List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Oreste Biancoli was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 92 films between 1930 and 1986. He also directed nine films between 1938 and 1952. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Michele Lega S.T.D. J.U.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of Sacraments.

Domenico "Memo" Benassi was an Italian film actor who appeared in more than forty films in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the composer Beethoven in the 1942 film Rossini.

Giulio Piazza (1663–1726) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Cesare Facchinetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.

Fausto Guerzoni (1904–1967) was an Italian film actor. A character actor, he appeared in Italian films in supporting roles from the mid-1930s.

Auguste Henri Ponsot was a French politician and statesman.

Giovanni Manardo was an Italian physician, botanist, and humanist.

Lodovico Castelvetro was an important figure in the development of neo-classicism, especially in drama. It was his reading of Aristotle that led to a widespread adoption of a tight version of the Three Unities, as a dramatic standard.

Francesco Sacrati was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cesena (1622–1623), Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana (1621–1623), and Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1612–1622).