List of Famous people born in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini was a painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti. As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of Rome, in which he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are his view of the interior of the Pantheon, and his vedute—paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome. Most of his works, especially those of ruins, have a fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of capriccio themes. In this they resemble the capricci of Marco Ricci. Panini also painted portraits, including one of Pope Benedict XIV.

Saint Catherine of Bologna [Caterina de' Vigri] was an Italian Poor Clare nun, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.

Giuseppe Sarti was an Italian opera composer.

Francesco del Cossa was an Italian Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara.

Sebastiano Serlio was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influential treatise variously known as I sette libri dell'architettura or Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospetiva.

Ida Galli is an Italian film actress best known for her roles in Spaghetti Western and giallo films in the 1960s and 1970s. Galli has appeared under several pseudonyms, including Arianna, Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon.

Achille Grassi was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Berlinghiero Gessi was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.

Pina Gallini was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1935 and 1963.

Giglio Gregorio Giraldi was an Italian scholar and poet.