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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- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Music
- Politics & Law
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Maurizio Pollini
Born 1942
Mariangela Melato
1941 - 2013
Oliviero Toscani
Born 1942
Miuccia Prada
Born 1948
Agostina Belli
Born 1947
Fausto Bertinotti
Born 1940
Enrico Bombieri
Born 1940
Maurizio Nichetti
Born 1948
Letizia Moratti
Born 1949
Maria Grazia Buccella
Born 1940
Giuliano Pisapia
Born 1949
Gabriele Basilico
1944 - 2013
Gabriele Lavia
Born 1942
Annabella Incontrera
Born 1943
Pino Presti
Born 1943
Paolo Mieli
Born 1949
Luigi Padovese
1947 - 2010
Cristina Gaioni
Born 1940
Massimo Dapporto
Born 1945
Luciano Castellini
Born 1945
Paolo Limiti
1940 - 2017
Dario Baldan Bembo
Born 1948
Paola Pigni
Born 1945
Franco Bassanini
Born 1940
Marco Rota
Born 1942
Vince Tempera
Born 1946
Pietro Ichino
Born 1949
Alberto Mantovani
Born 1948
Marco Tronchetti Provera
Born 1948
Sergio Gori
Born 1946
Alfredo Castelli
Born 1947
Gino Santercole
1940 - 2018
Massimo Camisasca
Born 1946
Carlo Recalcati
Born 1945
Ambrogio Fogar
1941 - 2005
Enrico Beruschi
Born 1941
Luigi Negri (Bischof)
Born 1941
Luca Novelli
Born 1947
Mario Lavezzi
Born 1948
Paolo Mereghetti
Born 1949
Maurizio Cucchi
Born 1945
Ugo Adinolfi
1943 - 2016
Franco Branciaroli
Born 1948
Dario Gradi
Born 1941
Massimo De Vita
Born 1941
Franco Mussida
Born 1947
Franco Godi
Born 1940
Paolo Brera
1949 - 2019
Il Guardiano del Faro
Born 1940
Ugo Intini
Born 1941
James Rivière
Born 1949
Giulio Giorello
1945 - 2020
Maurizio Arcieri
1945 - 2015
Paolo Berlusconi
Born 1949
Arduino Cantafora
Born 1945
Annie Gorassini
Born 1941
Carlo M. Croce
Born 1944
Aldo Tagliapietra
Born 1945
Luigi Garlando
Born 1947
Cochi Ponzoni
Born 1941
Giancarlo Pagliarini
Born 1942
Francesco D'Adamo
Born 1949
Luigi Ballerini
Born 1940
Paolo Romani
Born 1947
Claudio Lippi
Born 1945
Ivana Monti
Born 1947
Silvia Annichiarico
Born 1947
Valeria Montaldi
Born 1949
Diego Coletti
Born 1941
Davide Mengacci
Born 1948
Bruno Bolchi
Born 1940
Mario Chiesa (politician)
Born 1944
Amedeo Amodio
Born 1940
Andrea Lo Vecchio
Born 1942
Luciana Savignano
Born 1943
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Born 1947
Marcello Varallo
Born 1947
Oreste Rizzini
1940 - 2008
Fabio Treves
Born 1949
Anna Brandoli
Born 1945
Carlo Rancati
Born 1940
Roberto Del Giudice
1940 - 2007
Enrico Decleva
1941 - 2020
Marino Zanatta
Born 1947
Maurizio Blondet
Born 1944
Renzo Barbieri
1940 - 2007
Nicoletta Rizzi
1940 - 2010
Renato Mannheimer
Born 1947
Angelo Torricelli
Born 1946
Marcello Sorce Keller
Born 1947
Leonardo Treviglio
Born 1949
Emilio Spedicato
Born 1945
Riki Maiocchi
1940 - 2004
Liliana Cosi
Born 1941
Renato Brioschi
Born 1948
Pinuccio Pirazzoli
Born 1949
Giorgio Dellagiovanna
1941 - 2013
Giorgio Silfer
Born 1949
Massimo Majowiecki
Born 1945
Giordano Abbondati
1948 - 2005
Guido Podestà
Born 1947
Gianni Mascolo
Born 1940
Riccardo Sarfatti
1940 - 2010
Chiara Saraceno
Born 1941
Gianfelice Rocca
Born 1948
Uliano Lucas
Born 1942
Giampiero Moretti
1940 - 2012
Giovanni Brusatori
Born 1946
Leonardo Mondadori
1946 - 2002
Adelio Dell’Oro
Born 1948
Milena Cantù
Born 1943
Luigi Roth
Born 1940
Giuseppe Laganà
1944 - 2016
Gianni Martucci
Born 1946
Eleonora Bianchi (Schauspielerin)
Born 1942
Alberto Salerno
Born 1949
Gianni Magni
1941 - 1992
Giancarlo Narciso
Born 1947
Pierangelo Sequeri
Born 1944
Duccio Demetrio
Born 1945
Franco Cortinovis
Born 1945
Raffaele Morelli
Born 1948
Antonio Monestiroli
1940 - 2019
Renato Pareti
Born 1947
Paola Gassman
Born 1945
Fernando Sansò
Born 1945
Federico Butera
Born 1940
Laura Alvini
1946 - 2005
Lisa Mazzotti
Born 1949
Alberto Baldan Bembo
1948 - 2017
Renzo Dionigi
Born 1940
Massimo Bertarelli
1943 - 2019
Ninni Carucci
Born 1942
Nicola Carraro
Born 1942
Edoardo Raspelli
Born 1949
Marco Bonetti
Born 1944
Paolo Mauri
Born 1945
Gianni Mura
1945 - 2020
Amedeo Bellini
Born 1940
Marco Achilli
1948 - 2009
Adriano Carnevali
Born 1948
Augusto Battaglia
Born 1948
Anty Pansera
Born 1948
Ennio Peres
Born 1945
Enrico Maria Papes
Born 1941
Vittorio Vidotto
Born 1941
Gianpiero Gamaleri
Born 1940
Antonio Aloni
1947 - 2016
Paolo Bosisio
Born 1949
Renato Queirolo
Born 1944
Paolo Panerai
Born 1946
Alba Rigazzi
Born 1947
Aldo Brandirali
Born 1941
Mino Di Martino
Born 1944
Leonardo Coen
Born 1948
Maurizio Porro
Born 1942
Ippolita Avalli
Born 1949
Sergio Di Giulio
1945 - 2019
Mario Grasso
1941 - 2018
Roberto Negri
1940 - 2006
Mario Facco
1946 - 2018
Nando De Luca
Born 1940
Claudio Fracassi
Born 1940
Maria Soresina
Born 1940
Serena Vergano
Born 1943
Sandro Massimini
1942 - 1996
Marco Onado
Born 1941
Gianpaolo Tescari
Born 1946
Gilberto Ziglioli
Born 1948
Massimo Mirani
Born 1943
Amedeo Felisa
Born 1946
Angelo Provasoli
Born 1942
Roberto Escobar
Born 1946
Franco Corleone
Born 1946
Marco Albini
Born 1940
Carlo Brera
1946 - 1994
Daniele Maggioni
Born 1949
Armando Milani
Born 1940
Ernesto Pellegrini
Born 1940
Bruno Arrigoni
Born 1945
Nicola Pugliese
1944 - 2012
Raffaele Fallica
Born 1948
Mara Sacchi
Born 1948
Roberto Camagni
Born 1946
Una Chi
Born 1942
Vittorio Dotti
1940 - 2018
Damiano Dattoli
Born 1945
Vincenzo Monti (dessinateur)
1941 - 2002
Carlo Fontana (direttore teatrale)
Born 1947
Marta Boneschi
Born 1946
Filippo Ranieri
1944 - 2020
Stefano Preda
Born 1949
Piera Vidale
1947 - 2018
Antonio Paiola
Born 1941
Fausta Squatriti
Born 1941
Alessandro Cortese
1940 - 2007
Carlo Andrea Bixio
1941 - 2011
Roberto Bernardelli
Born 1949
Giorgio Ravegnani
Born 1948
Gianfranco Astori
Born 1948
Aquilino Bonfanti
1943 - 2016
Massimo Riva (giornalista)
Born 1940
Cesare Montalbetti
1946 - 2015
Ezio Savino
1949 - 2014
Peter Wolff
Born 1946
Walter Foini
Born 1948
Ezio Cartotto
Born 1943
Mario Mancini
Born 1941
Gianfranco Porcelli
Born 1941
Contardo Calligaris
Born 1948
Andrée Ruth Shammah
Born 1948
Renzo Magosso
Born 1947
Melina Martello
Born 1941
Ettore Andenna
Born 1946
Bruno Zanolini
Born 1945
Giampiero Vitali
1940 - 2001
Antonio Cripezzi
Born 1946
Angelo Carrara
1945 - 2012
Paola Mattioli
Born 1948
Mauro Ivaldi
Born 1942
Sandro Schipani
Born 1940
Enrico Fasana
1940 - 2008
Bedy Moratti
Born 1942
Aldo Arroni
Born 1945
Carlo Oliva
1943 - 2012
Daniela Pizzagalli
Born 1946
Enrico Arcelli
1940 - 2015
Gianluigi Da Rold
Born 1942
Cesare Cadeo
1946 - 2019
Giulia Barone
Born 1947
Gianfranco Gamba
1949 - 2004
Mauro Mariani
Born 1948
Davide Mosconi
1941 - 2002
Bruno Beatrice
1948 - 1987
Paolo Ferrario
Born 1942
Aldo Gerbino
Born 1947
Ruggero Cara
1948 - 2018
Leonardo Visconti di Modrone
Born 1947
Antonio Annibale
1940 - 2018
Franco Lionello
1946 - 1988
Mario Maffi
Born 1947
Filipponio
1944 - 1995
Gianni Quillico
Born 1947
Adolivio Capece
Born 1947
Luigi Zoia
Born 1948
Paride Calonghi
1940 - 1980
Oreste Pivetta
Born 1949
Milly Moratti
Born 1946
Amedeo Bertolo
1941 - 2016
Andrea Garbarino
Born 1948
Giovanni Mottola
Born 1946
Giorgio Rondelli
Born 1946
Anna Galmarini
1942 - 1997
Silvio Beretta
Born 1942
Arduino Paniccia
Born 1946
Aldo Spinelli (artista)
Born 1948
Maria Brivio
Born 1946
Dante Oscar Benini
Born 1947
Enzo Mingione
Born 1947
Antonio Ballerio
Born 1941
Rosanna Ruffini
1944 - 2015
Augusto Bianchi Rizzi
1940 - 2014
Osvaldo Bargero
Born 1947
Claudio E.A. Pizzi
Born 1944
Renato Dehò
1946 - 2019
Massimo De Carolis
Born 1940
Jorge Rigamonti
1940 - 2008
Giuseppe Pino
Born 1940
Elena Brambilla
1942 - 2018
Giorgio Laneve
Born 1946
Emy Eco
Born 1948
Salvatore Cacciola
Born 1944
Sergio Menegale
Born 1946
Ottavio Fabbri
Born 1946
Maria Pia Luzi
Born 1941
Marco Tropea
Born 1942
Adriano Savio
Born 1947
Illy Reale
1947 - 1993
Agata Alma Cappiello
1948 - 2006
Roberto Mazzotta
Born 1940
Filippo Tasso
Born 1940
Fabio Cirifino
Born 1949
Giangiacomo Ciaccio Montalto
1941 - 1983
Tullio Dobner
1946 - 2018
Diana Bracco
Born 1941
Gianfranco Dalmasso
Born 1943
Sergio Biraghi
Born 1941
Amedeo Crippa
Born 1949
Vincenzo Franceschelli
Born 1947
Guido Mazzon
Born 1946
Luigi Cipriani (politico 1940)
1940 - 1992
Riccardo Bianchini
1946 - 2003
Renato Mastropietro
Born 1945
Erminio Mascherpa
1943 - 2005
Luciano Maciotta
Born 1943
Ambrogio Borghi (calciatore)
Born 1946
Alberto Zorzoli
Born 1943
Adelio Cogliati
1948 - 2018
Marina Corona
Born 1949
Giovanna Capelli
Born 1945