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.

Through the Centuries

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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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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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Bernardo Bertolucci

1940 - 2018

Notable Births by Decade

What Parma Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Bernardo Bertolucci

Franco Nero

Silvia Federici

Paola Pitagora

Giuseppe Bertolucci

Francesco Barilli

Claudio Mutti

Tamara Baroni

Paolo Dossena

Chiara Valentini

Lorenzo Baraldi

Riccardo Barbieri

Enrico Catuzzi

Francesca Alinovi

Paolo Lagazzi

Mario Zurlini

Victor Poletti

Carlo Rognoni

Jorge Zontal

Roberto Toscano

Paolo Pietroni

Arnaldo Picchi

Alessandro Duce

Tiziana Maiolo

Bruno Zanardi

Giorgio Chittolini

Angelo De Marchi

Mario Cantarelli

Attilio Concari

Paula (cantante)

Maurizio Battistini (allenatore di calcio)

Augusto Cerino Canova

Gigi Dall'Aglio

Andreina Chiari Branchi

Alberto Armeni