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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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0013 ARTIST

Lorenzo Mattotti

Born 1954

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0062 JUDO

Ezio Gamba

Born 1958

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0065 BASKET

Marco Solfrini

1958 - 2018

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0103 PRIEST

Francesco Beschi

Born 1951

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0120 FOOTBALL

Oscar Damiani

Born 1950

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0123 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cagni

Born 1950

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0128 FOOTBALL

Evaristo Beccalossi

Born 1956

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0142 BASKET

Carlo Caglieris

Born 1951

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0147 MUSIC

Ugo Orlandi

Born 1958

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0178 FENCER

Attilio Calatroni

Born 1950

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0186 CHESS

Roberto Messa

Born 1957

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0196 POLITICIAN

Massimo Mucchetti

Born 1953

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0242 SPORT

Maurizio Arrivabene

Born 1957

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0248 POLITICIAN

Luigi Morgano

Born 1951

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0288 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Venturi

Born 1957

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0289 PRODUCER

Gianfranco Bortolotti

Born 1959

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0297 PRIEST

Calogero Marino

Born 1955

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0313 MUSIC

Paolo Beschi

Born 1953

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0332 COMPOSER

Paolo Ugoletti

Born 1956

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0365 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Zipponi

Born 1955

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0368 COMPOSER

Luigi Archetti

Born 1955

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0385 POLITICIAN

Tiziana Valpiana

Born 1951

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0389 THEATRE

Piero Maccarinelli

Born 1957

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0393 RUNNER

Roberto Ghidoni

Born 1952

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0394 TRADE UNION

Rosa Pavanelli

Born 1955

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0427 LAWYER

Peter Gilliéron

Born 1953

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0433 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Romele

Born 1951

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0439 POLITICIAN

Pierangelo Ferrari

Born 1951

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0457 POLITICIAN

Alberto Cavalli

Born 1953

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0511 SPORT

Tullio Tinti

Born 1958

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0514 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Bonometti

Born 1954

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0520 SINGER

Patrizia Giugno

1957 - 1978

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0530 COACH

Enrico Casella

Born 1957

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0533 EQUESTRIAN

Bartolo Ambrosione

Born 1959

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0551 WRITER

Enrico Colombini

Born 1953

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0556 FOOTBALL

Luciano Adami

Born 1957

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0568 COMPOSER

Giovanna Sorbi

1959 - 2018

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0570 POLITICIAN

Enzo Savarese

Born 1953

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0576 PLAYER

Alfredo Gavazzi

Born 1950

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0605 POLITICIAN

Elena Ferrara

Born 1958

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0608 DIRIGENTE

Sergio Vignoni

Born 1956

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0611 POLITICIAN

Francesco Tolotti

Born 1952

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0621 FOOTBALL

Renato Damonti

Born 1950

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0622 PLAYER

Angelo Frigoni

Born 1954

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0629 WRITER

Dino Greco

Born 1952

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