45.5389° N, 10.2203° E
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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Brescia during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Brescia Is Known For
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Football is Brescia's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (141).
Brescia over-indexes on driver — 3.6× the global rate.
Brescia under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.
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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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Silvio Scaroni
1893 - 1977
Paolo Salvi
1891 - 1945
Vincenzo Mario Palmieri
1899 - 1994
Cesare Monti (painter)
1891 - 1959
Giovanni Mangiante
1893 - 1967
Lorenzo Mangiante
1891 - 1936
Giovanni Fausti
1899 - 1946
Luigi Contessi
1894 - 1967
Lodovico Montini
1896 - 1990
Alessandro Bettoni Cazaggo
1892 - 1951
Ottorino Marcolini
1897 - 1978
Marziale Cerutti
1895 - 1946
Pietro Bulloni
1895 - 1950
Arturo Bendini
1891 - 1944
Annibale Calini
1892 - 1916
Lodovico Nulli
Born 1891
Emanuele Cambilargiu
1894 - 1973
Bigio Vielmi
1893 - 1963
Enrico Dall'Era
Born 1897
Annibale Flori
1896 - 1917
Battista Pisa
1894 - 1962
Leandro Sorio
1899 - 1975
Gino Rovetta
1896 - 1965