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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 10 of 5,707 notable people

0296 PHYSICIAN

Giuseppe Francesco Borri

1627 - 1695

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0694 PAINTER

Federico Cervelli

1625 - 1700

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0992 PAINTER

Giovanni Ghisolfi

1623 - 1683

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1058 PAINTER

Antonio Busca (painter)

1625 - 1686

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1265 POLITICIAN

Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases

1628 - 1699

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1629 POLITICO

Vitaliano VI. Borromeo

1620 - 1690

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1653 TYPOGRAPHER

Federico Agnelli

1626 - 1702

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1815 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Bonacina

1620 - 1664

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3577 ARCHITECT

Gerolamo Quadrio

1625 - 1679

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5469 DIPLOMAT

Ercole Teodoro Trivulzio

1620 - 1664

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