List of personalities of the city of Parma
This list includes people who were born in Parma and those who worked in Parma but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Parma
Until 1800
- Clement III. (1020 / 30–1100), antipope
- John of Parma (1208–1289), Minister General of the Franciscan Order
- Giorgio Mainerio (1530 / 40–1582), composer
- Odoardo Farnese (1573-1626), cardinal
- Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647), painter
- Sisto Badalocchio (1585–1647), painter
- Nicolaus Zucchius (1586–1670), astronomer and physicist
- Odoardo I. Farnese (1612–1646), son of Duke Ranuccio I Farnese of Parma
- Alessandro Farnese (1635–1689), Prince of Parma and Piacenza
- Artemio Motta (1661−?), Composer
- Alessandro Galli da Bibiena (1686–1748), architect, scenographer and theater engineer
- Mauro D'Alay (around 1687 - 1757), violinist and composer
- Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757), conductor and composer
- Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766), Queen of Spain
- Francesca Cuzzoni (1696–1778), soprano
- Antonio Galli da Bibiena (1697 / 1698–1774), decorative painter and architect
- Gaetano Casanova (1697–1733), alleged father of Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
- Barbara Campanini (1721–1799), ballet dancer
- Gian Francesco Fortunati (1746–1821), composer and conductor
- Maria Luise von Bourbon-Parma (1751–1819), member of the House of Bourbon-Parma
- Ferdinand (1751–1802), Infante of Spain
- Caroline of Bourbon-Parma (1770–1804), member of the House of Bourbon-Parma
- Ferdinando Paër (1771–1839), composer
- Paolo Toschi (1788–1854), engraver
- Pietro Rovelli (1793–1838), violinist and composer
- Macedonio Melloni (1798-1854), physicist
- Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), violin virtuoso and composer
Basinio Basini (1425-1457), neo-Latin poet and humanist at Sigismondo Malatesta's court , was known as Basinus Parmensis or Basinio da Parma , but came from Vezzano , not Parma.
1801 to 1900
- Giulio Cesare Ferrarini (1807–1891), conductor, violinist and music teacher
- Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1810–1895), writer, irredentist, member of parliament and publicist
- Wilhelm Albrecht von Montenuovo (1821–1895), old Austrian general
- Italo Campanini (1845–1896), opera tenor
- Attilio Catelli (1845–1877), librettist
- Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1849–1935), Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Italo Azzoni (1853–1935), composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher
- Roberto Mantovani (1854–1933), geoscientist and violinist
- Luigi Bianchi (1856–1928), mathematician
- Vittorio Bottego (1860–1897), Africa explorer
- Paolo Pizzetti (1860–1918), geodesist, astronomer and geophysicist
- Ferruccio Cattelani (1867–1932), composer
- Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957), conductor
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), composer
- Charles Ponzi (1882–1949), impostor and impostor
- Eduardo Fornarini (1887–1967), music teacher and composer
- Louis J. Camuti (1893-1981), American veterinarian
1901 to 1950
- Paolo Dezza (1901-1999), cardinal
- Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter
- Attilio Bertolucci (1911–2000), poet, literary critic and translator
- Lino Ventura (1919–1987), Italian-French film actor
- Renato Dardozzi (1922–2003), Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Antonio Marchi (1923-2003), director
- Sebastiano Timpanaro (1923–2000), classical philologist, essayist, literary critic and Marxist
- Enrico Medioli (1925-2017), screenwriter
- Umberto Masetti (1926–2006), motorcycle racer
- Mario Lanfranchi (* 1927), opera and film director
- Aldo Gandini (1928–2007), racing cyclist
- Mario Campanacci (1932–1999), tumor orthopedist in Bologna
- Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013), writer, screenwriter and film director
- Gian Paolo Dallara (* 1936), automobile designer
- Franco Gandini (* 1936), track cyclist
- Bruno Mora (1937–1986), football player
- Franco Maria Ricci (* 1937), designer and publisher
- Bernardo Bertolucci (1941–2018), film director
- Franco Bonvicini (1941–1995), cartoonist
- Francesco Barilli (* 1943), filmmaker
- Attilio Concari (* 1944), fashion photographer and film director
- Enrico Catuzzi (1946–2006), football player and coach
- Tamara Baroni (* 1947), photo model and actress
- Giuseppe Bertolucci (1947–2012), director and screenwriter
From 1951
- Marco Bertolini (* 1953), General of the Italian Army
- Frank Michael (* 1953), Belgian singer
- Beppe Sebaste (* 1959), writer, poet, translator and journalist
- Carlo Lucarelli (* 1960), writer
- Stefano Canuti (* 1961), bassoonist and music teacher
- Aldo Costa (* 1961), engineer
- Scialpi (born 1962), singer
- Paolo Nori (* 1963), writer
- Stefano Pioli (* 1965), football player and coach
- Michele Pertusi (* 1965), opera singer
- Paolo Schianchi (* 1966), architect and designer
- Matteo Visioli (* 1966), Roman Catholic clergyman and canonist
- Enrico Bronzi (* 1973), cellist
- Alessandro Fattori (* 1973), ski racer
- Matteo Sereni (* 1975), soccer goalkeeper
- Andrea Belicchi (* 1976), automobile racing driver
- Michele Benedetti (* 1984), diver
- Andrea Guatelli (* 1984), football player
- Ugochukwu Ukah (* 1984), Nigerian soccer player
- Daniele Dessena (* 1987), soccer player
- Pietro Gandolfi (* 1987), racing car driver
- Alberto Cerri (* 1996), football player
- Tobia Bocchi (* 1997), athlete
Well known residents of Parma
- Fabrizio Dentice (around 1530 - 1581), lutenist and composer
- Maria Luisa of Spain (1782–1824), Queen of Etruria
- Valerio Varesi (* 1959), journalist and crime novel writer