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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 20 of 2,344 notable people

0303 SCULPTOR

Angelo de Rossi

1671 - 1715

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0365 COMPOSER

Giovanni Antonio Guido

1675 - 1729

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0401 PRIEST

Girolamo Grimaldi (1674–1733)

1674 - 1733

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0426 LAWYER

Giuseppe Lorenzo Maria Casaregi

1670 - 1737

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0485 PAINTER

Domenico Parodi

1672 - 1742

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0604 PAINTER

Giuseppe Palmieri

1674 - 1740

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0626 PAINTER

Francesco Costa

1672 - 1740

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0800 POLITICIAN

Nicolò Cattaneo

1679 - 1751

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0872 POLITICIAN

Francesco Maria Balbi

1671 - 1747

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1000 POLITICIAN

Costantino Balbi

1676 - 1741

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1091 ROI

Domenico Negrone

1672 - 1736

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1098 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Grimaldi

1673 - 1757

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1163 DIPLOMAT

Anton II Giulio Brignole Sale

1673 - 1710

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1219 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Parodi

1674 - 1730

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1248 POLITICIAN

Luca Grimaldi (doge)

1675 - 1750

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1254 POLITICIAN

Nicolò Spinola

1677 - 1743

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1626 PAINTER

Antonio Pittaluga (peintre)

1676 - 1716

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1843 PRELATE

Agostino Saluzzo

1674 - 1747

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1859 PRELATE

Carlo Maria Giuseppe Fornari

Born 1674

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2304 SCULPTOR

Francesco Biggi

1676 - 1736

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