44.4048° N, 8.9343° E
GENOA
Most Famous People Born in Genoa, Italy
- Notable people
- 2,344
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1907
- Most distinctive
- Pallanuotista 156.2×
A maritime republic that spent eight centuries moving money and cardinals around the western Mediterranean — the Painter and Sculptor benches are the Renaissance dividend, the Prelate and Priest depth is what a city with two medieval popes leaves on the ledger, and the Pallanuotista cohort, running at better than a hundred and fifty times the global baseline, is what happens when the harbor itself doubles as the practice pool.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Genoa during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Genoa Is Known For
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Politician is Genoa's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (358).
Genoa over-indexes on pallanuotista — 156.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Genoa's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Film & TV
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Giovanni Luigi Fieschi
1522 - 1547
Andrea Semini
1525 - 1594
Nicolò Doria
1525 - 1592
Paolo Foglietta
1520 - 1596
Gerolamo Chiavari
1521 - 1586
Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà
1520 - 1599
Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo
1525 - 1595
Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1522-1586)
1522 - 1586
Ange Justiniani
1520 - 1596