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
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Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases
1569 - 1630
Charles Spinola
1564 - 1622
Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata
1562 - 1617
Bernardo Clavarezza
1560 - 1627
Pietro Durazzo (1560-1631)
1560 - 1631
Federico De Franchi Toso (1560-1630)
1560 - 1629
Ansaldo Cebà
1565 - 1623
Andrea Spinola
1562 - 1641
Giovanni Battista Durazzo
1565 - 1649
Giovanni Battista Salvago
1560 - 1632
Pier Francesco Piola
1565 - 1600
Celso Adorno
1567 - 1604
Ottaviano Canevari
1565 - 1639
Vittoria Doria
1569 - 1618