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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Antipope Clement III
1025 - 1100
Odoardo Farnese (cardinal)
1573 - 1626
Guido Maria Conforti
1865 - 1931
Francesco Sforza (cardinal)
1562 - 1624
Giovanni Arcimboldi
1426 - 1488
Francesco Maria Farnese
1619 - 1647
Antonio Francesco Sanvitale
1660 - 1714
Ignazio Nasalli
1750 - 1831
Bernardo de' Rossi
1468 - 1527
Renato Dardozzi
1922 - 2003
Guido Antonio Arcimboldi
1428 - 1497
Galeazzo Sanvitale
1566 - 1622
Adeodato Turchi
1724 - 1803
Giovanni Linati
1563 - 1627
Aicardo da Cornazzano
1145 - 1178
Francesco Pettorelli Lalatta
1712 - 1788
Obizzo Sanvitale
1229 - 1303
Bernardo Rossi
1432 - 1468
Gabriel de Sclafanatis
Died 1526
Martino da Parma
Died 1268
Guidotto da Correggio
Died 1235
Giovanni Gazza
1924 - 1998
Giacomo de' Rossi (vescovo)
1363 - 1418