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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 17 of 5,707 notable people

0009 PHILOSOPHER

Cesare Beccaria

1738 - 1794

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0662 COMPOSER

Carlo Monza

1735 - 1801

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0878 CARDINAL

Ignazio Busca

1731 - 1803

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1015 PHYSICIAN

Pietro Moscati

1739 - 1824

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1200 PRIEST

Giovanni Archinto

1736 - 1799

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1578 MATHEMATICIAN

Ermenegildo Pini

1739 - 1825

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1580 PAINTER

Francesco Biondo

1735 - 1805

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1649 PRIEST

Carlo Crivelli (cardinal)

1736 - 1818

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3777 POET

Carlo Alfonso Maria Pellizzoni

1734 - 1818

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4404 ESSAYIST

Luigi Lambertenghi

1739 - 1813

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4573 PRIEST

Gianantonio Della Beretta

1733 - 1816

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4624 MISSING

Ermete Bonomi

1734 - 1812

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4781 ARCIVESCOVO

Cesare Alberico Lucini

1730 - 1768

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5391 MERCHANT

Carlo Rossetti

1736 - 1820

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5395 WRITER

Antonia Barbiano di Belgiojoso

1730 - 1773

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5445 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Turconi

1738 - 1805

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5604 WRITER

Giuseppe Visconti di Saliceto

1731 - 1807

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