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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- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Music
- Writing
- Religion
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1920 - 1995
Emanuele Severino
1929 - 2020
Mario Cecchi Gori
1920 - 1993
Mario Rigamonti
1922 - 1949
Ezio Marano
1927 - 1991
Renato Gei
1921 - 1999
Luigi De Marchi (psicologo)
1927 - 2010
Dionigi Coppo
1921 - 2003
Gabriele Calvi
1925 - 2015
Luigi Cagni (storico delle religioni)
1929 - 1998
Emiliano Rinaldini
1922 - 1945
Luigi Paterlini
1923 - 1974
Giovanni Cristini
1925 - 1995
Dolores Abbiati
1927 - 2001
Carlo Hauner
1927 - 1996
Franco Salvi
1921 - 1994
Giacomo Colli
1928 - 1994
Giuseppe Gheda
1925 - 1945
Pietro Bonetti
1922 - 2012
Mario Ferrari (calciatore)
1926 - 2018
Giuseppe Gaggiotti
1925 - 2007
Italo Rebuzzi
Born 1922
Giovanni Colosio
Born 1928
Angio Zane
1925 - 2010
Emilio Farina
Born 1929
Rinaldo Seri
1928 - 2012
Luigi Valotti
1922 - 1941
Armando Pizzo
1925 - 2011
Giovanni Prevosti
1922 - 2010
Domenico Lo Vasco
1928 - 2020
Franco Bagna
1921 - 1945
Faustino Ardesi
Born 1921
Luciano Fusari
1928 - 2017
Aldo Zamorani
1925 - 1945
Renato Cervati
1920 - 2004
Enrico Ranzanici
1924 - 2007
Mario Cervati
1928 - 2012
Giovanni Gennari
1921 - 1990
Remo Bertoni (footballer)
Born 1929
Bruno Armanini
Born 1922
Libero Gualtieri (calciatore)
1924 - 2013
Gianni Boninsegna
1923 - 1993
Ildebrando Vivanti
1926 - 1944
Gianni Savoldi
1924 - 2001
Ettore Caccia
1925 - 1973
Giuseppe Guarneri (calciatore)
Born 1924