40.8334° N, 14.2500° E

NAPOLI

Most Famous People Born in Napoli, Italy

Notable people
4,021
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Prelate 9.8×

Twenty centuries of opera and the Catholic hierarchy. Naples's most distinctive shelf is prelate at nearly ten times the global rate — the cardinals and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — alongside a composer column built around the 18th-century Neapolitan opera school of Pergolesi, Cimarosa, and Paisiello. The notable births stretch from the late Republic to the present, with an unusually heavy 17th- and 18th-century tail when the Bourbon court made Naples one of the largest cities in Europe.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Napoli during each.

What Napoli Is Known For

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Actor is Napoli's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (442).

Napoli over-indexes on prelate9.8× the global rate.

Napoli under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Actor442
  2. Politician424
  3. Painter277
  4. Football248
  5. Composer196
  6. Writer179
  7. Singer156
  8. Priest129
  1. Prelate679.8×
  2. Composer1963.7×
  3. Painter2772.6×
  4. Priest1292.2×
  5. Actor4422.1×
  6. Singer1561.9×
  7. Architect631.8×
  8. Film851.7×
  1. Football2480.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Napoli's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Other
All4,021
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Showing 311 of 4,021 notable people

3810 ARTIST

Maurizio Elettrico

Born 1965

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3816 BASKET

Daniela Grande

Born 1966

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3871 MILITAR

Raffaele Ferraro

Born 1966

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3873 WRITER

Luigi Romolo Carrino

Born 1968

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3936 WRITER

Maurizio De Paola

Born 1967

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3940 JOURNALIST

Gianluigi Parlato

Born 1965

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3967 DIPLOMAT

Alessandra Schiavo

Born 1969

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3969 GUITAR

Antonio Jasevoli

Born 1963

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3970 PALLANUOTISTA

Vincenzo Massa

Born 1968

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4000 SEGLER

Paolo Cian

Born 1966

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4003 POLITICIAN

Nicola Miraglia Del Giudice

Born 1961

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