44.8014° N, 10.3280° E
PARMA
Most Famous People Born in Parma, Italy
- Notable people
- 742
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1901
- Most distinctive
- Aristocrat 8.1×
Ducal residue everywhere: the Aristocrat bench is a Farnese and Bourbon-Parma court artefact, the Conductor cluster is anchored by Toscanini, and the Painter tradition runs from Parmigianino's Mannerism through Lanfranco's Baroque ceilings. The Composer line is the opera-house town doing what opera-house towns do.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Parma during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Parma Is Known For
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Football is Parma's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).
Parma over-indexes on aristocrat — 8.1× the global rate.
Parma under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Parma's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Science
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Bernardo Bertolucci
1940 - 2018
Arturo Toscanini
1867 - 1957
Franco Nero
Born 1941
Lino Ventura
1919 - 1987
Parmigianino
1503 - 1540
Elisabeth Farnese
1692 - 1766
Maria Luisa of Parma
1751 - 1819
Silvia Federici
Born 1942
Ildebrando Pizzetti
1880 - 1968
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma
1569 - 1622
Giovanni Lanfranco
1582 - 1647
Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
1751 - 1802
Carlo Lucarelli
Born 1960
Paola Pitagora
Born 1941
Alberto Bevilacqua
1934 - 2013
Antipope Clement III
1025 - 1100
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
1630 - 1694
Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
1612 - 1646
Paola Borboni
1900 - 1995
Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma
1678 - 1727
Ferdinando Paer
1771 - 1839
Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma
1679 - 1731
Daniele Dessena
Born 1987
Salimbene di Adam
1221 - 1288
Giuseppe Bertolucci
1947 - 2012
Luigi Bianchi
1856 - 1928
Francesca Cuzzoni
1696 - 1778
Macedonio Melloni
1798 - 1854
Alberto Cerri
Born 1996
Vittorio Bottego
1860 - 1897
Marcus Thuram
Born 1997
Attilio Bertolucci
1911 - 2000
Odoardo Farnese (cardinal)
1573 - 1626
Albert of Vercelli
1149 - 1214
Sisto Badalocchio
1585 - 1647
Barbara Campanini
1721 - 1799
Adriano Malori
Born 1988
Guido Maria Conforti
1865 - 1931
Niccolò Zucchi
1586 - 1670
Camillo Procaccini
1561 - 1629
Princess Carolina of Parma
1770 - 1804
Scialpi
Born 1962
Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma
1847 - 1893
Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma
1635 - 1689
Frank Michael
Born 1953
Paolo Dezza
1901 - 1999
Vittorio Adorni
Born 1937
Francesco Barilli
Born 1943
Franco Maria Ricci
1937 - 2020
Marco Rossi (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Giorgio Mainerio
1535 - 1582
Prince Henry, Count of Bardi
1851 - 1905
William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo
1819 - 1895
Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli
1500 - 1569
Lydia Alfonsi
Born 1928
Stefano Pioli
Born 1965
Enrico Medioli
1925 - 2017
Marco Marazzoli
1602 - 1662
Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935)
1849 - 1935
Gerard Segarelli
1240 - 1300
Sebastiano Timpanaro
1923 - 2000
Antonio Galli da Bibiena
1697 - 1774
Vittoria Farnese d'Este
1618 - 1649
Maria Caterina Farnese
1615 - 1646
Pietro Lunardi
Born 1939
Bruno Mora
1937 - 1986
Matteo Sereni
Born 1975
John of Parma
1208 - 1289
Fortunato Chelleri
1690 - 1757
Mario Lanfranchi
Born 1927
Luca Vettori
Born 1991
Margherita Farnese
1567 - 1643
Federico Pizzarotti
Born 1973
Filippo Mazzola
1460 - 1505
Enea Vico
1523 - 1567
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
1696 - 1757
Basinio Basini
1425 - 1457
Francesco Sforza (cardinal)
1562 - 1624
Gian Marco Ferrari
Born 1992
Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga
1810 - 1895
Carol Davila
1828 - 1884
Ugo Ukah
Born 1984
Augusto Turati
1888 - 1955
Paolo Toschi
1788 - 1854
Alessandro Besozzi
1702 - 1793
Andrea Guatelli
Born 1984
Italo Campanini
1845 - 1896
Virginia Zucchi
1847 - 1930
Ferdinando Provesi
1770 - 1833
Claudio Mutti
Born 1946
Giovanni Arcimboldi
1426 - 1488
Amedeo Bocchi
1883 - 1976
Jacopo Bertoia
1544 - 1574
Blasius of Parma
1355 - 1416
Michele Pertusi
Born 1965
Francesco Maria Farnese
1619 - 1647
Paolo Nori
Born 1963
Giovanni Rasori
1766 - 1837
Alessandro Araldi
1460 - 1529
Nicola Mora
Born 1979
Giovanni Bolzoni (composer)
1841 - 1919
Ferdinando Orlandi
1774 - 1848
Luisella Beghi
1921 - 2006
Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani
1490 - 1550
Pietro Giovanni Abbati
1683 - 1745
Francesco Sacrati
1605 - 1650
Camillo Róndani
1808 - 1879
Davide Zoboli
Born 1981
Luca Mora
Born 1988
Claudio Linati
1790 - 1832
Francesco Simonini
1686 - 1753
Franco Gandini
Born 1936
Clemente Ruta
1685 - 1767
Nelly Corradi
1914 - 1968
Tito Tebaldi
Born 1987
Guido Picelli
1889 - 1937
Ivan Franceschini
Born 1976
Gian Paolo Montali
Born 1960
Tamara Baroni
Born 1947
Alessandro Fattori
Born 1973
Pilo Albertelli
1907 - 1944
Antonio Rolla
1798 - 1837
Alessandro Galli da Bibiena
1686 - 1748
Umberto Masetti
1926 - 2006
Italo Gardoni
1821 - 1882
Emilio Usiglio
1841 - 1910
Princess Maria Antonia of Parma
1774 - 1841
Cecrope Barilli
1839 - 1911
Michele Rocca
1671 - 1752
Giovanni Francesco Maineri
1460 - 1535
Filippo Savi
Born 1987
Santino Garsi da Parma
1542 - 1604
Atanasio Soldati
1896 - 1953
Giovanni Bia
Born 1968
Alessia Gennari
Born 1991
Cristoforo Caselli
1460 - 1521
Cleofonte Campanini
1860 - 1919
Guido Conti
Born 1965
Luca Dodi
Born 1987
Gianluigi Cavallo
Born 1968
Beppe Sebaste
Born 1959
Margherita Maria Farnese
1664 - 1718
Luigi Rados
1773 - 1840
Marcello Violi
Born 1993
Ettore Colla
1896 - 1968
Andrea Manici
Born 1990
Nicola Bettoli
1780 - 1854
Ottavio Farnese (1598–1643)
1598 - 1643
Vittorio Gallese
Born 1959
Giovanni Battista Borghesi
1790 - 1846
Louis J. Camuti
1893 - 1981
Pietro Rovelli
1793 - 1838
Enrico Polo
1868 - 1953
Federico Bocchia
Born 1986
Bernardino Loschi
1460 - 1540
Aldo Costa
Born 1961
Giorgio Gandini del Grano
1490 - 1538
Pier Antonio Bernabei
1567 - 1630
Bernard of Botone
Died 1266
Giulio Cesare Corradi
1650 - 1702
Michele Benedetti (diver)
Born 1984
Paolo Pizzetti
1860 - 1918
Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari
1735 - 1787
Daniele de Strobel
1873 - 1942
Gian Francesco Fortunati
1746 - 1821
Girolamo Farnese
1599 - 1668
Enrico Redenti
1883 - 1963
Vittorio Siri
1608 - 1685
Luca Mondini
Born 1970
Renzo Pezzani
1898 - 1951
Francesco Marmitta
1460 - 1505
Andries Benedetti
1615 - 1669
Giovanni Canti
1653 - 1716
Pomponio Amidano
1572 - 1630
Fiorello Giraud
1868 - 1928
Luisa Guidotti Mistrali
1932 - 1979
Alberto Garlini
Born 1969
Giuseppe Colla
1731 - 1806
Antonio Francesco Sanvitale
1660 - 1714
Claudio Torelli
Born 1954
Latino Barilli
1883 - 1961
Ilario Spolverini
1657 - 1734
Ignazio Nasalli
1750 - 1831
Paolo Dossena
Born 1942
Giovanni Mariotti
1850 - 1935
Riccardo Felici
1819 - 1902
Chiara Valentini
Born 1941
Emilio Naudin
1823 - 1890
Renato Vernizzi
1904 - 1972
Girolamo Cantelli
1815 - 1884
Giovanni Agusta
1879 - 1927
Dillo Lombardi
1858 - 1935
Giorgio Pagliari
Born 1950
Giorgio Torelli
Born 1928
Bernardo de' Rossi
1468 - 1527
Francesco Gennari
1750 - 1797
Paola Massarenghi
Born 1565
Renato Dardozzi
1922 - 2003
Lorenzo Baraldi
Born 1940
Giusto Dacci
1840 - 1915
Guido Antonio Arcimboldi
1428 - 1497
Giorgia Benecchi
Born 1989
Alessandro Mazzola (painter)
1533 - 1608
Silvia Olari
Born 1988
Pietro Gandolfi
Born 1987
Bernardo Valli
Born 1930
Giulio Alfieri
1924 - 2002
Riccardo Barbieri
Born 1944
Enrico Bronzi
Born 1973
Rolando da Parma
Born 1198
Antonio Santurro
Born 1992
Gaetano Callani
1736 - 1809
Giuseppe Peroni
1700 - 1776
Norberto Bocchi
Born 1961
Paolo Vecchi
Born 1959
Enrico Catuzzi
1946 - 2006
Guido Carmignani
1838 - 1909
Maurizio Rossi
Born 1970
Biagio Martini
1761 - 1840
Andrea Belicchi
Born 1976
Alessandro Farina
Born 1976
Alex Szilasi
Born 1968
Jacopo Massari
Born 1988
Francesca Alinovi
1948 - 1983
Alberto Michelotti
Born 1930
Vittoriano Guareschi
Born 1971
Francesco Cura
Born 1977
Antonio Cocconcelli
1761 - 1846
Giovanni Maria Capelli
1648 - 1726
Piero Anversa
Born 1938
Rosalba Bernini
1762 - 1829
Alessandro Baratta
1639 - 1714
Callisto Guatelli
1819 - 1900
Domenico Muzzi
1742 - 1812
Giovanni Battista Magnani
1571 - 1653
Antonio Besozzi
1714 - 1781
Luca Goldoni
Born 1928
Daniela Veronesi
Born 1972
Giuseppe Micheli
1874 - 1948
Paolo Schianchi
Born 1966
Jacopo Loschi
1425 - 1504
Antonio Riccardi
Born 1962
Simone Cavalli
Born 1979
Parmenio Bettoli
1835 - 1907
Fabrizio Larini
Born 1953
Davide Adorni
Born 1992
Anne-François-Charles Trelliard
1764 - 1832
Erberto Carboni
1899 - 1984
Domenico Cosselli
1801 - 1855
Egisto Corradi
1914 - 1990
Francesca Draghetti
Born 1962
Roberto Mantovani
1854 - 1933
Paolo Lagazzi
Born 1949
Alex Belli
Born 1982
Mario Lavagetto
Born 1939
Pietro Vignali
Born 1968
Galeazzo Sanvitale
1566 - 1622
Umberto Pinardi
Born 1928
Joseph Cervi
1663 - 1748
Giuseppe Alinovi
1811 - 1848
Artemio Motta
Born 1661
Pietro Barilla
1913 - 1993
Emilio Costa
1866 - 1926
Mario Zurlini
Born 1942
Stefano Desimoni
Born 1988
Giulio Bollati
1924 - 1996
Francesco Maria Bazzani
1650 - 1700
Dante Gorreri
1900 - 1987
Michele Scarica
Born 1982
Pierre Rubini
1760 - 1819
Marinus de Fregeno
Died 1482
Mi-Na Kim
Born 1984
Aldo Notari
1932 - 2006
Gianguido Borghese
1902 - 1977
Manuela Manetta
Born 1983
Nicholas Pierini
Born 1998
Giuseppe Drugman
1810 - 1846
Michela Coppa
Born 1983
Guido Albertelli
1867 - 1938
Italo Azzoni
1853 - 1935
Albertine de Montenuovo
1817 - 1867
Enzo Gainotti
1892 - 1962
Bernardino delle Croci
Died 1528
Rolando dè Capelluti
1430 - 1480
Renzo Provinciali
1895 - 1981
Caterina Fanzini
Born 1985
Vincenzo Merighi
1795 - 1849
Fabrizio Tosini
Born 1969
Arturo Carlo Quintavalle
Born 1936
Charlotte de Bourbon-Parme
1777 - 1813
Tiziano Mannoni
1928 - 2010
Pietro Pontio
1532 - 1596
Giacomo Ulivi
1925 - 1944
Giorgio Scherer
1831 - 1896
Felice Corini
1889 - 1946
Vittorio Enzo Alfieri
1906 - 1997
Matteo Truffelli
Born 1970
Icilio Calzolari
1833 - 1906
Amadio Ronchini
1812 - 1890
Rannuzio Pallavicino
1633 - 1712