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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Juan Tomas Enriquez de Cabrera, 7th Duke of Medina de Rioseco
1646 - 1705
Giambattista Spínola Jr.
1646 - 1719
Giovanni Paolo Marana
1642 - 1693
Giovanni Raffaele Badaracco
1648 - 1717
Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti
1640 - 1721
Lorenzo Fieschi
1642 - 1726
Pietro Paolo Raggi
1646 - 1724
Girolamo De Mari
1644 - 1702
Stefano Onorato Ferretti
1641 - 1720
Lorenzo Centurione
1645 - 1735
Francesco Castiglione
1641 - 1716
Francesco Invrea
1641 - 1723
Ambrogio Imperiale
1649 - 1729
Antonio Grimaldi (doge)
1640 - 1717
Federico De Franchi Toso (1642-1734)
1642 - 1734
Daniello Solaro
1649 - 1726
Agostino Fieschi (bishop of Accia and Mariana)
1643 - 1685