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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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Showing 29 of 2,344 notable people

0114 PAINTER

Domenico Piola

1627 - 1703

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0127 PAINTER

Valerio Castello

1624 - 1659

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0203 ARMY

Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marquis of Savona

1629 - 1685

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0300 PAINTER

Antonio Maria Vassallo

1620 - 1664

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0574 PAINTER

Clemente Bocciardo

1620 - 1658

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0603 PAINTER

Salvatore Castiglione

1620 - 1676

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0619 PAINTER

Silvestro Chiesa

1623 - 1657

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0634 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Baiardo

1620 - 1657

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0675 PAINTER

Francesco Maria Borzone

1625 - 1679

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0714 PRIEST

Gianfrancesco Negroni

1629 - 1713

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0975 POLITICIAN

Francesco Maria Imperiale Lercari

1629 - 1712

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1284 SCULPTOR

Carlo D’Aprile

1621 - 1668

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1289 PRESBYTER

Antero Maria Micone

1620 - 1686

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1330 POLITICIAN

Luca Maria Invrea

1624 - 1693

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1351 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Grimaldi

1621 - 1683

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1395 POLITICIAN

Francesco Maria Sauli

1620 - 1699

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1414 PAINTER

Andrea Giacomo Podesta

Born 1620

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1454 POLITICIAN

Bendinelli Negrone

1627 - 1707

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1457 POLITICIAN

Luca Spinola (1628-1715)

1628 - 1715

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1467 NOBILITY

Ricciarda Cybo Malaspina

1622 - 1683

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1469 POLITICIAN

Giannettino Odone

1626 - 1698

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1483 POLITICIAN

Agostino Spinola (doge)

1624 - 1692

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1572 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Andrea Spinola

1625 - 1705

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1610 PRIEST

Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani

1621 - 1682

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1925 PRELATE

Antonio Molinari (bishop)

1626 - 1698

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1954 PRELATE

Giulio Vincenzo Gentile

1620 - 1694

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1978 PRELATE

Tommaso de Franchi

1626 - 1696

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2106 PAINTER

Giovanni Andrea Piola

1627 - 1681

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2236 PRELATE

Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)

1625 - 1705

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