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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- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta
1869 - 1931
Ernesto Bozzano
1862 - 1943
Rinaldo Piaggio
1864 - 1938
Antonio Cantore
1860 - 1915
Giuseppe Salvago Raggi
1866 - 1946
Ernesto Giacomo Parodi
1862 - 1923
Olimpia Boronat
1867 - 1934
Carlo Cressini
1864 - 1938
David Dellepiane
1866 - 1932
Vittorio Lavezzari
1864 - 1938
Ludovico Gavotti
1868 - 1918
Italo Ghersi
1861 - 1925
Alfredo Sainati
1868 - 1936
Giuseppe Sacheri
1863 - 1950
Virginia Mariani Campolieti
1869 - 1941
Eugenio Broccardi
1867 - 1959
Louis Dapples
1867 - 1937
Egisto Roggero
1867 - 1930
Guy Granet
1867 - 1943
Federico Donaver
1861 - 1915
Domiziano Rossi
1865 - 1920
Agostino Maria Trucco
1865 - 1940
Angelo Cambiaso
1865 - 1946
Maurizio Sacchi (esploratore)
1864 - 1897
Raoul Bompard
1860 - 1939
Angelo Vernazza
1869 - 1937
Gaetano Frisoni
1861 - 1929
George Henry de Thierry
1862 - 1942
Pierino Negrotto Cambiaso
1867 - 1925
Pietro Cogliolo
1865 - 1940
Nino Ronco
1863 - 1949
Stefano Ignudi
1865 - 1945
Emilio Solari (ammiraglio)
1864 - 1954
Rosolino Orlando
1860 - 1924
Luigi Tiscornia
1862 - 1950
Giuseppe Felice Checcacci
1866 - 1951
Agostino Dodero
1864 - 1937