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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Milano during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Milano Is Known For
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Football is Milano's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (604).
Milano over-indexes on entrepreneur — 3.6× the global rate.
Milano under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
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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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Luchino Visconti
1906 - 1976
Bruno Munari
1907 - 1998
Isa Miranda
1909 - 1982
Marta Abba
1900 - 1988
Ignazio Gardella
1905 - 1999
Alberto Rabagliati
1906 - 1974
Gian Luigi Bonelli
1908 - 2001
Luigi Veronesi
1908 - 1998
Giuliano Bonfante
1904 - 2005
Roldano Lupi
1909 - 1989
Angelo Dell'Acqua
1903 - 1972
Ugo Frigerio
1901 - 1968
Nino Besozzi
1901 - 1971
Eugenio Colorni
1909 - 1944
Ernesto Grassi
1902 - 1991
Tino Scotti
1905 - 1984
Giuseppe Lazzati
1909 - 1986
Luigi Villoresi
1909 - 1997
Giovanni D'Anzi
1906 - 1974
Rubi Dalma
1906 - 1994
Luigi Beccali
1907 - 1990
Armando Castellazzi
1904 - 1968
Luigi Barzini Jr.
1908 - 1984
Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
1907 - 1998
Alfredo Antonini
1901 - 1983
Carlo Manzoni
1909 - 1975
Roberto Tremelloni
1900 - 1987
Leonardo Bonzi
1902 - 1977
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
1908 - 1995
Giuseppe Luraghi
1905 - 1991
Enrico Rivolta
1905 - 1974
Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
1905 - 1988
Gustavo Bontadini
1903 - 1990
Piero Toscani
1904 - 1940
Leopoldo Conti
1901 - 1970
Franco Riccardi
1905 - 1968
Gino Levi-Montalcini
1902 - 1974
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
1904 - 1970
Giovanni Gozzi
1902 - 1976
Maria Eisner
1909 - 1991
Roberto Weiss
1906 - 1969
Gustavo Re
1908 - 1979
Carlo Agostoni
1909 - 1972
Renzo Minoli
1904 - 1965
Bruno Pellizzari
1907 - 1991
Pippo Starnazza
1909 - 1975
Gioacchino Guaragna
1908 - 1971
Roberto Battaglia
1909 - 1965
Rodolfo Morandi
1903 - 1955
Silvio Pietroboni
1904 - 1987
Enrico Platé
1909 - 1954
Arnaldo Carli
1901 - 1972
Nuto Navarrini
1901 - 1973
César Civita
1905 - 2005
Paolo Treves
1908 - 1958
Roberto Lupi
1908 - 1971
Fernando de Rosa
1908 - 1936
Giancarlo Palanti
1906 - 1977
Gianni Mattioli
1903 - 1977
Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso
1909 - 2004
Piero Gadda Conti
1902 - 1999
Eva Magni
1909 - 2005
Gianfilippo Usellini
1903 - 1971
Cele Abba
1906 - 1992
Iris Adami Corradetti
1904 - 1998
Pier Luigi Ighina
1908 - 2004
Ruggero Maregatti
1905 - 1963
Leopoldo Gasparotto
1902 - 1944
Raul Radice
1902 - 1988
Rodolfo Pallucchini
1908 - 1989
Carlo Cavagnoli
1907 - 1991
Rosetta Tofano
1902 - 1960
Claudio Barigozzi
1909 - 1996
Giuseppe Crivelli
1900 - 1950
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
1902 - 1980
Emilio Polli
1901 - 1983
Edoardo Severgnini
1904 - 1969
Giuseppe Santagostino
1901 - 1955
Ermanno Roveri
1903 - 1968
Augusto Colombo
1902 - 1969
Enrico Castelli
1909 - 1983
Lucia Valerio
1905 - 1996
Mario Carità
1904 - 1945
Piero Bottoni
1903 - 1973
Eugenio Siena
1905 - 1938
Giulia Veronesi
1906 - 1973
Fernanda Wittgens
1903 - 1957
Ettore Rivolta
1904 - 1977
Piero Sacerdoti
1905 - 1966
Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure
1906 - 1999
Carlo Biotti
1901 - 1977
William H. Wilmarth
1904 - 1999
Gisella Floreanini
1906 - 1993
Luisa Bonfanti
Born 1906
Romano Caneva
Born 1904
Gian Piero Bognetti
1902 - 1963
Cesare Breveglieri
1902 - 1948
Gianluigi Barni
1909 - 1981
Adolfo Quilico
1902 - 1982
Guido Morpurgo-Tagliabue
1907 - 1997
Julio César Brero
1908 - 1973
Luciana Peverelli
1902 - 1986
Giandante X
1900 - 1984
Antonio Cassi Ramelli
1905 - 1980
Giansiro Ferrata
1907 - 1986
Enrico Piceni
1901 - 1986
Aleardo Simoni
1902 - 1989
Rino Mondellini
1908 - 1974
Vitale Bramani
1900 - 1970
Elena Albertini
1902 - 1990
Angelo Ferrario
1908 - 1997
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Caglio
1907 - 1995
Giovanni Bolzoni (footballer, born 1905)
1905 - 1980
Osvaldo Peruzzi
1907 - 2004
Elda Mazzocchi Scarzella
1904 - 2005
Gino Gregori
1906 - 1973
Alfredo Rossi
1906 - 1986
Oreste Bonomi
1902 - 1983
Costantino Baroni
1905 - 1956
Aldo Salvadori
1905 - 2002
Esperia Sperani
1903 - 1973
Luigi Figini
1903 - 1984
Carlo Martini (critico letterario)
1908 - 1978
Primo Angeli
1906 - 2003
Filibello
1900 - 1995
Carlo Cevenini
1901 - 1965
Vincenzo Trucco
Born 1900
Gianna Perea-Labia
1908 - 1994
Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua
1909 - 2004
Italo Zamberletti
1904 - 1981
Giulio Cesare Uccelini
1904 - 1957
Giacinto Mondaini
1902 - 1979
Giuseppe Torriani
1904 - 1942
Giulio Ramponi
1902 - 1986
Giuseppe Ballerio
1909 - 1999
Angelo Cattaneo
1901 - 1986
Aldo Pasetti
1903 - 1975
Giuseppe Giustacchini
1900 - 1974
Costantino Borsini
1906 - 1940
Guglielmo Bossi
Born 1901
Renzo Fubini
1904 - 1944
Alessandro Schienoni
1902 - 1969
Nuccia Natali
1907 - 1963
Giuseppe Pettazzi
1907 - 2001
Giuseppe Oldani
Born 1904
Giuseppe Scalvini
1908 - 2003
Mafalda Pavia
1902 - 1985
Giordano Aldrighetti
1905 - 1939
Mario Alberto Rollier
1909 - 1980
Jole Fano
1904 - 1972
Giorgio Bergamasco
1904 - 1990
Francesco Pomi
1905 - 1984
Fides Stagni
1904 - 2002
Fedele Toscani
1909 - 1983
Giuseppe Arcaini
1901 - 1978
Luigi Pedrazzini (footballer)
Born 1909
Costantino Affer
1906 - 1987
Mario Brignoli
1902 - 1990
Mario Bosisio
1901 - 1988
Mario Fontana
1906 - 1998
Luigi Rizzi (footballer)
Born 1907
Nietta Aprà
1905 - 1990
Alessandro Savelli
1905 - 1930
Carlo Varese (pittore)
1903 - 1977
Iseline Crivelli
Born 1903
Artico Di Prampero
1907 - 1941
Maria Pezzi
1908 - 2006
Wilhelm Rössler
1909 - 1995
Luigi Piffero
1907 - 1978
Claudio Vender
1904 - 1986
Alfredo De Franceschini
1902 - 1959
Adele Bonolis
1909 - 1980
Francesco Rossi (vescovo)
1903 - 1972
Mario Agustoni
1902 - 1982
Carlo Rovida
1905 - 1968
Luigi Meda
1900 - 1966
Giuseppe Carpani
1907 - 1958
Guido Visconti di Modrone (militare)
1901 - 1942
Eugenio Bussa
1904 - 1977
Cesare Ghezzi
1909 - 1996
Gianni Pons
1909 - 1975
Giancarlo Colombini
1906 - 1991
Hans Beck (Archäologe)
1909 - 1987
Kiki Palmer
1907 - 1949
Alessandro Buttè
1903 - 1976
Gianfranco Campestrini
1901 - 1979
Giacomo Gabbiani
1900 - 1989
Piera Locatelli
1900 - 1975
Mino Steiner
1909 - 1945
Lina Banzi
Born 1906
Emilio Ceretti
1907 - 1988
Livia Pirocchi Tonolli
1909 - 1985
Luigi Bosatra
1905 - 1981
François Bérenger
1901 - 1978
Carlo Romagnoli (pilota)
1905 - 1941
Ernesto Bonacina
1902 - 1944
Nino D'Aurelio
1908 - 1958
Vincenza Cerati Rivolta
1905 - 2000
Abitacolo (Munari)
1907 - 1998
Wanda Bontà
1902 - 1986
Luciano Cozzi
1909 - 2002
Giovanni Turba
1905 - 1994
Orlando Bocchi
1904 - 1932
Guido Jarach
1905 - 1991
Orfeo Paroli
1906 - 1980
Giuseppe Conca
1904 - 1972
Mario Moretti (rower)
1906 - 1977
Oscar Bocchi
Born 1902
Elena Pasquali Marchesi
1908 - 2003
Camillo Caironi
1900 - 1962
Giorgio Valerio
1904 - 1979
Giacomo Tarsis Di Brolo
Born 1906
Riccardo Pizzocaro
Born 1901
Renzo Maffioli
Born 1908
Giuseppe Carmignato
1906 - 1992
Umberto Alberici
1905 - 1997
Carla Strauss
1907 - 1997
Nino Oppio
1906 - 1982
Giuseppe Gorletti
1901 - 1986
Roberto Veratti
1902 - 1943
Tullio Aliatis
Born 1905
Bruno Midali
1903 - 1978
Alessandro Beltrame
1902 - 1957
Adolfo Dusi
1908 - 1984
Guido Brocca
1900 - 1944
Aldo Lusardi
1905 - 1935
Enrico Calcaterra
1905 - 1994
Giovanni Varasi
1903 - 1965
Augusto Alvini
1903 - 1992
Giuseppe Galimberti
Born 1903
Augusto Gerosa
Born 1909
Giannino Valli
1902 - 1995
Emilio Manazza
1906 - 1980
Attilio Sudati
Born 1909
Alighiero De Micheli
1904 - 1995
Daniele Fontana
1900 - 1984
Giampiero Medri
Born 1909
Amerigo Canegrati
1900 - 1938
Angelo Pedrazzini
Born 1905
Guglielmo Gajani
1901 - 1980
Carlo Canevini
1902 - 1968
Alberto Valera
1901 - 1991
Giovanni De Carli
1903 - 1980
Giuseppe Maretto
1908 - 1984
Pietro Barbieri
Born 1901
Giovanni Colombo (calciatore 1905)
Born 1905
Luigi Galetti
1909 - 1977
Achille Sacchi (calciatore)
1904 - 1990
Cesare Alberti (calciatore 1900)
Born 1900
Cesare Casirago
Born 1909
Gustavo Francesconi
Born 1900
Gastone Cazzaniga
Born 1908
Clemente Caccianiga
Born 1903
Amerigo Bedetti
Born 1907
Carla Castellani (cantante)
1906 - 2005
Luigi Giunta
Born 1908
Enrico Forneris
1902 - 1982
Bruno Colombo
Born 1909
Giovanni Farina (calciatore 1902)
Born 1902
Dante Silvestri
Born 1900
Alfonso Volpi
1909 - 1943
Mario Lazzaroni
1907 - 1992
Cesare Maranesi
Born 1908
Innocente Dugnani
1902 - 1971
Piero Thiella
Born 1904
Vittorio Grilli (calciatore)
Born 1909
Iride Motta
1904 - 1987
Giuseppe Rossoni
1900 - 1980
Pietro Bonfiglio
Born 1907
Eligio Peretti
Born 1901
Angelo Fenini
Born 1907
Emilio Rossi (calciatore)
Born 1906
Giuseppe Terenzio
Born 1901
Francesco Paolo Altamura
Born 1906
Giovanni Perego (calciatore)
Born 1901
Angelo Verga
Born 1901
Augusto Parboni
1900 - 1984
Francesco Viscardi
1904 - 1960
Ferdinando Trabattoni
Born 1903
Antonio Majocchi
Born 1903
Vittorio Redaelli
Born 1908
Vincenzo Lapiccirella
1907 - 1966
Annibale Silvani
Born 1904
Gian Carlo Dal Verme
1908 - 1985
Atene Caleffa
Born 1907
Carlo Reggiani
Born 1901
Pietro Carozzi
Born 1900
Amilcare Della Noce
1905 - 1988
Nino Bertolaia
Born 1905
Dionigi Besozzi
1907 - 1997
Achille Patitucci
1903 - 1967
Giuseppe Negretti
Born 1904
Bruno Varalli
1903 - 1972
Ottavio Cornaggia Castiglioni
1907 - 1979
Rolando Rigamonti
1909 - 2008
Gianni Colognese
1901 - 1994