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
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  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
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Showing 64 of 5,707 notable people

0187 POET

Felice Cavallotti

1842 - 1898

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0227 COMPOSER

Giulio Ricordi

1840 - 1912

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0291 ENGINEER

Enrico Forlanini

1848 - 1930

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0324 PRIEST

Benedict Menni

1841 - 1914

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0408 PHYSICIAN

Carlo Forlanini

1847 - 1918

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0460 WRITER

Anna Radius Zuccari

1846 - 1918

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0622 PAINTER

Filippo Carcano

1840 - 1914

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0640 ECONOMIST

Luigi Bodio

1840 - 1920

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0944 CHOREOGRAPHER

Rita Sangalli

1849 - 1909

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0979 NUN

Eugenia Maria Ravasco

1845 - 1900

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1003 PAINTER

Francesco Gnecchi

1847 - 1919

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1176 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Marcora

1841 - 1927

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1225 PHYSICIAN

Camillo Bozzolo

1845 - 1920

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1243 SCULPTOR

Francis de Saint-Vidal

1840 - 1900

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1357 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marie Bonfanti

1845 - 1921

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1648 WRITER

Luigi Gualdo

1844 - 1898

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1694 PAINTER

Uberto Dell’Orto

1848 - 1895

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1697 PAINTER

Giuseppe Barbaglia

1841 - 1910

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1730 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Salmoiraghi

1848 - 1939

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1997 CHESS

Edoardo Crespi

1849 - 1910

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2195 ACTOR

Edoardo Ferravilla

1846 - 1915

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2316 OFFICER

Egidio Osio

1840 - 1902

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2334 POLITICIAN

Bassano Gabba

1844 - 1928

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2406 PAINTER

Leopoldo Burlando

1841 - 1915

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2409 LAWYER

Fausto Bagatti Valsecchi

1843 - 1914

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2622 ARCHITECT

Carlo Sada

1849 - 1924

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2634 POLITICIAN

Carlo Romussi

1847 - 1913

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2878 PRIEST

Paolo Origo

1840 - 1928

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2908 PAINTER

Achille Tominetti

1848 - 1917

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2969 SOLDIER

Cesare Airaghi

1840 - 1896

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2988 ENGINEER

Enrico Mosconi

1843 - 1910

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2993 JOURNALIST

Felice Cameroni

1844 - 1913

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3090 WRITER

Emilia Ferretti Viola

1844 - 1929

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3113 ENGINEER

Cesare Saldini

1848 - 1922

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3182 LAWYER

Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi

1845 - 1934

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3214 PAINTER

Giacomo Campi

1846 - 1921

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3291 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Arnaboldi Gazzaniga

1847 - 1918

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3474 ARCHITECT

Paolo Cesa Bianchi

1840 - 1920

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3489 POLITICIAN

Luigi Zuccari

1847 - 1925

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3579 EDITOR

Guerrino Amelli

1848 - 1933

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3593 WRITER

Karl Franz Ferdinand Torresani

1846 - 1907

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3627 PAINTER

Richard Barabandy

Born 1849

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3702 DANCER

Emilia Bernacchi

1846 - 1902

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3751 POLITICIAN

Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano

1841 - 1918

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3906 PAINTER

Gustav Zorn

1845 - 1893

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4220 SCULPTOR

Eugenio Bellosio

1847 - 1927

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4250 MATHEMATICIAN

Giuseppe Jung

1845 - 1926

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4257 POLITICIAN

Francesco Antonio d'Arco

1848 - 1917

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4394 EXPLORER

Ferdinando Dal Verme

1846 - 1873

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4449 POLITICIAN

Emanuele D'Adda

1847 - 1911

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4614 CONDUCTOR

Gaetano Molla

1845 - 1894

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4796 ACTOR

Gaspare Lavaggi

1840 - 1898

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5006 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Casati

1844 - 1898

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5038 ENTREPRENEUR

Lodovico Zambeletti

1841 - 1890

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5065 POLITICIAN

Giulio Bianchi

1840 - 1898

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5132 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Galeazzo Frigerio

1841 - 1911

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5138 ARCHITECT

Eduardo Provasoli

1847 - 1926

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5288 ARISTOCRATICO

Napoleone Bertoglio Pisani

1845 - 1912

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5389 POLITICIAN

Gian Luca Cavazzi della Somaglia

1841 - 1896

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5435 BUSINESS

Davide Bernasconi (imprenditore)

1849 - 1922

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5538 POLITICIAN

Pietro Sormani

1849 - 1934

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5557 ACTOR

Gaetano Sbodio

1844 - 1920

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5675 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Gaslini

1841 - 1925

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5686 PATRIOTA

Ausano Labadini

1844 - 1916

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