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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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  • Film & TV
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Showing 19 of 2,344 notable people

0002 COMPOSER

Niccolò Paganini

1782 - 1840

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0037 LIBRETTIST

Felice Romani

1788 - 1865

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0156 ENTOMOLOGIST

Maximilian Spinola

1780 - 1857

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0199 AGRONOMIST

Raffaello Lambruschini

1788 - 1873

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0355 ARCHBISHOP

Luigi Fransoni

1789 - 1862

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0378 PAINTER

Giuseppe Bisi

1787 - 1869

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0415 PAINTER

Michele Bisi

1788 - 1874

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0428 POLITICIAN

Antonio Brignole Sale

1786 - 1863

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0509 COMPOSER

Natale Abbadia

1782 - 1861

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0538 ARCHITECT

Michele Canzio

1787 - 1868

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0599 CARDINAL

Adriano Fieschi

1788 - 1858

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1029 LAWYER

Alessandro Racchetti

1789 - 1854

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1256 PAINTER

Luigi Garibbo

1784 - 1869

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1316 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Cassevari

1789 - 1876

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1331 POLITICIAN

Antonio Profumo

1788 - 1852

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1815 PRIEST

Ridolfo Brignole Sale (évêque)

1784 - 1832

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1904 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe de Fornari

1785 - 1858

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1983 POLITICIAN

Francesco Giovanni Ricci

1789 - 1856

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2164 PATRIOTA

Eleonora Curlo Ruffini

1781 - 1856

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