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.
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1820s Clear ×
Carol Davila
1828 - 1884
Italo Gardoni
1821 - 1882
Emilio Naudin
1823 - 1890
Pietro Cocconi
1821 - 1883
Domenico Galaverna
1825 - 1903
Giovanni Inzani
1827 - 1902
Guido Calvi (fotografo)
1827 - 1906
Ignazio Affanni
1828 - 1889
Agostino Ferrarini
1828 - 1898
Antonio Carra (anarchico)
1824 - 1895