List of Famous people born in Marche, Italy

Stefano Sensi is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team.

Giovanni Battista Draghi, often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera La serva padrona. His compositions include operas and sacred music. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 26.

Giacomo "Jack" Bonaventura ( is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina, and the Italy national football team.

Vittorio Merloni was an Italian entrepreneur and industrialist. He was the honorary chairman of Indesit and Fineldo, the family holding company that controls Indesit and other group interests.

Galeazzo Maria Sforza was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until his assassination a decade later. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel and tyrannical.

Battista Sforza was the Duchess of Urbino and second wife of Federico da Montefeltro.

Decio Azzolino was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, code-breaker, investigator and leader of the Squadrone Volante.

Paola Agnese Malatesta also Paola of Mantua was an Italian noblewoman of the noble family House of Malatesta, rulers of Rimini and Pesaro. She was born in Pesaro in 1393 to Malatesta IV Malatesta, lord of Pesaro and Fossombrone, and Elisabetta da Varano. On 22 August 1409 she married Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, leader of Mantua, in Pesaro. She was the first Marquesa of Mantua after her husband received the title. Paola had six children and introduced the genetic disease of kyphosis to the Gonzaga family which showed in subsequent generations.

Bruno Bruni senior is an Italian lithographer, graphic artist, painter and sculptor. He became commercially successful in the 1970s. In 1977, he won the International Senefeld award for Lithography. He has since become one of the most successful Italian artists in Germany and one of Germany's best known lithographers.

Ginevra Sforza was the wife and counselor of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna.