List of known people in Calabria
The list of known people in Calabria gives an overview of people who come from Calabria and about whom there is an article in the German-language Wikipedia.
Antiquity
| Philistion of Lokroi | (around 427–347 BC) | Doctor, was considered one of the most important doctors of his time |
| Cassiodorus | (around 490-583) | Statesman, scholar and writer |
middle Ages
| John VII (Pope) | († 707) | Pope from 705 to 707 |
| Nilus by Rossano | (around 910–1004) | Greek monk, founder of Grottaferrata |
| Christodulos | († after 1125) | Admiral of Roger II of Sicily |
| Bartholomew of Simeri | (around 1050–1130) | Holy Greek monk, founder of the Patirion near Rossano |
| Joachim of Fiore | (around 1130–1202) | Abbot, founder of the order, theologian of history |
| Barlaam of Calabria | (around 1290–1348) | Cleric and scholar |
| Franz von Paola | (around 1436–1507) | Order founder and saint of the Roman Catholic Church |
Modern times
Bernardino Telesio (1508–1588)
Corrado Alvaro (1895–1956)
Stefano Fiore (* 1975)
| Bernardino Telesio | (1508–1588) | Philosopher and naturalist |
| Aloisius Lilius | (around 1510–1576) | Philosopher and physician |
| Guglielmo Sirleto | (1514–1585) | Cardinal, Librarian of the Roman Church, Protector of the Brazilians |
| Kilic Ali Pasha | (1519–1587) | Admiral and Corsair |
| Tommaso Campanella | (1568-1639) | Philosopher and Dominican |
| Mattia Preti | (1613-1699) | Painter, pupil of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio |
| Pasquale Galluppi | (1770–1864) | philosopher |
| Guglielmo Pepe | (1783–1855) | general |
| Paolo Serrao | (1830–1907) | Composer and music teacher |
| Maria Oliverio | (around 1840–1864) | Brigantine, went down in the folk history of Calabria |
| Alessandro Longo | (1864–1945) | Composer and musicologist |
| Francesco Cilea | (1866–1950) | Composer and music teacher |
| Umberto Boccioni | (1882-1916) | futuristic painter and sculptor |
| Corrado Alvaro | (1895–1956) | Writer and journalist |
20th century
| Giuseppe Maria Sensi | (1907-2001) | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Renato Dulbecco | (1914–2012) | Biologist, awarded the Nobel Prize |
| Raf Vallone | (1916-2002) | Film actor |
| Aroldo Tieri | (1917-2006) | Theater and film actor |
| Mimmo Rotella | (1918-2006) | Artist known for his décollages |
| Giuseppe Agostino | (1928-2014) | Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano |
| Rocco Granata | (* 1938) | Singer |
| Salvatore Nunnari | (* 1939) | Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano |
| Federico Guglielmo Lento | (1942-2010) | Doctor and politician |
| Franco Reitano | (1942–2012) | Musician and composer |
| Mino Reitano | (1944–2009) | Singer, songwriter and composer |
| Gianni Amelio | (* 1945) | Film director, multiple winner of the European Film Prize |
| Gianni Versace | (1946–1997) | Fashion designer (brother of Donatella Versace) |
| Mia Martini | (1947–1995) | Singer (sister of Loredana Bertè) |
| Giovanni De Gennaro | (* 1948) | Head of the Polizia di Stato |
| Loredana Bertè | (* 1950) | Singer (sister of Mia Martini) |
| Rino Gaetano | (1950–1981) | song writer |
| Nicola Calipari | (1953-2005) | Employee of the Italian foreign secret service |
| Donatella Versace | (* 1955) | Fashion designer (sister of Gianni Versace) |
| Mario Fortunato | (* 1958) | Writer and journalist |
| Giuseppe Veltri | (* 1958) | Judaist |
| Antonio Staglianò | (* 1959) | Bishop of Noto |
| Giorgio Basile | (* 1960) | Member of the 'Ndrangheta |
| Massimo Mauro | (* 1962) | former soccer player |
| Francesco Panetta | (* 1963) | Middle and long distance runners |
| Mark Iuliano | (* 1973) | Soccer player |
| Francesco Cozza | (* 1974) | Soccer player |
| Vittorio Tosto | (* 1974) | Soccer player |
| Stefano Fiore | (* 1975) | Soccer player |
| Gennaro Gattuso | (* 1978) | Soccer player, member of the Italian national team, 2006 world champion |
| Stefano Morrone | (* 1978) | Soccer player |
| Rhys J. Coiro | (* 1979) | US-American actor |
| Vincenzo Iaquinta | (* 1979) | Soccer player, member of the Italian national team, 2006 world champion |
| Giuseppe Sculli | (* 1981) | Soccer player |
| Alessandro Rosina | (* 1984) | Soccer player |