45.8102° N, 9.0861° E
COMO
Most Famous People Born in Como, Italy
- Notable people
- 360
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1932
- Most distinctive
- Gymnast 11.3×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Como during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Como Is Known For
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Football is Como's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (67).
Como over-indexes on gymnast — 11.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Como's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
- Music
- Other
Pliny the Elder
23 - 79
Alessandro Volta
1745 - 1827
Pliny the Younger
61 - 113
Pope Innocent XI
1611 - 1689
Antonio Sant'Elia
1888 - 1916
Gianluca Zambrotta
Born 1977
Giorgio Perlasca
1910 - 1992
Paolo Giovio
1483 - 1552
Massimo Bontempelli
1878 - 1960
Giambattista Nolli
1692 - 1756
Fabio Casartelli
1970 - 1995
Giuseppe Pontiggia
1934 - 2003
Patrick Cutrone
Born 1998
Gigi Meroni
1943 - 1967
Gianni Clerici
Born 1930
Gabriele Oriali
Born 1952
Gianfranco Miglio
1918 - 2001
Lucius Verginius Rufus
14 - 97
Gemma Bellincioni
1864 - 1950
Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci
1702 - 1753
Francesco Conconi
Born 1935
Paolo Sammarco
Born 1983
Corrado Passera
Born 1954
Stefano Casiraghi
1960 - 1990
Mathilde Krim
1926 - 2018
Eugenio Lamanna
Born 1989
Antonio Spallino
1925 - 2017
David Papineau
Born 1947
Nicolò Carandini
1896 - 1972
Matilde Marcolli
Born 1969
Anna Cappellini
Born 1987
Floraleda Sacchi
Born 1978
Matteo Bianchetti
Born 1993
Benedetto Erba Odescalchi
1679 - 1740
Max Papis
Born 1969
Massimo Vitali
Born 1944
Erika Fasana
Born 1996
Carla Porta Musa
1902 - 2012
Mario Radice
1898 - 1987
Aldo Buzzi
1910 - 2009
Marco Ferradini
Born 1949
Manlio Rho
1901 - 1957
Carlo Somigliana
1860 - 1955
Manuel Ortiz de Zárate
1887 - 1946
Claudio Corti (motorcyclist)
Born 1987
Luigi Volta
1876 - 1952
Bartolomeo Bianco
1590 - 1656
Umberto Colombo (footballer)
Born 1933
Carolina Ferni
1839 - 1926
Achille Grandi
1883 - 1946
Angelo Rizzoli (1943–2013)
1943 - 2013
Awudu Abass
Born 1993
Lanfranco
Died 3
Luciano Caramel
Born 1935
Giuseppe Sinigaglia
1884 - 1916
Piero Ballerini
1901 - 1955
Massimo Mutarelli
Born 1978
Paola Brumana
Born 1982
Aurelio Bianchi-Giovini
1799 - 1862
Rainer Masera
Born 1944
Diego De Ascentis
Born 1976
Giovanni Invernizzi (footballer, born 1963)
Born 1963
Mario Benzing
1896 - 1958
Luigi Porro Lambertenghi
1780 - 1860
Elisa Meneghini
Born 1997
Giuseppe Cocconi
1914 - 2008
Sandro Gorli
Born 1948
Anselmo Lurago
1701 - 1765
Liliana Ronchetti
1927 - 1974
Laura Vernizzi
Born 1985
Jennifer Isacco
Born 1977
Stefano Botta
Born 1986
Francesco Ambrosoli
1797 - 1868
Barbara Radice
Born 1943
Matteo Mandorlini
Born 1988
Carla Prina
1912 - 2008
Francesco Pasquale Ricci
1732 - 1817
Cesare Cattaneo
1912 - 1943
Riccardo Piatti
Born 1958
Giuseppe Maria Velzi
1767 - 1836
Piero Meriggi
1899 - 1982
Emilio Gabaglio
Born 1937
Nicolas Giani
Born 1986
Tito Carpi
-
Aldo Galli
1906 - 1981
Martina Rizzelli
Born 1998
Raffaella Masciadri
Born 1980
Paolo Carcano
1843 - 1918
Julieta Cantaluppi
Born 1985
Charles Bianconi
1786 - 1875
Simone Anzani
Born 1992
Daniele Danesin
Born 1985
Carlotta Clerici
Born 1965
Gasparo Molo
1571 - 1640
Giovannina Franchi
1807 - 1872
Giovanni Francesco Marchini
1672 - 1745
Ivana Iozzia
Born 1973
Manuela Dalla Valle
Born 1963
Luigi Borgomainerio
1836 - 1876
Giacomo Vaghi
1901 - 1978
Luigi Canali (partigiano)
1912 - 1945
Giovanni Morini
Born 1995
Vincenzo Camporini
Born 1946
Gianni Leoni
1915 - 1951
Adolf von Liebenberg
1851 - 1922
Katia Coppola
Born 1993
Fabius Constable
Born 1973
Mattia Notari
Born 1979
Adelia Marra
Born 1979
Tommaso Malvito
Died 1524
Felipe Caronti
1813 - 1883
Renzo Rinaldo Bossi
1883 - 1965
Luca Princiotta
Born 1982
Paolo Valera
1850 - 1926
Maurizio Galimberti
Born 1956
Carlo Linati
1878 - 1949
Stefano DellaVigna
Born 1973
Francesca Rio
Born 1990
Luigi Dottesio
1814 - 1851
Davide Orrico
Born 1990
Luisa Lambri
Born 1969
Piero Caldirola
1914 - 1984
Marco Somalvico
1941 - 2002
Francesco Cigalini
1489 - 1551
Renzo Modesti
1920 - 1993
Ugo Napoleone Giuseppe Broggi
1880 - 1965
Emiliano Mascetti
Born 1943
Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri
1616 - 1694
Carlo Ferrario
Born 1986
Marco Galli (cardinal)
1619 - 1683
Anton Gioseffo della Torre di Rezzonico
1709 - 1785
Andrea Romanò
Born 1993
Ludovico Moresi
Born 1980
Santo Monti
1855 - 1923
Mauro Leonardi
Born 1959
Giorgio Bontempi
Born 1926
Marco Berti
Born 1962
Costanza Manfredini
Born 1988
Giancarlo Buzzi
1929 - 2015
Arnaldo Cipolla
1877 - 1938
Giuseppe Olgiati
1660 - 1736
Mario Lucini
Born 1958
Paolo Civati
Born 1977
Gil Baroni
1937 - 2020
Sonya Caleffi
Born 1970
Francesca Cola
Born 1973
Chiara Braga
Born 1979
Donato Pirovano
Born 1964
Pierangelo Summa
1947 - 2015
Massimiliano Guidetti
Born 1976
Nino Ravasini
1900 - 1980
Cesare Ferrario
Born 1948
Silvio Grappasonni
Born 1962
Filippo Mondelli
Born 1994
Benci di Cione
1337 - 1404
Benedetto Giovio
1471 - 1545
Matteo Lanzoni
Born 1988
Perla Martinelli
Born 1938
Giacomo Gattuso
Born 1968
Cristoforo Greppi
-
Alessia Piazza
Born 1998
Giroldo da Como
1225 - 1295
Gianfranco Bianchi
1915 - 1992
Ulpiano Volpi
1559 - 1629
Leopoldo Gamberini
1922 - 2012
Michele Moretti
1908 - 1995
Laura Magitteri
Born 1988
Giuseppe Bernardoni
1897 - 1942
Emanuele Vezzoli
Born 1958
Paolo Sesana
Born 1970
Antonio Quadranti
Born 1980
Giulio Maria Odescalchi
1612 - 1666
Raul Merzario
1946 - 2005
Mauro Guerra
Born 1957
Luigi Tatti
1808 - 1881
Solone Ambrosoli
1851 - 1906
Gabriele di Battista
Died 1505
Antonio Ratti
1915 - 2002
Pietro Augustoni
1741 - 1815
Giovanni Pietro Volpi
1585 - 1636
Alessio Butti
Born 1964
Marco Romano (football)
1910 - 1952
Mario Martinelli
1906 - 2001
Enrico Caporali
1838 - 1918
Gabriele Boscetto
Born 1944
Enrico Thanhoffer
Born 1965
Ludovico Peregrini
Born 1938
Santo Garovaglio
1805 - 1882
Pietro Catelli
1920 - 2006
Girolamo Borsieri
1588 - 1629
Marco Mallus
Born 1982
Joseph di Pasquale
Born 1968
Antonio Conelli
1909 - 2003
Enrico Mantero
1934 - 2001
Emanuele da Como
1625 - 1701
Marianna Barelli
Born 1976
Attilio Meucci
-
Andrea Roda
Born 1990
Luca Marelli
Born 1972
Teodoro Mariani
1882 - 1916
Davide Caremi
Born 1984
Rocco di Tommaso da Vicenza
1495 - 1529
Marco Cingolani
Born 1961
Giulio Pinchetti
1845 - 1870
Lucio Leoni
Born 1968
Simone Molteni
Born 1992
Davide Roda
Born 1972
Giovanni Rusconi
Died 1412
Alessandro Sallusti
Born 1957
Edoardo Clerici
1898 - 1975
Virginio Bertinelli
1901 - 1973
Corrado Fumagalli (cestista)
Born 1966
Renzo Pecco
1900 - 1975
Giulio Cisari
1892 - 1979
Giulio Cesare Gattoni
1741 - 1809
Giacomo Maspero
Born 1992
Alberto Mori
1909 - 1993
Vincenzo Reina
1862 - 1919
Giovanni Battista Giovio
1748 - 1814
Rolando Picchioni
Born 1936
Maria Roda
1877 - 1958
Antonello Piroso
Born 1960
Carlo Carcano (musicista)
Born 1970
Alessandra Locatelli
Born 1976
Paola Tagliabue
Born 1976
Carlo Rovelli (vescovo)
1740 - 1819
Alessandro Bares
Born 1970
Gianfranco Aliverti
Born 1930
Angelo Luzzani
1896 - 1960
Alberto Angiolini
Born 1973
Alberto Rizzoli
1945 - 2019
Lorenzo Di Silvestro
Born 1970
Gian Pietro Porro (esploratore)
1844 - 1886
Carlo Baravalle (scrittore)
1826 - 1900
Ennio Tarantola
1915 - 2001
Gaetano Ciniselli
1815 - 1881
Pedro Scalabrini
1848 - 1916
Remo Ruffini (businessman)
Born 1961
Mario Biondi (calciatore)
Born 1946
Emilio Ostinelli
Born 1979
Mariano Rosati
1879 - 1967
Benigno Bossi (patriota)
1788 - 1870
Sofia Busato
Born 2000
Enrico Frassi
1836 - 1903
Mattia Trombetta
Born 1974
Franca Ronchetti
1929 - 2018
Giada Oliviero
Born 1993
Francesco Cigardi
Born 1984
Angelo Sguazzero
Born 1946
Federica Clerici
Born 1994
Eugenio Cantoni (poeta)
1919 - 1940
Giovanni Antonio Volpe
1513 - 1588
Dario Sala
1912 - 2005
Davide La Rosa
Born 1980
Chiara Nespoli
Born 1987
Antonio Mangiacavalli
-
Gianluca Spinelli
Born 1966
Massimo Dell'Acqua
Born 1979
Massimiliano Notari
Born 1972
Bianca Pellegrini
1417 - 1480
Gardino Pellolio
Born 1980
Giovanni Cocco
Born 1976
Marcello Tentorio
Born 1943
Paolo Gaifami
1883 - 1944
Bianca Turati
Born 1997
Adriano Auguadri
1897 - 1941
Corrado Venini
1880 - 1916
Katia Pietrosanti
Born 1979
Antonio Longhini
1918 - 1944
Giona Terzo Ortenzi
Born 1996
Andrea Grieco
Born 1991
Alessandro Saporiti
1863 - 1941
Edoardo Galimberti
Born 1915
Massimo Ferrario
Born 1956
Maria Magatti
Born 1992
Giovanni Brenna
Born 1939
Giorgio Szegö
1934 - 2020
Alberto Tentardini
Born 1996
Rosalba Benzoni
Born 1942
Maria Carazzi
Born 1943
Gianfranco Gatti
1930 - 2017
Ubaldo De Ponti
1920 - 2011
Marco Antonio Gilmetti
1662 - 1730
Pietro Antonio Corradi
1613 - 1683
Michelangelo Bernasconi
1901 - 1943
Massenzio Masia
1902 - 1944
Paolo Porta
1901 - 1945
Ivano Comi
1953 - 2018
Carlo Reina
1881 - 1935
Giulio Reiner
1915 - 2002
Stefano Bruni
Born 1961
Giorgio Gandola
Born 1958
Damiano Della Torre
Born 1973
Mario Landriscina
Born 1954
Marcello Sensini
Born 1944
Gabriele Ostinelli
Born 1943
Matteo Bogani
Born 1982
Ernesto Casnati
1928 - 2019
Francesco Mattei
Born 1973
Alberto Mugiasca
1635 - 1694