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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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Showing 90 of 5,707 notable people

0093 GEOGRAPHER

Antonio Raimondi

1826 - 1890

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0168 POLITICIAN

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria

1827 - 1913

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0172 QUEEN

Adelaide of Austria

1822 - 1855

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0185 ACTOR

Tommaso Salvini

1829 - 1915

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0212 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Brioschi

1824 - 1897

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0270 PAINTER

Gerolamo Induno

1825 - 1890

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0272 STATESMAN

Emilio Visconti Venosta

1829 - 1914

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0328 POLITICIAN

Luciano Manara

1825 - 1849

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0357 PAINTER

Giuseppe Bertini

1825 - 1898

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0383 ECONOMIST

Henri Cernuschi

1821 - 1896

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0420 ARCHIDUC

Archduke Ernest of Austria (1824–1899)

1824 - 1899

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0517 ADMIRAL

Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria

1823 - 1898

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0648 PRIEST

Edoardo Borromeo

1822 - 1881

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0726 ZOOLOGIST

Emilio Cornalia

1824 - 1882

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0850 ARCHDUKE

Archduke Heinrich Anton of Austria

1828 - 1891

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0922 GEOGRAPHER

Manfredo Camperio

1826 - 1899

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1045 ORNITHOLOGIST

Pellegrino Strobel

1821 - 1895

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1048 ARCHIDUC

Sigismond d'Autriche (1826-1891)

1826 - 1891

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1098 COLLECTOR

Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli

1822 - 1879

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1102 PAINTER

Carlo Mancini

1829 - 1910

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1291 PAINTER

Angelo Trezzini

1827 - 1904

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1426 PAINTER

Sebastiano De Albertis

1828 - 1897

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1448 PAINTER

Carlo Brioschi

1826 - 1895

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1550 SCULPTOR

Antonio Tantardini

1829 - 1879

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1696 HISTORIAN

Felice Calvi (storico)

1822 - 1901

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1925 PAINTER

Giulio Rossi (painter)

1824 - 1884

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2130 PHYSIOLOGIST

Giuseppe Albini (médecin)

1827 - 1911

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2155 PAINTER

Amanzia Guérillot

1828 - 1905

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2241 WRITER

Luigi Sailer

1825 - 1885

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2440 PAINTER

Joseph Contini

1827 - 1892

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2491 ARCHITECT

Carlo Mariani

1823 - 1883

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2719 POLITICIAN

Federico Bellazzi

1825 - 1868

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2727 PRIEST

Timoleon Raimondi

1827 - 1894

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2791 POLITICIAN

Carlo Cagnola

1828 - 1895

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2898 COMPOSER

Giulio Litta

1822 - 1891

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2943 MISSIONARY

Carlo Salerio

1827 - 1870

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2945 PAINTER

Pietro Marzorati

1829 - 1895

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2955 ENGINEER

Angelo Vescovali

1826 - 1895

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3048 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Gadda

1822 - 1901

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3142 PHYSICIAN

Romolo Griffini

1825 - 1888

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3286 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Cristoforo Bellotti

1823 - 1919

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3324 POLITICIAN

Ercole Lualdi

1826 - 1890

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3333 JOURNALIST

Raffaele Sonzogno

1829 - 1875

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3385 ART HISTORIAN

Luigi Archinti

1825 - 1902

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3549 SPORT

Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann

1827 - 1914

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3557 PAINTER

Guglielmo Stella

1828 - 1888

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3641 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Piola

1826 - 1904

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3642 PRIEST

Luigi Nicora

1829 - 1890

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3679 WRITER

Emilio Bignami

1829 - 1910

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3695 PHYSICIAN

Serafino Biffi

1822 - 1899

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3701 PAINTER

Camillo Cima

1827 - 1908

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3731 PAINTER

Carlo Jotti

1826 - 1905

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3773 ECONOMISTA

Carlo De Cristoforis

1824 - 1859

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3806 POLITICIAN

Luigi Agostino Casati

1827 - 1881

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3833 PAINTER

Angelo Ribossi

1822 - 1886

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3839 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alessandro Pavia

1824 - 1889

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3910 ACTOR

Achille Majeroni (attore 1824-1888)

1824 - 1888

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3916 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe Augusto Cesana

1821 - 1903

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4023 NUMISMATIST

Costantino Luppi

1828 - 1899

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4060 SCULPTOR

Ercole Villa (scultore)

1827 - 1909

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4091 POLITICIAN

Achille Majocchi

1821 - 1904

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4191 NATURALIST

Hercules Turati

1829 - 1881

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4254 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Vandoni

1828 - 1877

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4302 POLITICIAN

Cesare Giulini della Porta

1825 - 1862

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4323 POET

Alessandro Arnaboldi

1827 - 1896

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4534 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Robecchi (politico 1825-1898)

1825 - 1898

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4597 POLITICIAN

Pompeo Bariola

1824 - 1894

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4606 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Borromeo

1821 - 1906

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4676 ENTREPRENEUR

Felice Grondona

1821 - 1902

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4679 ENTREPRENEUR

Lodovico Melzi d'Eril

1820 - 1886

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4700 HISTORIAN

Vittore Ottolini

1825 - 1892

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4738 POLICE

Filippo Rossi (commissario)

1820 - 1870

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4840 PATRIOTA

Antonio Tosi

1828 - 1906

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4845 POET

Filippo Manzoni

1826 - 1868

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4878 NOBILE

Caterina Melzi d'Eril

1824 - 1887

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4949 POLITICIAN

Carlo Prinetti

1820 - 1911

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4959 POLITICIAN

Graziano Tubi

1825 - 1904

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5093 SCULPTOR

Filippo Biganzoli

1823 - 1894

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5258 MILITAR

Eduardo Clerici

1826 - 1876

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5301 PATRIOTA

Filippo Migliavacca

1829 - 1860

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5353 PATRIOTA

Carlo Ghirlanda Silva

1825 - 1903

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5379 MUSIC

Enrico Molaschi

1823 - 1911

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5381 PATRIOTA

Massimiliano IX Giovanni Stampa

1825 - 1876

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5459 POLITICIAN

Ludovico Trotti

1829 - 1914

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5462 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo du Jardin

1820 - 1891

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5526 ARCHIVISTA

Pietro Ghinzoni

1828 - 1895

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5639 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Tolomei (senatore)

1823 - 1910

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5640 PAINTER

Giuseppe Modorati

1827 - 1923

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5688 PAINTER

Angelo Moja

1828 - 1885

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5701 ACTOR

Amalia Fumagalli Targhini

1824 - 1889

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