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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

0767 CARDINAL

Federico Borromeo (iuniore)

1617 - 1673

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0781 PAINTER

Pierfrancesco Cittadini

1616 - 1681

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0824 PRIEST

Federico Visconti

1617 - 1693

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1527 PRIEST

Giberto Borromeo (1615-1672)

1615 - 1672

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1805 PRIEST

Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia

1617 - 1684

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1943 PRIEST

Vitaliano Visconti

1618 - 1671

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4506 PRELATE

Francesco Maria Annoni

1610 - 1674

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4720 PRIEST

Gerolamo Visconti

1613 - 1670

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4770 SCULPTOR

Ambrosius Regondi

1614 - 1681

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4963 SCULPTOR

Giorgio Regondi

1616 - 1681

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4991 NOBILE

Renato II Borromeo

1618 - 1685

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5016 MISSING

Renato II. Borromeo

1613 - 1685

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5594 HISTORIAN

Marco Cremosano

1611 - 1704

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5682 PAINTER

Madonna Fitta de Milano

1610 - 1660

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