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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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  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
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Showing 72 of 5,707 notable people

0070 ROYAL FAMILY

Prince Henry of Battenberg

1858 - 1896

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0129 SEISMOLOGIST

Giuseppe Mercalli

1850 - 1914

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0137 ARTIST

Carlo Bugatti

1856 - 1940

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0186 ART HISTORIAN

Luca Beltrami

1854 - 1933

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0401 WRITER

Emilio De Marchi (scrittore)

1851 - 1901

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0418 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfredo Capelli

1855 - 1910

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0478 LIBRETTIST

Ferdinando Fontana

1850 - 1919

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0484 PRIEST

Contardo Ferrini

1859 - 1902

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0634 PAINTER

Vittore Grubicy de Dragon

1851 - 1920

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0654 PAINTER

Leonardo Bazzaro

1853 - 1937

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0678 COMPOSER

Edoardo Mascheroni

1852 - 1941

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0720 PAINTER

Emilio Gola

1851 - 1923

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0751 CARDINAL

Alessandro Lualdi

1858 - 1927

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0761 PAINTER

Eugenio Gignous

1850 - 1906

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0775 PAINTER

Luigi Conconi

1852 - 1917

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0798 SCULPTOR

Ernesto Bazzaro

1859 - 1937

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0802 SCULPTOR

Lodovico Pogliaghi

1857 - 1950

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0941 POLITICIAN

Giulio Prinetti

1851 - 1908

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1007 COMPOSER

Arturo Buzzi-Peccia

1854 - 1943

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1014 BALLET

Giuseppina Bozzacchi

1853 - 1870

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1036 ENGINEER

Lorenzo Allievi

1856 - 1941

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1114 PAINTER

Giovanni Sottocornola

1855 - 1917

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1204 PAINTER

Angiolo Achini

1850 - 1930

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1224 POLITICIAN

Carlo Porro

1854 - 1939

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1255 PAINTER

Paolo Sala

1859 - 1929

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1279 ARCHITECT

Luigi Broggi

1851 - 1926

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1377 ENTOMOLOGIST

Paolo Magretti

1854 - 1913

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1396 GEOGRAPHER

Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli

1859 - 1926

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1413 SOLDIER

Guido Novak von Arienti

1859 - 1928

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1460 MATHEMATICIAN

Gian Antonio Maggi

1856 - 1937

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1502 OFFICER

Roberto Brusati

1850 - 1935

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1613 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Greppi

1853 - 1931

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1713 PRESBYTER

Francesco Spinelli

1853 - 1913

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1760 SCULPTOR

Emilio Bisi

1850 - 1920

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1797 PAINTER

Gino Starace

1859 - 1950

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1876 PAINTER

Amerino Cagnoni

1853 - 1923

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1879 ARCHITECT

Luigi Rovelli

1850 - 1911

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2014 SCULPTOR

Carlo Abate

1859 - 1941

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2080 PAINTER

Emilio Magistretti

1851 - 1936

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2161 POET

Pier Enea Guarnerio

1854 - 1919

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2242 ECONOMIST

Ulisse Gobbi

1859 - 1940

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2287 WRITER

Angelo Sommaruga

1857 - 1941

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2304 PAINTER

Camillo Rapetti

1859 - 1929

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2310 GEOGRAPHER

Luigi De Marchi (geofisico)

1857 - 1936

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2438 SCREENWRITER

Camillo Antona Traversi

1857 - 1934

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2465 OPERA

Emilie Tagliana

1854 - 1910

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2481 CELLIST

Giuseppe Magrini

1857 - 1926

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2650 POLITICIAN

Graziano Appiani

1850 - 1920

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2813 WRITER

Ambrogio Bazzero

1851 - 1882

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2888 EXPLORER

Renzo Manzoni

1852 - 1918

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3376 WRITER

Antonio Curti

1858 - 1945

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3486 PRIEST

Luigi Maria Marelli

1858 - 1936

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3516 BANK

Cesare Mangili

1850 - 1917

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3786 POLITICIAN

Antonio Maffi

1850 - 1912

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3979 PAINTER

Alessandro Barbieri

1850 - 1931

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4027 ARCHITECT

Giovan Battista Borsani

1850 - 1906

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4167 CHOREOGRAPHER

Louise Stichel

1856 - 1933

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4185 JOURNALIST

Luigi Cesana

1851 - 1932

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4268 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Frua

1855 - 1937

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4321 PAINTER

Federico Quarenghi

1858 - 1940

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4668 ARCHITECT

Achille Majnoni d'Intignano

1855 - 1935

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4684 POLITICIAN

Luigi De Andreis

1857 - 1929

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4760 POLITICIAN

Carlo Cornaggia Medici Castiglioni

1851 - 1935

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4774 POLITICIAN

Antonio Civelli

1850 - 1930

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4799 POET

Carlo Borghi (poeta)

1851 - 1883

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4808 DANZA

Giovanna Limido

1851 - 1890

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4947 POLITICIAN

Lodovico Gavazzi

1857 - 1944

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4996 DIRIGENTE

Emilio Barbiano di Belgiojoso-Este

1855 - 1944

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5195 SCULPTOR

Attilio Panizza

1858 - 1919

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5408 ENGINEER

Angelo Bertini

1857 - 1916

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5454 POLITICIAN

Luigi Rossi (senatore)

1852 - 1911

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5592 ARCHIVIST

Guido Colombo

1859 - 1920

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