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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Napoli during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Napoli Is Known For
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Actor is Napoli's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (442).
Napoli over-indexes on prelate — 9.8× the global rate.
Napoli under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
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.
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Luca Giordano
1634 - 1705
Salvator Rosa
1615 - 1673
Francesco Clemente
Born 1952
Ben Vautier
Born 1935
Pirro Ligorio
1513 - 1583
Jacopo Amigoni
1682 - 1752
Luis Egidio Meléndez
1716 - 1780
Domenico Morelli
1826 - 1901
Battistello Caracciolo
1578 - 1635
Giuseppe Abbati
1836 - 1868
Paolo Porpora
1617 - 1673
Bernardo Cavallino
1616 - 1656
Andrea Vaccaro
1604 - 1670
Giacinto Gigante
1806 - 1876
Francesco de Mura
1696 - 1782
Aniello Falcone
1607 - 1665
Gaspare Traversi
1722 - 1770
Martino Altomonte
1657 - 1745
Giuseppe Recco
1634 - 1695
Fortunino Matania
1881 - 1963
Niccolò Antonio Colantonio
1420 - 1460
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro
1678 - 1745
Fabrizio Santafede
1560 - 1634
Domenico Gargiulo
1609 - 1675
Bernardo de' Dominici
1683 - 1759
Vincenzo Caprile
1856 - 1936
Giovan Battista Ruoppolo
1629 - 1693
Vincenzo Irolli
1860 - 1949
Michele Cammarano
1835 - 1920
Carlo Sellitto
1581 - 1614
Andrea Belvedere
1652 - 1732
Giambattista De Curtis
1860 - 1926
Antonio Capuano (director)
Born 1940
Antonio de Bellis
1616 - 1650
Charles Edward Perugini
1839 - 1918
Filippo Napoletano
1589 - 1629
Eduardo Dalbono
1841 - 1915
Pacecco De Rosa
1607 - 1656
Nicola Malinconico
1663 - 1726
Fernando Carcupino
1922 - 2003
Francesco di Maria
1623 - 1690
Leonardo Coccorante
1680 - 1750
Consalvo Carelli
1818 - 1900
Fedele Fischetti
1732 - 1792
Nicola Maria Rossi
1690 - 1758
Vincenzo Migliaro
1858 - 1938
Arcangelo Guglielmelli
1648 - 1723
Andrea di Leone
1596 - 1675
Bernardo Celentano
1835 - 1863
Ettore De Maria Bergler
1850 - 1938
Vincenzo Abbati
1803 - 1866
Salvatore Fergola
1799 - 1874
Pietro Bardellino
1728 - 1806
Luca Forte
1615 - 1670
Giuseppe De Sanctis
1858 - 1924
Francesco Napoletano
1470 - 1501
Alejandro Ciccarelli
1811 - 1879
Francesco Curia
1538 - 1610
Michele Pagano
1697 - 1732
Domenico Brandi
1683 - 1736
Giuseppe Mancinelli
1813 - 1875
Gennaro Maldarelli
1795 - 1858
Lorenzo De Caro
1719 - 1777
Edoardo Matania
1847 - 1929
Onofrio Palumbo
-
Salvatore Postiglione
1861 - 1906
Giovanni Antonio Amato
1475 - 1555
Achille Formis
1832 - 1906
Luca Postiglione
1876 - 1936
Federigo Rossano
1835 - 1912
Giuseppe Simonelli
1650 - 1710
Luigi Malice
Born 1937
Luigi Persico
1791 - 1860
Onofrio Avellino
1674 - 1741
Andrea Malinconico
1624 - 1698
Deodato Guinaccia
1510 - 1585
Teodoro Duclère
1816 - 1869
Pietro Fabris
1740 - 1792
Agostino Beltrano
1607 - 1656
Filippo Balbi
1806 - 1890
Gasparo Lopez
1677 - 1732
Giuseppe Boschetto
1841 - 1918
Giovanni Battista Lama
1673 - 1748
Francesco Mancini (1830–1905)
1830 - 1905
Nicola Vaccaro
1640 - 1709
Girolamo Imparato
1550 - 1621
Federico Maldarelli
1826 - 1893
Camillo Guerra
1797 - 1874
Lina Mangiacapre
1946 - 2002
Baldassarre De Caro
1689 - 1750
Niccolò Codazzi
1642 - 1693
Giovanni Bernardo Lama
1508 - 1579
Aniella di Beltrano
1613 - 1649
Gennaro Basile
1722 - 1782
Camillo Miola
1840 - 1919
Antonio Dattilo Rubbo
1870 - 1955
Julia, Lady Abercromby
1840 - 1915
Achille Vertunni
1826 - 1897
Giuseppe Carelli
1858 - 1921
Edoardo Tofano
1838 - 1920
Gaetano Martoriello
1680 - 1733
Giuseppe Mastroleo
1676 - 1744
Mariangiola Criscuolo
1548 - 1630
Antonio Sarnelli
1712 - 1800
Alessio de Marchis
1684 - 1752
Giacomo Recco
1603 - 1653
Roberto di Oderisio
1320 - 1382
Giuseppe Costa
1852 - 1912
Gabrielle Ricciardelli
1743 - 1777
Gaetano Gigante
1770 - 1840
Angiolillo Arcuccio
1440 - 1492
Gabriele Carelli
1821 - 1900
Elia Interguglielmi
1746 - 1835
Guido Colucci
1877 - 1949
Francisco Pérez Sierra
1627 - 1709
Alfonso Simonetti
1840 - 1892
Oscar Ricciardi
1864 - 1935
Giuseppe Castiglione (artist)
1829 - 1908
Enrico Lionne
1865 - 1921
Filippo Vitale
1585 - 1650
Pietro Capelli
1624 - 1734
Gaetano De Gennaro
1890 - 1959
Gaetano Mormile
1839 - 1890
Antonio Nunziante (pittore)
Born 1956
Carlo Coppola
Born 1653
Joseph François Paris
1784 - 1871
Barthélemy Chasse
1659 - 1720
Arturo Petrocelli
1856 - 1916
Pompeo Landulfo
1515 - 1590
Francesco Imparato
1520 - 1570
Federico Mazzotta
1839 - 1897
Giovan Francesco di Palma Mormanno
Died 1572
Giovanni Angelo Criscuolo
1500 - 1573
Cristoforo Orimina
-
Alfred-Édouard Billioray
1841 - 1877
Cristoforo Majorana
Died 1494
Carlo Cocchia
1903 - 1993
Odoardo Fischetti
1780 - 1823
Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger
1535 - 1598
Gennaro Greco
1663 - 1714
Carlile Henry Hayes Macartney
1842 - 1924
Giovanni Vincenzo Corso
1490 - 1545
Wanda Davanzo
1920 - 2017
Michele Cortegiani
1857 - 1928
Luigi Crisconio
1893 - 1946
Antonio Berté
1936 - 2009
Achille Petrocelli
1861 - 1896
Marzio Masturzo
-
Aniello Portio
-
Carlo Brancaccio
1861 - 1920
Filippo Tesauro
1260 - 1320
Gennaro Villani
1885 - 1948
Gennaro Ruo
1812 - 1884
Armando De Stefano
Born 1926
Domenico Guarino
1683 - 1750
Nicola Massaro
Died 1704
Giovanni Ponticelli
Died 1880
Raffaele Armando Califano Mundo
1857 - 1930
Domenico Ammirato
1833 - 1883
Giovan Battista Recco
1615 - 1660
Paolo Garretto
1903 - 1989
Gennaro di Cola
1320 - 1370
Claudio Massini
Born 1955
Tommaso Realfonso
1677 - 1743
Domenico Battaglia
1842 - 1904
Giuseppe Aprea
1876 - 1946
Ezelino Briante
1901 - 1971
Mario Cortiello
1907 - 1981
Carlo Alfano
1932 - 1990
Giuseppe Desiato
Born 1935
Vincent Aderente
1880 - 1941
Ettore Cosomati
1873 - 1960
Luigi Fergola
1768 - 1834
Gianni Pisani
Born 1935
Umberto Prencipe
1879 - 1962
Gino Guida
1932 - 2017
Ascanio Luciano
1621 - 1706
Raimo Epifanio Tesauro
1480 - 1511
Nino Longobardi
Born 1953
Orazio Solimena
1690 - 1789
Andrea López Caballero
Born 1647
Eugenio Viti
1881 - 1952
Salvatore Guidotti
1836 - 1903
Scipione Compagno
1624 - 1664
Vincenzo Scala
1839 - 1893
Nunzio Rossi
1626 - 1651
Raimondo Scoppa
1820 - 1890
Roberto Carignani
1894 - 1975
Giovanni Novaresio
1919 - 1997
Francesco Coppola Castaldo
1847 - 1916
Mario Buonoconto
1940 - 2003
Errico Ruotolo
1939 - 2008
Ermogene Miraglia
1907 - 1964
Lello Esposito
Born 1957
Chiara Spinelli
1744 - 1823
Raimondo Epifanio
1440 - 1482
Antonio Bresciani (pittore)
1902 - 1998
Salvatore Mormile
Born 1839
Carlo Caroli
1920 - 2008
Giovanni Sarnelli
1714 - 1793
Giuseppe Zevola
Born 1952
Raffaele Ragione
1851 - 1925
Gennaro Béfani
1866 - 1937
Giuseppe Maldarelli
1885 - 1958
Mariano Nani
1725 - 1804
Bernardo Tesauro
1440 - 1500
Domenico Viola
1610 - 1696
Gianni Strino
Born 1953
Valerio Cassano
Born 1949
Achille Solari
1835 - 1884
Ludwig Hummel (Maler)
1770 - 1840
Decio Termisani
1565 - 1600
Salvatore Balsamo
1894 - 1922
Giuseppe Laezza
1835 - 1905
Enrico Rossi (painter)
1856 - 1916
Gaetano Bocchetti
1888 - 1990
Antonio Capulongo
1549 - 1599
Domenico de Benedettis
1610 - 1678
Raffaele Spanò
1817 - 1863
Alberto Arnone
Died 1721
Niccolò Carissa
Born 1730
Ciro Punzo
1850 - 1925
Salvatore Candido
Died 1869
Nicola Casissa
Died 1731
Gustavo Scoppa
Born 1856
Francesco Santafede
-
Genaro Boltri
1730 - 1788
Giuseppe Fattoruso
-
Orazio Frezza
-
Raimundo Napolitano
-
Vincenzo Bruzzese
1880 - 1953
Bernardino Fera
1667 - 1714
Simone Papa the Younger
1506 - 1567
Elena Recco
1654 - 1700
Pietro Beato
1601 - 1653
Adolfo Carlo Barone
1861 - 1936
Giovanni Lanza (painter)
1827 - 1889
Francesco Saverio Torcia
1840 - 1891
Giovanni Serritelli
1809 - 1882
Salvatore De Gregorio
1859 - 1928
Gennaro Strazzullo
Born 1931
Francesco Autoriello
1824 - 1894
Luigi Stabile
Born 1822
Raffaele Postiglione
1818 - 1897
Vincenzo Giovanni Bova
1750 - 1816
Franco Palumbo
1926 - 1969
Francesco Oliva (pittore)
1807 - 1861
Sabatino Scia
-
Elvira Martinez y Cabrera
1902 - 1962
Maestro Simone
Died 1346
Carlo Moscatiello
1650 - 1739
Ippolito Borghesi
-
Francesco Tito
1863 - 1934
Pasquale Di Criscito
1830 - 1900
Geppino Volpe
1900 - 1979
Girolamo Starace-Franchis
1730 - 1794
Luigi Pepe Diaz
1909 - 1970
Eduardo Amato
Born 1938
Aldo Conte
1948 - 1982
Luigi Stallone
Died 1876
Jean Grossgasteiger
Born 1820
Renato Foresti
1900 - 1973
Achille Carelli
1856 - 1936
Vincenzo Galloppi
1849 - 1942
Guglielmo Navorelli
1865 - 1916
Andrea Celestini
1773 - 1830
Francisco Garrafa
-
Paolo Greco
-
Elviro Raimondi
Born 1867
Maria Spanò
Born 1843
Maestro Stefanone
Died 1390
Oronzo Malinconico
1661 - 1709
Giovanni Filippo Crescione
-
Giovanni Salomone
1806 - 1877
Crescenzio La Gamba
Born 1800
Carlo Malinconico (pittore)
Born 1705
Daniela Salernitano
Born 1970