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
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Federico Borromeo
1564 - 1631
Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)
1290 - 1354
Anselm of Lucca
1035 - 1086
Alexander Sauli
1534 - 1592
Benedict Menni
1841 - 1914
Angelo Rotta
1872 - 1965
Corrado Balducci
1923 - 2008
Francesco Maria Guazzo
Died 1640
Giuseppe Pozzobonelli
1696 - 1783
Matteo II Visconti
1319 - 1355
Archduke Karl of Austria-Este
1785 - 1809
Contardo Ferrini
1859 - 1902
Massimo Camisasca
Born 1946
Branda da Castiglione
1350 - 1443
René de Birague
1506 - 1583
Paolo Angelo Ballerini
1814 - 1897
Cesare Monti
1594 - 1650
Luigi Negri (Bischof)
Born 1941
Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio
1597 - 1656
Edoardo Borromeo
1822 - 1881
Angelo Ramazzotti
1800 - 1861
Fabrizio Serbelloni
1695 - 1775
Galdino della Sala
1100 - 1176
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
1519 - 1591
Alfonso Litta
1608 - 1679
Celestino Sfondrati
1644 - 1696
Sabinus of Piacenza
333 - 420
Federico Visconti
1617 - 1693
Ignacio Visconti
1682 - 1755
Carlo Oppizzoni
1769 - 1855
Scaramuccia Trivulzio
1465 - 1527
Giacomo Simoneta
1475 - 1539
Francesco Panigarola
1548 - 1594
Giuseppe Archinto
1651 - 1712
Carlo Gaetano Stampa
1667 - 1742
Antonio Trivulzio, seniore
1457 - 1508
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
1439 - 1509
Giovanni Castiglione (cardinal)
1420 - 1460
Antonio Eugenio Visconti
1713 - 1788
Agostino Trivulzio
1485 - 1548
Carlo Visconti (cardinal)
1523 - 1565
Giulio Roma
1584 - 1652
Diego Coletti
Born 1941
Benedict (bishop of Milan)
Died 725
Corrado Sanguineti
Born 1964
Ludovico Simoneta
1500 - 1568
Federico Caccia
1635 - 1699
Giovanni Francesco Stoppani
1695 - 1774
Giovanni Archinto
1736 - 1799
Franco Manzi
Born 1966
Pietro Peregrosso
1220 - 1295
Giacomo Antonio Morigia
1633 - 1708
Ferdinando Taverna
1558 - 1619
Pietro Casola
1427 - 1507
Antonio Trivulzio, iuniore
1514 - 1559
Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati
1451 - 1497
Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi
1712 - 1762
Giberto Borromeo (1671-1740)
1671 - 1740
Alessandro Crivelli
1514 - 1574
Antonio Dugnani
1748 - 1818
Cassone della Torre
Died 1318
Gaspare Visconti
1538 - 1595
Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni
1523 - 1568
Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti
1747 - 1819
Luigi Omodei (1607–1685)
1608 - 1685
Giuseppe Maria Castelli
1705 - 1780
Carlo Caccia Dominioni
1802 - 1866
Giberto Borromeo (1615-1672)
1615 - 1672
Carlo Crivelli (cardinal)
1736 - 1818
João Batista Primoli
1673 - 1747
Ernesto Maria Piovella
1867 - 1949
Adelio Dell’Oro
Born 1948
Francesco Crasso
1500 - 1566
Bartolomeo Visconti
1402 - 1457
Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia
1617 - 1684
Venerius (bishop of Milan)
Died 408
Agostino Cusani (1655-1730)
1655 - 1730
Ugo Camozzo
1892 - 1977
Albinus (cardinal)
Died 1197
José Brasanelli
1659 - 1728
Vitaliano Visconti
1618 - 1671
Flaminio Piatti
1552 - 1613
Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli
Born 1956
Franco Agnesi
Born 1950
Giuseppe Negri
Born 1959
Francesco Bossi
1525 - 1584
Alfonso Visconti
1552 - 1608
Camillo Melzi
1582 - 1659
Uberto da Pirovano
Died 1211
Innocenzo Migliavacca
1635 - 1714
Marcellino Corio
1664 - 1742
Armando Dini
Born 1932
Brande Castiglioni
1415 - 1487
Pietro Calchi Novati
1868 - 1952
Agostino Cusani (1542-1598)
1542 - 1598
Giovanni Battista Mesmer
1671 - 1760
Isidoro Pentorio
1568 - 1621
Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi
1645 - 1713
Marsilio Landriani (bishop)
1528 - 1609
Gerolamo Pallavicini
Died 1503
Emanuele Clarizio
1911 - 2001
Paolo Martinelli (Bischof)
Born 1958
Mainardo (cardinal, 1049)
Died 1074
Timoleon Raimondi
1827 - 1894
Arnulf III (archbishop of Milan)
Died 1097
Romolo Archinto
Died 1576
Paolo Origo
1840 - 1928
Anselmo della Pusterla
Died 1136
Ernesto Fontana
1830 - 1910
Natalis (bishop of Milan)
-
Ottaviano Maria Sforza
1475 - 1545
Mansueto Merati
1589 - 1661
Benignus (bishop of Milan)
Died 472
Ermete Stampa
Died 1526
Bernardo Landriani
Died 1451
Martino Bonacina
1585 - 1631
Maurilius of Angers
364 - 426
Maurilius von Angers
364 - 453
Landulf of Carcano
Died 998
Giorgio Odescalchi
1564 - 1620
Leonhard Adler
1882 - 1965
Theodorus I (bishop of Milan)
Died 490
Luigi Maria Marelli
1858 - 1936
Aderico Cotta
Died 958
Pomponio Cotta
Died 1579
Luigi Nicora
1829 - 1890
Francesco Sabbia
1814 - 1893
Giulio Resta
1657 - 1743
Maurille d'Angers
Died 453
Aicone
Died 918
Cosma (cardinal)
Died 1139
Gian Paolo Salvini
Born 1936
Franco Croci
Born 1930
Ardicio Rivoltella
Died 1186
Tommaso Ronna
1767 - 1828
Aurelio Bienato
1440 - 1496
Giuseppe Gallarati
1698 - 1767
Carlo Macchi
1802 - 1873
Giuseppe Sanguettola
1788 - 1854
Giuseppe Marzorati
1818 - 1865
Lombardo della Torre
Died 1343
Ludovico Antomelli
1863 - 1927
Gianantonio Della Beretta
1733 - 1816
César Trivulce
1495 - 1548
Emmanuele Lodi
1770 - 1845
Gerolamo Archinto
1651 - 1712
Gianfrancesco Sormani
Died 1601
Ortensio Visconti
1651 - 1725
Gerolamo Visconti
1613 - 1670
Filippo Maria Resta
1661 - 1706
Raffaelangelo Palazzi
1886 - 1961
Carlo Bossi (vescovo)
1669 - 1753
Maurizio Pietra
1514 - 1576
Manfred von Riva
-
Attilio Pietrasanta
Died 1666
Carlo Maria Polvani
Born 1965
Tommaso Pusterla
Died 1399
Salvatore Andreani
1705 - 1784
Guglielmo Pusterla
Born 1380
Francesco Visconti
1601 - 1681
Tommaso Visconti
-
Jacopo Filippo Crivelli
Died 1466
Giovanni Rasini
1630 - 1672
Aupaldo
Died 993
Oldrado Maineri
Died 1388