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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Genoa during each.

What Genoa Is Known For

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Politician is Genoa's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (358).

Genoa over-indexes on pallanuotista156.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician358
  2. Football284
  3. Painter161
  4. Actor117
  5. Priest89
  6. Writer76
  7. Singer58
  8. Composer49
  1. Pallanuotista27156.2×
  2. Prelate246.0×
  3. Entrepreneur253.1×
  4. Sculptor473.1×
  5. Painter1612.6×
  6. Priest892.6×
  7. Poet461.9×
  8. Composer491.6×

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.

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Music
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All2,344
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Showing 21 of 2,344 notable people

0073 RELIGIOUS

Virginia Centurione Bracelli

1587 - 1651

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0131 PHYSICIST

Giovanni Battista Baliani

1582 - 1666

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0208 PAINTER

Giovanni Bernardo Carlone

1584 - 1631

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0468 PAINTER

Simone Barabino

1585 - 1660

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0483 PAINTER

Giuseppe Badaracco

1588 - 1657

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0486 POET

Giovanni Vincenzo Imperiale

1582 - 1648

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0493 ACTOR

Virginia Ramponi-Andreini

1583 - 1630

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0513 PAINTER

Giovanni Domenico Cappellino

1580 - 1651

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0557 PAINTER

Castellino Castello

1580 - 1649

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0567 PRIEST

Giandomenico Spinola

1580 - 1646

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0648 POLITICIAN

Gian Francesco I Brignole Sale

1582 - 1637

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0836 THEOLOGIAN

Niccolò Riccardi

1585 - 1639

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0876 POLITICIAN

Luca Giustiniani

1586 - 1651

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1080 POLITICIAN

Agostino Centurione

1584 - 1657

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1087 POLITICIAN

Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1585-1668)

1585 - 1668

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1302 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Spinola

1589 - 1665

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1342 NOBILE

Jacopo VII

1581 - 1603

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1400 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Orsolino

1587 - 1675

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1424 POLITICIAN

Antoniotto Invrea

1588 - 1669

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1549 PRELATE

Giovanni Agostino Marliani

1585 - 1674

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1981 PRELATE

Prospero Spínola

1587 - 1664

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