Giuseppe Carlucci (1710 ca. - 1790 ca.) was an Italian professor and astronomer. He was one of the first professors teaching at the University of Altamura (1747-1812).

Giuseppe Carlucci was born in 1710 ca., probably in Altamura, since some contemporaries stated that he was from Altamura. He was primicerius of Altamura Cathedral and, most importantly, he was one of the earliest professors of the University of Altamura (in 1749, he was appointed as professor of philosophy and geometry). He was described as a professor "of supreme justice, probity and humanity". Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi, in his autobiography, remembers him as an open-minded person, who "hated the superstition promoted by silly priests". Moreover, he studied mathematics and philosophy on his own, since at that time there were few people with knowledge in the above subjects.

Marcello Papiniano Cusani, rector of the new University of Altamura, had to propose the names of skilled professors to the Court of Naples; those professors had to be both skilled and morally irreproachable. As a proof of his scientific skills, Giuseppe Carlucci wrote a short essay in which he proved the certainty of the Earth's motion, dismissing the beliefs and opposition widespread at that time. His work was greatly appreciated in Naples, and particularly by the Cappellano Maggiore of Naples, Msgr. Celestino Galiani who praised him in a letter written on 30 November 1748:

I'm astonished that in the provinces of the kingdom there are so skilled people and with such a deep knowledge. Don't delay appointing him as professor of philosophy and mathematics in those royal schools in accordance with the Sovereign intentions of His Majesty.

— Msgr. Celestino Galiani

In this work, Carlucci exhibited a remarkable level of scientific skills, and proved that he was updated on the latest scientific authors and developments of science. Most importantly, he knew about the different interpretations given to Isaac Newton's Principia at that time in England. Carlucci died in 1790 circa, probably in Altamura, and was replaced by his pupil and assistant Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi.

He was member of the Accademia dei Venturieri di Monopoli and, during their meetings as well as in class, he used to explain that apparently supernatural phenomena could often be explained through science; one of those were the "phantoms", which were just vapours and miasma coming out of the decaying corpses.

The only work that, at the current state of research, can be attributed to Giuseppe Carlucci is the Ragionamento filosofico intorno al moto della Terra, written and spread in 1748, but published anonymously only in 1766. The scholar Barbara Raucci suggested that the essay wouldn't have been published if Giuseppe Carlucci hadn't met Emmanuele Mola in the Accademia dei Venturieri di Monopoli, who decided to publish it in order to educate those who didn't have any knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, and to pleasure those who already had that knowledge. In the preface, written by Emmanuele Mola and published together with the work, it is written that the author is unknown, while in the last part of the preface it is written that this work was snatched away from its author and published.