List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Gaetano Bellei (1857–1922) was an Italian painter; best known for his genre scenes, portraits, works on religious subjects.

Senhit Zadik Zadik, known professionally as simply Senhit, is an Italian singer. She represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with "Stand By" and would have represented it again in 2020 with "Freaky!". On 18 May 2020, SMRTV announced that Senhit would represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Adrenalina".

Romano Mussolini was an Italian jazz pianist, painter and film producer. He was the fourth and youngest son of Benito Mussolini, who was the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 until 1943.

Nicolò Melli is an Italian-American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the senior Italian national team. He mainly plays at the power forward position, but he has also played at center. Melli earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2017.

Adelmo Fornaciari, more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teacher used to call him. His music is largely inspired by gospel, soul, blues and rock music, and alternates between Italian ballads and more rhythmic R&B-boogie-like pieces. He is credited as the "father of Italian blues", introducing blues to the big stage in Italy. He is one of the few European blues artists who still enjoys great international success.

Nicoletta Braschi is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni.

Sara Errani is a professional tennis player from Italy. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won nine WTA singles titles and 27 doubles titles. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013, and became the world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 10 September 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks.

Nicola Rizzoli is an Italian former football referee who refereed in the Italian Serie A from 2002 to 2017 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2007 to 2017. He refereed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina on 13 July at the Estádio do Maracanã and the 2013 Champions League Final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium. Rizzoli won seven consecutive AIC Serie A Referee of the Year Awards from 2011 to 2017. On 18 February 2017, Soccer 360 included Rizzoli on its list of the top 5 referees in the 21st century.

Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Galileo. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles.

Enea Bastianini is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship.