45.0500° N, 9.7000° E
PIACENZA
Most Famous People Born in Piacenza, Italy
- Notable people
- 328
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- Median birth year
- 1904
- Most distinctive
- Cardinal 43.1×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Piacenza during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Piacenza Is Known For
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Football is Piacenza's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (34).
Piacenza over-indexes on cardinal — 43.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Piacenza's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
0029 SINGER
Gianni Pettenati
Born 1945
0060 ACTOR
Gigi Rizzi
1944 - 2013
0081 PLAYER
Giordano Maioli
Born 1943
0085 WRITER
Gianni Montanari
1949 - 2020
0096 ECONOMIST
Giacomo Vaciago
1942 - 2017
0103 MUSIC
Franco Bagutti
Born 1943
0126 MANAGER
Giuseppe Orsi
Born 1945
0140 WRITER
Ferdinando Balzarro
Born 1944
0150 ACCADEMICA
Ricciarda Ricorda
Born 1949
0162 WRITER
Sandro Mayer
1940 - 2018
0186 POLITICIAN
Francesco Bosi
Born 1945
0215 COMPOSER
Simon Luca
Born 1948
0218 JOURNALIST
Pierluigi Magnaschi
Born 1941
0224 ARTIST
Giorgio Milani (artista)
Born 1946
0265 FENCER
Giuseppina Bersani
Born 1949