Poli is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Afro Poli (1902–1988), Italian operatic baritone Andrea Poli (born 1989), Italian football player Antonio De Poli (born 1960), Italian politician Barbara Fusar-Poli (born 1972), Italian ice dancer Dante Poli (born 1976), Chilean football player Eros Poli (born 1963), Italian road bicycle racer Fabrizio Poli (born 1989), Italian football player Fausto Poli (1581–1653), Italian archbishop; private secretary to Pope Urban VIII Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1746–1825), Italian physicist, biologist and natural historian Jacopo Poli, Italian manager of the Poli Distillerie grappa distillery Mario Aurelio Poli (born 1947), Argentine Catholic cardinal Maurizio Poli (born 1964), Italian football player Ninsun Poli (contemporary), Assyrian singer and songwriter in Sweden Paolo Poli (1929–2016), Italian theatre actor Piero Poli (born 1960), Italian rower Riccardo Poli (born 1961), Italian computer scientist and professor Robert Edmund Poli (1936–2014), American labor union leader Sylvester Z. Poli (1859–1937), Italian-American sculptor and founder of the Poli theater chainLaurie, Joe (1953). Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace. New York: Holt. p. 397. 53-9590.Musser, Charles (1991). High-Class Moving Pictures : Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. p. 13. .Associated Press (June 1, 1937). "SYLVESTER Z. POLI, EX-SHOWMAN, DIES: Owner Of Theater Chain Had Houses Here And In Washington; First A Sculptor, He Opened 'Chamber Of Horrors' In New Haven, Conn.". The Baltimore Sun. p. 7. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
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