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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Aldo Rossi
1931 - 1997
Gio Ponti
1891 - 1979
Achille Castiglioni
1918 - 2002
Alessandro Mendini
1931 - 2019
Mario Bellini
Born 1935
Marco Zanuso
1916 - 2001
Vico Magistretti
1920 - 2006
Stefano Boeri
Born 1956
Giorgio Grassi
Born 1935
Ignazio Gardella
1905 - 1999
Piero Portaluppi
1888 - 1967
Camillo Agrippa
1535 - 1595
Benedetta Tagliabue
Born 1963
Angelo Mangiarotti
1921 - 2012
Mario Palanti
1885 - 1978
Pietro Antonio Solari
1445 - 1493
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1913 - 1968
Francesco Maria Richini
1584 - 1658
Cini Boeri
1924 - 2020
Luigi Cagnola
1762 - 1833
Luigi Caccia Dominioni
1913 - 2016
Giovanni Muzio
1893 - 1982
Giuseppe Sommaruga
1867 - 1917
Giovanni Battista Montano
1534 - 1621
Enrico Alvino
1809 - 1872
Vittorio Garatti
Born 1927
Italo Rota
Born 1953
Gino Levi-Montalcini
1902 - 1974
Giuseppe Brentano
1862 - 1889
Donato Felice d'Allio
1677 - 1761
Gino Colombini
Born 1915
Luigi Broggi
1851 - 1926
Giancarlo Palanti
1906 - 1977
Gaetano Moretti
1860 - 1938
Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso
1909 - 2004
Giovanni Magenta
1565 - 1635
Angelo Torricelli
Born 1946
Giovanni Solari
1400 - 1482
Joseph Moretti
Died 1793
Roberto Segre
1934 - 2013
Ambrogio Annoni
1882 - 1954
Sergio Asti
Born 1926
Lorenzo Binago
1554 - 1629
Francesco Croce
1696 - 1773
Liliana Grassi
1923 - 1985
Massimo Majowiecki
Born 1945
Claudio Bellini
Born 1963
Virginio Colombo
1885 - 1927
Carlo Broggi
1881 - 1968
Carlo Giuseppe Merlo
1690 - 1760
Giacomo Moraglia
1791 - 1860
Ermanno Cressoni
1939 - 2005
Vittoriano Viganò
1919 - 1996
Umberto Riva
Born 1928
Luigi Rovelli
1850 - 1911
Antonio Monestiroli
1940 - 2019
Gian Luigi Banfi
1910 - 1945
Luca Mangoni
Born 1961
Emilio Alemagna
1833 - 1910
Giovanni Greppi (architetto)
1884 - 1960
Carlo III. Borromeo
1586 - 1652
Guglielmo Mozzoni
1915 - 2014
Cino Zucchi
Born 1955
Amedeo Bellini
Born 1940
Ercole Silva
1756 - 1840
Cesare Beruto
1835 - 1915
Agostino Gerli
1744 - 1821
Romolo Calabrese
Born 1966
Vermondo Resta
1555 - 1625
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
Born 1957
Carlo Mariani
1823 - 1883
Emilio Lancia
1890 - 1973
Antonio Cassi Ramelli
1905 - 1980
Marco Albini
Born 1940
Carlo Sada
1849 - 1924
Luigi Mattioni
1914 - 1961
Luca Scacchetti
1952 - 2015
Carlo Perogalli
1921 - 2005
Roberto Menghi
1920 - 2006
Federico Frigerio (architetto)
1873 - 1959
Jules de Mérindol
1814 - 1888
Carlo Bartoli
1931 - 2020
Giuseppe Cusi
1780 - 1864
Spirito Maria Chiappetta
1868 - 1948
Marco Piva
Born 1952
Luigi Figini
1903 - 1984
Ernesto Pirovano
1866 - 1934
Luigi Clerichetti
1798 - 1876
Alois Pichl
1782 - 1856
Andrea Biffi
1645 - 1686
Dante Oscar Benini
Born 1947
Giovanni Perego (artista)
1776 - 1817
Claudio Dini
Born 1938
Ambrogio Nava
1791 - 1862
Enrico Combi
1832 - 1906
Paolo Cesa Bianchi
1840 - 1920
Ambrogio Barocci
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Jorge Rigamonti
1940 - 2008
Luigi Bandini Buti
1930 - 2018
Sebastiano Giuseppe Locati
1861 - 1939
Gerolamo Quadrio
1625 - 1679
Giovanni Battista Cairati
Died 1596
Andrea Pizzala
1798 - 1862
Giulio Galliori
1715 - 1795
Gaetano Besia
1791 - 1871
Claudio Vender
1904 - 1986
Arrigo Arrighetti
1922 - 1989
Augusto Magnaghi
1914 - 1963
Giovan Battista Borsani
1850 - 1906
Natale Angielini
1537 - 1574
Giuseppe Vandoni
1828 - 1877
Patrizia Falcone
Born 1961
Antonio Maria da Milano
1439 - 1511
Giò Pozzo
Born 1952
François Bérenger
1901 - 1978
Barbara Weiss
Born 1954
Achille Majnoni d'Intignano
1855 - 1935
Fausto Colombo (architetto)
1937 - 2010
Francesco Tenca
1861 - 1908
Aldo Manassi
1888 - 1940
Eduardo Provasoli
1847 - 1926
Gigi Ghò
1915 - 1998
Lily Inglis
1926 - 2010
Francesco Trabucco
Born 1944
GianCarlo Montebello
Died 2020
Ambrogio Frangiolli
1798 - 1870
Giovanni Battista Quadrio
1659 - 1722
Francesco Banterle
1886 - 1972
Pier Fausto Bagatti Valsecchi
1866 - 1914
Roberto Berardi (architetto)
1937 - 2008
Giovanni Giachi
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