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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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0117 WORLD WAR

Silvio Scaroni

1893 - 1977

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0125 GYMNAST

Paolo Salvi

1891 - 1945

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0129 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Mario Palmieri

1899 - 1994

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0140 PAINTER

Cesare Monti (painter)

1891 - 1959

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0160 GYMNAST

Giovanni Mangiante

1893 - 1967

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0161 GYMNAST

Lorenzo Mangiante

1891 - 1936

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0170 MISSIONARY

Giovanni Fausti

1899 - 1946

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0179 GYMNAST

Luigi Contessi

1894 - 1967

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0212 POLITICIAN

Lodovico Montini

1896 - 1990

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0259 JUMPER

Alessandro Bettoni Cazaggo

1892 - 1951

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0286 PRESBYTER

Ottorino Marcolini

1897 - 1978

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0384 MILITAR

Marziale Cerutti

1895 - 1946

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0492 POLITICIAN

Pietro Bulloni

1895 - 1950

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0508 POLITICIAN

Arturo Bendini

1891 - 1944

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0601 PATRIOTA

Annibale Calini

1892 - 1916

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0666 SPORT

Lodovico Nulli

Born 1891

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0670 MILITAR

Emanuele Cambilargiu

1894 - 1973

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0694 FOOTBALL

Bigio Vielmi

1893 - 1963

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0702 FOOTBALL

Enrico Dall'Era

Born 1897

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0704 FOOTBALL

Annibale Flori

1896 - 1917

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0735 FOOTBALL

Battista Pisa

1894 - 1962

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0763 ANARCHICO

Leandro Sorio

1899 - 1975

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0801 DIRIGENTE

Gino Rovetta

1896 - 1965

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