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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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0015 CARDINAL

Giovanni Battista Re

Born 1934

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0028 SCREENWRITER

Silvano Agosti

Born 1938

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0151 SINGER

Adriana Maliponte

Born 1938

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0158 BISHOP

Cesare Mazzolari

1937 - 2011

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0174 BANK

Giovanni Bazoli

Born 1932

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0239 PSYCHOLOGIST

Silvia Vegetti Finzi

Born 1938

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0245 MATHEMATICIAN

Alberto Tognoli

Born 1937

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0282 SINGER

Guidone (cantante)

Born 1938

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0298 LAWYER

Giuseppe Frigo

1935 - 2019

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0407 WRITER

Gianni Simoni

Born 1938

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0418 SCULPTOR

Gianni Parziale

Born 1934

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0479 FILM

Giorgio Cavedon

1930 - 2001

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0537 POLITICIAN

Pietro Padula

1934 - 2009

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0541 POLITICIAN

Cesare Allegri

1934 - 2020

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0549 FOOTBALL

Enrico Nova

1938 - 1998

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0550 FOOTBALL

Ulderico Sacchella

1939 - 1990

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0552 LITERARY

Giuseppe Amoroso

Born 1935

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0575 POLITICIAN

Adelio Terraroli

Born 1931

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0581 ENGINEER

Angelo Micheletti

Born 1939

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0583 PAINTER

Giorgio Lao

Born 1934

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0586 POLITICIAN

Guido Alberini

1938 - 2008

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0612 BASKET

Gianna Ghirri

Born 1939

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0616 FOOTBALL

Aldo Romano (calciatore)

Born 1931

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0623 SINGER

Nicla Di Bruno

1930 - 1997

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0664 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Camadini

1931 - 2012

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0673 FOOTBALL

Gianfelice Schiavone

1935 - 2019

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0680 FOOTBALL

Remo Vigni

1938 - 2019

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0698 POLITICIAN

Graziella Tossi

Born 1938

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0709 COACH

Franco Volpi (atleta)

1936 - 2013

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0755 FOOTBALL

Ezio Bettini

1932 - 2018

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0759 BOXER

Santo Amonti

Born 1937

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0793 LAWYER

Francesco Loda

1936 - 1997

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