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.

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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0030 BASKET

Sergio Scariolo

Born 1961

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0064 FOOTBALL

Ivano Bonetti

Born 1964

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0068 FOOTBALL

Dario Bonetti

Born 1961

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0080 MANAGER

Vittorio Colao

Born 1961

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0084 PHILOSOPHER

Carlo Lottieri

Born 1960

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0087 SPORT

Enrico Zaina

Born 1967

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0088 SWIMMER

Giorgio Lamberti

Born 1969

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0100 SPORT

Mario Chiesa (cyclist)

Born 1966

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0138 POET

Omar Pedrini

Born 1967

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0154 SPORT

Fabrizio Bontempi

Born 1966

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0155 SPORT

Stefano Faustini

Born 1968

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0171 POLITICIAN

Davide Caparini

Born 1967

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0191 RACING

Claudio Langes

Born 1961

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0204 ARTIST

Mario Rossi (dessinateur)

Born 1963

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0207 PLAYER

Massimo Bonomi

Born 1967

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0211 DRIVER

Andrea Dallavilla

Born 1969

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0214 PENCILLER

Giancarlo Olivares

Born 1967

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0215 DRIVER

Alessandro Zampedri

Born 1969

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0217 SPORT

Fausto Dotti

Born 1968

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0232 RACER

Cristiano Migliorati

Born 1968

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0243 CURATOR

Maurizio Bortolotti

Born 1961

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0262 WRITER

Camilla Baresani

Born 1961

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0277 POLITICIAN

Giulio Arrighini

Born 1962

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0278 ARTIST

Gigi Simeoni

Born 1967

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0285 POLITICIAN

Adriano Paroli

Born 1962

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0296 LAWYER

Gregorio Gitti

Born 1964

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0303 FOOTBALL

Ivan Rizzardi

Born 1966

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0308 FENCER

Federico Cervi

Born 1961

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0318 PHILOSOPHER

Laura Palazzani

Born 1964

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0333 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Bazoli

Born 1969

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0341 POLITICIAN

Emilio Del Bono

Born 1965

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0342 DIRIGENTE

Renato Mazzoncini

Born 1968

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0345 FOOTBALL

Giordano Negretti

Born 1962

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0350 LAWYER

Francesco Peroni

Born 1961

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0357 FOOTBALL

Giordano Caini

Born 1969

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0361 PHILOLOGIST

Gherardo Ugolini

Born 1960

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0363 ACTOR

Sergio Cosentino

Born 1962

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0367 ACTOR

Stefania Dadda

Born 1964

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0377 DRUMMER

Diego Galeri

Born 1968

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0379 FOOTBALL

Pietro Strada

Born 1969

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0401 POLITICIAN

Mario Sberna

Born 1960

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0412 FOOTBALL

Mario Montorfano

Born 1961

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0416 JOURNALIST

Pierangelo Giovanetti

Born 1964

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0417 FOOTBALL

Stefano Bonometti

Born 1961

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0425 POET

Fabio Barcellandi

Born 1968

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0449 PIANIST

Daniele Alberti

Born 1965

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0461 COMPOSER

Luca Tessadrelli

Born 1963

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0463 POLITICIAN

Daniele Molgora

Born 1962

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0486 JOURNALIST

Monica Gasparini

Born 1966

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0502 SINGER

Enrico Ghedi

Born 1966

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0504 RICERCA

Giovanni Gorno Tempini

Born 1962

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0517 ACTOR

Giorgio Zanetti

Born 1962

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0525 SKIER

Nicoletta Merighetti

Born 1966

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0529 FOOTBALL

Claudio Lunini

Born 1966

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0555 BASSIST

Carlo Alberto Pellegrini

Born 1967

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0561 FOOTBALL

Luigi Zerbio

Born 1961

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0574 JOURNALIST

Federica Balestrieri

Born 1969

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0579 SPORT

Fabio Bordonali

Born 1963

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0580 MAFIOSO

Francesco Franzese (collaboratore di giustizia)

Born 1964

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0589 DRIVER

Giuseppe Bugatti

Born 1965

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0603 FOOTBALL

Mauro Marmaglio

Born 1962

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0606 CRIMINOLOGIST

Carlo Bui

Born 1960

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0615 JOURNALIST

Giusi Legrenzi

Born 1969

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0662 ARCHITECT

Marcello Ziliani

Born 1963

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0701 DRIVER

Danilo Fappani

Born 1969

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0753 KARATE

Cristina Restelli

Born 1965

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0765 BASKET

Cristina Carmilla

Born 1966

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