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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 19 of 5,707 notable people

0086 PAINTER

Andrea Appiani

1754 - 1817

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0271 POLITICIAN

Francesco Melzi d'Eril

1753 - 1816

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0363 SINGER

Luigi Marchesi

1754 - 1829

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0540 CHURCH

Lorenzo Litta

1756 - 1820

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1106 NOBLE

Carlo Imbonati

1753 - 1805

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1390 BOTANIST

Luigi Castiglioni (Forschungsreisender)

1757 - 1832

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1642 PHYSICIST

Marsilio Landriani

1751 - 1815

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1800 PAINTER

Giorgio Fuentes

1756 - 1821

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1981 ARCHIVIST

Luigi Bossi

1758 - 1835

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2157 OFFICER

Carlo Balabio

1759 - 1838

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2217 ARCHITECT

Ercole Silva

1756 - 1840

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2824 PAINTER

Paolo Landriani

1755 - 1839

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2987 ACTOR

Pietro Andolfati

1750 - 1830

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3216 HISTORIAN

Joseph Hager

1757 - 1819

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3417 COMPOSER

Giacomo Conti (Komponist)

1754 - 1805

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3609 AGENT

Jean-Baptiste Rotondo

1750 - 1795

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3708 PAINTER

Giuseppe Manfredini (pittore)

1754 - 1815

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3808 NOBILE

Giberto Borromeo (1751-1837)

1751 - 1837

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5512 BASSIST

Giuseppe Andreoli (bassist)

1757 - 1832

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