People From Urbino
- Federico III da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, medieval condottiere and patron of the arts.
- Elisabetta Gonzaga Duchess of Urbino (1471–1526)
- Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, commissioned the famous Venus of Urbino painting.
- Donato Bramante was born nearby, and witnessed Laurana's work going up while he was a youth
- Raphael was born at Urbino, where his family's house is a museum-shrine
- Paolo Volponi (1924–1994), writer and poet
- Giovanni Francesco Albani, Pope Clement XI
Others notable people from Urbino include:
- Crispino Agostinucci -bishop of Montefeltro
- Federico Barocci, painter
- Bernardino Baldi, mathematician and writer
- Raffaello Carboni, writer.
- Bartolomeo Carusi, theologian and professor at Bologna and Paris
- Clorinda Corradi, lyrical singer (1804–1877)
- Federico Commandini (1509), mathematician
- Raphael Gualazzi, jazz pianist and singer, runner-up in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
- Battista Malatesta (1384 - 1448), Renaissance poet.
- Ottaviano Petrucci, inventor of the music print with movable type, was born nearby
- Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), pathologist
- Umberto Piersanti, poet and writer
- Valentino Rossi, multiple MotoGP World Champion, was born nearby
- Giovanni Santi, painter and poet, father of Raphael, was born nearby
- Polydore Vergil or Virgil, chronicler in England
- Federico Zuccari and Taddeo Zuccari, painters, were born nearby
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