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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Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni
1597 - 1685
Luciano Borzone
1590 - 1645
Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari
1598 - 1669
Agustín de Spínola Basadone
1597 - 1649
Teramo Castelli
1597 - 1659
Giovanni Domenico Peri
1590 - 1666
Livia Vernazza
1590 - 1655
Ottaviano Raggi
1592 - 1643
Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of the Balbases
1594 - 1659
Cesare Durazzo
1593 - 1680
Giacomo De Franchi Toso
1590 - 1657
Stefano De Mari
1593 - 1674
Gian Giacomo Cavalli
1590 - 1657
Antonio Da Passano
1599 - 1681
Giovanni Battista Lomellini
1594 - 1674
Gian Bernardo Frugoni
1591 - 1661
Giambattista Bissone
1597 - 1657
Gian-Ambrogio Marini
1594 - 1652