List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Ruggero Raimondi is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures.

Nicoletta Machiavelli was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.

Valentinian III was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. Made emperor in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by powerful generals vying for power amid civil wars and the invasions of Late Antiquity's Migration Period, including the campaigns of Attila the Hun.

Andrea Dovizioso is an Italian professional motorcycle racer who competed in the MotoGP world championship. He won the 125cc World Championship in 2004. He also finished third in the MotoGP class in 2011 and is a three-time runner-up in the premier class, after finishing second to Marc Márquez in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Pope Pius VII, born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in 1823. Chiaramonti was also a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict in addition to being a well-known theologian and bishop throughout his life.

Il Volo is an Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of baritone Gianluca Ginoble, and tenors, Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto. They describe their music as "popera". Having won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, they represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. They reached third place, but managed to secure a solid first-place victory in the televoting.

Angelo Carlo Chendi was an Italian cartoonist.

Marco Bellocchio is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.

Maurizio "Zanza" Zanfanti was an Italian playboy who operated in Rimini and claimed to have slept with 6,000 women and to have done more for the Italian Riviera than "100 tourist agencies". He died from a myocardial infarction.

Paolo Malatesta, also known as il Bello, was the third son of Malatesta da Verucchio, lord of Rimini. He is best known for the story of his affair with Francesca da Polenta, portrayed by Dante in a famous episode of his Inferno. He was the brother of Giovanni (Gianciotto) and Malatestino Malatesta.