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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Giovanni Battista del Tufo
1548 - 1600
Mario Carafa
Died 1576
Vincenzo Lanfranchi
1609 - 1676
Francesco Carafa
Died 1544
Gian Gerolamo Campanili
Died 1626
Paolo Regio
Died 1607
Ascanio Gesualdo
Died 1638
Filippo Anastasio
1656 - 1735
Marcantonio Genovesi
Died 1624
Placido Padiglia
1579 - 1648
Carlo Maranta
1583 - 1664
Stefano Quaranta
Died 1678
Gennaro Sanfelice
1622 - 1694
Giulio Cesare Riccardi
Died 1602
Placido della Marra
1560 - 1620
Pedro de Mata y Haro
1576 - 1627
Tommaso d'Aquino (bishop of Mottola)
1584 - 1651
Consalvo Caputo
1598 - 1645
Andrea Brancaccio
1644 - 1725
Cherubino Manzoni
1595 - 1651
Ilario Cortesi
1545 - 1608
Tommaso Caracciolo (bishop of Gerace)
1640 - 1689
Fabrizio Carafa (bishop)
1588 - 1651
Fabrizio Degli Afflitti
1572 - 1613
Vincenzo della Marra
1645 - 1712
Francesco Maria Moles
1638 - 1697
Nicola Antonio Spinelli
1583 - 1634
Matteo Gagliani
1655 - 1717
Francesco Onofrio Hodierna
Born 1643
Girolamo Martini
1587 - 1648
Paolo Pellegrini
1597 - 1683
Matteo di Génnaro
1621 - 1674
Vincenzo Pagano
1572 - 1644
Lucas de Franchis
1575 - 1615
Tommaso Imperato
1596 - 1656
Eligio Caracciolo
1654 - 1700
Giacinto della Calce
1649 - 1715
Andrea Caputo
Died 1650
Paolo Filomarino
1562 - 1623
Francesco Antonio Porpora
1575 - 1640
Giovanni Battista De Pace
1627 - 1698
Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi
1606 - 1673
Miguel de Torres
1593 - 1645
Pietro Antonio Da Ponte
1574 - 1622
Giovanni Battista Falesi
1587 - 1648
Placido Carafa
1615 - 1672
Girolamo Sarriano
1580 - 1627
Giovanni Battista Desio
1628 - 1677
Giuseppe Maria Bondola
1648 - 1713
Alessandro Rossi (bishop of Ariano)
1589 - 1656
Giovanni Montoja de Cardona
Died 1667
Tiberio Muscettola
Born 1637
Luigi Riccio (bishop)
1577 - 1643
Giovanni Cito
1633 - 1708
Michele Gallo Vandeinde
1661 - 1727
Oratio Montano
1535 - 1603
Silverio Petrucci
Died 1560
Angelo Catho de Supino
Died 1495
Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi
1583 - 1631
Muzio Gaeta
1663 - 1728
Fabrizio Suardi
1585 - 1638
Grégoire de Naples
Died 1276
Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli
1660 - 1703
Girolamo Pignatelli
1566 - 1618
Giuseppe de Rossi
1610 - 1659
Giulio Caracciolo
Born 1627
Carlo de Angelis
1620 - 1690