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FLORENCE

Most Famous People Born in Florence, Italy

Notable people
3,189
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1869
Most distinctive
Sculptor 5.7×

The Quattrocento, in one city. Florence is the only city in the dataset where the 1400s and 1500s together account for a fifth of all notable births, and the distinctive shelves still carry the Medici imprint — sculptors and painters at more than five times the global rate, architects, poets, and an unusually heavy mathematician column from the same workshops that produced Brunelleschi and Galileo. The modern half adds footballers and actors, but the city's centre of gravity is the two centuries when it more or less invented the Renaissance.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Florence during each.

What Florence Is Known For

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Painter is Florence's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (425).

Florence over-indexes on sculptor5.7× the global rate.

Florence under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Painter425
  2. Politician267
  3. Writer175
  4. Actor156
  5. Football138
  6. Sculptor119
  7. Priest116
  8. Architect90
  1. Sculptor1195.7×
  2. Painter4255.1×
  3. Architect903.2×
  4. Poet882.7×
  5. Priest1162.5×
  6. Mathematician362.3×
  7. Composer872.1×
  8. Writer1751.7×
  1. Football1380.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Florence's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 127 of 3,189 notable people

0107 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Pavolini

1903 - 1945

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0134 WRITER

Harold Acton

1904 - 1994

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0139 PHILOSOPHER

Titus Burckhardt

1908 - 1984

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0234 SINGER

Carlo Buti

1902 - 1963

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0256 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Margherita Guarducci

1902 - 1999

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0271 MATHEMATICIAN

Giulio Racah

1909 - 1965

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0281 ACTOR

Pietro Tordi

1906 - 1990

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0355 PAINTER

Primo Conti

1900 - 1988

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0383 ACTOR

Evi Maltagliati

1908 - 1986

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0412 ACTOR

Mario Soffici

1900 - 1977

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0535 PRIEST

Mario Luigi Ciappi

1909 - 1996

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0674 ACTOR

Francesca Braggiotti

1902 - 1998

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0700 LITERARY

Renato Poggioli

1907 - 1963

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0738 ARCHITECT

Gherardo Bosio

1903 - 1941

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0744 ART DIRECTOR

Mario Chiari

1909 - 1989

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0750 POLITICIAN

Arturo Michelini

1909 - 1969

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0757 RABBI

Riccardo Pacifici

1904 - 1943

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0781 POET

Berto Ricci

1905 - 1941

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0831 ART HISTORIAN

Ugo Procacci

1905 - 1991

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0843 ACTOR

Germana Paolieri

1906 - 1998

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0847 CHESS

Clarice Benini

1905 - 1976

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0856 SINGER

Herva Nelli

1909 - 1994

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0938 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Bonsanti

1904 - 1984

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0975 FILM

Giorgio Venturini

1908 - 1984

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1015 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Galluzzi

1903 - 1973

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1091 WRITER

Orsola Nemi

1903 - 1985

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1107 PHYSICIAN

Nathan Cassuto

1909 - 1945

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1148 PHYSICIST

Nello Carrara

1900 - 1993

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1167 SINGER

Adriana Guerrini

1907 - 1970

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1207 MUSEOLOGIST

Luisa Becherucci

1904 - 1988

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1243 DRIVER

Carlo Maria Pintacuda

1900 - 1971

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1265 DANCER

Paul Draper (dancer)

1909 - 1996

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1281 COMPOSER

Mario Braggiotti

1905 - 1996

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1322 RACING

Piero Scotti

1909 - 1976

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1343 BOTANIST

Alberto Chiarugi

1901 - 1960

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1380 BROADCAST

Lisa Sergio

1905 - 1989

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1404 ATHLETIC

Giuseppe Lippi

1904 - 1978

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1414 PAINTER

Sabine Hettner

1907 - 1985

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1422 ACTOR

Edda Soligo

1905 - 1984

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1462 HISTORIAN

Antonello Gerbi

1904 - 1976

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1487 SCULPTOR

Bruno Innocenti

1906 - 1986

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1496 PAINTER

Luigi Montanarini

1906 - 1998

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1520 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Ricci (Mathematiker)

1904 - 1973

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1543 MANAGER

Gino Levi Martinoli

1901 - 1996

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1546 ARCHITECT

Raffaello Fagnoni

1901 - 1966

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1566 FILM

Alberto Doria

1901 - 1944

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1579 SCREENWRITER

Renzo Tarabusi

1906 - 1968

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1582 ARCHITECT

Italo Gamberini

1907 - 1990

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1614 ARCHITECT

Nello Baroni

1906 - 1958

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1644 WRITER

Alberto Carocci

1904 - 1972

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1658 MISSING

Magda Trocmé

1901 - 1996

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1672 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Paolo Graziosi (archeologo)

1906 - 1988

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1684 TRANSLATOR

Paola Ojetti

1908 - 1978

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1691 PAINTER

Vittorio Granchi

1908 - 1992

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1711 FASCISTA

Umberto Marzocchi

1900 - 1986

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1720 ACTOR

Letizia Bonini

1902 - 1974

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1726 BIOLOGIST

Massimiliano Aloisi

1907 - 1999

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1763 POLITICIAN

Orazio Barbieri

1909 - 2006

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1766 JOURNALIST

Enrico Gianeri

1900 - 1984

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1810 ROWER

Pier Luigi Vestrini

1905 - 1989

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1827 POET

Elda Bossi

1901 - 1996

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1834 DESIGNER

Maurizio Tempestini

1908 - 1960

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1867 ROWER

Renzo Vestrini

1906 - 1979

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1868 MATHEMATICIAN

Raffaello Parenti

1907 - 1977

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1874 PAINTER

Marisa Mori

1900 - 1985

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1915 PHILOLOGIST

Alberto Chiari

1900 - 1998

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1930 POET

Omero Cambi

1902 - 1965

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1938 PAINTER

Roland Hettner

1905 - 1978

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1939 MINERALOGIST

Francesco Rodolico

1905 - 1988

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1949 TEACHER

Wolfango Giusti

1901 - 1980

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1953 DESIGNER

Aldo Gucci

1905 - 1990

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1967 SINGER

Emilio Livi

1902 - 1973

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1968 BOTÁNICA

Albina Messeri

1904 - 1972

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1978 PAINTER

Paulo Ghiglia

1905 - 1979

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1987 PHILOLOGIST

Alessandro Ronconi

1909 - 1982

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2028 ART HISTORIAN

Ulf Jantzen

1909 - 2000

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2065 SPRINT

Giannina Marchini

1906 - 1976

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2101 POLITICIAN

Renato Cappugi

1901 - 1980

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2148 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Rossi (1904-1948)

1904 - 1948

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2185 DIPLOMAT

Gastone Guidotti

1901 - 1982

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2245 DIPLOMAT

Blasco Lanza D’Ajeta

1907 - 1969

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2270 PAINTER

Ugo Vittore Bartolini

1906 - 1975

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2303 CHEMIST

Franz Gottwalt Fischer

1902 - 1960

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2366 BOTANIST

Eleonora Francini Corti

1904 - 1984

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2381 ARCHITECT

Sirio Pastorini

1909 - 1994

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2389 ACTOR

Filomena Spagnuolo

1903 - 1987

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2407 WRITER

Vasco Mariotti

1906 - 1962

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2422 SPORT

Umberto Berni

1900 - 1945

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2445 TEACHER

Pompeo Biondi

1902 - 1966

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2471 MILITAR

Giuseppe Baylon

1909 - 2005

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2477 SCULPTOR

Lelio Gelli

1902 - 1975

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2504 ESSAYIST

Gabriella Bemporad

1904 - 1999

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2513 ATHLETIC

Nello Bartolini

1904 - 1956

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2530 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Braccesi

1900 - 1975

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2563 MILITAR

Italo Piccagli

1909 - 1944

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2571 PAINTER

Roberto Lemmi

1901 - 1971

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2620 MILITAR

Guglielmo Ferri

1907 - 1970

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2623 PAINTER

Augusto Chini

1904 - 1998

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2672 PSYCHOLOGIST

Alberto Marzi

1907 - 1983

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2723 PHYSICIAN

Alexander Tudor-Hart

1901 - 1992

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2759 PAINTER

Renato Cenni

1906 - 1977

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2767 FOOTBALL

Renzo Curradi

Born 1906

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2818 PUBLISHER

Renato Giunti

1905 - 1983

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2834 FOOTBALL

Italo Bandini

1905 - 1978

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2835 FOOTBALL

Fortunato Baldinotti

1908 - 1947

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2856 POLITICIAN

Tommaso Corsini (deputato)

1903 - 1980

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2921 GUERRILLA

Carlo Campolmi

1901 - 1975

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2938 POLITICIAN

Guido Baroni

Born 1904

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2944 FOOTBALL

Edgardo Bassi

Born 1905

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2962 FOOTBALL

Ottavio Baccani

1904 - 1968

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2967 FOOTBALL

Duilio Segoni

Born 1905

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2990 POLITICIAN

Aldo Lecci

1900 - 1974

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2998 SINGER

Canapino (cantante)

Born 1908

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2999 FOOTBALL

Aldo Bandini

1904 - 1980

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3033 FOOTBALL

Bruno De Santis

Born 1909

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3036 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Focosi

1904 - 1950

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3082 HISTORIAN

Aldo Bruscaglioni

1902 - 1978

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3098 ARCHITECT

Sarre Guarnieri

1904 - 1933

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3105 LAWYER

Vittorio Galluzzi

1901 - 1970

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3112 PAINTER

Renato Barlacchi

1904 - 1974

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3115 PAINTER

Clelia Vannucchi Pedani

1900 - 1985

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3123 ARCHITECT

Ferdinando Poggi

1902 - 1986

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3125 ENTREPRENEUR

Renzo Del Ventisette

1902 - 1997

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3126 FOOTBALL

Mario Moretti (calciatore 1902)

Born 1902

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3159 PUBLISHER

Da Rovere

1903 - 1967

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3167 PAINTER

Dino Bausi

1905 - 1936

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3180 JOURNALIST

Ermanno Contini

1902 - 1959

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