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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Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1527 - 1593
Francesco Melzi
1491 - 1568
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
1467 - 1516
Andrea Solari
1460 - 1524
Andrea Appiani
1754 - 1817
Bramantino
1465 - 1530
Fede Galizia
1578 - 1630
Gian Paolo Lomazzo
1538 - 1592
Enrico Baj
1924 - 2003
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
1455 - 1509
Giacomo Ceruti
1698 - 1767
Pietro Annigoni
1910 - 1988
Fornasetti
1913 - 1988
Aligi Sassu
1912 - 2000
Fyodor Bruni
1799 - 1875
Cesare Cesariano
1475 - 1543
Gerolamo Induno
1825 - 1890
Berlinghiero Berlinghieri
1175 - 1235
Giovannino de' Grassi
1350 - 1398
Filippo Abbiati
1640 - 1715
Franz Adam
1815 - 1886
Giuseppe Bertini
1825 - 1898
Ernesto Treccani
1920 - 2009
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
1609 - 1662
Domenico Induno
1815 - 1878
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino
1553 - 1608
Fabrizio Clerici
1913 - 1993
Francesco Cairo
1607 - 1665
Aldo Carpi
1886 - 1973
Aurelio Luini
1530 - 1593
Luigi Ademollo
1764 - 1849
Stefano Maria Legnani
1660 - 1715
Filippo Carcano
1840 - 1914
Zanetto Bugatto
1440 - 1476
Vittore Grubicy de Dragon
1851 - 1920
Leonardo Bazzaro
1853 - 1937
Federico Cervelli
1625 - 1700
Emilio Gola
1851 - 1923
Eugenio Gignous
1850 - 1906
Luigi Conconi
1852 - 1917
Bianca Milesi
1790 - 1849
Pierfrancesco Cittadini
1616 - 1681
Carlo Braccesco
1478 - 1501
Arduino Cantafora
Born 1945
Andrea Lanzani
1641 - 1712
Umberto Lilloni
1898 - 1980
Charles Rollier
1912 - 1968
Francesco Londonio
1723 - 1783
Pompeo Borra
1898 - 1973
Luigi Bisi
1814 - 1886
Raffaele De Grada
1885 - 1957
Luigi Premazzi
1814 - 1891
Giuseppe Meda
1534 - 1599
Giovanni Ghisolfi
1623 - 1683
Arturo Ferrari
1861 - 1932
Lucio Pozzi
Born 1935
Francesco Gnecchi
1847 - 1919
Carlo Antonio Tavella
1668 - 1738
Antonio Busca (painter)
1625 - 1686
Gian Emilio Malerba
1880 - 1926
Carlo Mancini
1829 - 1910
Ernesta Legnani Bisi
1788 - 1859
Giovanni Sottocornola
1855 - 1917
Riccardo Pellegrini
1863 - 1934
Giuseppe Palanti
1881 - 1946
Rodolfo Aricò
1930 - 2002
Francesco Fernandi
1679 - 1740
Remo Bianco
1922 - 1988
Emilio Sala (sculptor)
1864 - 1920
Angiolo Achini
1850 - 1930
Giovanni Donato da Montorfano
1466 - 1513
Fulvia Bisi
1818 - 1911
Eliseo Sala
1813 - 1879
Dolores Puthod
Born 1934
Luigi Mantovani
1880 - 1957
Paolo Sala
1859 - 1929
Francesco Caccianiga
1700 - 1781
Angelo Trezzini
1827 - 1904
Cristoforo de Predis
1440 - 1486
Anne Marie Trechslin
1927 - 2007
Romolo Romani
1884 - 1916
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
1575 - 1640
Cesare Magni
1495 - 1534
Gianfilippo Usellini
1903 - 1971
Italo Valenti
1912 - 1995
Luigi Scrosati
1814 - 1869
Ercole Procaccini the Younger
1605 - 1675
Ettore Sordini
1934 - 2012
Ludovico Cavaleri
1867 - 1942
Sebastiano De Albertis
1828 - 1897
Federico Bianchi (painter)
1635 - 1719
Alessandro Papetti
Born 1958
Carlo Brioschi
1826 - 1895
Giuseppe Sabatelli
1813 - 1843
Giustino Menescardi
1720 - 1776
Carlo Bellosio
1801 - 1849
Federico Moja
1802 - 1885
Carlo Donelli
1661 - 1715
Mauro Conconi
1815 - 1860
Ferdinando Porta
1687 - 1763
Domenico Aspari
1746 - 1831
Pietro Diana (painter)
1931 - 2016
Ignazio Manzoni
1797 - 1888
Giuseppe Guerreschi
1929 - 1985
Salvatore Mazza
1819 - 1886
Francesco Biondo
1735 - 1805
Luigi Zuccoli
1815 - 1876
Onofrio Bramante
1926 - 2000
Angelo Maria Crivelli
1703 - 1730
William Girometti
1924 - 1998
Giuseppe Romagnoni
1930 - 1964
Ambrogio Besozzi
1648 - 1706
Cesare Ligario
1716 - 1770
Giovanni Battista Sassi
1679 - 1762
Cesare Bernazano
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Uberto Dell’Orto
1848 - 1895
Giuseppe Barbaglia
1841 - 1910
Giuseppe Mazza (painter)
1817 - 1884
Pietro Antoniani
1740 - 1805
Augusto Colombo
1902 - 1969
Adriano Gajoni
1913 - 1965
Carlo Paolo Agazzi
1870 - 1922
Giovanni Battista della Rovere
1560 - 1627
Gino Starace
1859 - 1950
Giorgio Fuentes
1756 - 1821
Melchiorre Gherardini
1607 - 1668
Francesco Valaperta
1836 - 1908
Giuseppe Solenghi
1879 - 1944
Giovanni Battista Bonacina
1620 - 1664
Camilla Adami
Born 1935
Sergio Dangelo
Born 1932
Carlo Zocchi
1894 - 1965
Andrea Porta
1656 - 1723
Amerino Cagnoni
1853 - 1923
Gaetano Fasanotti
1831 - 1882
Carlo Erba (pittore)
1884 - 1917
Giulio Rossi (painter)
1824 - 1884
Giovan Francesco Gonzaga
1921 - 2007
Cesare Bassano
1584 - 1648
Ugo Piatti
1888 - 1953
Scipione Cignaroli
1690 - 1766
Mario Raciti
Born 1934
Lara Molinari
Born 1970
Alessandro Focosi
1836 - 1869
Emilio Magistretti
1851 - 1936
Agostino Ferrari
Born 1938
Alfredo Chighine
1914 - 1974
Giorgio Muggiani
1887 - 1938
Paolo Mezzanotte
1878 - 1969
Pompeo Calvi
1806 - 1884
Amanzia Guérillot
1828 - 1905
Francesco Nappi
1565 - 1630
Marcel Jefferys
1872 - 1924
Cesare Poggi
1803 - 1859
Giuseppe Brioschi
1802 - 1856
Giuseppe Viola
1933 - 2010
Giovanni Battista Pozzi
1662 - 1730
Camillo Rapetti
1859 - 1929
Cesare Peverelli
1922 - 2000
Leopoldo Burlando
1841 - 1915
Joseph Contini
1827 - 1892
Giovanni Borgonovo
1881 - 1975
Daniele Oppi
1932 - 2006
Giandante X
1900 - 1984
Francesco Didioni
1839 - 1895
Aldo Mazza
1880 - 1964
Fausto Eliseo Coppini
1870 - 1945
Pietro Bouvier
1839 - 1927
Vittoria Ligari
1713 - 1783
Angelo Del Bon
1898 - 1952
Umberto Milani
1912 - 1969
Paolo Landriani
1755 - 1839
Osvaldo Peruzzi
1907 - 2004
Gino Gregori
1906 - 1973
Ruggero Pazzi
1927 - 2010
Francesco Fedeli
1911 - 1998
Vittorio Gussoni
1893 - 1968
Achille Tominetti
1848 - 1917
Aldo Salvadori
1905 - 2002
Attilio Pusterla
1862 - 1941
Attilio Colonello
Born 1930
Pietro Marzorati
1829 - 1895
Ignazio Fumagalli
1778 - 1842
Arnaldo Badodi
1913 - 1943
Pietro Maggi
1660 - 1738
Agostino Comerio
1784 - 1829
Girolamo Luigi Calvi
1791 - 1872
Virginio Ghiringhelli
1898 - 1964
Ambrogio Brambilla
-
Aldo Conti
1890 - 1988
Giacomo Campi
1846 - 1921
Giuseppe Mongeri
1812 - 1888
Innocente Cantinotti
1877 - 1940
Siro Penagini
1885 - 1952
Enrico Ravetta
1864 - 1939
Felice De Vecchi
1816 - 1862
Gigi Comolli
1893 - 1976
Agostino Santagostino
1635 - 1706
Carlo Jacono
1929 - 2000
Maria Vinca
1878 - 1939
Georges Filiberti
1881 - 1970
Giovanni Crivelli (painter)
1700 - 1760
Richard Harlfinger
1873 - 1948
Giuseppe Carozzi
1864 - 1938
Attilio Andreoli
1877 - 1950
Gianni De Conno
1957 - 2017
Bernardino Bergognone
1450 - 1525
Pietro Michis
1836 - 1903
Umberto Faini
Born 1933
Pietro Plescan
Born 1929
Mario Acerbi (painter)
1887 - 1982
Guglielmo Stella
1828 - 1888
Ottavio Fabbri
Born 1946
Giorgio Albertini
1930 - 2020
Pompeo Pozzi
1817 - 1890
Angelo Monticelli
1778 - 1837
Giulio Scapaticci
1933 - 2006
Federico Boriani
1920 - 2011
Richard Barabandy
Born 1849
Carlo Balestrini
1868 - 1922
Fides Stagni
1904 - 2002
Antonio Bignoli
1812 - 1886
Bernardo Pasotti
1910 - 2003
Giovanni Antonio de Grott
1664 - 1712
Francesco Corneliani
1740 - 1815
Guillermo Da Re
1867 - 1910
Camillo Cima
1827 - 1908
Giuseppe Manfredini (pittore)
1754 - 1815
Carlo De Notaris
1812 - 1888
Alma Fidora
1894 - 1980
Carlo Jotti
1826 - 1905
Andrea Appiani the Younger
1817 - 1865
Enea Tallone
1876 - 1937
Clemen Parrocchetti
1923 - 2016
Carlo Varese (pittore)
1903 - 1977
Ambrogio Preda
1839 - 1906
Giannino Grossi
1889 - 1969
Giovanni Bigatti
1774 - 1817
Angelo Ribossi
1822 - 1886
Miro Cusumano
1938 - 1987
Luigi Piffero
1907 - 1978
Ambrogio Magnaghi
1912 - 2001
Francesco Ratti
1819 - 1895
Ortensio Crespi
1578 - 1631
Gustav Zorn
1845 - 1893
Federigo Panza
1633 - 1703
Cristoforo Zavattari
Died 1414
Alessandro Barbieri
1850 - 1931
Lodovico Zambeletti (pittore)
1881 - 1966
Gaetano Dardanone
1688 - 1760
Remo Taccani
1891 - 1973
Leonardo di Bisuccio
-
Alessandro Durini
1818 - 1892
Itala Pellegrino
Born 1865
Gaetano Vacani
1763 - 1844
Leo Spaventa Filippi
1912 - 1999
Renato Restelli
Born 1949
Teodolinda Sabaino Migliara
1816 - 1866
Maria Bertolani
1896 - 1960
Paolo Rui
Born 1962
Casimiro Radice
1834 - 1908
Angelo Santagostino
1878 - 1947
Gianfranco Campestrini
1901 - 1979
Girolamo Ferroni
1687 - 1730
Giacomo Gabbiani
1900 - 1989
Federico Quarenghi
1858 - 1940
Pompilio Seveso
1877 - 1949
Giorgio Bellandi
1931 - 1976
Barbara Pietrasanta
Born 1961
Felice Abrami
1872 - 1919
Angelo Comolli
1863 - 1949
Michelangelo Fumagalli
1812 - 1886
Gaetano Gariboldi
1815 - 1857
Antonietta Bisi
1813 - 1866
Francesco da Castello
1447 - 1504
Giacomo Sessa
1777 - 1862
Rodolfo Viola
Born 1937
Franco Dacquati
1910 - 1988
Alberto Croce
1933 - 2014
Andrea Appiani il Giovane
1817 - 1865
Maria Colombo Sassi
1896 - 1982
Juan Bianchi (Maler)
1817 - 1875
Umberto Ziveri
1891 - 1971
Carlo e Luigi Rigola
1883 - 1949
Ettore Paganini
1922 - 1986
Giacomo Antonio Santagostino
1588 - 1648
Massimo Marchesotti
1935 - 2019
Giovanni Battista Del Sole
-
Raffaele Albertella
1911 - 1961
Daniele Fontana
1900 - 1984
Mario Zampedroni
Born 1945
Amerigo Canegrati
1900 - 1938
Andrés García-Peña
Born 1961
Carlo Perindani
1899 - 1986
Stefano Scotto
Born 1450
Carlo Fortunato Rosti
1885 - 1974
Paolo Maria Abbiati
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Luigi Sabatelli (né en 1818)
1818 - 1899
Arturo Abbà
1881 - 1963