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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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Showing 16 of 2,344 notable people

0112 CARDINAL

Alderano Cybo

1613 - 1700

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0259 PAINTER

Giovanni Bernardo Carboni

1614 - 1683

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0396 ARCHBISHOP

Giulio Spinola

1612 - 1691

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0407 PAINTER

Pellegrino Piola

1617 - 1640

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0464 PRIEST

Lorenzo Raggi

1615 - 1687

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0472 PRIEST

Lorenzo Imperiali

1612 - 1673

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0478 ART HISTORIAN

Raffaele Soprani

1612 - 1672

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0519 PRIEST

Giacomo Franzoni

1612 - 1697

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0630 PAINTER

Luca Saltarello

1610 - 1655

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0685 PAINTER

Francesco Merano

1619 - 1657

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0889 POLITICIAN

Cesare Gentile

1614 - 1681

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1238 POLITICIAN

Oberto della Torre

1617 - 1698

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1630 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Paggi (bishop)

1615 - 1663

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1632 LAWYER

Carlo Targa

1614 - 1700

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1842 PRIEST

Antonio Bottis

1618 - 1679

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1939 PAINTER

Giovanni Paolo Oderico

1613 - 1657

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