List of personalities of the city of Naples
This list includes people who were born in Naples and those who worked in Naples but were born elsewhere. The list gathers people with an article in the German language Wikipedia and does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Naples
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Until 1600
- Publius Papinius Statius (around 40 - around 96), Roman poet
- Agnellus of Naples (530/535 - around 596), Dept.
- Charles I (1288–1342), King of Hungary
- Karl (1298-1328), nobleman
- Alfonso IV (1299–1336), King of Aragon and Sardinia
- Urban VI. (around 1318 - 1389), Pope
- Boniface IX (1350-1404), Pope
- Corrado Caracciolo (around 1360 - 1411), cardinal
- John XXIII (around 1370 - 1419), officer, cardinal and antipope
- Joan II (1373–1435), Queen of Naples
- Astorgio Agnesi (1389–1451), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Lucrezia d'Alagno (around 1430 - 1479), noblewoman
- Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530), poet
- Federico Sanseverino (around 1462 - 1516), cardinal
- Ferdinand II (1469–1496), King of Naples
- Alfonsina Orsini (1472–1520), wife of Pieros the Unfortunate
- Luigi d'Aragona (1474–1519), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Sancha of Aragon (around 1478 - 1506), illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples
- Scipione Capece (around 1480 - 1551), lawyer and humanist
- Fernando Francesco d'Avalos di Pescara (1489 / 90–1525), general of Emperor Charles V
- Michel d'Amboise (around 1505 -?), Courtier, poet and essayist
- Deodato Guinaccia (1510–1585), painter
- Pirro Ligorio (1514–1583), painter, antiquarian, architect and horticultural architect
- Galeazzo Caracciolo (1517-1586), Protestant
- Antonio Valente (around 1520 - around 1600), organist, harpsichordist and composer
- Camillo Porzio (1526–1580), historian
- Fabrizio Dentice (around 1530 - 1581), lutenist and composer
- Antonio Carafa (1538–1591), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Giulio Cesare Riccardi (1550–1602), Bishop of Bari and Nuncio of Savoy
- Scipione Cerreto (around 1551 - around 1633), composer, lutenist and music theorist
- Scipione Dentice (1560–1633), church musician and composer
- Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), prince and composer
- Filippo Spinelli (1566–1616), Apostolic Nuncio
- Fabio Colonna (1567-1640), botanist
- Giambattista Marino (1569-1625), poet
- Tommaso Caracciolo (1572–1631), troop leader
- Giambattista Basile (1575–1632), writer and courtier
- Giovanni Battista Mascolo (1583–1656), Jesuit and professor of philosophy
- Fabio Della Lagonessa (1584 / 1585–1659), Archbishop of Conza and Patriarch of Antioch
- Vincenzo Carafa (1585–1649), 7th general of the Societas Jesu
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), sculptor and architect
17th century
- Aniello Falcone (1607–1656), painter and engraver
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608–1679), physicist and astronomer
- Domenico Gargiulo (1609/10 - around 1675), painter
- Innocent XII. (1615-1700), Pope
- Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), painter
- Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1656), painter
- Giacomo Lubrano (1619–1693), Jesuit priest and preacher
- Girolamo Casanate (1620-1700), cardinal
- Tommaso Masaniello (1620–1647), main leader in the uprising in Naples in 1647
- Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704), composer
- Luca Giordano (1634–1705), painter and etcher
- Giuseppe Recco (1634–1695), still life painter
- Giuseppe Valletta (1636–1714), scholar, lawyer and philosopher
- Giacomo Cantelmo (1645–1702), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Nicolò Partenio Giannettasio (1648–1715), polymath and neo-Latin poet
- Andrea Belvedere (1652–1732), painter
- Martino Altomonte (1657–1745), painter
- Antonio del Giudica (1657–1733), military and diplomat
- Gaetano Greco (around 1657–1728), music teacher and composer
- Francesco Antonio Tullio (1660-1737), librettist
- Francesco Acquaviva (1665–1725), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733), lawyer and composer
- Matteuccio , known as the “Nightingale of Naples” (1667–1737), soprano castrato, opera singer
- Giambattista Vico (1668–1744), historical and legal philosopher
- Giuseppe Avitrano (around 1670 - 1756), composer and violinist
- Francesco Mancini (1672–1737), conductor and composer
- Nicolo Grimaldi , called "Nicolino" (1673–1732), opera singer, old castrato
- Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678 - after 1759), violinist and composer
- Antonio Maria de Gennaro (1679–1744), Italian-Austrian medalist
- Domenico Lalli (1679-1741), librettist
- Giampaolo De Dominici (1680–1758), actor, singer and composer
- Bernardo De Dominici (1683–1759), painter and art historian
- Antonio Orefice (around 1685 - around 1727), lawyer and composer
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), composer and harpsichordist
- Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686–1768), composer and singing teacher
- Michele De Falco (around 1688 -?), Opera composer
- Francesco Alborea (1691–1739), cellist and composer
- Francesco Feo (1691–1761), opera composer
- Giuseppe Spinelli (1694–1763), cardinal and prefect
- Francesco de Mura (1696–1782), painter
- Luigi Vanvitelli (1700–1773), architect
18th century
- Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707–1791), composer and teacher
- Nicola Conti (around 1710 - 1754), composer
- Salvatore Lanzetti (around 1710 - around 1780), cellist and composer
- Davide Perez (1711–1778), composer, worked mainly in Lisbon
- Ignazio Fiorillo (1715–1787), opera composer and court conductor
- Gennaro Manna (1715–1779), composer
- Luis Eugenio Meléndez (1716–1780), Spanish painter
- Nicola Conforto (1718–1793), composer
- Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 / 23–1777), Italian-Austrian composer
- Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1722-1818), cardinal
- Regina Mingotti (1722–1808), soprano
- Gaspare Traversi (1722 / 23–1770), artist
- Domenico Fischietti (around 1725 - 1810), composer and conductor
- Pietro Bardellino (1728–1806), painter
- Tommaso Giordani (around 1730-1806), composer
- Fedele Fischetti (1732–1792), painter
- Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770), composer
- Michael Johann von Wallis (1732–1798), Austrian field marshal
- Giovanni Pichler (1734–1791), German-Italian gem cutter
- Girolamo Besozzi (1745 / 50–1788), oboist and composer
- Elia Interguglielmi (1746–1835), painter
- Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809), physicist and natural philosopher
- Ferdinand I (1751–1825), King of Naples
- Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798), composer
- Francesco Caracciolo (1752-1799), Admiral
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837), composer
- Pankraz Vorster (1753–1829), Prince Abbot
- Luigi Caruso (1754–1823), composer and conductor
- Angelo Tarchi (around 1760–1814), composer
- Anton von Branconi (1762–1828), Anhalt-Dessau court official, Prussian politician and canon
- Federico Moretti (1769–1839), officer in the Spanish army and guitarist
- Salvatore Viganò (1769–1821), choreographer, composer and dancer
- Ludwig Hummel (1770–1840), German painter
- Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772–1807), empress
- Luisa Maria of Naples-Sicily (1773–1802), Princess of Bourbon-Sicily
- Pietro Colletta (1775–1831), Minister of War and historian
- Luigi Mosca (1775–1824), composer and singing teacher
- Franz I (1777–1830), King of the Two Sicilies
- Francesco Maria Avellino (1778–1850), classical archaeologist
- Ferdinand Gasse (1780 − around 1840), French violinist and composer
- Michele Tenore (1780–1861), botanist
- Ferdinand Wedel-Jarlsberg (1781–1857), Norwegian officer
- Carlo Coccia (1782–1873), opera composer and church musician
- Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782–1866), member of the Bourbon family
- Tommaso Riario Sforza (1782–1857), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Michele Carafa (1787–1872), opera composer
- Luigi Lablache (1794–1858), opera singer
- Bernardo Quaranta (1796–1867), archaeologist
- Carlo Blasis (1797–1878), dancer, choreographer and dance theorist
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Salvadore Cammarano (1801–1852), writer, librettist and director
- Charles Januarius Acton (1803-1847), cardinal
- Louis Clapisson (1808–1866), French composer
- Michele Costa (1808–1884), Italian-British composer and conductor
- Eugène Flandin (1809-1889), French painter
- Federico Ricci (1809–1877), composer
- Antonio Guerra (1810–1846), ballet master and choreographer
- Sisto Riario Sforza (1810–1877), cardinal and bishop
- Alejandro Ciccarelli (1811–1879), Italian-Chilean painter
- Michele Ruggiero (1811–1900), architect, building researcher and classical archaeologist
- Girolamo d'Andrea (1812–1868), cardinal
- Luigi Settembrini (1813–1877), writer and politician
- Placido Abela (1814–1876), organist and composer
- Theodor Döhler (1814–1856), German composer and pianist
- Fanny Cerrito (1817–1909), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Carlo Pisacane (1818–1857), politician, guerrilla fighter and writer
- Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900), astronomer and esotericist
- Frances Parthenope Verney (1819–1890), British writer and journalist
- Romaricus Flugi von Aspermont (1821–1904), Abbot Ordinary of Monaco and Abbot General of the Sublazenser Congregation
- Guglielmo Guiscardi (1821–1885), mineralogist and geologist
- Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1869), poet
- Alphonse Beck (1822–1902), Swiss physician and politician
- Teresa Maria Cristina of Naples-Sicily (1822-1889), Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily
- Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823–1896), archaeologist and numismatist
- Pasquale Brignoli (1824-1884), opera tenor
- Giuseppe Battaglini (1826-1894), mathematician
- Ruggero Bonghi (1826–1895), classical philologist, university professor, politician, writer and journalist
- Domenico Morelli (1826–1901), painter
- Giuseppe Fanelli (1827–1877), revolutionary anarchist
- Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879), author and composer
- Ferdinando Bonamici (1827–1905), composer and music teacher
- Pasquale Villari (1827–1917), historian and university professor
- Giulio Cottrau (1831-1916), composer
- Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891), Admiral and Minister of the Navy
- Wilhelm Malte II (1833–1907), German prince
- John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), English historian, Catholic and journalist
- Giuseppe Maria Granniello (1834-1896), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868), painter
- Franz II (1836-1894), King of the Two Sicilies
- Louis of Naples-Sicily (1838–1886), Count of Trani and Prince of Naples-Sicily
- Caterina Volpicelli (1839-1894), religious sister
- Cesare Rossi (1842–1909), composer
- Grazia Pierantoni-Mancini (1842 / 43–1915), writer and poet
- Carlo Caputo (1843–1908), priest and diocesan bishop
- Maria Immaculata of Naples and Sicily (1844–1899), Princess of Bourbon and both Sicilies
- Achille D'Orsi (1845–1929), sculptor
- Gennaro Portanova (1845–1908), bishop
- Peppino Turco (1846–1903), journalist, poet and lyricist
- Camillo Siciliano di Rende (1847-1897), cardinal
- Maria Beccadelli di Bologna (1848–1929), Berlin salonière
- Enrico Golisciani (1848-1919), librettist
- Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923), Catholic priest
- Gennaro Costagliola (1850-1919), Roman Catholic Archbishop
1851 to 1900
- Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily (1851–1938), Princess of Bourbon-Sicily
- Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1851-1948), diplomat
- Cesare Bernardo Bellini (1853–1940), composer and singing teacher
- Giuseppe Cigliano (1854–1906), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Antonio Sogliano (1854–1942), classical archaeologist
- Maria Luisa of Naples-Sicily (1855–1874), Princess of Bourbon and Naples-Sicily
- Vincenzo Caprile (1856–1936), painter
- Francesco Saverio Merlino (1856–1930), lawyer, anarchist activist and theorist
- Gennaro Trama (1856–1927), Bishop of Lecce
- Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), composer and librettist
- Leopoldo Mugnone (1858–1941), composer and conductor
- Cesare Gravina (1858–1954), Italian-American theater and film actor
- Giovanni Capurro (1859–1920), writer
- Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), mathematician
- Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860–1934), poet, playwright and essayist
- Fernando de Lucia (1860–1925), opera tenor
- Armando Diaz (1861–1928), Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
- Giuseppe Aversa (1862–1917), priest, Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat
- Luigi Berzolari (1863–1949), mathematician
- Richard Robert Rive (1864–1947), politician
- Eduardo Di Capua (1865–1917), composer
- Ernesto Pascal (1865–1940), mathematician
- Antonio Scotti (1866-1936), singer
- Diego Petriccione (1867–1942), journalist, art critic and playwright
- Vittorio Monti (1868–1922), violin virtuoso and composer
- Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947), King of Italy
- Alfonso Ferrandina (1869–1955), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Lorenzo Schioppa (1871–1935), archbishop and diplomat
- Pasquale Jannaccone (1872-1959), economist
- Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), opera singer
- Rudolph de Landas Berghes (1873–1920), Austrian nobleman
- Paul Fraenckel (1874–1941), German forensic doctor
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954), composer
- Anton von Codelli (1875–1954), inventor
- Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937), composer
- Giuseppe De Nicola (1876–1958), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Gaetano Arturo Crocco (1877–1968), flight and rocket pioneer
- Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), lawyer, journalist and politician
- Pasquale Amato (1878-1942), singer
- Wolf Dohrn (1878–1914), German sponsor of culture and education
- Giulio Alfieri (1879−?), Actor, caricaturist and song singer
- Charles Montier (1879–1952), French racing driver and vehicle designer
- Reinhard Dohrn (1880–1962), German zoologist
- Fortunino Matania (1881–1963), artist
- Giovanni Amendola (1882–1926), journalist and politician
- Armando Annuale (1884–1962), actor
- Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (1884–1946), fighter pilot of the First World War
- Georges-Marie Haardt (1884–1932), Belgian-French businessman
- Kurt von Boeckmann (1885–1950), German radio pioneer
- Riccardo Cassano (1885–1953), film director
- Harald Dohrn (1885–1945), sympathizer of the White Rose and critic of the Nazi regime
- Luigi Amoroso (1886–1965), mathematician and economist
- Francesco Cangiullo (1888–1977), poet and painter
- Franco Pesce (1890–1975), actor and filmmaker
- Francesco De Pinedo (1890–1933), aviation pioneer and pilot
- Tullio Bozza (1891-1922), fencer
- Italo Zingarelli (1891–1979), journalist and writer
- Armando Fizzarotti (1892–1966), photographer, film director and screenwriter
- Karl Miescher (1892–1974), Swiss chemist
- Wladimiro De Liguoro (1893–1968), actor and film director
- Paolo Savino (1894–1980), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Eugenio De Liguoro (1895–1952), actor and film director
- Mario Astarita (1896–1979), banker and art collector
- Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896–1978), composer
- Louis Capone (1896-1944), American mobster
- Paul Ricca (1897–1972), Italian-American mobster
- Francesco Tricomi (1897–1978), mathematician
- Carlo Curcio (1898–1971), historian and political scientist
- Totò (1898–1967), actor, screenwriter and songwriter
- Giuseppe Amato (1899–1964), film producer and director
- Pasqualino Cangiullo (1900–1975), poet
- Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984), actor and playwright
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Enrico Glori (1901–1966), actor
- Vittorio Longo (1901–1974), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Peppino De Filippo (1903-1980), actor
- Ebe Stignani (1903–1974), opera singer
- Renato Caccioppoli (1904–1959), mathematician
- Andrea Giovene (1904–1995), writer
- Cesario D'Amato (1904–2000), Benedictine, abbishop and councilor
- Riccardo Hellmuth Seidl (1904–1941), pilot
- Louis Francis Solano (1904–1992), American Romanist
- Frank Tieri (1904–1981), member of the American La Cosa Nostra
- Corrado Annicelli (1905–1984), actor
- Friedrich Benfer (1905–1996), German actor
- Maria Caniglia (1905–1979), soprano
- Franco Lombardi (1906–1989), philosopher
- Rina Franchetti (1907-2010), actress
- Francesco De Martino (1907–2002), lawyer and politician
- Mario Serandrei (1907–1966), film editor
- Nino Taranto (1907–1986), actor, comedian and singer
- Enzo Di Gianni (1908–1975), poet, songwriter, screenwriter and film director
- Giovanni Leone (1908–2001), politician
- Riccardo Lombardi (1908–1979), preacher of the People's Mission
- Guido Colonna di Paliano (1908–1982), politician and EC commissioner
- Carlo Bernari (1909–1992), writer and journalist
- Dante Maggio (1909–1992), actor
- Pupella Maggio (1910–1999), film and theater actress
- Nicola Salerno (1910–1969), songwriter and draftsman
1911 to 1920
- Roberto Amoroso (1911–1994), filmmaker
- Ambrogio Marchioni (1911–1989), archbishop and diplomat
- Ettore Giannini (1912–1990), theater director and filmmaker
- Carlo Miranda (1912–1982), mathematician
- Roberto Murolo (1912-2003), singer, guitarist and cantautore
- Nino Vingelli (1912–2003), actor
- Giuseppe Petrilli (1913–1999), professor and EEC commissioner
- Hans Ruesch (1913–2007), Swiss racing driver, publicist and writer
- Pinuccio Ardia (1914–1994), actor
- Emilio Pucci (1914–1992), fashion designer
- Alfonso De Franciscis (1915–1989), Classical archaeologist
- Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1916–1985), film director
- Francisco Pignatari (1916–1977), Brazilian entrepreneur and playboy
- Ugo Fasano (1917–2002), documentary filmmaker
- John Franzese (1917-2020), Italian-American mafioso
- Raoul Manselli (1917-1984), historian
- Renato Barisani (1918–2011), sculptor and painter
- Maria Curcio (1918–2009), piano teacher
- Ernesto De Rosa (1918–1980), author and film director
- Gennaro De Dominicis (1919–1962), film director and screenwriter
- Salvo D'Acquisto (1920–1943), NCO of the Italian Carabinieri
- Renato Carosone (1920–2001), singer and entertainer
- Henri Crolla (1920–1960), French jazz guitarist and film music composer
- Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992), American theater, film and television actor
- Goffredo Lombardo (1920–2005), film producer
- Franco Montemurro (1920–1992), assistant director and film director
1921 to 1930
- Vittorio Caprioli (1921–1989), actor and film director
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (1921–2005), director and writer
- Carlo Taranto (1921–1986), actor
- Roberto Tucci (1921–2015), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ennio Balbo (1922–1989), actor
- Carlo Montella (1922-2010), writer
- Pietro Piovani (1922–1980), philosopher
- Francesco Rosi (1922–2015), film director and screenwriter
- Guido Stampacchia (1922–1978), mathematician
- Renato Terra (1922-2010), actor
- Dino Verde (1922–2004), screenwriter and songwriter
- Aldo Bufi Landi (1923–2016), actor
- Verena Huber-Dyson (1923–2016), Swiss mathematician, university professor
- Sante Chimirri (* 1924), filmmaker
- Aldo Giuffrè (1924–2010), actor, comedian and voice actor
- Nikolaus Schad (1924–2007), physician
- Carla Del Poggio (1925-2010), actress
- Giacomo Furia (1925–2015), actor and screenwriter
- Alberto Grimaldi (* 1925), film producer
- George Murcell (1925–1998), actor
- Giorgio Napolitano (* 1925), politician and president
- Franco Ressel (1925–1985), actor
- Franco Cirino (1926–1979), film director
- Luigi Di Gianni (1926-2019), documentary filmmaker
- Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926–2016), racing car driver
- Ernesto Guida (1926–2013), screenwriter and film director
- Mario Abbate (1927–1981), singer and actor
- Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro (1927–2010), Bishop of Zárate-Campana
- Carlo Croccolo (1927–2019), actor and film director
- Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998), pianist
- Gerardo Marotta (1927–2017), lawyer and patron of philosophy
- Fausto Sarli (1927-2010), fashion designer
- Giovanni Attanasio (1928–1988), actor
- Enzo Cannavale (1928–2011), actor
- Luciano De Crescenzo (1928–2019), writer and engineer
- Nunzio Gallo (1928–2008), singer and actor
- Roberto Niederer (1928–1988), entrepreneur, glass blower and artist
- Antonio Braga (1929–2009), composer and music teacher
- Eduardo Davino (1929–2011), clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop
- Michele Massa (1929–2007), lawyer, film director and screenwriter
- Bud Spencer (1929–2016), actor, stunt performer, swimmer, singer, composer, manufacturer, screenwriter, fashion designer, music producer and inventor
- Renato Ruggiero (1930–2013), diplomat and politician
- Mario Sicca (* 1930), guitarist and university professor
1931 to 1940
- Lucio Amelio (1931–1994), art dealer and gallery owner
- Larissa Bonfante (1931–2019), archaeologist
- Salvatore Di Pasquale (1931-2004), civil engineer
- Andrea Gemma (1931–2019), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Isernia-Venafro
- Andrea Scotti (born 1931), actor
- Maria Tipo (* 1931), pianist
- Umberto Tramma (1931–2000), Catholic clergyman, Curia Bishop
- Francesco Amirante (* 1933), lawyer
- Pasquale Borgomeo (1933–2009), Jesuit and journalist
- Luigi Ferrari Bravo (1933-2016), lawyer
- Luciano Martino (1933–2013), film producer, screenwriter and film director
- Aldo Loris Rossi (1933–2018), architect, avant-garde architectural theorist and university professor
- Mario Schiano (1933–2008), alto saxophonist, band leader and composer
- Vincenzo Scotti (* 1933), politician
- Roberto De Simone (* 1933), composer, theater man, author, opera director, musicologist, mythologist and ethnologist
- Mimmo Jodice (* 1934), photographer
- Mario Merola (1934–2006), singer and actor
- Carlo Bruno (* 1935), composer and pianist
- Enzo Dell'Aquila (* 1935), screenwriter and film director
- Ben Vautier (* 1935), French artist
- Rosa Russo Iervolino (* 1936), politician
- Paolo Maddalena (* 1936), judge at the Italian Constitutional Court
- Alfonso Quaranta (* 1936), President of the Italian Constitutional Court
- Alessandro Criscuolo (1937–2020), constitutional judge and president of the Italian constitutional court
- Angelo Iacono (* 1937), film director
- Luigi Malice (* 1937), avant-garde artist
- Victor Emanuel of Savoy (* 1937), Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Italy
- Angelo Damiano (* 1938), track cyclist
- Anna Orso (1938–2012), film and television actress
- Pasquale Squitieri (1938-2017), film director
- Augusto Caminito (* 1939), screenwriter, film producer and director
- Peppino di Capri (* 1939), singer
- Antonio Capuano (* 1940), film director and screenwriter
- Filippo Strofaldi (1940-2013), Bishop of Ischia
1941 to 1950
- Giovanni Gallavotti (* 1941), mathematical physicist
- Riccardo Muti (* 1941), conductor
- Carlo Carunchio (* 1942), screenwriter
- Francesco Guerra (* 1942), physicist
- Nicola De Rinaldo (* 1942), documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter
- Antonio Juliano (born 1943), football player
- Ninì Grassia (1944–2010), film director and screenwriter
- Gennaro Acampa (* 1945), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Ernesto Lamagna (* 1945), sculptor and painter
- Edoardo Bennato (* 1946), songwriter and rock musician
- Mario Franco (* 1946), short film director
- Mario Garbetta (* 1946), film and television maker
- Lamberto Lambertini (* 1946), theater maker and film director
- Lucio Lemmo (* 1946), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Tullio De Piscopo (* 1946), percussionist, pop singer and fusion musician
- Gianfranco Todisco (* 1946), bishop
- Laura Belli (born 1947), actress
- Bruno Branciforte (* 1947), Admiral
- Ciro Ippolito (* 1947), film director, film producer and actor
- Antonio Autiero (* 1948), Roman Catholic theologian
- Sergio Benvenuto (* 1948), writer, philosopher and psychoanalyst
- Giovanni D'Alise (* 1948), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Caserta
- Vincenzo Pelvi (* 1948), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino
- Paola Severino (* 1948), lawyer, university professor and attorney
- Salvatore Visco (* 1948), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Capua
- Ilda Boccassini (* 1949), lawyer
- Bruno Forte (* 1949), theologian and archbishop
- Ignazio Visco (* 1949), economist
- Gianni Cozzolino (* 1950), film director
- Roberto Esposito (* 1950), philosopher
- Michelangelo Jurlaro (* 1950), filmmaker
- Erri De Luca (* 1950), writer and translator
- Tony Esposito (born 1950), musician
- Gabriele Salvatores (* 1950), film director
- Alan Sorrenti (* 1950), singer, guitarist and songwriter
1951 to 1960
- Pino Ammendola (* 1951), actor, playwright and film director
- Giuseppe Giuliano (* 1951), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Lucera-Troia
- Massimo Ranieri (* 1951), singer and actor
- Francesco Clemente (* 1952), Italian-American artist
- Paolo Virno (* 1952), philosopher and semiotic
- Enzo D'Alò (* 1953), director of animated films
- Lucio Gaudino (* 1953), film director and screenwriter
- Paolo Di Lauro (* 1953), boss of the Italian Camorra
- Carmine Macaluso (* 1954), teacher
- Licia Maglietta (born 1954), actress
- Gigi Savoia (* 1954), actor and theater director
- Laura Angiulli (* 1955), theater and film director
- Bruno Colella (* 1955), actor and film director
- Pino Daniele (1955–2015), singer, musician and songwriter
- Augusto De Luca (* 1955), artist and photographer
- Piero Nappi (* 1955), automobile racing driver
- Salvatore Angerami (1956–2019), auxiliary bishop in Naples
- Nando Paone (* 1956), actor
- Stephen Spinella (born 1956), actor
- Marco Beasley (* 1957), music historian and tenor
- Nino D'Angelo (* 1957), singer, composer and actor
- Guido del Giudice (* 1957), writer and philosopher
- Filippo Iannone (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman, Curia Archbishop
- Silvio Orlando (born 1957), actor
- Mario Salieri (* 1957), film director
- Massimo Gaudioso (* 1958), director
- Giorgio Magliulo (* 1958), film producer and director
- Ciro Miniero (* 1958), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Vallo della Lucania
- Sergio Costa (* 1959), officer and politician
- Mario Martone (* 1959), film and theater director and screenwriter
- Elio Martusciello (* 1959), improvisation musician, composer and multimedia artist
- Ferdinando Meglio (* 1959), fencer
- Patrizio Oliva (born 1959), boxer
- Massimo Paolucci (* 1959), politician
- Walter Ricciardi (* 1959), medic and actor
- Maurizio Sarri (* 1959), football coach
- Francesco de Angelis (* 1960), sailor
- Pappi Corsicato (* 1960), film director and screenwriter
- Vincenzo De Falco (* 1960), lawyer and writer
- Antonietta De Lillo (* 1960), director
- Alan De Luca (* 1960), disc jockey, television presenter, comedian and actor
- Maria Pia De Vito (* 1960), jazz musician
- Gaetano Quagliariello (* 1960), politician
1961 to 1970
- Costantino Ciervo (* 1961), artist
- Maurizio Fiume (* 1961), short film director and screenwriter
- Andrea Cozzolino (* 1962), politician
- Sandro Cuomo (* 1962), fencer
- Biagio Izzo (* 1962), actor and comedian
- Antonio Jasevoli (* 1963), jazz guitarist
- Zeno Braitenberg (* 1964), television presenter and non-fiction author
- Federico Castelluccio (* 1964), Italian-American actor and painter
- Valeria Golino (born 1965), actress
- Stefano Incerti (* 1965), film director
- Fabio Maniscalco (1965-2008), archaeologist
- Erminia Mazzoni (* 1965), politician
- Corrado Gabriele (* 1966), politician
- Gigi D'Alessio (born 1967), singer
- Lino D'Angiò (* 1967), actor, comedian and television presenter
- Ciro Ferrara (* 1967), football player and coach
- Luigi de Magistris (* 1967), public prosecutor and politician
- Francesco Baiano (* 1968), football player
- Gennaro Di Napoli (* 1968), middle and long distance runner
- Fulvio Martusciello (* 1968), politician
- Davide Tizzano (* 1968), rower
- Carmine Gautieri (* 1970), soccer player and coach
- Ciro de Luca (* 1970), Austrian cabaret artist and actor
- Diego Nargiso (* 1970), tennis player
- Mario Scaramella (* 1970), intelligence expert
- Paolo Sorrentino (* 1970), screenwriter and film director
- Giorgia Tomassi (* 1970), pianist
1971 to 1980
- Raffaello Caserta (* 1972), fencer
- Vincenzo Marra (* 1972), film director
- Fabio Cannavaro (* 1973), football player
- Gaetano Parisio (* 1973), producer
- Alessandro Preziosi (* 1973), actor
- Giampaolo Morelli (born 1974), actor
- Marco Carola (* 1975), DJ, producer and remixer
- Nina Di Majo (* 1975), film director and screenwriter
- Rita Grande (* 1975), tennis player
- Raffaele Ferrara (* 1976), racing cyclist
- Marcello Musto (* 1976), sociologist
- Antonio Di Natale (born 1977), football player
- Antonio Langella (born 1977), football player
- Antonia Truppo (* 1977), actress
- Ferdinando Coppola (1978), football goalkeeper
- Assunta Legnante (* 1978), track and field athlete
- Massimiliano Rosolino (* 1978), swimmer
- Crescenzo D'Amore (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Antonio D'Aniello (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Roberto Saviano (* 1979), writer and journalist
- Antonio Bocchetti (* 1980), football player
- Pietro Masturzo (* 1980), photographer
- Pasquale Muto (* 1980), racing cyclist
1981 to 1990
- Paolo Cannavaro (* 1981), football player
- Ciro Capuano (* 1981), football player
- Diego Occhiuzzi (* 1981), fencer
- Guglielmo Stendardo (* 1981), football player
- Marco Borriello (* 1982), football player
- Salvatore Masiello (* 1982), football player
- Leonardo Basile (* 1983), Taekwondoin
- Laura Ferrara (* 1983), politician
- Antonio Floro Flores (born 1983), football player
- Pasquale Foggia (born 1983), football player
- Erminio Rullo (* 1984), football player
- Antonio Nocerino (born 1985), football player
- Salvatore Bocchetti (* 1986), football player
- Alessandra Mastronardi (* 1986), actress
- Francesco Volpe (* 1986), soccer player
- Raffaele De Rosa (* 1987), motorcycle racer
- Dario Sammartino (* 1987), poker player
- Danilo D'Ambrosio (* 1988), football player
- Carlo Vecchione (* 1988), football player
1991 to 2000
- Lorenzo Insigne (* 1991), football player
- Armando Izzo (* 1992), football player
- Antonio Spavone (* 1994), racing car driver
- Daniele Verde (* 1996), football player
- Rolando Mandragora (* 1997), football player
- Giuseppe Pezzella (born 1997), football player
- Alessandro Sibilio (* 1999), athlete
Well-known residents of Naples
- Virgil (70–19 BC), Roman poet
- Romulus Augustulus (around 460 - after 476), last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
- Giotto di Bondone (1267 / 76-1337), painter
- Johanna von Durazzo (1344–1387), Duchess of Durazzo
- Benedetto Cotrugli (1416–1469), Dalmatian merchant
- Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547), poet
- Niccolò Franco (1515–1570), poet
- Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615), doctor, polymath, and playwright
- Pietro Cerone (1566–1625), music theorist and singer
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), painter
- Marco Aurelio Severino (1580–1656), anatomist
- Domenichino (1581–1641), painter
- Artemisia Gentileschi , painter (1593–1654)
- François de Nomé (1593 / 94−?), Painter
- Gaspar van Wittel (1653–1736), Dutch vedute painter
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), composer
- Anton Pichler (1697–1779), German-Italian gem cutter
- Pietro Rotari (1707–1762), painter
- Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787), diplomat, economist and writer
- Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804), composer
- Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729–1799), French landscape painter
- William Hamilton (1730–1803), Scottish diplomat, art collector and volcanologist
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816), composer
- Alberto Fortis (1741–1803), clergyman, natural philosopher and universal scholar
- Francesco Mario Pagano (1748–1799), lawyer and writer
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801), composer
- Johann Heinrich Schmidt (1757–1821), German painter
- Johann Martin Giehr (1763–1848), painter
- Emma Hamilton (1765–1815), mistress of the British Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Edward Dodwell (1767-1832), travel writer and archaeologist
- Pietro Carlo Guglielmi (1772–1817), composer
- Ludwig Philipp von Bombelles (1780–1843), Austrian diplomat
- Mary Somerville (1780–1872), Scottish astronomer and mathematician
- Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855), German banker
- Joseph Fieschi (1790–1836), assassin
- Luigi Giura (1795–1864) engineer and architect
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), poet, essayist and philologist
- Carl Götzloff (1799–1866), German painter
- Francesco De Sanctis (1817–1883), literary historian and critic
- Agostino Magliani (1824-1891), Minister of Finance
- Pasquale del Pezzo (1859-1936), mathematician
- Benedetto Croce (1866–1952), philosopher and historian
- Peyveste Emuhvari (1873–1944), daughter of Prince Osman-Bey Emuhvari
- Giuseppe Moscati (1880–1927), doctor and scientist
- Fritz Glarner (1899–1972), Swiss-American painter
- Leone Minassian (1905–1978), painter
- Corrado Ursi (1908–2003), Archbishop of Naples and Cardinal
- Lionello De Felice (1916–1989), screenwriter and film director
- Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), German composer
- Sophia Loren (* 1934), actress
- Donatella Mazzoleni (* 1943), architect, architectural theorist, author and university professor
- Elke Hermannsdörfer (* 1947), German writer
- Philip Taaffe (* 1955), American painter
- Alessandra Mussolini (* 1962), politician
- Ernesto Castillo (* 1970), German-language poet
- Ryan Mendoza (* 1971), American painter