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FERRARA
Most Famous People Born in Ferrara, Italy
- Notable people
- 555
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1880
- Most distinctive
- Nobile 74.4×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Ferrara during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Ferrara Is Known For
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Painter is Ferrara's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (69).
Ferrara over-indexes on nobile — 74.4× the global rate.
Ferrara under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Ferrara's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
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- Field: Painter Clear ×
Giovanni Boldini
1842 - 1931
Cosimo Tura
1430 - 1495
Francesco del Cossa
1436 - 1477
Lorenzo Costa
1460 - 1535
Benvenuto Tisi
1481 - 1559
Ercole de' Roberti
1450 - 1496
Filippo De Pisis
1896 - 1956
Gaetano Previati
1852 - 1920
Boccaccio Boccaccino
1460 - 1525
Ludovico Mazzolino
1480 - 1528
Girolamo da Carpi
1501 - 1556
Carlo Bononi
1569 - 1632
Achille Funi
1890 - 1972
Scarsellino
1550 - 1620
Francesco Bianchi (painter)
1447 - 1510
Taddeo Crivelli
1425 - 1479
Domenico Panetti
1460 - 1530
Sebastiano Filippi
1532 - 1602
Giuseppe Mentessi
1857 - 1931
Ortolano
1480 - 1525
Camillo Filippi
1500 - 1574
Alberto Pisa
1864 - 1936
Giuseppe Mazzuoli (c. 1536 – 1589)
1536 - 1589
Galasso Galassi
1423 - 1473
Adriana Bisi Fabbri
1881 - 1918
Alessandro Mantovani
1814 - 1892
Roberto Melli
1885 - 1958
Giuseppe Avanzi
1645 - 1718
Antonio Alberti
1390 - 1449
Michele Coltellini
1480 - 1542
Bono da Ferrara
Born 1441
Arnaldo Ferraguti
1862 - 1925
Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna
1688 - 1774
Stefano da Ferrara
1349 - 1376
Alfonso Rivarola
1590 - 1640
Domenico Mona
1550 - 1602
Giorgio De Vincenzi
1884 - 1965
Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo
1602 - 1665
Gianfranco Goberti
Born 1939
Giovanni Francesco Surchi
Died 1590
Gaetano Piattoli
1703 - 1774
Prospero Piatti
1842 - 1902
Camillo Berlinghieri
1590 - 1635
Giulio Cromer
1572 - 1632
Gaspare Venturini
1576 - 1593
Sigismondo Scarsella
1530 - 1614
Ercole Grandi
1491 - 1531
Francesco Naselli
Died 1630
Giuseppe Bonati
1635 - 1681
Jacopo Bambini
1582 - 1629
Giovanni Battista Crema
1883 - 1964
Hercule Louis Catenacci
1816 - 1884
Nemesio Orsatti
1912 - 1988
Giacomo Parolini
1663 - 1733
Giovanni Francesco Braccioli
1697 - 1762
Cesare Filippi
1536 - 1602
Antonio Boldini
1799 - 1872
Girolamo Mengozzi
1686 - 1774
Carlo Brisighella
1632 - 1710
Giorgio Cattani
Born 1949
Meister der zwölf Apostel
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Diomede Catalucci
1859 - 1943
Leonardo Brescia
1520 - 1582
Maestro dei dodici apostoli
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Camillo Rizzi
1580 - 1618
Antonio Baruffaldi
1793 - 1819
Gabriele Cappellini
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Gianni Deserri
Born 1948
Costanzo Cattani
1602 - 1665