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

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

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
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
All5,707
Sort By

Showing 651 of 5,707 notable people

0013 ACTOR

Greta Scacchi

Born 1960

Preview
0017 FOOTBALL

Paolo Maldini

Born 1968

Preview
0074 SINGER

Biagio Antonacci

Born 1963

Preview
0090 CONDUCTOR

Daniele Gatti

Born 1961

Preview
0102 FOOTBALL

Walter Zenga

Born 1960

Preview
0105 ACTOR

Sonia Bergamasco

Born 1966

Preview
0111 SINGER

Max Pezzali

Born 1967

Preview
0133 ACADEMIC

Elena Cattaneo

Born 1962

Preview
0134 PHILOSOPHER

Vittorio Hösle

Born 1960

Preview
0143 CONDUCTOR

Gianandrea Noseda

Born 1964

Preview
0163 BALLET

Alessandra Ferri

Born 1963

Preview
0170 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Bergomi

Born 1963

Preview
0171 JOURNALIST

Gianluigi Nuzzi

Born 1969

Preview
0182 ACTOR

Sandra Ceccarelli

Born 1967

Preview
0194 WRESTLER

Madusa

Born 1964

Preview
0199 FASHION DESIGNER

Stefano Gabbana

Born 1962

Preview
0216 ACTOR

Benedicta Boccoli

Born 1966

Preview
0218 BOXER

Giacobbe Fragomeni

Born 1969

Preview
0228 MODEL

Fabio Lanzoni

Born 1961

Preview
0233 FILM

Marco Brambilla

Born 1960

Preview
0238 POLITICIAN

Irene Pivetti

Born 1963

Preview
0242 SINGER

Valerie Dore

Born 1963

Preview
0253 FOOTBALL

Sergio Porrini

Born 1968

Preview
0273 ACTOR

Caterina Vertova

Born 1960

Preview
0276 SINGER

Barbara Frittoli

Born 1967

Preview
0288 PRESENTER

Maria De Filippi

Born 1961

Preview
0295 ARCHITECT

Benedetta Tagliabue

Born 1963

Preview
0299 ENTREPRENEUR

Marina Berlusconi

Born 1966

Preview
0307 ACTOR

Giulio Ricciarelli

Born 1965

Preview
0356 JOCKEY

DJ Dado

Born 1967

Preview
0365 WRITER

Paola Capriolo

Born 1962

Preview
0371 SPORT

Marco Giovannetti

Born 1962

Preview
0374 PLAYWRIGHT

Roberta Torre

Born 1962

Preview
0439 POLITICIAN

Bobo Craxi

Born 1964

Preview
0443 CONDUCTOR

Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Born 1960

Preview
0450 CONDUCTOR

Giovanni Antonini

Born 1965

Preview
0475 SINGER

Roberta Invernizzi

Born 1966

Preview
0506 WRITER

Andrea G. Pinketts

1961 - 2018

Preview
0511 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Marco Dorigo

Born 1961

Preview
0529 FOOTBALL

Massimo Brambati

Born 1966

Preview
0542 SINGER

Pacifico (singer)

Born 1964

Preview
0549 COMEDIAN

Maurizio Milani

Born 1961

Preview
0550 FILM

Luca Lucini

Born 1967

Preview
0580 PLAYER

Laura Golarsa

Born 1967

Preview
0585 SINGER

Alex Baroni

1966 - 2002

Preview
0587 ACTOR

Eleonora Brigliadori

Born 1960

Preview
0589 FENCER

Diana Bianchedi

Born 1969

Preview
0591 PIANIST

Stefano Battaglia

Born 1965

Preview
0599 DRIVER

Paolo Barilla

Born 1961

Preview
0602 FOOTBALL

Stefano Nava

Born 1969

Preview
0610 SCIENTIST

Corrado Maria Daclon

Born 1963

Preview
0621 POLITICIAN

Stefania Craxi

Born 1960

Preview
0633 SKIER

Maria Rosa Quario

Born 1961

Preview
0637 FILM

Alina Marazzi

Born 1964

Preview
0651 PHILOSOPHER

Federico Ferrari

Born 1969

Preview
0655 BASKET

Andrea Trinchieri

Born 1968

Preview
0668 ACTOR

Veronica Pivetti

Born 1965

Preview
0676 JOURNALIST

Beatrice Masini

Born 1962

Preview
0685 WRITER

Giuseppe Genna

Born 1969

Preview
0687 MATHEMATICIAN

Marco Abate

Born 1962

Preview
0702 FENCER

Angelo Mazzoni

Born 1961

Preview
0704 BASKET

Riccardo Pittis

Born 1968

Preview
0719 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Mangone

Born 1968

Preview
0732 COMPOSER

Rocco Tanica

Born 1964

Preview
0742 SWIMMER

Luca Sacchi

Born 1968

Preview
0749 FOOTBALL

Antonio Manicone

Born 1966

Preview
0750 ACTOR

Oreste Baldini

Born 1962

Preview
0760 RABBI

Berel Lazar

Born 1964

Preview
0763 DESIGNER

Stefano Pilati

Born 1965

Preview
0768 WRITER

Gianni Biondillo

Born 1966

Preview
0769 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Alberto Agnelli

1964 - 1997

Preview
0771 WRITER

Alfonso Signorini

Born 1964

Preview
0776 FILM

Lucas Kazan

Born 1965

Preview
0814 SINGER

Elio

Born 1961

Preview
0816 ARTIST

Loris Cecchini

Born 1969

Preview
0817 PIANIST

Paolo Carignani

Born 1961

Preview
0822 SPORT

Stefano Allocchio

Born 1962

Preview
0828 SINGER

Patricia Kraus

Born 1964

Preview
0849 PHILOSOPHER

Giovanna Borradori

Born 1963

Preview
0858 FOOTBALL

Marco De Marchi

Born 1966

Preview
0868 ARTIST

Luca Enoch

Born 1962

Preview
0888 WRITER

Tommaso Labranca

1962 - 2016

Preview
0895 ACTOR

Rosita Celentano

Born 1965

Preview
0897 PRODUCER

Thierry Bizot

Born 1962

Preview
0904 ARTIST

Franko B

Born 1960

Preview
0924 ATHLETIC

Giovanni Perricelli

Born 1967

Preview
0925 MUSIC

Giorgio Vanni

Born 1963

Preview
0926 FOOTBALL

Oscar Brevi

Born 1967

Preview
0930 PLAYER

Laura Garrone

Born 1967

Preview
0932 ACTOR

Nicky Mondellini

Born 1966

Preview
0935 WRITER

Andrea Kerbaker

Born 1960

Preview
0936 FILM

Simona Paggi

Born 1962

Preview
0955 ENTREPRENEUR

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Born 1969

Preview
0956 ASTROPHYSICIST

Fiorella Terenzi

Born 1961

Preview
0959 SWIMMER

Giovanni Franceschi

Born 1963

Preview
0963 PSYCHIATRIST

Vittorio Lingiardi

Born 1960

Preview
0964 JOURNALIST

Maria Luisa Busi

Born 1964

Preview
0973 MUSIC

Clara Moroni

Born 1964

Preview
0996 ACTOR

Emanuela Pacotto

Born 1965

Preview
1006 JOURNALIST

Marcello Foa

Born 1963

Preview
1019 BIOLOGIST

Giulio Superti-Furga

Born 1962

Preview
1021 SINGER

Diana Est

Born 1963

Preview
1030 COMPOSER

Vittorio Ghielmi

Born 1968

Preview
1081 PLAYER

Simone Colombo

Born 1963

Preview
1082 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Agosti

Born 1961

Preview
1083 SPRINT

Andrea Nuti

Born 1967

Preview
1086 MUSIC

Alio Die

Born 1968

Preview
1087 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Fiano

Born 1963

Preview
1107 PRIEST

Corrado Sanguineti

Born 1964

Preview
1116 ECONOMIST

Andrea Sironi

Born 1964

Preview
1118 COMPOSER

Cecilia Chailly

Born 1960

Preview
1137 ART HISTORIAN

Stefano Zuffi

Born 1961

Preview
1147 CONDUCTOR

Alberto Veronesi

Born 1967

Preview
1157 FILM

Michelangelo Frammartino

Born 1968

Preview
1180 PRESENTER

Edoardo Stoppa

Born 1969

Preview
1192 ACTOR

Elisabetta Spinelli

Born 1968

Preview
1195 ACTOR

Claudio Moneta

Born 1967

Preview
1198 WRITER

Barbara Garlaschelli

Born 1965

Preview
1210 PRIEST

Franco Manzi

Born 1966

Preview
1211 PHILOSOPHER

Matteo Motterlini

Born 1967

Preview
1231 ACADEMIC

Giovanni Azzone

Born 1962

Preview
1237 JOURNALIST

Paola Ferrari (journalist)

Born 1960

Preview
1238 SPRINT

Marco Vaccari

Born 1966

Preview
1241 ACTOR

Davide Manuli

Born 1967

Preview
1244 COMPOSER

Massimiliano Pani

Born 1963

Preview
1248 COMEDIAN

Enrico Bertolino

Born 1960

Preview
1252 ACTOR

Eliana Miglio

Born 1965

Preview
1259 WRITER

Alessandro Robecchi

Born 1960

Preview
1260 SKIPPER

Giovanni Soldini

Born 1966

Preview
1266 SOCIOLOGIST

Elena Esposito

Born 1960

Preview
1273 SINGER

Laura Valente

Born 1963

Preview
1274 ACTOR

Luca Bottale

Born 1967

Preview
1280 FILM

Anna Di Francisca

Born 1961

Preview
1284 DRIVER

Ivan Capelli

Born 1963

Preview
1313 SCREENWRITER

Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani

Born 1963

Preview
1319 ACTOR

Luigi Di Fiore

Born 1964

Preview
1326 MANAGER

Paolo Andrea Colombo

Born 1960

Preview
1339 ACTOR

Valerio Staffelli

Born 1963

Preview
1341 POLITICIAN

Massimo Corsaro

Born 1963

Preview
1365 SPRINT

Alessandro Aimar

Born 1967

Preview
1379 LAWYER

Francesco Viganò

Born 1966

Preview
1399 RACING

Domenico Schiattarella

Born 1967

Preview
1402 HISTORIAN

Valentina Pisanty

Born 1969

Preview
1410 POLO

Paolo Caldarella

1964 - 1993

Preview
1428 PENCILLER

Alberto Ponticelli

Born 1969

Preview
1438 POLITICIAN

Stefano Maullu

Born 1962

Preview
1441 FOOTBALL

Egidio Notaristefano

Born 1966

Preview
1452 RACING

Corrado Fabi

Born 1961

Preview
1463 COMPOSER

Pietro Borradori

Born 1965

Preview
1466 SINGER

Alessandro Bono

1964 - 1994

Preview
1471 FENCER

Cosimo Ferro

Born 1962

Preview
1472 DRIVER

Andrea Chiesa

Born 1964

Preview
1475 ARTIST

Luca Pignatelli

Born 1962

Preview
1477 ACTOR

Alessandra Karpoff

Born 1963

Preview
1491 CONSERVATIONIST

Anna Giordano

Born 1965

Preview
1507 FOOTBALL

Paolo Mandelli

Born 1967

Preview
1514 TEACHER

Stefano Paleari

Born 1965

Preview
1519 ARTIST

Liliana Moro

Born 1961

Preview
1536 JUDO

Giorgio Vismara

Born 1965

Preview
1567 ARTIST

Duilio Forte

Born 1967

Preview
1569 ARCHITECT

Claudio Bellini

Born 1963

Preview
1574 MUSIC

Manuel Agnelli

Born 1966

Preview
1597 SINGER

Jo Squillo

Born 1962

Preview
1599 PLAYER

Luca Bottazzi

Born 1963

Preview
1602 ACTOR

Antonella Baldini

Born 1966

Preview
1603 BANK

Alberto Nagel

Born 1965

Preview
1604 FOOTBALL

Andrea Icardi

Born 1963

Preview
1623 POLITICIAN

Ugo Rossi

Born 1963

Preview
1627 SINGER

Billy More

1965 - 2005

Preview
1631 FILM

Fernando Scarpa

Born 1968

Preview
1667 SPRINT

Fabio Grossi (athlete)

Born 1967

Preview
1707 ASTRONOMER

Francesco Manca

Born 1966

Preview
1726 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Giunta (footballer)

Born 1967

Preview
1744 COMPOSER

Giorgio Colombo Taccani

Born 1961

Preview
1757 FOOTBALL

Antonio Dell'Oglio

Born 1963

Preview
1763 ACTOR

Sharon Gusberti

Born 1964

Preview
1769 SINGER

Giuliano Palma

Born 1965

Preview
1784 PHILOSOPHER

Roberto Casati

Born 1961

Preview
1786 POLITICIAN

Barbara Contini

Born 1961

Preview
1789 FOOTBALL

Roberto Biffi

Born 1965

Preview
1799 FILM

Claudio Malaponti

Born 1968

Preview
1801 BASKET

Riccardo Morandotti

Born 1965

Preview
1818 ACTOR

Thomas Trabacchi

Born 1965

Preview
1821 WRITER

Stefano Bartezzaghi

Born 1962

Preview
1822 JOURNALIST

Monica Maggioni

Born 1964

Preview
1845 CHOREOGRAPHER

Giorgio Madia

Born 1965

Preview
1869 ACTOR

Ilaria Stagni

Born 1967

Preview
1873 SINGER

Paola Folli

Born 1965

Preview
1888 FOOTBALL

Francesco Zanoncelli

Born 1967

Preview
1889 SINGER

Paolo Benvegnù

Born 1965

Preview
1905 ACTOR

Luca Sandri

Born 1966

Preview
1912 ECONOMIST

Roberto Perotti

Born 1961

Preview
1924 MANAGER

Andrea Guerra (businessman)

Born 1965

Preview
1928 BASSIST

Faso

Born 1965

Preview
1947 JOURNALIST

Valentina De Poli

Born 1968

Preview
1954 CINEMA

Fabio Olmi

Born 1963

Preview
1958 PUBLISHER

Stefano Mauri (editore)

Born 1961

Preview
1960 WRITER

Franco Forte

Born 1962

Preview
1966 WRITER

Stefano Di Marino

Born 1961

Preview
1969 JOURNALIST

Andrea Palladino

Born 1965

Preview
1977 FILM

Jacopo Quadri

Born 1964

Preview
1995 PLAYER

Barbara Rossi (tennis)

Born 1961

Preview
2006 ARCHITECT

Luca Mangoni

Born 1961

Preview
2015 ACTOR

Chiara Noschese

Born 1968

Preview
2019 SCREENWRITER

Giorgio Gherarducci

Born 1963

Preview
2020 ACTOR

Pietro Genuardi

Born 1962

Preview
2027 ACTOR

Laura Lattuada

Born 1960

Preview
2031 ACTOR

Maria Amelia Monti

Born 1962

Preview
2039 COMPOSER

Massimo Colombo

Born 1961

Preview
2040 ACTOR

Gioia Scola

Born 1961

Preview
2059 ACTOR

Elda Olivieri

Born 1960

Preview
2063 SPORT

Vittorio Malingri

Born 1961

Preview
2070 LYRICIST

Cheope (paroliere)

Born 1961

Preview
2079 PHILOSOPHER

Roberto Mordacci

Born 1965

Preview
2085 ARTIST

Paolo Ventura

Born 1968

Preview
2086 CANOE

Francesco Uberti

Born 1962

Preview
2091 POLITICIAN

Simona Tagli

Born 1964

Preview
2100 JOURNALIST

Fabio Ravezzani

Born 1960

Preview
2102 COMPOSER

Mirko Fait

Born 1965

Preview
2109 SINGER

Luca Jurman

Born 1967

Preview
2112 COMEDIAN

Pino Imperatore

Born 1961

Preview
2114 FILM

Claudio Cipelletti

Born 1962

Preview
2120 PIANIST

Sergio Cossu

Born 1960

Preview
2123 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Valditara

Born 1961

Preview
2127 ACTOR

Francesca Bartellini

Born 1960

Preview
2131 ACTOR

Marco Milano

Born 1961

Preview
2141 BUSINESS

Luca de Meo

Born 1967

Preview
2143 POLITICIAN

Andrea Rigoni

Born 1960

Preview
2162 ECONOMIST

Alberto Bisin

Born 1962

Preview
2171 ACTOR

Giorgio Bonino

Born 1966

Preview
2173 FOOTBALL

Leonardo Occhipinti

Born 1960

Preview
2181 WRITER

Maria Grazia Calandrone

Born 1964

Preview
2183 SCREENWRITER

Roberto Cenci (regista)

Born 1960

Preview
2191 FENCER

Sandro Resegotti

Born 1966

Preview
2216 OPERA

Franco Vassallo

Born 1969

Preview
2230 WRITER

Gaetano Savatteri

Born 1964

Preview
2234 PRESBYTER

Giulio Michelini

Born 1963

Preview
2239 LAWYER

Pietro Supino

Born 1965

Preview
2247 PHILOSOPHER

Luca Fonnesu

Born 1960

Preview
2258 SKATER

Franca Bianconi

Born 1962

Preview
2265 ACTOR

Alessandra Casella

Born 1963

Preview
2270 ACTOR

Giacomo Rosselli

Born 1961

Preview
2271 WRITER

Gabriele Clima

Born 1967

Preview
2274 EDUCATOR

Susanna Messaggio

Born 1963

Preview
2281 PLAYER

Claudio Galli

Born 1965

Preview
2295 SINGER

Dora Carofiglio

Born 1963

Preview
2296 WRITER

Franz Krauspenhaar

Born 1960

Preview
2308 ILLUSTRATOR

Franco Brambilla

Born 1967

Preview
2317 PHYSICIST

Roberto Cingolani

Born 1961

Preview
2319 WRITER

Giampaolo Spinato

Born 1960

Preview
2327 ACTOR

Giorgio Mastrota

Born 1964

Preview
2337 ECONOMIST

Mario Nava

Born 1966

Preview
2338 POET

Marco Ardemagni

Born 1963

Preview
2345 SINGER

Gianluca Guidi (attore)

Born 1967

Preview
2355 POLITICIAN

Elena Centemero

Born 1968

Preview
2356 ACTOR

Laura Marinoni

Born 1961

Preview
2359 POLITICIAN

Adriana Galgano

Born 1963

Preview
2362 ACTOR

Alessandra Faiella

Born 1962

Preview
2380 WRITER

Stefano Massaron

Born 1966

Preview
2383 JUDO

Stefano Venturelli

Born 1967

Preview
2384 ARCHITECT

Romolo Calabrese

Born 1966

Preview
2395 GINNASTA

Emanuela Maccarani

Born 1966

Preview
2396 ACTOR

Loredana Nicosia

Born 1964

Preview
2399 FOOTBALL

Luca Birigozzi

Born 1960

Preview
2400 SCREENWRITER

Roberto Burchielli

Born 1966

Preview
2405 WRITER

Marco Albino Ferrari

Born 1965

Preview
2413 SCULPTOR

Marco Cornini

Born 1966

Preview
2417 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Gilioli

Born 1962

Preview
2420 ROWER

Fabrizio Ravasi

Born 1965

Preview
2427 PIANIST

Roberto Di Gioia

Born 1965

Preview
2430 DRUMMER

Christian Meyer (Schlagzeuger)

Born 1963

Preview
2445 JOURNALIST

Guido Meda

Born 1966

Preview
2455 ACTOR

Claudio Batta

Born 1968

Preview
2460 ACTOR

Alessandro Betti

Born 1966

Preview
2468 SINGER

Claudio Sanfilippo

Born 1960

Preview
2469 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sergio Ramazzotti

Born 1965

Preview
2473 HISTORIAN

Paolo Colombo (storico)

Born 1961

Preview
2474 BASSIST

Paolo Costa (musicista)

Born 1964

Preview
2485 FOOTBALL

Stefano Maccoppi

Born 1962

Preview
2494 PHYSICIST

Marco Bersanelli

Born 1960

Preview
2502 POLITICIAN

Marco Rondini

Born 1968

Preview
2514 SPRINT

Domenico Gorla

Born 1965

Preview
2515 PHILOSOPHER

Gloria Origgi

Born 1967

Preview
2524 ARTIST

Giampiero Casertano

Born 1961

Preview
2526 ACTOR

Marta Iacopini

Born 1968

Preview
2556 JOCKEY

DJ Lhasa

Born 1968

Preview
2570 PIANIST

Marino Formenti

Born 1965

Preview
2571 RADIO

Giorgio Lauro

Born 1968

Preview
2574 ACTOR

Paola Rota

Born 1968

Preview
2576 POLITICIAN

Antonio Palmieri

Born 1961

Preview
2582 SWIMMER

Roberta Felotti

Born 1964

Preview
2584 BASKET

Silvia Todeschini

Born 1967

Preview
2585 ART HISTORIAN

Raphael Rosenberg

Born 1962

Preview
2603 MUSIC

Amedeo Pace

Born 1963

Preview
2610 POLITICIAN

Luca Squeri

Born 1961

Preview
2626 WRITER

Marco Philopat

Born 1962

Preview
2627 CRITICO

Alberto Pezzotta

Born 1965

Preview
2629 FOOTBALL

Mauro Antonioli

Born 1968

Preview
2635 FOOTBALL

Roberto Lorenzini

Born 1966

Preview
2636 PLAYER

Massimiliano Capuzzoni

1969 - 1995

Preview