List of Famous people born in Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Ekkehard Tertsch was Spanish-Austrian journalist and a Nazi Germany diplomat. By his wife Felisa Maria de Iciar del Valle Lersundi y del Valle, of the family of the counts of Lersundi, he was father of journalist and politician Hermann Tertsch.

Adele Faccio was an Italian politician and deputy of the Radical Party.

Pietro I Orseolo, O.S.B. Cam. (928–987) was the Doge of Venice from 976 until 978. He abdicated his office and left in the middle of the night to become a monk. He later entered the Camaldolese Order. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church following his canonization in 1731. In 1733 the Venetian librarian Giuseppe Bettinelli published an edition of a biography written by the heretical Friar Fulgenzio Manfredi in 1606.

Samuel David Luzzatto was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. He is also known by his Hebrew acronym, Shadal.

Mario Maranzana was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Laura Mancinelli was an Italian writer, germanist medievalist and university professor.

Tiberio Mitri was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion.

Elsa Merlini, was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1931 and 1976. She was born in Trieste, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.