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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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0043 ARISTOCRAT

Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma

1847 - 1893

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0059 ARISTOCRAT

Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935)

1849 - 1935

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0087 OPERA

Italo Campanini

1845 - 1896

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0088 BALLET

Virginia Zucchi

1847 - 1930

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0101 COMPOSER

Giovanni Bolzoni (composer)

1841 - 1919

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0126 CONDUCTOR

Emilio Usiglio

1841 - 1910

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0200 COMPOSER

Giusto Dacci

1840 - 1915

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0360 PAINTER

Camillo Scaramuzza

1843 - 1915

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0361 ORIENTALIST

Italo Pizzi

1849 - 1920

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0374 COMPOSER

Pio Nevi

1848 - 1930

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0392 COMPOSER

Constantino Dall'Argine

1842 - 1877

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0393 POET

Alberto Rondani

1846 - 1911

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0577 ENTREPRENEUR

Pietro Barilla (1845)

1845 - 1912

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0638 LIBRETTIST

Attilio Catelli

1845 - 1877

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0679 PUBLISHER

Luigi Battei

1847 - 1917

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0723 POLITICIAN

Luigi Torrigiani (senatore)

1846 - 1925

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0738 JOURNALIST

Pellegrino Molossi

1844 - 1912

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