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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 17 of 2,344 notable people

0331 MILITAR

Juan Tomas Enriquez de Cabrera, 7th Duke of Medina de Rioseco

1646 - 1705

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0376 PRIEST

Giambattista Spínola Jr.

1646 - 1719

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0463 NOBLE

Giovanni Paolo Marana

1642 - 1693

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0526 PAINTER

Giovanni Raffaele Badaracco

1648 - 1717

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0622 PAINTER

Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti

1640 - 1721

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0643 PRIEST

Lorenzo Fieschi

1642 - 1726

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0659 PAINTER

Pietro Paolo Raggi

1646 - 1724

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0968 POLITICIAN

Girolamo De Mari

1644 - 1702

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0981 POLITICIAN

Stefano Onorato Ferretti

1641 - 1720

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1012 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Centurione

1645 - 1735

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1064 PAINTER

Francesco Castiglione

1641 - 1716

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1286 POLITICIAN

Francesco Invrea

1641 - 1723

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1322 POLITICIAN

Ambrogio Imperiale

1649 - 1729

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1334 POLITICIAN

Antonio Grimaldi (doge)

1640 - 1717

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1540 POLITICIAN

Federico De Franchi Toso (1642-1734)

1642 - 1734

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1667 SCULPTOR

Daniello Solaro

1649 - 1726

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1906 PRELATE

Agostino Fieschi (bishop of Accia and Mariana)

1643 - 1685

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