian.