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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 15 of 5,707 notable people

0221 SCULPTOR

Camillo Rusconi

1658 - 1728

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0688 CARDINAL

Ferdinando d'Adda

1650 - 1719

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0923 PRIEST

Giuseppe Archinto

1651 - 1712

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1115 WRITER

Carlo IV. Borromeo

1657 - 1734

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1796 PRINTMAKER

Giuseppe Abbiati

1658 - 1720

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1874 PAINTER

Andrea Porta

1656 - 1723

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1886 PRIEST

Agostino Cusani (1655-1730)

1655 - 1730

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1937 PRIEST

José Brasanelli

1659 - 1728

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2303 CARDINAL

Bernardino Scotti

1656 - 1726

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3780 PRIEST

Giulio Resta

1657 - 1743

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4674 PRIEST

Gerolamo Archinto

1651 - 1712

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4707 PRIEST

Ortensio Visconti

1651 - 1725

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4814 PRELATE

Alessandro Croce

1650 - 1704

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5532 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Battista Quadrio

1659 - 1722

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5589 PAINTER

Angiolo Mario Crivelli

1658 - 1730

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