Pasquale Bona (Cerignola, November 3, 1808 – Milan, December 2, 1878) was an Italian composer. He studied music in Palermo. He composed a number of operas, including one based on the Schiller play that would later inspire
Giuseppe Verdi's
Don Carlos. Bona later taught at the Conservatory in Milan, where he counted among his pupils
Amilcare Ponchielli,
Arrigo Boito,
Franco Faccio and
Alfredo Catalani; he was also friends with Alessandro Manzoni.