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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.

Through the Centuries

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

What Parma Is Known For

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Football is Parma's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).

Parma over-indexes on aristocrat8.1× the global rate.

Parma under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football89
  2. Painter77
  3. Politician55
  4. Writer34
  5. Composer31
  6. Player29
  7. Priest23
  8. Actor20
  1. Aristocrat108.1×
  2. Conductor105.3×
  3. Painter774.0×
  4. Entrepreneur83.2×
  5. Composer313.2×
  6. Photographer92.5×
  7. Poet182.3×
  8. Physician122.3×
  1. Actor200.5×
  2. Politician550.6×

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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0053 SOLDIER

William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo

1819 - 1895

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0080 AUTHOR

Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga

1810 - 1895

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0186 PHYSICIST

Riccardo Felici

1819 - 1902

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0190 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Cantelli

1815 - 1884

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0233 CONDUCTOR

Callisto Guatelli

1819 - 1900

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0260 PAINTER

Giuseppe Alinovi

1811 - 1848

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0277 PAINTER

Giuseppe Drugman

1810 - 1846

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0281 ARCHIDUCHESSE

Albertine de Montenuovo

1817 - 1867

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0299 HISTORIAN

Amadio Ronchini

1812 - 1890

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0340 PAINTER

Giulio Carmignani

1813 - 1890

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0397 SINGER

Antonio Superchi

1816 - 1893

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0504 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Borsani

1812 - 1886

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0588 WRITER

Giovanni Battista Janelli

1819 - 1884

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0660 POLITICIAN

Pietro Torrigiani (senatore)

1814 - 1885

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0665 POLITICIAN

Marcello Costamezzana

1812 - 1874

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0706 PHYSICIAN

Emilio Casa

1819 - 1904

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0732 ESSAYIST

Luigi Maschi

1810 - 1890

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