List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Andrea Minguzzi is an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.

Carlo Matteucci was an Italian physicist and neurophysiologist who was a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity.

Violetta Zironi is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress.

Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta ; 1255 – c. 1285) was the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy.

Michele de Lucchi is an Italian architect and designer.

Antonio Samorè was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.

Cesare Gennari was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His Saint Mary Magdalene is in the Pinacoteca Civica di Cento. His Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Nicholas of Bari is at the Pinacoteca di Bologna.

Giovanni Maria Galli, called Giovanni Maria da Bibiena, was born at Bibiena in 1625. He studied under Albani, and his productions have often been mistaken for those of his master. He died in 1665. Of his larger works in the churches at Bologna the following are the most esteemed: The Ascension, in the Certosa; St. Anne, in Santa Maria della Carità; St. Andrew, in San Biagio; and St. Francis of Sales, at the Padri Servi. This artist was the founder of a family of whom no fewer than nine are known to fame, all of whom bore the surname of Bibiena.