List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti was an Italian classical guitarist and composer.

Agostino Barelli was an Italian architect of the Baroque.

Lorenzo Bianchetti (1545–1612) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Ardoino da Piacenza was an Italian cardinal. His first name is listed also as Arduino.

Lodovico de Ferrari was an Italian mathematician.

Girolamo Agucchi was a Catholic cardinal from 1604 to 1605.

Carlo Rossetti (Roscetti) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, born of the noble Rossetti family in Ferrara. Earlier in his career he went to London as a secret nuncio on behalf of Pope Urban VIII. While in London, he was addressed as Lord Charles Rossetti and was referred to as Prince Rossetti, using his title as Italian nobility for his cover, rather than as a representative of the Roman Catholic Church to avoid persecution.

Luigi Illica was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera libretti are those for La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea Chénier.