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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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Showing 36 of 2,344 notable people

0023 POET

Goffredo Mameli

1827 - 1849

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0038 POLITICIAN

Nino Bixio

1821 - 1873

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0329 PRIEST

Placido Maria Schiaffino

1829 - 1889

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0348 ECONOMIST

Gerolamo Boccardo

1829 - 1904

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0364 OPERA

Luigia Abbadia

1821 - 1896

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0417 OFFICER

Emilio Pallavicini

1823 - 1901

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0418 POLITICIAN

Ettore Bertolè Viale

1829 - 1892

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0505 PAINTER

Gabriele Castagnola

1828 - 1883

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0562 CONDUCTOR

Serafino Amedeo De Ferrari

1824 - 1885

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0579 OFFICER

Domenico Chiodo

1823 - 1870

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0600 PHOTOGRAPHER

Louis Dodero

1824 - 1902

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0609 CHESS

Luigi Centurini

1820 - 1900

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0693 PAINTER

Tammar Luxoro

1825 - 1899

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0841 BOTANIST

Domingo Parodi

1823 - 1889

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0871 OPERA

Teresa Parodi (soprano)

1827 - 1878

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0874 POLITICIAN

Lazzaro Negrotto Cambiaso

1823 - 1902

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1058 HISTORIAN

Marcello Staglieno (storico)

1829 - 1909

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1100 AGRONOMIST

Stanislao Solari

1829 - 1906

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1177 PLAYWRIGHT

David Chiossone

1820 - 1873

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1370 SCULPTOR

Giuseppe Benetti

1825 - 1914

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1528 POLITICIAN

Carlo Randaccio

1827 - 1919

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1676 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Bruzzo

1824 - 1900

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1723 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Antonio Migliorati

1825 - 1898

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1731 POLITICIAN

Michele Casaretto

1820 - 1901

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1811 POLITICIAN

Cesare Cerruti

1820 - 1905

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1912 PUBLISHER

Alessandro Repetti

1822 - 1890

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1916 BUSINESS

David de Léon Cohen

1820 - 1891

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1969 POLITICIAN

Pietro Tortarolo

1828 - 1908

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2033 MERCHANT

Pedro Podestá

1825 - 1902

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2069 MERCHANT

María Teresa Torterolo

1829 - 1917

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2076 PATRIOTA

Antonio Burlando

1823 - 1895

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2080 PRIEST

Aloysius Masnata

1823 - 1886

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2133 MILITAR

Giuseppe Gnecco

1824 - 1871

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2155 POLITICIAN

Ambrogio Doria (senatore)

1826 - 1912

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2336 PREDICATORE

Francesco Lagomarsino

1823 - 1909

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2338 GEOGRAPHER

Daniele Morchio

1824 - 1905

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