Aurelio Liotta (Sant'Agata di Militello, 10 November 1886 – Messina, 26 March 1948) was an Italian Air Force general during the interwar period and World War II.

Moving to Modena, he enrolled at the local military academy on 5 November 1906, specializing in the aeronautical field, and graduating as a second lieutenant on 4 September 1908, assigned to the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment.

He was repatriated on 23 October 1912, and moved his residence to Rome; on 1 June 1913 he was assigned to a bicycle battalion, which was deployed on the front following Italy's entry into the First World War in May 1915.

On 19 February 1937, General Liotta was standing next to Viceroy Rodolfo Graziani during a speech in Addis Ababa, when the latter was targeted with a failed assassination attempt.

[4][2][6][5][3] After recovering from his wounds, on 4 April 1938 Liotta was appointed military aeronautical attaché at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, where he met Elena Steiman, whom he married.