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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Michele Novaro
1818 - 1885
Camillo Sivori
1815 - 1894
Gaetano Alimonda
1818 - 1891
Maria Brignole Sale De Ferrari
1811 - 1888
Tommaso Reggio
1818 - 1901
Raffaele Rubattino
1810 - 1881
Genova Giovanni Thaon di Revel
1817 - 1910
Luigi Bellardi
1818 - 1889
Carlo Rubatto
1810 - 1891
Giovanni Ansaldo
1814 - 1859
Federico Alizeri
1817 - 1882
Pietro Monticelli
1818 - 1864
Giovanni Battista Cevasco
1817 - 1891
Antonio Caveri
1811 - 1870
Orazio Di Negro
1810 - 1872
Giovanni Ricci (1813-1892)
1813 - 1892
Giambattista Passano
1815 - 1891
Raphaël Pareto
1812 - 1882
Domenico Elena
1811 - 1879
Francesco Balbi Senarega
1815 - 1881
Gaudentius Rossi
1817 - 1891
Tito Orsini
1815 - 1896
Orso Serra
1811 - 1882
Giuseppe Ricci (militare e politico)
1811 - 1881
Gerolamo Da Passano
1818 - 1889
Giulio Cesare Da Passano
1818 - 1866