Bologna has produced a number of well-known artists, actors, f1 drivers, football players, economists and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Bologna includes Annibale Carracci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alex Zanardi, Christian Vieri, Pierluigi Collina, and many others.

Famous People Born In Bologna

Guglielmo Marconi

25 April 1874, Italian

Inventor

Annibale Carracci

03 November 1560, Italian

Painter

Pier Paolo Pasolini

05 March 1922, Italian

Film director, Writer, Actor, Poet, Screenwriter,

Alex Zanardi

23 October 1966, Italian

Sport cyclist, Racecar driver, Television

Christian Vieri

12 July 1973, Italian

Association football player

Pierluigi Collina

13 February 1960, Italian

Association football referee, Writer, Economist

Sara Errani

29 April 1987, Italian

Tennis player

Rossano Brazzi

18 September 1916, Italian

Actor, Film director, Singer

Veronica Lario

19 July 1956, Italian

Actor

Pope Gregory XIII

07 January 1502, Italian

Luigi Galvani

09 September 1737, Italian

Anatomist, Physicist, Physician, University

Gianluca Pagliuca

18 December 1966, Italian

Association football player

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

31 August 1947, Italian

Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Racecar

Ottorino Respighi

09 July 1879, Italian

Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator,

Serena Grandi

23 March 1958, Italian

Actor, Model

Lucio Dalla

04 March 1943, Italian

Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician,

Guido Reni

04 November 1575, Italian

Painter

Giorgio Morandi

20 July 1890, Italian

Painter, Teacher, Soldier, Etcher, University

Pope Benedict XIV

31 March 1675, Italian

Pope

Alessandro Cortini

24 May 1976, Italian

Singer, Guitarist

Stefano Accorsi

02 March 1971, Italian

Stage actor, Film actor

Catherine of Bologna

08 September 1413, Italian

Saint

Lavinia Fontana

24 August 1552, Italian

Painter

Laura Bassi

31 October 1711, Italian

Italian physicist, Academic

Domenichino

31 October 1581, Italian

painter, architect

Pope Gregory XV

09 January 1554, Italian

Pope

Agostino Carracci

16 August 1557, Italian

Painter

Giorgio Bassani

04 March 1916, Italian

Novelist

Ulisse Aldrovandi

11 September 1522, Italian

Naturalist

Sebastiano Serlio

06 September 1475, Italian

Architect

Marcantonio Raimondi

1480 AD, Italian

Engraver

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Pope Innocent IX

20 July 1519, Italian

Pope

Gino Cervi

03 May 1901, Italian

Actor

Giovanni Battista Martini

24 April 1706, Italian

Musician

Ludovico Carracci

21 April 1555, Italian

Painter

Pope Lucius II

Italian

Pope

Alessandro Algardi

1598 AD, Italian

Sculptor

Scipione del Ferro

06 February 1465, Italian

Mathematician

Marco Minghetti

18 November 1818, Italian

Prime Minister, Politician, economist

Francesco Primaticcio

30 April 1504, Italian

Painter

Adriano Banchieri

03 September 1568, Italian

Composer

Giovanni Battista Vitali

18 February 1632, Italian

Composer

Riccardo Bacchelli

19 April 1891, Italian

Writer

Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder

18 January 1543, Italian

Composer

Francesco Francia

1450 AD, Italian

Artist

Alessandro Achillini

20 October 1463, Italian

Philosopher

Marcantonio Franceschini

05 April 1648, Italian

Painter

Vitale da Bologna

1309 AD, Italian

Painter

Carlo Cignani

15 May 1628, Italian

Painter

Giovanni Battista Caprara

29 May 1733, Italian

Diplomat

Franciscus Accursius

1225 AD, Italian

Lawyer

Alessandro Gavazzi

21 March 1809, Italian

Preacher

Azo of Bologna

1150 AD, Italian

Jurist

Bulgarus

1085 AD, Italian

Jurist

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

14 March 1665, Italian

Painter

Mondino de Liuzzi

1270 AD, Italian

Physician, Anatomist, Professor of surgery

Domenico Guglielmini

27 September 1655, Italian

Mathematician

Martinus Gosia

Italian

Jurist

Lodovico de Varthema

1470 AD, Italian

Traveler

Mondino De' Luzzi

1270 AD, Italian

Italian physician