List of personalities of the city of Ravenna
This list contains personalities born in Ravenna as well as those who worked in Ravenna but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Ravenna
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To 1900
- Valentinian III. (419–455), Western Roman Emperor
- Romuald , (≈952-1027), saint and founder of an order
- Petrus Damiani (≈1006-1072), clergyman
- Francesca da Rimini (-1283/1286), nobleman
- Peter of Ravenna (≈1448–1508), legal scholar
- Marco Dente (≈1490–1527), engraver
- Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), icon painter of the Counter Reformation
- Cesare Maria Antonio Rasponi (1615–1675), cardinal
- Francesco Negri (1623–1698), clergyman and explorer
- Hieronymus von Spreti (1695–1772), Bavarian Count, Lieutenant Field Marshal and Chamberlain
- Luigi Rossini (1790-1857), artist
- Teresa Guiccioli (1800–1873), nobleman
- Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802–1870), translator and philosopher
- Giuseppe Pasolini (1815–1876), politician
- Romolo Gessi (1831–1881), traveler to Africa
- Bartolomeo Ortolani (1839–1908), bishop
- Francesco Salesio Della Volpe , (1844–1916), Cardinal to the Curia
- Pellegrino Matteucci (1850–1881), traveler to Africa
- Corrado Ricci (1858–1934), archaeologist and art historian
- Giuseppe Vitali (1875–1932), mathematician
- Domenico Matteucci (1895–1976), marksman
- Alberto Rossi Longhi (1895–1979), diplomat
- Renzo Morigi (1895–1962), fascist and marksman
From 1901
- Ettore Muti (1902–1943), fascist and officer
- Arrigo Boldrini (1915–2008), politician
- Poldo Bendandi (* 1920), actor
- Franco Manzecchi (1931–1979), jazz drummer
- Giuseppe Galli (1933–2016), physician and psychologist
- Anna Arfelli Galli (1933–2019), medical doctor and psychologist
- Raul Gardini (1933–1993), entrepreneur
- Guido Gagliardi (1937–1996), actor
- Giuliano Bernardi (1939–1977), opera singer
- Amerigo Alberani (1942–2015), actor and film director
- Alberto Tanasini (* 1945), bishop
- Paolo Roversi (* 1947), photographer
- Davide Tardozzi (* 1959), motorcycle racer
- Paolo Cottignola (* 1960), film editor
- Andrea Mandorlini (* 1960), soccer player and coach
- Carlo Simionato (* 1961), sprinter
- Amadeus (* 1962), radio and television presenter
- Davide Ballardini (* 1964), football player and coach
- Enrico Onofri (* 1967), violinist and conductor
- Andrea Collinelli (* 1969), cyclist
- Fabio Fabiani (* 1974), automobile racing driver
- Daniela Gattelli (* 1975), beach volleyball player
- Claudio Rivalta (* 1978), football player
- Marco Melandri (* 1982), motorcycle racer
- Gionata Mingozzi (1984-2008), football player
Famous residents of Ravenna
- Theodoric the Great (451 / 56–526), King of the Ostrogoths
- Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), poet and philosopher