List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Marcantonio Gozzadini was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Filippo Sega was a Catholic bishop from 1575 to 1596 and a cardinal from 1591 to 1596. He served as a papal diplomat in several important and sensitive posts, in Flanders, Spain, Vienna, Prague, and France.

Giovanni Carlo Bandi JUD was an Italian Cardinal who served as Bishop of Imola.

Ennio Tardini was an Italian lawyer who laid out the plans for the Stadio Ennio Tardini during his chairmanship of Parma A.C. Completion of the stadium's construction was after the death of Tardini. He also sat on the town council during the administration of Lusignan as his passion for sport was found in liberal politics, where he was at the heart of 1908's great agricultural strike of 1908, a precursor to the battles of the unions, which ran from 1919 to 1921, and led to the agricultural agreements.

Claudio Achillini was an Italian philosopher, theologian, mathematician, poet, and jurist.

Cosmê Tura, also known as Il Cosmè or Cosimo Tura, was an Italian early-Renaissance painter and considered one of the founders of the School of Ferrara.

Leandro Alberti (1479–1552) was an Italian Dominican historian.

Domenico Maria Canuti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome. He was a major painter of fresco decorations. His ceiling decorations showed a mix of Bolognese and Roman influences.