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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Girolamo Maria Gotti
1834 - 1916
Nicolò Barabino
1832 - 1891
Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo
1831 - 1900
Stefano Canzio
1837 - 1909
Augusto Albini
1830 - 1909
Amédée de Foras
1830 - 1899
Alessio Olivieri
1830 - 1867
Niccolò Bacigalupo
1837 - 1904
Giovanni Bombrini
1838 - 1924
Francesco Borghero
1830 - 1892
Luigi Tommaso Belgrano
1838 - 1895
Antonio Mosto
1834 - 1880
Giovanni Battista Borea d'Olmo
1831 - 1936
Luigia Mussini-Piaggio
1832 - 1865
Lorenzo Orengo
1838 - 1909
Andrea Podestà
1832 - 1895
James Charles Harris
1831 - 1904
Giacomo Grillo
1830 - 1895
Lazzaro Gagliardo
1835 - 1899
Alessandro Centurini
1830 - 1916
Alessandro Bottero
1831 - 1892
Carlo De Amezaga
Born 1835
Nicola Mameli
1838 - 1901
Andrea Carlo Agostino Del Santo
1830 - 1905
Carlo Ferrari (senatore)
1837 - 1910
Giovanni Corvetto
1830 - 1898
Marcello De Mari
1837 - 1913
John Pinasco
1837 - 1897
Luigi Persoglio
1830 - 1911
Luigi Carbone
1837 - 1913
Angelo Ceresetto
1839 - 1860