List of personalities of the city of Bergamo
This list contains personalities born in Bergamo as well as those who worked in Bergamo but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Bergamo-born personalities
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By 1700
- Bonagratia of Bergamo (≈1265–1340), Franciscan lay brother and lawyer
- Gasparino Barzizza (≈1360 – ≈1431), humanist
- Ambrogio Calepino (≈1440 – ≈1509), lexicographer
- Bramantino (1465–1530), painter and architect
- Bernardo Tasso (1493–1569), poet
- Gian Girolamo Albani (1504–1591), cardinal
- Guglielmo Gratorolo (1516–1568), alchemist and doctor
- Antonio Scandello (1517–1580), composer and court conductor
- Marcantonio Maffei (1521–1583), Archbishop of Chieti and Cardinal
- Francesco Terzio (1523–1591), painter, etcher and engraver
- Simone Peterzano (≈1535–1599), painter and teacher of Caravaggio
- Giovan Pietro Maffei (1536–1603), Jesuit, historian and secretary of the Republic of Genoa
- Zan Ganassa (≈1540 – ≈1584), stage actor
- Giovanni Cavaccio (1556–1626), composer, conductor and poet
- Pietro Cerone (1566–1625), music theorist and singer
- Pietro Bongo (? –1601), polyhistor and numerologist
- Evaristo Baschenis (1617–1677), baroque painter
- Nicolò Minato (≈1630–1698), poet, librettist and impresario
- Bartolomeo Bettera (1639 – ≈1699), painter
- Fra Galgario (1655–1743), portrait painter
- Carlo Antonio Marino (≈1670–1735), composer, violinist and cellist
- Antonio Mara (≈1680 – ≈1750), painter
- Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (1684–1764), Cardinal to the Curia
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764), violin virtuoso and composer
1701-1900
- Anna Maria Strada (1703–1775), opera singer
- Antonio Lolli (≈1725–1802), violin virtuoso and composer
- Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731–1794), Jesuit, Romanist and literary historian
- Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750–1800), clergyman and mathematician
- Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), composer and oboist
- Giacomo Beltrami (1779–1855), adventurer, writer and explorer
- Giuseppe Donizetti (1788–1856), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Domenico Donzelli (1790–1873), opera singer (tenor)
- Bartolomeo Merelli (1794–1879), impresario and librettist
- Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1795-1859), Archbishop of Milan
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), composer
- Teresa Eustochio Verzeri (1801–1852), founder of the order and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ferdinando Crivelli (1810–1855), architect, physicist, mathematician, geometer
- Francesco Nullo (1820–1863), officer and freedom fighter
- Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901), cello virtuoso and composer
- Aloisius Palazzolo (1827–1886), founder of the order and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church
- Angiolina Ortolani-Tiberini (1834–1913), opera singer
- Cesare Cavaliè (1835–1907), landscape painter
- Bernardino Zendrini (1839–1879), poet and translator
- Gustavo Frizzoni (1840–1919), art historian
- Torquato Taramelli (1845–1922), geoscientist
- Edmund Mach (1846-1901), chemist
- Maurice Andréossi (1866–1931), photographer and the founder of the first cinema in Switzerland
- Francesco Flamini (1868–1922), Romanist, Italianist and comparativeist
- Riccardo Nowak (1885–1950), fencer
- Giulio Foresti (1888–1965), racing car driver
- Oscar Chisini (1889–1967), mathematician
- Guido Roncalli di Montorio (1890–?), Diplomat
- Carlo Emilio Bonferroni (1892–1960), mathematician
- Emil Honegger (1892–1983), mechanical engineer
- Benvenuto Terzi (1892–1980), composer and concert guitarist
1901-1950
- Giuseppe Pizzigoni (1901–1967), architect
- Giacomo Manzù (1908–1991), sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni (1909–1996), conductor and composer
- Carlo Ceresoli (1910–1995), football goalkeeper and coach
- Paolo Nestler (1920–2010), architect, spatial planner and designer
- Giulio Questi (1924-2014), screenwriter and director
- Krizia (1925-2015), fashion designer
- Cesare Danova (1926–1992), film actor
- Mirko Tremaglia (1926–2011), politician
- Filippo Maria Pandolfi (* 1927), politician
- Jean Corti (1929–2015), accordionist and composer
- Carlo Ubbiali (1929–2020), motorcycle racer
- Walter Bonatti (1930–2011), alpinist, photo reporter and author
- Giulio Bosetti (1930–2009), actor and theater director
- Ermanno Olmi (1931–2018), film director, screenwriter and cameraman
- Silvio Cesare Bonicelli (1932–2009), Bishop of Parma
- Mario Donizetti (* 1932), painter and essayist
- Marco Ferrari (* 1932), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Milan
- Giulio Corsini (1933–2009), racing cyclist
- Franco Dall'Ara (* 1933), enduro athlete
- Mario Missiroli (1934–2014), theater director and director
- Andrew J. Viterbi (* 1935), electrical engineer and computer scientist
- Pierluigi Pizzaballa (* 1939), football player
- Paolo Bordoni (* 1942), pianist
- Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (* 1942), racing driver
- Vittorio Feltri (* 1943), journalist
- Roby Facchinetti (* 1944), musician
- Stefania Careddu (* 1945), actress
- Arnaldo Farioli (* 1945), enduro athlete
- Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (* 1946), diplomat and politician
- Giuliano Frigeni (* 1947), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Parintins
- Emilio Nessi (1949–2009), journalist, writer and animal rights activist
- Gianluigi Stanga (* 1949), cycling manager
From 1951
- Fausto Radici (1953–2002), ski racer
- Gabrio Rosa (* 1954), racing car driver
- Claudio Corti (* 1955), racing cyclist
- Mario Gamba (* 1955), cook
- Roberto Calderoli (* 1956), politician
- Costantino Rocca (* 1956), professional golfer
- Aldo Amati (* 1958), diplomat
- Paolo Pesenti (* 1961), economist and professor
- Stefano Gervasoni (* 1962), composer
- Giovanni Sala (* 1963), enduro athlete
- Simona Deflorin (* 1965), painter
- Giovanni Fidanza (* 1965), cyclist and sports director
- Pieralberto Carrara (* 1966), biathlete
- Simone Moro (* 1967), extreme mountaineer
- Roger A. Fratter (* 1968), video film director
- Gianvito Martinelli (* 1969), racing cyclist
- Fabio Farioli (* 1970), enduro athlete
- Giordano Rota (* 1970), Benedictine and Abbot of Pontida
- Rossano Brasi (* 1972), racing cyclist
- Valentino Fois (1973–2008), racing cyclist
- Eddy Mazzoleni (* 1973), racing cyclist
- Giorgio Pasotti (* 1973), actor
- Roberto Locatelli (* 1974), motorcycle racer
- Tomas Locatelli (* 1976), football player
- Ivan Pelizzoli (born 1980), football player
- Alessandro Vanotti (* 1980), racing cyclist
- DJ D (* 1982), musician
- Andrea Lazzari (* 1984), football player
- Silvia Cuminetti (* 1985), ski mountaineer
- Piermario Morosini (1986–2012), football player
- Federico Rocchetti (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Stefano Locatelli (* 1989), racing cyclist
- Nicolò Agostini (* 1991), grass skier
- Michela Azzola (* 1991), ski racer
- Filippo Perucchini (* 1991), football player
- Jacopo Sala (* 1991), soccer player
- Sofia Goggia (* 1992), ski racer
- Fausto Masnada (* 1993), racing cyclist
- Mattia Caldara (* 1994), football player
- Roberto Gagliardini (* 1994), football player
- Sofia Belingheri (* 1995), snowboarder
- Riccardo Sottil (* 1999), football player
- Marta Zenoni (* 1999), track and field athlete
Famous inhabitants of Bergamo
- Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), humanistic scholar and cardinal
- Giovan Battista Moroni (≈1521 – ≈1580), painter
- Francesco Arrigoni (1610–1645), clergyman and writer
- Giovanni Battista Bassani (≈1647–1716), violinist and composer
- Antonio Capuzzi (1755–1818), violinist and composer
- Johann Simon Mayr (1763–1845), composer
- Pietro Rovelli (1793–1838), violinist and composer
- Paula Elisabeth Cerioli (1816–1865), founder of the order
- Geltrude Comensoli (1847–1903), founder of the order and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- Giacomo Radini Tedeschi (1857–1914), bishop
- Stefano Angeleri (1926–2012), football player and coach
- Marco Belpoliti (* 1954), writer and literary critic
- Maurizio Chiodi (* 1955), theologian