Writers from Padua

Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on good terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and was a friend of Augustus. Livy encouraged Augustus’s young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, to take up the writing of history.

Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)

Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)

Italian philosopher (1275–1342)

Italian writer, journalist and patriot (1831-1861)

Italian poet (1523-1554)

Italian actress and writer

Italian dramatist

Armeno-italian poet

Italian feminist and pacifist, editor (1842-1906)

Italian writer, naturalist and cartographer (1741-1803)

Italian statesman, writer and historian (1261-1329)

Italian economist

Italian philosopher

Italian Renaissance humanist (1535-1601)

Italian writer and playwright (born 1956)

Austrian historian (1842-1892)

Italian writer (1938–2021)

Italian painter and poet

Italian playwright and librettist

Italian librettist

Italian playwright

Italian poet (1496-1576)

Italian writer

Italian actor and director

Italian poet, judge and notary

Italian classical scholar (1829-1854)

Italian writer

Italian journalist, radio host and television presenter

Italian poet

Israeli author

Italian historian (1897–1978)

Italian priest and historian (died 1574)