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BRESCIA

Most Famous People Born in Brescia, Italy

Notable people
810
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Driver 3.6×

Lombard workshop energy: the Painter and Sculptor benches carry the Romanino-Moretto Cinquecento tradition, the Composer cluster hums along in Benedetto Marcello country, and the Driver tally is pure Mille Miglia — the race started and finished here for half the twentieth century.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Brescia during each.

What Brescia Is Known For

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Football is Brescia's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (141).

Brescia over-indexes on driver3.6× the global rate.

Brescia under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football141
  2. Politician96
  3. Painter73
  4. Composer31
  5. Priest27
  6. Sport27
  7. Player19
  8. Lawyer16
  1. Driver93.6×
  2. Painter733.4×
  3. Entrepreneur82.9×
  4. Composer312.9×
  5. Priest272.3×
  6. Sculptor122.3×
  7. Sport272.0×
  8. Architect141.9×
  1. Actor150.3×
  2. Writer120.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Brescia's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0021 PAINTER

Francesco Filippini

1853 - 1895

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0056 WRITER

Gerolamo Rovetta

1851 - 1910

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0184 OFFICER

Pietro Frugoni

1851 - 1940

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0231 CRIMINOLOGIST

Lorenzo Tenchini

1852 - 1906

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0409 PAINTER

Cesare Bertolotti

1854 - 1932

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0477 POLITICIAN

Fausto Massimini

1859 - 1908

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0559 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Bettoni Cazzago

1856 - 1924

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0572 ORGANBUILDER

Tito Tonoli

1855 - 1897

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0634 POLITICIAN

Carlo Fisogni

1854 - 1936

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0650 OPERA

Giovanni Paroli

1856 - 1920

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0652 POLITICIAN

Angelo Passerini

1853 - 1940

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0720 ENTREPRENEUR

Achille Bertelli

1855 - 1925

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0729 POLITICIAN

Paolo Cuzzetti

1855 - 1925

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0777 LAWYER

Arturo Finadri

1859 - 1924

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