45.4669° N, 9.1900° E

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
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Showing 33 of 5,707 notable people

0222 PAINTER

Fyodor Bruni

1799 - 1875

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0318 POLITICIAN

Gabrio Casati

1798 - 1873

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0413 PHYSICIST

Gabrio Piola

1794 - 1850

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0652 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Pallavicino Trivulzio

1796 - 1878

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0780 PAINTER

Bianca Milesi

1790 - 1849

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0815 WRITER

Mathilda d'Orozco

1796 - 1863

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0999 SCULPTOR

Abbondio Sangiorgio

1798 - 1879

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1167 COMPOSER

Carlo Yvon

1798 - 1854

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1497 PAINTER

Ignazio Manzoni

1797 - 1888

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1553 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Arconati Visconti

1797 - 1873

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1659 ARCHITECT

Giacomo Moraglia

1791 - 1860

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1843 CHOREOGRAPHER

André Isidore Carey

1798 - 1821

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1883 MINERALOGIST

Giulio Curioni

1796 - 1878

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2142 SCRITTORE

Matilde Viscontini Dembowski

1790 - 1825

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2624 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Carlo Annoni

1795 - 1879

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2907 MILITAR

Karl von Simbschen

1794 - 1870

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2956 CHILD

Dermide Leclerc

1798 - 1804

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3097 PAINTER

Girolamo Luigi Calvi

1791 - 1872

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3211 ARCHITECT

Luigi Clerichetti

1798 - 1876

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3299 MILITAR

John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury

1793 - 1858

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3454 ARCHITECT

Ambrogio Nava

1791 - 1862

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3694 ARCHITECT

Andrea Pizzala

1798 - 1862

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3733 POLITICIAN

Victor François Marie Perrin de Bellune

1796 - 1853

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3823 NATURALIST

Vitaliano VIII Borromeo

1792 - 1874

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3824 ARCHITECT

Gaetano Besia

1791 - 1871

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4078 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Joseph Constant Bourelle de Sivry

1799 - 1862

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4104 CHOREOGRAPHER

Antonio Monticini

1792 - 1854

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4182 POLITICIAN

Gaetano De Castillia

1794 - 1870

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4227 OBERST

Paul von Airoldi

1793 - 1882

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4550 MUSIC

Francesca D'Adda

1794 - 1877

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4971 POLITICIAN

Antonio Busca Serbelloni

1799 - 1870

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5468 ARCHITECT

Ambrogio Frangiolli

1798 - 1870

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5575 CIVIL SERVICE

Michele Barozzi

1795 - 1867

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