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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 31 of 2,344 notable people

0194 FRIAR

Girolamo Maria Gotti

1834 - 1916

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0235 PAINTER

Nicolò Barabino

1832 - 1891

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0294 RELIGIEUSE

Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo

1831 - 1900

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0435 OFFICER

Stefano Canzio

1837 - 1909

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0749 POLITICIAN

Augusto Albini

1830 - 1909

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0767 HERALDIST

Amédée de Foras

1830 - 1899

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0819 COMPOSER

Alessio Olivieri

1830 - 1867

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0821 POET

Niccolò Bacigalupo

1837 - 1904

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0825 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Bombrini

1838 - 1924

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1053 EXPLORER

Francesco Borghero

1830 - 1892

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1067 HISTORIAN

Luigi Tommaso Belgrano

1838 - 1895

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1072 PATRIOTA

Antonio Mosto

1834 - 1880

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1168 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Borea d'Olmo

1831 - 1936

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1189 PAINTER

Luigia Mussini-Piaggio

1832 - 1865

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1191 SCULPTOR

Lorenzo Orengo

1838 - 1909

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1193 POLITICIAN

Andrea Podestà

1832 - 1895

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1210 PAINTER

James Charles Harris

1831 - 1904

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1288 BANK

Giacomo Grillo

1830 - 1895

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1301 POLITICIAN

Lazzaro Gagliardo

1835 - 1899

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1586 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Centurini

1830 - 1916

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1643 SINGER

Alessandro Bottero

1831 - 1892

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1654 POLITICIAN

Carlo De Amezaga

Born 1835

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1750 POLITICIAN

Nicola Mameli

1838 - 1901

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1809 POLITICIAN

Andrea Carlo Agostino Del Santo

1830 - 1905

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1928 POLITICIAN

Carlo Ferrari (senatore)

1837 - 1910

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1946 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Corvetto

1830 - 1898

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2102 POLITICIAN

Marcello De Mari

1837 - 1913

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2137 PHILOSOPHY

John Pinasco

1837 - 1897

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2196 HISTORIAN

Luigi Persoglio

1830 - 1911

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2223 PATRIOTA

Luigi Carbone

1837 - 1913

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2299 PATRIOTA

Angelo Ceresetto

1839 - 1860

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