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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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Florence during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Florence Is Known For
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Painter is Florence's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (425).
Florence over-indexes on sculptor — 5.7× the global rate.
Florence under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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.
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
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Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
Giovanni Papini
1881 - 1956
Guido Cavalcanti
1258 - 1300
Lucrezia Tornabuoni
1425 - 1482
Luigi Pulci
1432 - 1484
Franco Fortini
1917 - 1994
Luigi Alamanni
1495 - 1556
Agnolo Firenzuola
1493 - 1543
Antonio Francesco Grazzini
1504 - 1584
Jacopo Alighieri
1289 - 1348
Girolamo Benivieni
1453 - 1542
Burchiello (poet)
1404 - 1449
Vincenzo da Filicaja
1642 - 1707
Margherita Guidacci
1921 - 1992
Antonio Pucci (poet)
1310 - 1388
Giacinto Andrea Cicognini
1606 - 1649
Guido Mazzoni (poet)
1859 - 1943
Compiuta Donzella
1200 - 1300
Bernardo Bellincioni
1452 - 1492
Eugenio Miccini
1925 - 2007
Dino Frescobaldi
1271 - 1316
Berto Ricci
1905 - 1941
Chiaro Davanzati
Died 1304
Alessandro Parronchi
1914 - 2007
Gianni Alfani
Born 1272
Raffaello Borghini
1537 - 1588
Lamberto Pignotti
Born 1926
Rustico Filippi
1230 - 1291
Feo Belcari
1410 - 1484
Sennuccio del Bene
1275 - 1349
Ugolino di Vieri (poeta)
1438 - 1516
Benedetto Menzini
1646 - 1704
Angiolo Orvieto
1869 - 1968
Antonio Alamanni
1464 - 1528
Bernardo Pulci
1438 - 1488
Enrico Nencioni
1837 - 1896
Massimiliano Chiamenti
1967 - 2011
Matteo Frescobaldi
1297 - 1348
Sergio Salvi
Born 1932
Bartolomeo della Fonte
1445 - 1513
Alberto Caramella
1928 - 2007
Alessandro Adimari
1579 - 1649
Alessandro Allegri
1560 - 1629
Emanuel Carnevali
1897 - 1942
Cino Rinuccini
1350 - 1417
Silvio Ramat
Born 1939
Francesco d'Altobianco Alberti
1401 - 1479
Giuseppe Torquato Gargani
1834 - 1862
Salvino Salvini (poeta)
1667 - 1751
Alessandro Ceni
Born 1957
Luigi Alberti
1822 - 1898
Giuseppe Masi
1915 - 2007
Giuseppe Bonecchi
Born 1700
Ferdinando Paolieri
1878 - 1928
Mariella Bettarini
Born 1942
Giancarlo Bianchi
Born 1952
Paolo Lorenzini
1876 - 1958
Elda Bossi
1901 - 1996
Leonardo Dati (1408-1472)
1408 - 1472
Pietro Mastri
1868 - 1932
Omero Cambi
1902 - 1965
Luisa Giaconi
1870 - 1908
Niccolò Martelli
1498 - 1555
Michelangelo Serafini
Died 1555
Marcello Fabbri
1923 - 2015
Raffaello Gualterotti
1544 - 1638
Marianna Giarrè Billi
1835 - 1906
Biagio Buonaccorsi
1472 - 1600
Venturino Camaiti
1862 - 1933
Alberto Frattini
1922 - 2007
Francesco Boncinelli
1837 - 1917
Bondie Dietaiuti
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Giuseppe Tirinnanzi
1887 - 1976
Megliore degli Abati
-
Alberto Fiorentino
Died 1332
Michel Verin
1468 - 1487
Totto Machiavelli
1475 - 1522
Lucifero Martini
1916 - 2001
Monte Andrea
-
Giuliana Rossi
1931 - 2005
Fulvio Caccia
Born 1942
Carlo Alberto Bosi
1813 - 1886
Arrigo Baldonasco
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Franceschino degli Albizzi
Died 1358
Jacopo Salviati, I duca di Giuliano
1607 - 1672
Curzio de Marignol
1575 - 1606
Niccolò Soldanieri
Died 1385
Maddalena Aceiaiuoli
1567 - 1610