Notable Natives and Residents
- St. Anselm of Lucca, (1036–1086), bishop of Lucca
- Giovanni Arnolfini, merchant and arts patron
- Pompeo Batoni, painter
- Simone Bianchi, comics artist
- Luigi Boccherini, musician and composer
- Elisa Bonaparte, ruler of Lucca
- Castruccio Castracani, ruler of Lucca (1316–1328)
- Alfredo Catalani, composer
- Gusmano Cesaretti, photographer and artist
- Mario Cipollini, cyclist
- Matteo Civitali, sculptor
- Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter
- Tejay van Garderen, cyclist
- Theodor Döhler, composer and pianist; lived in Lucca from 1827–1829
- Amerigo Fabbri, Pierson College Dean, Yale University
- Saint Frediano
- St. Gemma Galgani, mystic and saint
- Francesco Geminiani, musician and composer
- Agostino Giuntoli, nightclub owner and entrepreneur
- Gioseffo Guami, composer
- Pope Lucius III
- Vincenzo Lunardi, pioneer aeronaut
- Felice Matteucci, engineer
- Leo Nomellini, athlete
- Marcello Pera, politician and philosopher
- Giacomo Puccini, composer
- Marco Rossi, athlete
- Renato Salvatori, actor
- Rinaldo and Ezilda Torre, founded the Torani syrup company in San Francisco using Luccan recipes from their hometown
- Rolando Ugolini, athlete
- Giuseppe Ungaretti, poet
- Antonio Vallisneri, scientist and physician
- Saint Zita
- Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria
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