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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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0005 FOOTBALL

Daniele Bonera

Born 1981

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0014 FOOTBALL

Michele Canini

Born 1985

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0032 FOOTBALL

Arturo Lupoli

Born 1987

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0035 FENCER

Andrea Cassarà

Born 1984

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0036 SINGER

L'Aura

Born 1984

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0039 FOOTBALL

Federico Agliardi

Born 1983

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0040 BASKET

Pietro Aradori

Born 1988

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0070 FOOTBALL

Roberto Guana

Born 1981

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0081 SKIER

Daniela Merighetti

Born 1981

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0112 CHESS

Sabino Brunello

Born 1989

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0116 FOOTBALL

Simone Dallamano

Born 1983

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0122 RACER

Lorenzo Zanetti

Born 1987

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0130 SWIMMER

Marco Belotti

Born 1988

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0144 SWIMMER

Paolo Bossini

Born 1985

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0159 FOOTBALL

Roberto Cortellini

Born 1982

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0175 FOOTBALL

Penelope Riboldi

Born 1986

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0219 ACTOR

Elena Grimaldi

Born 1983

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0222 POLITICIAN

Paola Carinelli

Born 1980

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0225 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Alberti

Born 1982

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0236 RESEARCH

Marco Micheli

Born 1983

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0240 FOOTBALL

Alberto Quadri

Born 1983

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0249 PIANIST

Emanuele Maniscalco

Born 1983

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0275 SPORT

Michele Gaia

Born 1985

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0301 JUDO

Elena Moretti

Born 1987

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0306 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Borghetti

Born 1984

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0309 ACTOR

Esther Elisha

Born 1980

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0322 JOURNALIST

Francesca Lancini

Born 1983

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0326 FOOTBALL

Matteo Alberti

Born 1988

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0329 FOOTBALL

Matteo Prandelli

Born 1988

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0339 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Sorial

Born 1983

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0359 WRITER

Roberto Paterlini

Born 1981

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0386 FOOTBALL

Gilberto Zanoletti

Born 1980

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0395 SKIPPER

Pietro Zucchetti

Born 1981

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0396 FOOTBALL

Elisa Zizioli

Born 1984

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0400 POLITICIAN

Miriam Cominelli

Born 1981

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0419 FOOTBALL

Alberto Filippini

Born 1987

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0421 PLAYER

Simone Tiberti

Born 1980

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0435 PIANIST

Federico Colli

Born 1988

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0438 FOOTBALL

Mattia Altobelli (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0444 PLAYER

Sebastiano Dusi

Born 1989

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0453 FOOTBALL

Ivan Marconi

Born 1989

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0475 CHESS

Daniele Genocchio

Born 1981

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0482 BASKET

Francesco Conti (cestista)

Born 1983

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0523 RAPPER

Frah Quintale

Born 1989

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0527 ACTOR

Luca Micheletti

Born 1985

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0610 PLAYER

Michela Este

Born 1985

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0617 PLAYER

Giacomo Zoli

Born 1989

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0628 JUGGLER

Gunther Celli

Born 1989

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0635 FOOTBALL

Stefano Fusari

Born 1983

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0645 PLAYER

Federico Sossi

Born 1983

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0668 RIDER

Federica Scolari

Born 1988

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0718 JOURNALIST

Omar Bellicini

Born 1986

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0754 FOOTBALL

Tommaso D'Attoma

Born 1988

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0807 SKIER

Giovanni Gullo

Born 1983

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