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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.

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  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
All5,707
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Showing 11 of 5,707 notable people

0048 MATHEMATICIAN

Bonaventura Cavalieri

1598 - 1647

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0556 PRIEST

Cesare Monti

1594 - 1650

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0638 PRIEST

Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

1597 - 1656

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0947 MISSIONARY

Giacomo Rho

1593 - 1638

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1511 POLITICIAN

Bartolomeo Arese

1590 - 1674

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2512 THEOLOGIAN

Ilarione Rancati

1594 - 1663

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2667 WRITER

Valeriano Castiglione

1593 - 1663

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4554 HISTORIAN

Lodovico Melzi

1594 - 1649

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5372 PRELATE

Vitalianus Visconti Borromeo

1591 - 1617

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5400 PRELATE

Filippo Visconti (bishop)

1596 - 1664

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5416 NOBILE

Gregorio Boncompagni, II duca di Sora

1590 - 1628

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