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MILANO

Most Famous People Born in Milano, Italy

Notable people
5,707
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1931
Most distinctive
Entrepreneur 3.6×

Italy's working capital, in every sense. Milano's distinctive professions are entrepreneurs, architects, journalists, and the priests and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — the trades of the city that runs Italian publishing, design, and football all at once. The notable births stretch back to a Roman ancestor of the city, but the centre of mass is squarely in the postwar decades, and the actor and footballer benches are both among the deepest in Italy.

Through the Centuries

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

What Milano Is Known For

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Football is Milano's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (604).

Milano over-indexes on entrepreneur3.6× the global rate.

Milano under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football604
  2. Actor446
  3. Politician438
  4. Painter309
  5. Writer293
  6. Singer184
  7. Journalist171
  8. Priest165
  1. Entrepreneur693.6×
  2. Architect1312.6×
  3. Painter3092.1×
  4. Artist1172.0×
  5. Priest1652.0×
  6. Composer1461.9×
  7. Journalist1711.9×
  8. Sculptor691.9×
  1. Politician4380.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
All5,707
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Showing 14 of 5,707 notable people

0438 PAINTER

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino

1553 - 1608

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1093 SCULPTOR

Ambrogio Buonvicino

1552 - 1622

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1240 PRIEST

Ferdinando Taverna

1558 - 1619

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1480 PHYSICIAN

Ludovico Settala

1550 - 1633

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1534 ARCHITECT

Lorenzo Binago

1554 - 1629

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1953 PRIEST

Flaminio Piatti

1552 - 1613

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2071 NOBILE

Barbara Sanseverino

1550 - 1612

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2117 PRIEST

Alfonso Visconti

1552 - 1608

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2426 ARCHITECT

Vermondo Resta

1555 - 1625

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3072 NOBILE

Ippolita Maggi

Born 1555

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3676 DIPLOMATICO

Renato I Borromeo

1555 - 1608

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4975 POLITICIAN

Luigi Melzi

1554 - 1629

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5192 OFFICER

Lodovico Melzi (militare)

1558 - 1617

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5563 MILITAR

Ercole Sfondrati, I duca di Montemarciano

1559 - 1637

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