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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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Showing 15 of 810 notable people

0009 ACTOR

Erika Blanc

Born 1942

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0054 ACTOR

Zoe Incrocci

1917 - 2003

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0063 ACTOR

Camilla Filippi

Born 1979

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0098 ACTOR

Ezio Marano

1927 - 1991

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0102 ACTOR

Stefano Cassetti

Born 1974

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0113 ACTOR

Renato Chiantoni

1906 - 1979

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0195 ACTOR

Oscar Andriani

1905 - 1987

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0219 ACTOR

Elena Grimaldi

Born 1983

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0309 ACTOR

Esther Elisha

Born 1980

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0328 ACTOR

Alamanno Morelli

1812 - 1893

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0363 ACTOR

Sergio Cosentino

Born 1962

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0367 ACTOR

Stefania Dadda

Born 1964

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0517 ACTOR

Giorgio Zanetti

Born 1962

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0527 ACTOR

Luca Micheletti

Born 1985

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0604 ACTOR

Massimiliano Cutrera

Born 1970

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