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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  • Art & Design
  • Music
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Showing 69 of 5,707 notable people

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Ettore Bugatti

1882 - 1947

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0299 ENTREPRENEUR

Marina Berlusconi

Born 1966

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0380 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Tronchetti Provera

Born 1948

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0435 ENTREPRENEUR

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Born 1935

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0566 ENTREPRENEUR

Agostino Rocca

1895 - 1978

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0759 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)

Born 1950

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0769 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Alberto Agnelli

1964 - 1997

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0819 ENTREPRENEUR

Bernardo Caprotti

1925 - 2016

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0955 ENTREPRENEUR

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Born 1969

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1457 ENTREPRENEUR

Leopoldo Parodi Delfino

1875 - 1945

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1660 ENTREPRENEUR

Beatrice Trussardi

Born 1971

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1663 ENTREPRENEUR

Gianfelice Rocca

Born 1948

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1686 ENTREPRENEUR

Mario Prada

Died 1958

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1717 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Barilla

Born 1958

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1729 ENTREPRENEUR

Ercole Marelli

1867 - 1922

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1730 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Salmoiraghi

1848 - 1939

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1754 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Pirelli (1882-1971)

1882 - 1971

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1768 ENTREPRENEUR

Edoardo Bianchi

1865 - 1946

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1829 ENTREPRENEUR

Piero Pirelli

1881 - 1956

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1949 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Guzzi

1889 - 1964

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2002 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone

1879 - 1941

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2023 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Borghi

1910 - 1975

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2076 ENTREPRENEUR

Davide Campari

1867 - 1936

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2552 ENTREPRENEUR

Ivanoe Fraizzoli

1916 - 1999

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2621 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Pellegrini

Born 1940

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2674 ENTREPRENEUR

Giorgio Falck

1938 - 2004

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2728 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Feltrinelli

1887 - 1942

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3015 ENTREPRENEUR

Uberto Visconti di Modrone

1871 - 1923

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3181 ENTREPRENEUR

Emilio Bozzi

1873 - 1936

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3396 ENTREPRENEUR

Eden Fumagalli

1891 - 1970

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3670 ENTREPRENEUR

Giulio Castelli (imprenditore)

1920 - 2006

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3698 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Brunelli

Born 1927

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3776 ENTREPRENEUR

Virgilio Degiovanni

Born 1965

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3813 ENTREPRENEUR

Tommaso Giulini

Born 1977

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3928 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Ravasi

1877 - 1946

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3974 ENTREPRENEUR

Gilberto Colombo

1921 - 1988

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4102 ENTREPRENEUR

Ambrogio Binda

1811 - 1874

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4109 ENTREPRENEUR

Renato Cepparo

1916 - 2007

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4197 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Canzi

1839 - 1922

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4217 ENTREPRENEUR

Jonella Ligresti

Born 1967

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4268 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Frua

1855 - 1937

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4328 ENTREPRENEUR

Jacopo Castelfranchi

1922 - 2017

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4350 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Masseroni

1891 - 1957

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4374 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Grossi

1947 - 2011

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4418 ENTREPRENEUR

Maximilian Büsser

Born 1967

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4476 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Pirelli (imprenditore)

Born 1954

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4555 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Casetta

1928 - 1993

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4626 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Orlando (industriale)

1927 - 2005

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4676 ENTREPRENEUR

Felice Grondona

1821 - 1902

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4679 ENTREPRENEUR

Lodovico Melzi d'Eril

1820 - 1886

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4723 ENTREPRENEUR

Fabio Riva

Born 1954

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4746 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Candiani

1830 - 1910

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4766 ENTREPRENEUR

Gino Alfonso Sada

1888 - 1964

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4795 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Colombo (imprenditore)

1937 - 1993

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4856 ENTREPRENEUR

Achille Roncoroni

1923 - 2005

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4896 ENTREPRENEUR

Giorgio Valerio

1904 - 1979

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4919 ENTREPRENEUR

Massimo Carfora

Born 1956

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5025 ENTREPRENEUR

Aldo Mairano

1898 - 1991

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5038 ENTREPRENEUR

Lodovico Zambeletti

1841 - 1890

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5101 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Sessa (industriale)

1887 - 1959

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5159 ENTREPRENEUR

Elena Lanzoni Prevost

1878 - 1965

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5238 ENTREPRENEUR

Alighiero De Micheli

1904 - 1995

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5320 ENTREPRENEUR

Adalberto Tedeschi

1937 - 2007

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5331 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Capè

1886 - 1945

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5350 ENTREPRENEUR

Giulio Malgara

Born 1938

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5388 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Formenti (imprenditore)

Born 1926

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5569 ENTREPRENEUR

Oreste Franzi

1869 - 1942

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5675 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Gaslini

1841 - 1925

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5681 ENTREPRENEUR

Bernardino Branca (imprenditore 1886)

1886 - 1957

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