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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 21 of 5,707 notable people

0289 WRITER

Alessandro Verri

1741 - 1816

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0804 POLITICIAN

Carlo Verri

1743 - 1823

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0916 WRITER

Giuseppe Gorani

1740 - 1819

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1270 SINGER

Giulia Frasi

1740 - 1772

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1395 PRIEST

Antonio Dugnani

1748 - 1818

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1461 PRIEST

Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti

1747 - 1819

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1481 PAINTER

Domenico Aspari

1746 - 1831

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1705 NOBLE

Gian Galeazzo Serbelloni

1744 - 1802

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1740 PRESBYTER

Serafino Morazzone

1747 - 1822

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1748 PAINTER

Pietro Antoniani

1740 - 1805

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2267 ARCHITECT

Agostino Gerli

1744 - 1821

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2386 POLITICIAN

Antonio Litta Visconti Arese

1748 - 1820

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2449 WRITER

Giovanni Verri

1745 - 1818

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2521 COMPOSER

Niccolò Mestrino

1748 - 1789

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3351 ECONOMIST

Francesco Bellati

1749 - 1819

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3373 MISSING

Paolo Busti

1749 - 1824

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3688 BALLET

Caterina Gattai Tomatis

1747 - 1792

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3690 PAINTER

Francesco Corneliani

1740 - 1815

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3779 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Luini

1740 - 1792

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4363 DIPLOMAT

Paolo Greppi

1748 - 1800

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4691 CIVIL SERVICE

Bartolomeo Calderara

1747 - 1806

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