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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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  • Art & Design
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
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All2,344
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Showing 26 of 2,344 notable people

0041 PAINTER

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

1607 - 1665

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0062 PAINTER

Gioacchino Assereto

1600 - 1649

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0079 ORGANIST

Michelangelo Rossi

1601 - 1656

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0126 PRIEST

Giovanni Paolo Oliva

1600 - 1681

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0186 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Carlone

1603 - 1684

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0251 ASTRONOMER

Vincentio Reinieri

1606 - 1647

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0382 WRITER

Anton Giulio Brignole Sale

1605 - 1665

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0393 PAINTER

Antonio Travi

1609 - 1665

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0397 POET

Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo

1602 - 1659

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0404 PRIEST

Giovanni Stefano Donghi

1608 - 1669

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0443 PAINTER

Giovanni Andrea Podestà

1608 - 1673

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0515 PAINTER

Luigi Miradori

1605 - 1656

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0554 ARISTOCRAT

Alberico II Cybo-Malaspina

1607 - 1690

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0838 ARCHBISHOP

Lazzaro Pallavicino

1603 - 1680

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0864 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Mainero

1600 - 1657

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0894 PAINTER

Giovanni Andrea Biscaino

1605 - 1657

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0936 CARDINAL

Giovanni Girolamo Lomellini

1607 - 1659

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1038 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Centurione

1603 - 1692

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1043 POLITICIAN

Francesco Garbarino

1607 - 1672

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1136 MUSIC

Carlo Abbate

1600 - 1640

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1203 PAINTER

Bartolomeo Bassi

1600 - 1640

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1401 WRITER

Ange de Saint-Joseph

Born 1600

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1529 PRIEST

Paul Fieschi

1600 - 1645

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1679 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Battista Pisani

Born 1601

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1748 ECONOMIST

David Veronese

Born 1601

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1782 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Carlone

1600 - 1667

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