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 1890s Clear ×
Eugenio Montale
1896 - 1981
Palmiro Togliatti
1893 - 1964
Umberto Terracini
1895 - 1983
Giacomo Devoto
1897 - 1974
Giuditta Rissone
1895 - 1977
Carlo Francis Lombardi
1897 - 1983
Luigi Burlando
1899 - 1967
Ottavio Barbieri
1899 - 1949
Enrico Sardi
1891 - 1969
Eduard Erkes
1891 - 1958
Roberto Ferrari (gymnast)
1890 - 1954
Fernando Bonatti
1894 - 1974
Adriano Grande
1897 - 1972
Mario Lertora
1897 - 1939
Gaetano Perillo
1897 - 1975
Luigi Costigliolo
1892 - 1939
Adela Carboné
1890 - 1960
Carlo Costigliolo
1893 - 1968
Renato Sandalli
1897 - 1968
Giovanni Ansaldo (giornalista)
1895 - 1969
Augusto Bergamino
1898 - 1976
Claudio Casanova
1895 - 1916
Pietro Bianchi (weightlifter)
1895 - 1962
Adelina Zandrino
1893 - 1994
Pietro Ghersi
1899 - 1972
Giovanni Battista Bonino
1899 - 1985
Aristodemo Santamaria
1892 - 1974
Alessandro Vallebona
1899 - 1987
Luigi Biancheri
1891 - 1950
Amos Nattini
1892 - 1985
Domenico Mordini
1898 - 1948
Pietro d'Acquarone
1890 - 1948
Agostino Frassinetti
1897 - 1968
Luigi Mascherpa
1893 - 1944
Camillo Corsanego
1891 - 1963
Enrico Castello
1890 - 1966
Piero Calamai
1897 - 1972
Victoria Gucovsky
1890 - 1969
Adevildo De Marchi
1894 - 1965
Enrico Carzino
1897 - 1965
Dolly Sinatra
1896 - 1977
A C Bertelli
1890 - 1979
Luigi Cortese
1899 - 1976
Angelo Luigi Fiorita
1895 - 1958
Carlo Ponte
Born 1890
Armando Vezzelli
1892 - 1944
Piero Magni
1898 - 1988
Juan Rezzano
1895 - 1979
Liliana Castagnola
1895 - 1930
Angelo Dellacasa
1896 - 1971
Angelo Davoli
1896 - 1978
Alfredo Carzino
1899 - 1944
Giovanni Terrile
Born 1895
Salvatore Cabella
1896 - 1965
Ernesto Fassio
1893 - 1968
Guido Mentasti
1897 - 1925
Mario Cappello
1895 - 1954
Ercole Boero
1890 - 1951
Mario Boero
Born 1893
Carlo Garbieri
1895 - 1941
Achille Gavoglio
Born 1892
Cesare De Marchi (calciatore)
1890 - 1915
Giovanni Battista Traverso (calciatore)
Born 1892
Francesco Cameli
Born 1899
Roberto De Marchi
Born 1896
Giacomo Narizzano
Born 1898
Roberto Moscatelli
Born 1895
Giovanni Cardinale
1895 - 1978
Edoardo Moscatelli
Born 1898
Ettore Neri
Born 1896
Raffaele Pieragostini
1899 - 1945
Marcello Giuria
Born 1891
Alessandro Bollani
Born 1895
Carlo Alberto Viazzi
1895 - 1952
Italo Ricci
1898 - 1984
Ruggero Maineri
1892 - 1958
Adolfo Gnecco
1891 - 1915
Giacomo Pinasco
Born 1891
Giusto Sardi
Born 1894
Mario Costella
1893 - 1973
Mario Capurro
1897 - 1956
Adolfo Lucarini
1890 - 1959
Cesare Genovesi
Born 1897
Leo Solari
1898 - 2009
Eugenio Puppo
Born 1894
Luigi Borfico
Born 1898
Valentino Gola
1898 - 1952
Giacomo Magioncalda
Born 1899
Ferdinando Pomati
1899 - 1965
Tullio Caviglia
Born 1899
Carlo De Albertis
Born 1892
Marco Saviane
Born 1890
Giancarlo Odino
1894 - 1944
Guglielmina Setti
1892 - 1977
Pericle Ansaldo
1899 - 1969