Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), was an Italian composer.

Denza was born on February 24, 1846 Castellemmare di Stabia, Italy. He studied music at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. Denza wrote an opera, Wallenstein, and hundreds of songs. The most popular of these was the Neapolitan song Funiculi-funicula. Luigi Denza died in 1922 in London.