List of personalities of the city of Perugia
This list contains personalities born in Perugia and those who worked in Perugia but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Perugia
Until 1800
- Trebonianus Gallus (206–253), Roman emperor
- Baldus de Ubaldis (1327–1400), legal scholar
- Braccio da Montone (1368-1424), Condottiere
- Niccolò Piccinino (around 1380–1444), Condottiere
- Benedetto Bonfigli (around 1420–1496), painter
- Fiorenzo di Lorenzo (around 1440–1522), painter
- Pinturicchio (around 1454–1513), painter
- Giovan Battista Caporali (1476–1560), painter and architect
- Domenico Alfani (around 1479–1553), painter
- Orazio Alfani (around 1510–1583), architect and painter
- Galeazzo Alessi (1512–1572), architect
- Vincenzo Danti (1530–1576), sculptor, goldsmith, military architect and poet
- Ignazio Danti (1536–1586), mathematician, astronomer, cosmologist and cartographer
- Cesare Ripa (around 1555–1622), cook, writer and scholar
- Vincenzo Ugolini (around 1580–1638), conductor and composer
- Benedetto Ubaldi (1588–1644), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Agostino Diruta (around 1590 – after 1647), conductor and composer
- Baldassare Ferri (1610–1680), castrated soprano
- Giovanni Andrea Bontempi (around 1624–1705), castrato, music writer and composer
- Federico Baldeschi Colonna (1625–1691), cardinal
- Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635–1700), draftsman, engraver and archaeologist
- Giacinto Fontana, called Farfallino (1692–1739), opera singer (soprano castrato)
- Niccolò Oddi (1715–1767), cardinal, apostolic nuncio in Cologne and Lucerne
- Luigi Caruso (1754–1823), composer and conductor
- Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841), composer and conductor
19th century
- Orazio Antinori (1811-1882), zoologist and traveler
- Carlo Laurenzi (1821-1893), cardinal
- Guglielmo Calderini (1837–1916), architect
- Giulio Boschi (1838–1920), Archbishop of Ferrara and also Bishop of Comacchio
- Umberto Benigni (1862–1934), priest and church historian
- Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), anatomist
- Giuseppe Prezzolini (1882–1982), journalist, writer and publisher
- Gerardo Dottori (1884–1977), painter, poet and author
- Aurelio Giorni (1895–1938), pianist and composer
- Aldo Capitini (1899–1968), philosopher, anti-fascist and pacifist
20th century
- Sandro Penna (1906–1977), poet and storyteller
- Giorgio Ferroni (1908–1981), film director and documentary filmmaker
- Giuliano Vassalli (1915–2009), lawyer and politician
- Giorgio Cristallini (1921–1999), film director
- Mario Sereni (1928-2015), baritone
- Franco Giornelli (* 1931), actor, production manager and director
- Giuliano Urbani (* 1937), political scientist and politician
- Donatello Alunni Pierucci (* 1954), film director
- Enrico Gatti (* 1955), violinist
- Carlo Pedini (* 1956), musician and composer
- Stefano Tacconi (* 1957), politician and soccer goalkeeper
- Serse Cosmi (* 1958), football coach
- Paolo Giulietti (* 1964), Archbishop of Lucca
- Gabriele Mirabassi (* 1967), (jazz) clarinetist
- Filippo Preziosi (* 1968), engineer
- Fabrizio Ravanelli (* 1968), football player
- Paolo Coloni (* 1969), automobile racing driver and motorsport manager
- Giovanni Mirabassi (* 1970), jazz pianist and composer
- Federico Giunti (* 1971), football player
- Filippo Timi (* 1974), actor and author
- Davide Baiocco (* 1975), football player
- Cristiano Lupatelli (* 1978), soccer goalkeeper
- Fabio Gatti (* 1982), soccer player
- Andrea Giovi (* 1983), volleyball player
Well-known residents of Perugia
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), Italian-Spanish Renaissance princess
- Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802–1870), Italian nobleman who was in special favor of King Ludwig I of Bavaria , who often visited her and immortalized her in his beauty gallery