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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0009 COMPOSER

Ildebrando Pizzetti

1880 - 1968

Notable Births by Decade

What Parma Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Ildebrando Pizzetti

Ferdinando Paer

Giorgio Mainerio

Marco Marazzoli

Fortunato Chelleri

Alessandro Besozzi

Ferdinando Provesi

Giovanni Bolzoni (composer)

Ferdinando Orlandi

Francesco Sacrati

Antonio Rolla

Pietro Rovelli

Gian Francesco Fortunati

Giuseppe Colla

Paola Massarenghi

Giusto Dacci

Giovanni Maria Capelli

Antonio Besozzi

Artemio Motta

Francesco Maria Bazzani

Italo Azzoni

Vincenzo Merighi

Giuseppe Alinovi

Lino Léonardi

Pio Nevi

Constantino Dall'Argine

Mauro D’Alay

Pino Spotti

Dorisio Isorelli

Ferruccio Cattelani

Giovanni Amighetti