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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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1910s with 45 notable births.
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
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Benedetta d'Este
1697 - 1777
Francesco Vandelli (architetto)
1795 - 1856
Pietro Barocelli
1887 - 1981
Alessandro Aretusi
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Francesco Lorenzo Pullè
1850 - 1934
Gaetano Bellei
1857 - 1922
Alberto Mario Pucci
1902 - 1979
Gustavo Corni
Born 1952
Mauro Tedeschini
Born 1955
Augusto Valli
1867 - 1945
Carlo Bonacini
1867 - 1944
Elisa Iorio
Born 2003
Borso d'Este (1605-1657)
1605 - 1657
Silvio Canevazzi
1852 - 1918
Pio Donati
1881 - 1927
Giorgio Valli
Born 1962
Andrea Chiesi
Born 1966
Francesca Provvisionato
Born 1967
Fulvio Gherli
1670 - 1735
Armando Bussi
1896 - 1944
Giuseppe Fantaguzzi
1771 - 1837
Arrigo Morselli
1911 - 1977
Sara Tardini
Born 1996
Fabrizio Bucciarelli
Born 1963
Alfonso Maria Casoli
1867 - 1923
Franco Ceccarelli
1942 - 2012
Alfredo Margreth
Born 1933
Mauro Bergonzini
Born 1912
Gabriella Pavarotti
1940 - 2013
Bartolomeo Benincasa
1746 - 1816
Michele Araldi
1740 - 1813
Victor Sogliani
1943 - 1995
Giovanni Sadoleto
1444 - 1512
Duilio Setti
1912 - 1972
Mauro Melotti
Born 1952
Valerio Colotti
1925 - 2008
Giorgio d'Alemagna (peintre)
1410 - 1479
Marco Caputo
Born 1971
Francesco Vellani
1688 - 1768
Ferdinando Aschieri
1844 - 1907
Diana Lante
Born 1914
Bernardino Cervi
1586 - 1630
Fabio Albinelli
Born 1961
Marcello Mescoli
Born 1972
Mirco Gubellini
Born 1970
Ludovico Fogliani
1490 - 1539
Adolfo Jenni
1911 - 1997
Amélie d'Este
1699 - 1778
Vittorio Lollini
1860 - 1924
Armando Cavazzuti
1929 - 2014
Giuseppe Caforio
1935 - 2015
Giovanni Battista Carta
1783 - 1871
Enrico Ferrari
1887 - 1969
Virginia Reiter
1862 - 1937
Benito Boccolari
1888 - 1964
Mario Angiolini
Born 1911
Ercole dell'Abate
1563 - 1618
Carlo Pignatti Morano di Custoza
1869 - 1944
Alfonso Artioli
1913 - 1986
Franco Gozzi
1932 - 2013
Camillo Gavasetti
1596 - 1630
Aldo Aimi
1906 - 1980
Jean-Frédéric d'Este
1700 - 1727
Luigi Alberto Gandini
1827 - 1906
Domenico Corradi d'Austria
1677 - 1756
Gian Franco Zanetti
1942 - 2020
Giovanni Rossi (scrittore)
Born 1974
Giuliano Fiorini
1958 - 2005
Antonio Cappelli (1818-1887)
1818 - 1887
Elisa Minari
Born 1973
Gina Mattarolo
1899 - 1986
Cesare Bastelli
Born 1949
Francesco Stringa
1578 - 1615
Daniele Giovanardi
Born 1950
Nino Pellacani
Born 1962
Giuseppe Barbanti Brodano
1853 - 1931
Fulvio Milani
1885 - 1945
Carlo Bosellini
1764 - 1827
Sabrina Esposito
Born 1985
Giuseppe Garuti
1868 - 1954
Carla Gozzi
Born 1962
Filippo Minarini
Born 1994
Antonio Righetti
Born 1964
Paolo Guerra
1949 - 2020
Baccio Malatesta
Born 1862
Ubaldo Barbieri
1874 - 1945
Lodovico Antonio Vincenzi
1750 - 1822
Gianni Seghedoni
1932 - 2016
John Bree
1935 - 2011
Bruno Bulgarelli
Born 1938
Antonio Croci (Komponist)
1610 - 1642
Luigi Boschetti
1775 - 1855
Riccardo Pinelli
Born 1991
Alessandra Guerzoni
Born 1968
Elena Ficarelli
Born 1980
Jacopino Consetti
1686 - 1766
Jean Discart
1856 - 1944
Alessandro Coppi
1894 - 1956
Giovanni Battista Ingoni
1528 - 1608
Franco Scaramelli
Born 1911
Maurizio Ceresoli
Born 1983
Alex Bagnoli
Born 1965
Giovanni Battista Ruffini
1807 - 1891
Giancarlo Ansaloni
1937 - 2016
Romolo Ferrari
1894 - 1959
Amilcare Paulucci
1773 - 1845
Luigi Pollari Maglietta
1863 - 1949
Carlo Angelo Conigliani
1868 - 1901
Deanna Marcano
Born 1938
Mario Vellani
Born 1921
Vincenzo Borelli
1786 - 1831
Giuseppe Botti
1853 - 1903
Fermo Corni
1853 - 1934
Marta Lami
Born 1947
Ugo Guandalini
1905 - 1971
Giulia Salvi
Born 1987
Giordano Galli
Born 1952
Gabriel Rosati
Born 1966
Federico Chiossi
Born 1999
Giuseppe Malmusi
1803 - 1865
Ippolito Tartaglino
1539 - 1582
Geminiano Mundici
1823 - 1908
Guidalberto Guidi
Born 1941
Giuseppe Triani
1842 - 1917
Gian Carlo Muzzarelli
Born 1955
Amos Amaranti
Born 1954
Giuseppe Zelocchi
Born 1899
Nino Sacerdoti
1873 - 1954
Giorgio de Mitri
Born 1965
Marco Martin
Born 1964
Ivana Vaccari
Born 1954
Umberto Tirelli (caricaturista)
1871 - 1954
Luca Baraldi
Born 1960
Andrea Malagoli
Born 1991
Giulio Camillo Abate
Died 1582
Raoul Righi
1921 - 2013
Valentina Bartolomasi
1889 - 1932
Roberto Chierici
Born 1963
Ambra Borelli
Born 1945
Giacomo Lusverg
1636 - 1689
Francesco Tavani
1831 - 1905
Gianni Balugani
Born 1946
Giuseppe Tirelli
1813 - 1887
Secondo Bignardi
1925 - 1998
Paolo Maurizio Ferrari
Born 1945
Marisa Fiordaliso
1920 - 1983
Marco Caula
1500 - 1577
Guido Jacobacci
1864 - 1922
Giovanni Talami
1955 - 2019
Eriberto Braglia
1919 - 1940
Felice Rubbiani
1677 - 1752
Ettore Giuria
1865 - 1950
Fulvio Setti
1914 - 1991
Giorgio Fini
1925 - 1995
Alessandro Tosi
1866 - 1936
Derrick Appiah
Born 1994
Beppe Cottafavi
Born 1955
Gianluca Guaitoli
Born 1969
Francesco Vandelli (astronomo)
1694 - 1771
Antonio Cavallerino
1546 - 1598
Antonio Scanaroli
1450 - 1517
Renato Brighenti
1922 - 1982
Francesca Noemi Linari
Born 2001
Milena Manni
Born 1946
Girolamo Vandelli
1699 - 1776
Antonio Vicini
1861 - 1941
Gian Paolo Landi di Chiavenna
Born 1950
Angelo Costa (allenatore)
1918 - 1979
Lazzaro Donati
1845 - 1932
Arrigo Morandi
1927 - 2002
Lorenzo Dallari
Born 1958
Paolo Menafoglio
1846 - 1907
Maria Pia Pagliarini
1902 - 1935
Fabrizio Borellini
Born 1968
Luciano Vezzani
1905 - 1992
Roberto Guerzoni
Born 1954
Filippo Strocchi
Born 1982
Claudio Datei
1922 - 2012
Vittorio Malagoli
1917 - 1991
Franco Frassoldati
Born 1945
Giovanni Pellesini
1526 - 1615
Gian Pio Torricelli
1942 - 2018
Ferruccio Guicciardi
1895 - 1947
Renzo Fantazzi
1942 - 2020
Nereo Annovi
1908 - 1981
Gustavo Bonaventura Castelbolognesi
1884 - 1947
Camillo Fontanelli
1823 - 1891
Egidio Nardi
1894 - 1981
Angelo Pezzaglia
1855 - 1915
Vittoria Montecuccoli Davia
1655 - 1703
Armando Rossi
1909 - 1988
Eleonora d'Este (1595-1661)
1595 - 1661
Ugo Rangoni (vescovo)
1485 - 1540
Giulio Cesare Spagni
1939 - 2009
Ivo Orlandi
Born 1923
Ferruccio Teglio
1883 - 1956
Marcello Ferrarini
Born 1973
Odone Federzoni
Born 1934
Ferdinand Boschetti
1577 - 1629
Dionigio Borsari
Born 1924
Angelo Donati (banchiere)
1847 - 1897
Renato Cavalieri
Born 1927
Gianfranco Borsari
Born 1942
Gianni Grossi
1936 - 2012
Ercole Coccapani Imperiali
1803 - 1861
Spartaco Bulgarelli
Born 1920
Guido I Rangoni
Died 1467
Carlo Ravizzoli
1914 - 1989
Daniele Soragni
Born 1951
Foresto d'Este (1652-1725)
1652 - 1725
Gian Paolo Guidetti
Born 1947
Angela Bellei Trenti
Born 1949
Emilio Po
1916 - 1944
Luigi Manzini
1805 - 1866
Astro Galli
1913 - 1996
Mario Magotti
1920 - 1981
Erika Piancastelli
Born 1996
Gino Vandelli
1902 - 1976
Marilù S. Manzini
Born 1978
Giorgio Scapinelli
1926 - 1999
Augusto Donati
1851 - 1903
Armando Fiorini
1914 - 1994
Giorgio Bartolomasi
1924 - 1945
Giulia Shell
Born 1948
Walter Tabacchi
1917 - 1944
Camillo Silingardi
1907 - 1929
Saint Margaret of Fontana
1440 - 1513
Francesco Cantuti Castelvetri (1726-1777)
1726 - 1777
Antonio Bruno
-
Rodolfo Boselli
1822 - 1912
Gianni Goldoni
Born 1936
Nello Bellei
1930 - 2006
Giò Barbieri
Born 1947
Porthus Silingardi
1915 - 2005
Fausto Barbolini
1907 - 1959
Paolo Bentivoglio
1894 - 1965
Dino Felisetti
Born 1919
Lazzaro Donati (1873-1918)
1873 - 1918
Carmen Bulgarelli Campori
1910 - 1965
Carlo Baschieri
Born 1903
Enrico Vismara
1873 - 1940
Aldo Pedrazzi
1901 - 1972
Vittorio Barbieri
1915 - 1944
Francesco Marsciani
Born 1952
Nello Tedeschini
Born 1912
Beatrice Brovia
Born 1985
Fermo Melotti
1912 - 1964
Enrico Aimi
Born 1960
Cesare Franchini (calciatore 1909)
1909 - 1985
Romolo Re
1904 - 1945
Silvio Secchi
1890 - 1970
Ettore Zini (calciatore 1921)
Born 1921
Luca Rovinalti
Born 1987
Enrico Cuoghi
1930 - 2019
Enrico Tirabassi
1896 - 1941
Renzo Vandelli
1907 - 1944
Giuseppe Salvioli
Born 1917
Renzo Bompani
1919 - 1988
Lorenzo Gallo
1905 - 1976
Fernando Malavolti
1913 - 1954
Grimoaldo Varone
1869 - 1916
Marino Cavazzuti
Born 1911
Simone Franchini
Born 1998
Taddeo Grandi
1840 - 1909
Ludovico Rangoni
Died 1552
Raffaele Rinaldi
-
Vincenzo Cujuli
1895 - 1943
Renato Barberini
Born 1922
Nino Donati
1889 - 1965
Otello Bellei
1906 - 1971
Cesare Breviglieri
-
Pietro Paolo Caula
1555 - 1623
Aroldo Vaccari
Born 1908
Giordano Malagoli
Born 1915
Vincenzo Mai
1903 - 2001
Danilo Bazzani
Born 1914
Dante Meschiari
Born 1944
Fausto Brancolini
1902 - 1962
Augusto Setti
1854 - 1931
Abraham ben Daniel
Born 1511
Giacomo Boschetti
1471 - 1509
Giulio Sadoleto
1494 - 1521
Jacopo de Atti
Died 1344
Giovanni Sola
1925 - 1944
Artur Pederzoli
1885 - 1961
Pietro Paolo Abate (il Giovane)
1592 - 1630
Renato Ognibene
1928 - 2007
Lidio Manzotti
1908 - 1969
Pier Luigi San Donnino
1846 - 1915
Mercedes Aicardi
Born 1889
Bruno Benassati
1894 - 1969
Giovanni Righi (calciatore)
Born 1915
Leonardo Salimbeni (1829-1889)
1829 - 1889
Giorgio Tedeschini
Born 1907
Florindo Longagnani
1911 - 1953
Silvio Bompani
1900 - 1975
Maurizio Righi
Born 1950
Maria Vittoria Mezza
1926 - 2005
Fernando Tassi
1902 - 1947
Ferdinando Contini
1900 - 1977