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.

Through the Centuries

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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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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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0110 WRITER

Asvero Gravelli

1904 - 1956

Notable Births by Decade

What Brescia Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Asvero Gravelli

Renato Chiantoni

Aymo Maggi

Oscar Andriani

Franco Comotti

Carlo Manziana

Flaviano Magrassi

Silvio Consadori

Angelo Righetti

Stefano Bazoli

Evaristo Frisoni

Vittorio Botticini

Mario Marcazzan

Costantino Bianchi

Battista Serioli

Giovanni Acerboni

Guido Alberto Alfieri

Berardo Frisoni

Angiola Massucco Costa

Rinaldo Capuzzi

Stefano Perati

Raffaello Guzman

Menotti Bugna

Mario Maffioli

Vittorio Rizzi

Eridio Bonardi

Giacomo Tomasini

Giovanni Bellardi

Giacomo Gianora

Ferruccio Martinelli

Genesio Bozzoni

Renato Baiguera

Eugenio Vicentini