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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 37 of 2,344 notable people

0027 SON

Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta

1869 - 1931

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0146 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernesto Bozzano

1862 - 1943

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0211 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Piaggio

1864 - 1938

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0261 OFFICER

Antonio Cantore

1860 - 1915

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0487 DIPLOMAT

Giuseppe Salvago Raggi

1866 - 1946

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0551 WRITER

Ernesto Giacomo Parodi

1862 - 1923

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0564 OPERA

Olimpia Boronat

1867 - 1934

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0616 PAINTER

Carlo Cressini

1864 - 1938

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0745 ARTIST

David Dellepiane

1866 - 1932

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0820 SCULPTOR

Vittorio Lavezzari

1864 - 1938

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0839 PRIEST

Ludovico Gavotti

1868 - 1918

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0900 WRITER

Italo Ghersi

1861 - 1925

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0930 ACTOR

Alfredo Sainati

1868 - 1936

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0950 PAINTER

Giuseppe Sacheri

1863 - 1950

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0951 COMPOSER

Virginia Mariani Campolieti

1869 - 1941

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1096 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Broccardi

1867 - 1959

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1140 MANAGER

Louis Dapples

1867 - 1937

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1169 WRITER

Egisto Roggero

1867 - 1930

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1181 SON

Guy Granet

1867 - 1943

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1215 HISTORIAN

Federico Donaver

1861 - 1915

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1317 ARCHITECT

Domiziano Rossi

1865 - 1920

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1359 ECONOMIST

Agostino Maria Trucco

1865 - 1940

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1385 PRIEST

Angelo Cambiaso

1865 - 1946

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1405 EXPLORER

Maurizio Sacchi (esploratore)

1864 - 1897

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1419 POLITICIAN

Raoul Bompard

1860 - 1939

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1429 PAINTER

Angelo Vernazza

1869 - 1937

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1459 TEACHER

Gaetano Frisoni

1861 - 1929

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1561 ACADEMIC

George Henry de Thierry

1862 - 1942

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1590 POLITICIAN

Pierino Negrotto Cambiaso

1867 - 1925

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1617 LAWYER

Pietro Cogliolo

1865 - 1940

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1622 POLITICIAN

Nino Ronco

1863 - 1949

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1808 ACADEMIC

Stefano Ignudi

1865 - 1945

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1933 POLITICIAN

Emilio Solari (ammiraglio)

1864 - 1954

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1994 POLITICIAN

Rosolino Orlando

1860 - 1924

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2085 POLITICIAN

Luigi Tiscornia

1862 - 1950

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2235 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Felice Checcacci

1866 - 1951

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2310 ENTOMOLOGIST

Agostino Dodero

1864 - 1937

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