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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
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Showing 24 of 5,707 notable people

0015 PHILOSOPHER

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

1719 - 1799

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0358 COMPOSER

Francesco Zappa

1717 - 1803

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0980 PRIEST

Antonio Eugenio Visconti

1713 - 1788

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1271 IMPRESARIO

Giovanni Battista Locatelli

1713 - 1785

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1332 POET

Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca

1718 - 1787

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1358 PRIEST

Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi

1712 - 1762

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1639 ARTIST

Felice Salimbeni

1712 - 1755

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1658 POET

Domenico Balestrieri

1714 - 1780

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1681 PAINTER

Cesare Ligario

1716 - 1770

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1701 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Joseph Allegranza

1715 - 1785

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1832 COMPOSER

Bernardo Aliprandi

1710 - 1792

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2066 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Giulini

1714 - 1780

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2298 MUSIC

Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi

1714 - 1784

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2696 PAINTER

Vittoria Ligari

1713 - 1783

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2849 POET

Carl'Antonio Tanzi

1710 - 1762

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3487 MARSCHALL

Franz Maximilian Jahnus von Eberstädt

1711 - 1772

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3732 ARCHITECT

Giulio Galliori

1715 - 1795

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3992 CERAMIST

Felice Clerici

1710 - 1780

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4004 COMPOSER

Melchiorre Chiesa

1716 - 1783

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4581 MARCHESE

Anton Giorgio Clerici

1715 - 1768

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4706 OPERA

Giuseppe Appiani (Sänger)

1712 - 1742

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4992 NOBILE

Renato III Borromeo Arese

1710 - 1778

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5376 SCIENTIST

Giuseppe Pecis

1716 - 1799

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5402 NOBILE

Bianca Maria di Sinzendorf-Neuburg

1717 - 1783

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