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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- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1830s Clear ×
Cecrope Barilli
1839 - 1911
Guido Carmignani
1838 - 1909
Parmenio Bettoli
1835 - 1907
Giorgio Scherer
1831 - 1896
Icilio Calzolari
1833 - 1906
Enrico Sartori
1831 - 1889
Franco Mistrali
1833 - 1880
Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme
1839 - 1923
Erminio Pescatori
1836 - 1905
Edoardo Raimondi
1837 - 1919
Icilio Pelizza
1832 - 1861
Alfonso Cavagnari
1831 - 1881
Virginio Ferrari (clarinettista)
1833 - 1886