Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna has produced many distinguished alumni, including:
Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1495) - Renowned humanist and theologian, known for his work 'In Praise of Folly'.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1503) - Astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe.
Giovanni Pascoli (1882) - Poet and classical scholar, one of the greatest Italian poets of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Enrico Fermi (1922) - Physicist, known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor and his contributions to quantum theory, Nobel Prize in Physics (1938).
Giorgio Napolitano (1947) - Former President of Italy (2006-2015).
