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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0023 FOOTBALL

Daniele Dessena

Born 1987

Notable Births by Decade

What Parma Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Daniele Dessena

Adriano Malori

Marco Rossi (footballer, born 1987)

Ugo Ukah

Andrea Guatelli

Davide Zoboli

Luca Mora

Tito Tebaldi

Filippo Savi

Luca Dodi

Federico Bocchia

Michele Benedetti (diver)

Giorgia Benecchi

Silvia Olari

Pietro Gandolfi

Jacopo Massari

Alex Belli

Stefano Desimoni

Michele Scarica

Mi-Na Kim

Manuela Manetta

Michela Coppa

Caterina Fanzini

Giulia Gibertini

Benedetta Mazza

Cris Gilioli

Niccolò Galli (footballer, born 1988)

Pietro Lorenzini

Damiano Verri

Abiola Wabara

Federico Boschi

Mattia Ferrato

Federico Zani

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