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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
  • Other
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Showing 16 of 2,344 notable people

0026 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

1639 - 1709

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0128 PAINTER

Giovan Battista Langetti

1635 - 1676

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0154 SCULPTOR

Filippo Parodi

1630 - 1702

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0244 PAINTER

Andrea Carlone

1639 - 1697

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0295 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Merano

1632 - 1698

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0315 PAINTER

Bartolomeo Biscaino

1632 - 1657

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0419 COMPOSER

Giovanni Maria Pagliardi

1637 - 1702

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0663 PRIEST

Opizio Pallavicini

1632 - 1700

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0699 PRIEST

Marcello Durazzo

1634 - 1710

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0828 PRELATE

Francesco de' Marini

1630 - 1686

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0857 COMMISSARIO

Vincenzo Durazzo

1635 - 1724

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0887 POLITICIAN

Pietro Durazzo (1632-1699)

1632 - 1699

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0923 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Cattaneo Della Volta

1638 - 1721

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1314 PAINTER

Stefano Magnasco

1635 - 1672

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1670 PAINTER

Giovanni Paolo Cervetto

1630 - 1657

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2198 PRELATE

Angelo Grimaldi

1630 - 1682

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