List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of the Baroque style, borrowing from styles from both north and south of their native city, and aspiring for a return to classical monumentality, but adding a more vital dynamism. Painters working under Annibale at the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese would be highly influential in Roman painting for decades.

Calisto Tanzi was an Italian businessman and convicted fraudster. He founded Parmalat in 1961, after dropping out of college. Parmalat collapsed in 2003 with a €14bn hole in its accounts in what remains Europe's biggest bankruptcy. In 2008 Tanzi was found to have embezzled an estimated €800 million from the company, and was jailed for fraud. Although sentenced to up to 18 years in prison, Tanzi served just over two years in jail and then was placed under house arrest.

Massimo Osti (1944–2005) was an Italian garment engineer and fashion designer, most famous as the founder of the apparel brands Stone Island and C.P. Company. Osti's products were a mix of his own innovations and design ideas he got from studying military clothing, work-wear, and sportswear.

Emilio Pericoli was an Italian singer. He was born in Cesenatico, Romagna.

Massimo Quinto Foschi is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Giancarlo Zagni was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Aureliana Alberici is an Italian academic and former politician. She served as a Senator for the Italian Communist Party and the Democratic Party of the Left from 1987 to 1996.

Bartolomeo "Meuccio" Ruini was an Italian politician.