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
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- Filtered to 1660s Clear ×
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
1668 - 1745
Alessandro Magnasco
1667 - 1749
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque
1666 - 1724
Giovanni Maria delle Piane
1660 - 1745
Giorgio Spinola
1667 - 1739
Paolo Gerolamo Piola
1666 - 1724
Carlo Maria Marini
1667 - 1747
Giovanni Enrico Vaymer
1665 - 1738
Giovanni Battista Brughi
1660 - 1730
Sinibaldo Doria
1664 - 1733
Stefano Durazzo (doge)
1668 - 1744
Paolo Mattia Doria
1667 - 1746
Rolando Marchelli
1664 - 1751
Filippo Maria Casoni
1662 - 1723
Benedetto Viale
1660 - 1749
Giacomo Maria Airoli
1660 - 1721
Gerolamo Veneroso
1660 - 1739
Cesare De Franchi Toso
1666 - 1739
Giovanni Battista Resoaggi
1662 - 1729
Colombino Bassi
1660 - 1732