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.

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Showing 400 of 5,707 notable people

4196 CRIMINALE

Ugo Ciappina

Born 1928

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4199 FOOTBALL

Michele Manenti

1928 - 1988

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4228 FOOTBALL

Marcello Castoldi

Born 1925

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4236 ACTOR

Liliana Feldmann

1929 - 2020

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4285 KRAFT

Pino Lella

Born 1926

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4327 COMPOSER

Angelo Musco (compositore)

1925 - 1969

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4328 ENTREPRENEUR

Jacopo Castelfranchi

1922 - 2017

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4334 FOOTBALL

Ferruccio Achilli

1925 - 1990

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4338 JOURNALIST

Carlo Sassi

Born 1929

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4348 BOXING

Ottavio Tazzi

1928 - 2013

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4369 BANK

Roberto Rosone

1928 - 2010

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4376 FOOTBALL

Cesare Brunetti

Born 1920

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4385 TRANSLATOR

Beata Della Frattina

1921 - 1996

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4410 PSYCHOLOGIST

Marcello Cesa-Bianchi

1926 - 2018

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4426 SINGER

Sabina Actis-Orelia

1920 - 2010

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4431 PHYSIOLOGIST

Adriana Fiorentini

1926 - 2016

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4443 CERAMIST

Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli

Born 1929

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4446 FOOTBALL

Ezio Lombardi

Born 1928

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4464 CHEMIST

Giorgio Mazzanti

Born 1928

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4498 FOOTBALL

Luigi Angelini (calciatore)

Born 1929

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4528 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianfranco Moroldo

1927 - 2001

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4539 MUSIC

Alberto Pizzigoni

1928 - 2013

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4553 FILM

Franco Nucci

Born 1929

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4555 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Casetta

1928 - 1993

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4582 CHESS

Luciano Lilloni

1929 - 2000

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4626 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Orlando (industriale)

1927 - 2005

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4627 IMPRESARIO

Ezio Radaelli

1924 - 2005

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4631 FOOTBALL

Carlo Facchini (allenatore)

1920 - 2010

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4634 FOOTBALL

Mario Longoni

Born 1927

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4642 MODEL

Gianna Maranesi

Born 1926

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4664 ÉTUDES

Abd al Wahid Pallavicini

1926 - 2017

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4682 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Milani

1927 - 2005

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4702 LYRICIST

Misselvia

Born 1926

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4730 FOOTBALL

Guido Tieghi

1925 - 1973

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4788 GUERRILLA

Mario Grecchi

1926 - 1944

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4801 FOOTBALL

Aurelio Santagostino

1928 - 2004

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4836 PHYSICIAN

Aldo Bargero

1924 - 1987

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4838 POLITICIAN

Urbano Aletti

1923 - 2019

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4839 LAWYER

Giorgio Covi

1923 - 2005

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4842 MAN OF LETTERS

Letizia Fortini

1929 - 2002

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4856 ENTREPRENEUR

Achille Roncoroni

1923 - 2005

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4884 PAINTER

Ettore Paganini

1922 - 1986

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4892 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Granata

Born 1924

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4915 FOOTBALL

Fausto Braga

Born 1921

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4938 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Olcese

1925 - 1999

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4941 FOOTBALL

Luigi Asti

1922 - 1977

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4942 MILITAR

Giannantonio Prinetti Castelletti

1922 - 1944

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4957 PLAYER

Ruggero Crotti

1924 - 2015

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4978 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Biancardi

1929 - 1988

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4989 SPRINT

Luigi Grossi

1925 - 2008

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5010 CHESS

Ferruccio Castiglioni

1921 - 1971

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5023 SPORT

Renato Sacchi

Born 1928

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5035 FOOTBALL

Emilio Buttarelli

Born 1924

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5039 BASKET

Ileana Pasquali

Born 1928

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5049 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Enzo Palanti

1922 - 1981

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5064 PHYSICIAN

Giampiero Mosconi

1921 - 2010

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5067 PHOTOGRAPHER

Aldo Matteotti

1927 - 1999

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5104 POLITICIAN

Alarico Carrassi

1921 - 2006

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5106 MATEMATICA

Cesarina Tibiletti

1920 - 2005

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5118 MILITAR

Gabriele Ferretti di Castelferretto

1920 - 1941

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5168 FOOTBALL

Umberto Boniardi

Born 1927

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5174 POLITICIAN

Carlo Polli

1928 - 2007

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5185 DESIGNER

Franco Bassi

1920 - 2006

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5196 FOOTBALL

Silvio Arrighini

1924 - 1966

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5211 BOXER

Lucinio Sconfietti

1926 - 2016

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5222 POLITICIAN

Fabio Semenza

1924 - 2016

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5243 POLITICIAN

Elio Quercioli

1926 - 2001

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5244 PLAYWRIGHT

Glauco di Salle

1920 - 2000

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5249 PHYSICIST

Ferdinando Amman

Born 1929

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5251 ARCHITECT

Lily Inglis

1926 - 2010

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5260 ACTOR

Luciano Sada

1929 - 1999

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5269 SINGER

Tati Casoni

1921 - 2008

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5273 MILITAR

Ferdinando Camuncoli

1927 - 1944

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5282 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Delaude

Born 1923

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5346 SINGER

Mara Mauri

Born 1928

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5388 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Formenti (imprenditore)

Born 1926

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5390 FOOTBALL

Mario Villa (calciatore 1925)

Born 1925

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5446 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Zordan

Born 1921

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5448 PUBLISHER

Maurizio Mattioli (editore)

Born 1925

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5456 SINGER

Enza Passatore

1920 - 2008

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5457 INVENTOR

Sergio Serapioni

1924 - 2020

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5470 FOOTBALL

Michele Guainazzi

Born 1921

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5476 TEATRO

Flaminio Bollini Cerri

1924 - 1978

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5481 POLITICIAN

Carlo Usiglio

Born 1926

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5484 POLITICIAN

Angelo Cucchi

1920 - 1990

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5499 LYRICIST

Flavia Arrigoni

Born 1924

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5514 FOOTBALL

Carlo Maggi (1922)

Born 1922

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5525 FOOTBALL

Elio Torriani

Born 1922

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5533 SCULPTOR

Orazio Bobbi

1922 - 2018

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5571 GUERRILLA

Adolfo Vigorelli

1921 - 1944

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5585 ENGINEER

Nino Reggiani

1923 - 2011

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5599 GUERRILLA

Carlo Jussi

1924 - 1944

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5632 CENÓGRAFO

Italo Bianchi

1924 - 2008

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5637 FOOTBALL

Luigi Parrocchetti

Born 1923

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5644 POLITICIAN

Guido Martino

1929 - 2001

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5657 CHEMIST

Alberto Girelli

1922 - 2016

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5670 FOOTBALL

Mario Puricelli

Born 1921

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5671 MOUNTAINEER

Renato Gaudioso

1920 - 1993

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5691 POLITICIAN

Egidio Carenini

1927 - 2008

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5700 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Bellani

1923 - 1969

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