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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Domenico Piola
1627 - 1703
Valerio Castello
1624 - 1659
Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marquis of Savona
1629 - 1685
Antonio Maria Vassallo
1620 - 1664
Clemente Bocciardo
1620 - 1658
Salvatore Castiglione
1620 - 1676
Silvestro Chiesa
1623 - 1657
Giovanni Battista Baiardo
1620 - 1657
Francesco Maria Borzone
1625 - 1679
Gianfrancesco Negroni
1629 - 1713
Francesco Maria Imperiale Lercari
1629 - 1712
Carlo D’Aprile
1621 - 1668
Antero Maria Micone
1620 - 1686
Luca Maria Invrea
1624 - 1693
Alessandro Grimaldi
1621 - 1683
Francesco Maria Sauli
1620 - 1699
Andrea Giacomo Podesta
Born 1620
Bendinelli Negrone
1627 - 1707
Luca Spinola (1628-1715)
1628 - 1715
Ricciarda Cybo Malaspina
1622 - 1683
Giannettino Odone
1626 - 1698
Agostino Spinola (doge)
1624 - 1692
Giovanni Andrea Spinola
1625 - 1705
Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani
1621 - 1682
Antonio Molinari (bishop)
1626 - 1698
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile
1620 - 1694
Tommaso de Franchi
1626 - 1696
Giovanni Andrea Piola
1627 - 1681
Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)
1625 - 1705