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.
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Field: Politician Clear ×
Silvio Berlusconi
Born 1936
Bettino Craxi
1934 - 2000
Matteo Salvini
Born 1973
Fausto Bertinotti
Born 1940
Letizia Moratti
Born 1949
Giuliano Pisapia
Born 1949
Galeazzo II Visconti
1320 - 1378
Armando Cossutta
1926 - 2015
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
1827 - 1913
Cesare Merzagora
1898 - 1991
Gabriele Albertini
Born 1950
Gianroberto Casaleggio
1954 - 2016
Irene Pivetti
Born 1963
José Patiño
1666 - 1736
Francesco Melzi d'Eril
1753 - 1816
Giorgio La Malfa
Born 1939
Federico Confalonieri
1785 - 1846
Gabrio Casati
1798 - 1873
Luciano Manara
1825 - 1849
Franco Bassanini
Born 1940
Pietro Ichino
Born 1949
Eugenio Colorni
1909 - 1944
Silvio Crespi
1868 - 1944
Marco Cappato
Born 1971
Giuseppe Lazzati
1909 - 1986
Bobo Craxi
Born 1964
Giuseppe Colombo (homme politique)
1836 - 1921
Maurizio Lupi
Born 1959
Carlo Tenca
1816 - 1883
Vittorio Agnoletto
Born 1958
Giuseppe Sala
Born 1958
Luigi Freddi
1895 - 1977
Curzio Maltese
Born 1959
Cesare Correnti
1815 - 1888
Luigi Barzini Jr.
1908 - 1984
Licia Ronzulli
Born 1975
Stefania Craxi
Born 1960
Antonio Cederna
1921 - 1996
Lionello Levi Sandri
1910 - 1991
Rinaldo Del Bo
1916 - 1991
Roberto Tremelloni
1900 - 1987
Giorgio Pallavicino Trivulzio
1796 - 1878
Mario Zagari
1913 - 1996
Giuseppe Vegas
Born 1951
Marta Dassù
Born 1955
Ugo Intini
Born 1941
Attilio Teruzzi
1882 - 1950
Carlo Tognoli
Born 1938
Carlo Verri
1743 - 1823
Giuditta Bellerio Sidoli
1804 - 1871
Angelo Decembrio
1350 - 1427
Giancarlo Pagliarini
Born 1942
Ferdinando Bocconi
1836 - 1908
Alessandro Casati
1881 - 1955
Riccardo Bauer
1896 - 1982
Giulio Prinetti
1851 - 1908
Paolo Romani
Born 1947
Cletto Arrighi
1830 - 1906
Paolo Baratta (homme politique)
Born 1939
Emilio Broglio
1814 - 1892
Mario Arcelli
1935 - 2004
Mario Chiesa (politician)
Born 1944
Rodolfo Morandi
1903 - 1955
Emanuele Fiano
Born 1963
Filippo Meda
1869 - 1939
Giorgio Salvini
1920 - 2015
Giuseppe Marcora
1841 - 1927
Paolo Treves
1908 - 1958
Carlo Porro
1854 - 1939
Gaetano Negri
1838 - 1902
Giuseppe Pecchio
1785 - 1837
Galeazzo Flavio Capella
1487 - 1537
Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases
1628 - 1699
Giovanni Cantoni
1818 - 1897
Ilaria Borletti Buitoni
Born 1955
Claudio Borghi (politique)
Born 1970
Massimo Corsaro
Born 1963
Girolamo Sirchia
Born 1933
Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago
1870 - 1945
Leopoldo Gasparotto
1902 - 1944
Charles Caccia
1930 - 2008
Giorgio Stracquadanio
1959 - 2014
Stefano Maullu
Born 1962
Giuseppe Greppi
1819 - 1921
Giuseppe Boffa
1923 - 1998
Luciano Bolis
1918 - 1993
Bartolomeo Arese
1590 - 1674
Giannino Antona Traversi
1860 - 1939
Giuseppe Arconati Visconti
1797 - 1873
Girolamo Morone
1470 - 1529
Mauro Macchi
1818 - 1880
Guido Podestà
Born 1947
Emanuele Greppi
1853 - 1931
Ugo Rossi
Born 1963
Riccardo Sarfatti
1940 - 2010
Ivan Matteo Lombardo
1902 - 1980
Piero Parini
1894 - 1993
Carlo Emanuele Basile
1885 - 1972
Marco Visconti
1353 - 1382
Antonio Durini
1770 - 1850
Giuseppe Mussi
1836 - 1904
Barbara Contini
Born 1961
Achille Cutrera
1929 - 2018
Piero Bassetti
Born 1928
Piero Bottoni
1903 - 1973
Gaudenzio Fantoli
1867 - 1940
Massimo Felice De Rosa
Born 1979
Marco Valli
Born 1985
Eugenio Chiesa
1863 - 1930
Siro Lombardini
1924 - 2013
Giacomo Balbi Piovera
1800 - 1878
Francesco Arese Lucini (senatore)
1805 - 1881
Eleonora Evi
Born 1983
Simona Tagli
Born 1964
Francesco Restelli
1814 - 1890
Giuseppe Valditara
Born 1961
Giulio Belinzaghi
1818 - 1892
Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso
1803 - 1885
Andrea Rigoni
Born 1960
Giampaolo Galli
Born 1951
Augusto Battaglia
Born 1948
Gisella Floreanini
1906 - 1993
Giacomo Properzj
Born 1939
Guido Possa
Born 1937
Davide Casaleggio
Born 1976
Roberto Maria Radice
1938 - 2012
Attilio Terragni
1896 - 1958
Cesare Nava
1861 - 1933
Ezio Amadeo
1894 - 1978
Achille Mauri
1806 - 1883
Giancarlo Lombardi
1937 - 2017
Paolo Ungari
1933 - 1999
Bassano Gabba
1844 - 1928
Aldo Brandirali
Born 1941
Emilio Molinari
Born 1939
Gianluigi Melega
1935 - 2014
Elena Centemero
Born 1968
Adriana Galgano
Born 1963
Senatore Borletti
1880 - 1939
Antonio Litta Visconti Arese
1748 - 1820
Tatiana Basilio
Born 1975
Antonio Del Pennino
Born 1939
Malachia De Cristoforis
1832 - 1915
Maurizio Pagani
1936 - 2014
Michele Achilli
Born 1931
Enrico Besana
1813 - 1877
Marco Rondini
Born 1968
Luciano Pettinari
Born 1950
Quintus Petronius Didius Severus
Died 137
Stefano Jacini (1886-1952)
1886 - 1952
Stefano Buffagni
Born 1983
Franco Corleone
Born 1946
Antonio Palmieri
Born 1961
Marco Mario Milanese
Born 1959
Isacco Nahoum
1922 - 1990
Luca Squeri
Born 1961
Carlo Romussi
1847 - 1913
Angelo Mauri
1873 - 1936
Graziano Appiani
1850 - 1920
Antonio Baslini
1926 - 1995
Vincenzo Dalberti
1763 - 1849
Carlo Fontana (direttore teatrale)
Born 1947
Federico Bellazzi
1825 - 1868
Roberto Bernardelli
Born 1949
Carlo Cagnola
1828 - 1895
Gianfranco Astori
Born 1948
Massimo Riva (giornalista)
Born 1940
Peter Wolff
Born 1946
Mary Tibaldi Chiesa
1896 - 1968
Ezio Cartotto
Born 1943
Oreste Bonomi
1902 - 1983
Arialdo Banfi
1913 - 1997
Lucio Mario Luzzatto
1913 - 1986
Agostino "Tino" Casali
1920 - 2015
Gianpiero Carlo Cantoni
1939 - 2012
Francesco Verga
1929 - 1975
Ottaviano Vimercati
1815 - 1879
Stefano Quaranta
Born 1971
Daniele Farina
Born 1964
Aldo Arroni
Born 1945
Patricia Lips
Born 1963
Fiorello Cortiana
Born 1955
Enea Cerquetti
Born 1938
Davide Boni
Born 1962
Ludovico Acerbi
Died 1522
Cesare Pompeo Castelbarco
1782 - 1860
Pierantonino Berté
1918 - 2015
Adriano Alberti
1870 - 1955
Giuseppe Gadda
1822 - 1901
Ruggero Dollfus
1876 - 1948
Elio Massimo Palmizio
Born 1954
Edoardo Catellani
1922 - 2018
Pierluigi Petrini
Born 1952
Matteo Mauri
Born 1970
Rino Parenti
1895 - 1953
Carlo Dell'Avalle
1861 - 1917
Carlo Possenti
1806 - 1872
Milly Moratti
Born 1946
Remo Vigorelli
1893 - 1977
Roberto Cociancich
Born 1961
Silvio Beretta
Born 1942
Giorgio Lainati
Born 1958
Angelo Nicolato
1888 - 1961
Massimo Gorla
1933 - 2004
Mario Valducci
Born 1959
Bernardo Arnaboldi Gazzaniga
1847 - 1918
Giulio Polotti
1924 - 1999
Giovanni Cervetti
Born 1933
Walter Piludu
1950 - 2016
Ercole Lualdi
1826 - 1890
Alfonso Gianni
Born 1950
Achille Passoni
Born 1951
Eugène Auguste de Caffarelli
1806 - 1878
Luigi Repossi
1882 - 1957
Amaele Abbiati
1925 - 2016
Enrico Rizzi
1930 - 2005
Dario Valori
1925 - 1984
Guido Borromeo
1818 - 1890
Paolo Arrigoni (1957)
Born 1957
Alfonso Sanseverino Vimercati
1836 - 1907
Luigi Zuccari
1847 - 1925
Francesco Annoni di Cerro
1804 - 1872
Giuseppe Durini
1800 - 1850
Massimo De Carolis
Born 1940
Bruno Geddo
Born 1959
Mario Alberto Rollier
1909 - 1980
Daniela Mazzuconi
Born 1953
Renato Massari
1920 - 2012
Agata Alma Cappiello
1948 - 2006
Marco Fumagalli
Born 1953
Luigi Grassi (1891-1970)
1891 - 1970
Giuseppe Piola
1826 - 1904
Roberto Mazzotta
Born 1940
Stefano Saglia
Born 1971
Giangiacomo Trivulzio
1839 - 1902
Franco Mirabelli
Born 1960
Giuseppe Arcaini
1901 - 1978
Bartolomeo Calco
1434 - 1508
Luchino Del Mayno
1838 - 1911
Victor François Marie Perrin de Bellune
1796 - 1853
Aldo Resega
1896 - 1943
Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano
1841 - 1918
Carlo d'Adda
1816 - 1900
Antonio Maffi
1850 - 1912
Nicola Gunnar Vincenzi
Born 1964
Luigi Agostino Casati
1827 - 1881
Luigi Cipriani (politico 1940)
1940 - 1992
Gloria Buffo
Born 1954
Marco Flavio Cirillo
Born 1960
Francesco Italia
Born 1972
Febo Borromeo d'Adda
1871 - 1945
Carlo Pertusati
1674 - 1755
Giacomo Ciani
1776 - 1868
Carlo Monguzzi
Born 1951
Alberto Zorzoli
Born 1943
Guido Artom
1931 - 2017
Gabriella Pistone
Born 1951
Ernesto Brivio
1915 - 1976
Giovanni Lauzi
1800 - 1885
Enrico Fano
1834 - 1899
Giovanni Cattaneo (politico)
1865 - 1944
Giovanna Capelli
Born 1945
Giberto Borromeo (politico)
1460 - 1508
Alberto di Luca
Born 1952
Antonio Pestalozza
1784 - 1865
Loris Scricciolo
1923 - 2004
Mario Agustoni
1902 - 1982
Carlo Barbiano di Belgioioso
1815 - 1881
Severino Guscetti
1816 - 1871
Luigi Meda
1900 - 1966
Luca Marcora
Born 1960
Paolo Uggè
Born 1947
Livio Togni
Born 1950
Ettore Bocconi
1871 - 1932
Alphonse Joseph Constant Bourelle de Sivry
1799 - 1862
Giovanni Battista Migliori
1893 - 1978
Achille Majocchi
1821 - 1904
Francesco Simonetta (patriota)
1813 - 1863
Cesare Bensi
1922 - 1986
Rinaldo Taverna
1839 - 1913
Filippo della Torre
Died 1265
Carlo Villa (mayor)
1766 - 1846
Luigi Simonetta
1861 - 1934
Laura Molteni
Born 1960
Carla Gronchi
1912 - 1993
Gaetano De Castillia
1794 - 1870
Stella Vecchio
1921 - 2011
Alessandro Trivulzio
1773 - 1805
Francantonio Biaggi
1899 - 1979
Francesco Mariani
1886 - 1976
Ignazio Alessandro Pallavicini
1800 - 1871
Francesco Antonio d'Arco
1848 - 1917
Franco Calamida
Born 1938
Alessandro Buttè
1903 - 1976
Guido Visconti di Modrone (senatore)
1838 - 1902
Laura Rozza
Born 1954
Cesare Giulini della Porta
1825 - 1862
Federico III Fagnani
1775 - 1840
Sandro Italico Mussolini
1910 - 1930
Andrea Borruso
1936 - 2018