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MODENA
Most Famous People Born in Modena, Italy
- Notable people
- 612
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- Median birth year
- 1902
- Most distinctive
- Aristocrat 7.8×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Modena during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Modena Is Known For
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Football is Modena's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (88).
Modena over-indexes on aristocrat — 7.8× the global rate.
Modena under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Modena's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Science
- Other
Luciano Pavarotti
1935 - 2007
Enzo Ferrari
1898 - 1988
Mary of Modena
1658 - 1718
Francesco Guccini
Born 1940
Guarino Guarini
1624 - 1683
Gabriele Amorth
1925 - 2016
Gabriele Falloppio
1523 - 1562
Mirella Freni
1935 - 2020
Giovanni Bononcini
1670 - 1747
Francis V, Duke of Modena
1819 - 1875
Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
1610 - 1658
Niccolò dell'Abbate
1512 - 1571
Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
1698 - 1780
Mario Roatta
1887 - 1968
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
1750 - 1829
Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737)
1655 - 1737
Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena
1634 - 1662
Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena
1727 - 1803
Giovanni Battista Amici
1786 - 1863
Caterina Caselli
Born 1946
Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena
1660 - 1694
Alessandro Tassoni
1565 - 1635
Orazio Vecchi
1550 - 1605
Marco Benassi
Born 1994
Tommaso da Modena
1326 - 1379
Vittorio Cottafavi
1914 - 1998
Lionello Venturi
1885 - 1961
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817–1886)
1817 - 1886
Carlo Giovanardi
Born 1950
Jacopo Sadoleto
1477 - 1547
Enrico Prampolini
1894 - 1956
Bonvi
1941 - 1995
Franco Fontana
Born 1933
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
1821 - 1849
Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este
1782 - 1863
Antonio Joli
1700 - 1777
Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan
1009 - 1097
Guido Mazzoni (sculptor)
1450 - 1518
Bartolomeo Schedoni
1578 - 1615
Peter Kolosimo
1922 - 1984
Philip Osipovich Paulucci
1779 - 1849
Adolfo Venturi
1856 - 1941
Geminiano Montanari
1633 - 1687
Maria Fortunata d'Este
1731 - 1803
Ernesto Köhler
1849 - 1907
Lodovico Castelvetro
1505 - 1571
Barnaba da Modena
1328 - 1386
Henry Morselli
1852 - 1929
Antonio Maria Bononcini
1677 - 1726
Massimo Bottura
Born 1962
Alex Ferrari (footballer)
Born 1994
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
1500 - 1564
Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani
1719 - 1796
Luigi Riccoboni
1676 - 1753
Walter Siti
Born 1947
Geminianus
312 - 397
Claud Adjapong
Born 1998
Angelo Fortunato Formiggini
1878 - 1938
Alfredo Ferrari
1932 - 1956
Luigi Poletti (architect)
1792 - 1869
Tarquinia Molza
1542 - 1617
Michelangelo Tamburini
1648 - 1730
Laura Adani
1913 - 1996
Bellerofonte Castaldi
1580 - 1649
Carolus Sigonius
1520 - 1584
Carlo Vigarani
1637 - 1713
Silver (cartoonist)
Born 1952
Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este
1726 - 1754
Paolo Ferrari (writer)
1822 - 1889
Mauro Forghieri
Born 1935
Pietro Tacchini
1838 - 1905
Antonio Begarelli
1499 - 1565
Arrigo Levi
1926 - 2020
Luca Cadalora
Born 1963
Pellegrino Aretusi
1460 - 1523
Sergio Brighenti
Born 1932
Nicola Fabrizi
1804 - 1885
Enrichetta d'Este
1702 - 1777
Giulio Bertoni
1878 - 1942
Cesare Aretusi
1549 - 1612
Ivo Pulga
Born 1964
Rudolf Montecuccoli
1843 - 1922
Giovanni Guerra
1544 - 1618
Annibale Riccò
1844 - 1919
Claudio Vandelli
Born 1961
Giuseppe Corradi
1932 - 2002
Rinaldo d'Este (1618–1672)
1618 - 1672
Celestino Cavedoni
1795 - 1865
Francesco Maria Molza
1489 - 1544
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Born 1976
Saverio Muratori
1910 - 1973
Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma
1635 - 1666
Giovanni di Pietro Falloppi
1379 - 1455
Eugenio Zampighi
1859 - 1944
Giovanni Andrea Cortese
1483 - 1548
Sigismondo Caula
1637 - 1724
Antonella Serra Zanetti
Born 1980
Ernesto Burzagli
1873 - 1944
Achille Fontanelli
1775 - 1838
Angelo Donati
1885 - 1960
Antonio Delfini
1907 - 1963
Giacomo Morandi
Born 1965
Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
1824 - 1906
Aurelio Roncaglia
1917 - 2001
Vincenzo Zitello
Born 1956
Girolamo Bernerio
1540 - 1611
Adeodato Malatesta
1806 - 1891
Francesco Battaglioli
1725 - 1796
Sulpitia Cesis
1577 - 1619
Alice Barbi
1858 - 1948
Guido da Verona
1881 - 1939
Giacomo Fogliano
1468 - 1548
Carlo Galli (politico)
Born 1950
Giuseppe Colombi
1635 - 1694
Tommaso Badia
1483 - 1547
Lorenzo Ramaciotti
Born 1948
Maurizio Vandelli
Born 1964
Giovanni Muzzioli
1854 - 1894
Antonio Pampani
1705 - 1775
Carlo Mattioli
1911 - 1994
Emilio Diena
1860 - 1941
Giovanni Maria Barbieri
1519 - 1574
Maria d'Este
1644 - 1684
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
1656 - 1722
Renzo Imbeni
1944 - 2005
Vittorio Gorresio
1910 - 1982
Massimo Barbolini
Born 1964
Pier Aldo Rovatti
Born 1942
Lodovico Fogliano
1475 - 1542
Filippo Campioli
Born 1982
Francesco Dall'Olio
Born 1953
Giuseppe Cuboni
1852 - 1920
Giulio Segni
1498 - 1561
Alfredo Gollini
1881 - 1957
Antonio Montanari
1676 - 1737
Francesco Benozzo
Born 1969
Amilcare Malagola
1840 - 1895
Guido Romano
1888 - 1916
Francesco Stringa
1635 - 1709
Omar Zoboli
Born 1953
Giacomo Castelvetro
1546 - 1616
Simona Forti
Born 1958
Arnaldo Andreoli
1893 - 1952
Adriano Cappelli
1859 - 1942
Stefano Modena
Born 1963
Lodovico Vedriani
1601 - 1670
Andrea Maffei (architect)
Born 1968
Francesco Torti
1658 - 1741
Silvio Cadelo
Born 1948
Agnolo degli Erri
1440 - 1482
Thomas of Frignano
1305 - 1381
Pietro Abbati Marescotti
1768 - 1842
Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno
1858 - 1933
Fortunato Tamburini
1683 - 1761
Giovanni Battista Ferrari (cardinal)
1450 - 1502
Giuseppe Campori
1821 - 1887
Giovanni Guidetti
Born 1972
Bartolomeo degli Erri
1430 - 1482
Stefano Cuoghi
Born 1959
Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia)
1559 - 1619
Leone Magiera
Born 1934
Sergio Scaglietti
1920 - 2011
Nicola Benedetti (pentathlete)
Born 1985
Bruno Dugoni
1905 - 1942
Mario Vellani Marchi
1875 - 1979
Bartolomeo Bonascia
1450 - 1527
Ermanno Pignatti
1921 - 1995
Nicoletto de Modène
1490 - 1569
Daria Bertolani Marchetti
1919 - 1994
Stefano Sacchetti
Born 1972
Lorenzo Fonda
Born 1979
Gianna Galli
1935 - 2010
Vincenzo Micheli
1833 - 1905
Jacopo Zoboli
1681 - 1767
Filippo Messori
Born 1973
Luigia Boccabadati
1800 - 1850
Cesare Sighinolfi
1833 - 1902
Antonio Frosini
1751 - 1834
Cinzia Cavazzuti
Born 1973
Serafino de' Serafini
1324 - 1393
Uberto Mori
1926 - 1989
Giuseppe Selmi
1912 - 1987
Vincenzo Cabianca (urbanista)
1925 - 2015
Giuseppe Bianchi (astronomer)
1791 - 1866
Bartolomeo Veratti
1809 - 1889
Giacomo Briano
1589 - 1649
Domenico Guardasoni
1731 - 1806
Gino Roncaglia
1883 - 1968
Luciano Guerzoni (born 1935)
1935 - 2017
Alessandra Riegler
Born 1961
Ettore Tavernari
1905 - 1981
Lorenzo Gignous
1862 - 1958
Franco Vaccari
Born 1936
Massimo Bonfatti
Born 1960
Antonio Maria Pacchioni
1654 - 1738
Davide Uccellari
Born 1991
Marcello Forni
Born 1980
Eugenio Manni
1910 - 1989
Giovanni Battista Scanaroli
1579 - 1664
Rudolf Jakob Humm
1895 - 1977
Fernando Vandelli
1907 - 1977
Cesare Campori
1814 - 1880
Giacomo Bellei
Born 1988
Maurizio Vandelli (cantante)
Born 1944
Giovanni Battista Tibaldi
1660 - 1750
Paul Campani
1923 - 1991
Paolo Martinelli
Born 1952
Elisabetta Gualmini
Born 1968
Federica Guidi
Born 1969
Simona Colarizi
Born 1944
Anna Beatrice d'Este
1626 - 1690
Giorgio Rognoni
1946 - 1986
Cecilia Camellini
Born 1992
Paolo Sadoleto
1508 - 1572
Stefano Feltri
Born 1984
Luigi Cerretti
1738 - 1808
Arturo Carrari
1867 - 1935
Giuseppe Vandelli
1865 - 1937
Wainer Vaccari
Born 1949
Giovanni Battista Gherardini
1655 - 1723
Daniele Bagni
Born 1963
Amos Adani
Born 1946
Cecilia Randall
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Fabio Donadio
Born 1988
Francesco Vaccari (musicista)
1775 - 1824
Ermenegildo Luppi
1877 - 1937
Eliano Fantuzzi
1909 - 1987
Virginia Boccabadati
1828 - 1922
Panfilo Sasso
1455 - 1527
Marguerite d'Este
1619 - 1692
Guido Cavani
1897 - 1967
Ruggero Andreozzi
Born 1978
Dario Fertilio
Born 1949
Alessandro Gandini
1807 - 1871
Luigi Guicciardi
Born 1953
Nicola Zanichelli
1819 - 1884
Antonio Gandini
1786 - 1842
Martina Balboni
Born 1991
Luigi Zini
1821 - 1894
Guido Zucconi
Born 1950
Umberto Branchini
1914 - 1997
Armando Poggioli
1888 - 1967
Federico Schianchi
1858 - 1918
Cesare Leonardi
Born 1935
Giorgio Pighi
Born 1949
Giovanni Cantagalli
1914 - 2008
Clementina Gilly
1858 - 1942
Carlo Livizzani Forni
1722 - 1802
Stefano Vaccari
Born 1967
Matteo Meschiari
Born 1968
Filippo Cavazzuti
Born 1942
Carlo Foà
1880 - 1971
Francesco Luigi Ferrari
1889 - 1933
Donato Donati
1880 - 1946
Alberto Fontana (painter)
1518 - 1558
Mario Donati
1879 - 1946
Francesco Corni
1952 - 2020
Almerico d'Este
1641 - 1660
Gianmatteo Mareggini
Born 1967
Fabio Bonci
Born 1949
Giuseppe Dallamano
1679 - 1758
Carlo Mezzanotte
1942 - 2008
Francesco Giberti
1890 - 1952
Ugo Cornia
Born 1965
Landolfo Rangone
Died 1119
Guido II Rangoni
1485 - 1539
Riccardo Malagoli
Born 1988
Germano Bernardini
Born 1928
Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Piacenza)
1562 - 1619
Giovanni Piacentini
Born 1968
Barbara Sillari
Born 1963
Valerio Curti
Born 1978
Giorgio Labò
1919 - 1944
Augusto Graziani (1865-1944)
1865 - 1944
Claudio Lusuardi
Born 1949
Corrado Guerzoni
1930 - 2011
Enrico Misley
1801 - 1863
Giuseppe Livizzani Mulazzini
1688 - 1754
Adolfo Orsi
1888 - 1972
Mariangela Bastico
Born 1951
Arsenio Crespellani
1828 - 1900
Giuseppe Salvioli
1857 - 1928
Riccardo Rovatti
Born 1954
Mauro Bulgarelli
Born 1954
Isabella Bertolini
Born 1963
Franco Anderlini
1921 - 1984
Eugenio Centenaro Kerrigan
1878 - 1956
Ernesto Caffo
Born 1950
Renato Bertacchini
1921 - 2011
Sperindio Bertoldo
1530 - 1590
Vittorio Bellentani
1906 - 1968
Rodolfo Namias
1867 - 1938
Arrigo Levasti
1883 - 1973
Jerry Mastrodomenico
Born 1968
Geminiano Cozzi
1728 - 1798
Giuseppe Miti Zanetti
1859 - 1929
Alfio Vitanza
Born 1955
Giuseppe Carlo Ferrari
1910 - 1987
Sonia Mazza
Born 1972
Antonio Consetti
1686 - 1766