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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 128 of 2,344 notable people

0030 CARDINAL

Giuseppe Siri

1906 - 1989

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0090 COMPOSER

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

1909 - 1987

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0102 CONDUCTOR

Alberto Erede

1908 - 2001

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0119 FOOTBALL

Giovanni De Prà

1900 - 1979

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0139 SINGER

Margherita Carosio

1908 - 2005

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0169 COMPOSER

Pippo Barzizza

1902 - 1994

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0217 FILM

Alfredo Guarini

1901 - 1981

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0350 CHESS

Adriano Chicco

1907 - 1990

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0389 WRESTLER

Marcello Nizzola

1900 - 1947

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0399 PSICOLOGO

Emilio Servadio

1904 - 1995

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0414 WEIGHTLIFTER

Pierino Gabetti

1904 - 1971

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0449 FOOTBALL

Ercole Carzino

1901 - 1980

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0453 POLITICIAN

Agostino Novella

1905 - 1974

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0495 FOOTBALL

Ugo Amoretti

1909 - 1977

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0570 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Catto

1900 - 1963

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0585 FOOTBALL

Felipe Pascucci

1907 - 1966

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0587 GYMNAST

Giovanni Tubino

1900 - 1989

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0621 PAINTER

Enrico Paulucci

1901 - 1999

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0635 POLITICIAN

Bruno Sanguinetti

1909 - 1950

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0646 SPRINT

Giacomo Carlini

1904 - 1963

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0661 SAILOR

Bruno Bianchi (sailor)

1904 - 1988

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0707 POLITICIAN

Giulio Pastore

1902 - 1969

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0708 SKIPPER

Enrico Poggi

1908 - 1976

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0725 SKIPPER

Luigi Poggi (sailor)

1906 - 1972

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0735 COMEDIAN

Giuseppe Marzari

1900 - 1974

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0737 SPRINT

Alfredo Gargiullo

1906 - 1928

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0747 LEPIDOPTERIST

Emilio Berio

1905 - 1993

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0759 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Costa

1901 - 1976

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0786 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Maranini

1902 - 1969

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0797 SPORT

Romolo Carpi

1900 - 1938

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0817 POET

Giselda Zani

1909 - 1975

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0863 FOOTBALL

Aldo Vollono

1906 - 1946

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0907 TEACHER

Mario Boella

1905 - 1989

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0926 PRIEST

Emilio Guano

1900 - 1970

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0940 ARCIVESCOVO

Franco Costa

1904 - 1977

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0958 MATHEMATICIAN

Maria Cibrario Cinquini

1906 - 1992

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0962 PHILOSOPHER

Santino Caramella

1902 - 1972

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0993 ART HISTORIAN

Caterina Marcenaro

1906 - 1976

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1005 CONDUCTOR

Armando La Rosa Parodi

1904 - 1977

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1041 WRITER

Virgilio Dagnino

1906 - 1997

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1047 MUSIC

Angelo Giacomazzi

Born 1907

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1060 PAINTER

Beppe Guzzi

1902 - 1982

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1117 ADMIRAL

Eugenio Henke

1909 - 1990

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1131 POLITICIAN

Roberto Lucifredi

1909 - 1981

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1155 WRITER

Louis-Paul Guigues

1902 - 1996

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1208 FOOTBALL

Mario Gianni

1902 - 1967

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1216 MUSIC

Federico Mompellio

1908 - 1989

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1263 SWIMMER

Gilio Bisagno

1902 - 1987

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1278 FOOTBALL

Ezio Borgo

1907 - 1970

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1310 LAWYER

Lelio Vittorio Valobra

1900 - 1976

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1341 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Pertusio

1904 - 1994

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1367 ACTOR

Andrea Miano

1909 - 1987

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1398 POET

Ugo Gallo

1905 - 1957

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1443 ATHLETIC

Armando Valente

1903 - 1997

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1449 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Borgo

1906 - 1979

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1468 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Cauvin

1903 - 1981

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1474 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Zucca

Born 1907

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1481 CHESS

Giuseppe Brogi

1900 - 1976

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1490 CHESS

Guido Cristoffanini

1908 - 1980

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1543 SPY

Luca Osteria

1905 - 1988

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1609 FOOTBALL

Daniele Moruzzi

1900 - 1989

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1611 ARTIGIANO

Germano Jori

1904 - 1944

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1615 ATHLETIC

Giovanni Garaventa

1900 - 1986

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1619 AVIATORE

Vittorio Centurione Scotto

1900 - 1926

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1656 DRIVER

Nando Barbieri

1907 - 1997

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1728 REPORTER

Pelegrina Pastorino

1902 - 1988

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1764 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Dellacasa

Born 1901

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1829 PALLANUOTISTA

Mario Balla

1903 - 1964

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1831 JOURNALIST

Renato Tosatti

1908 - 1949

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1836 WRITER

Norberto Sopranzi

1904 - 1985

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1844 FOOTBALL

Angelo Cimarosti

1902 - 1931

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1877 ROWER

Jean Cipollina

Born 1903

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1879 LUTHIER

Guido Leoni (liutaio)

1902 - 1978

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1890 AUTHOR

Giovanni Casiraghi

1901 - 1984

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1923 FOOTBALL

Pietro Scevola

1900 - 1944

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1924 AVIATORE

Alberto Ferrario

1904 - 1943

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1935 SAILOR

Massimo Oberti

Born 1901

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1937 COXSWAIN

Massimo Ballestrero

Born 1901

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1941 ROWER

Marcello Casanova

Born 1901

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1945 ROWER

Renato Berninzone

Born 1903

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1959 SAILOR

Giuliano Oberti

Born 1901

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1964 MISSING

Caterina Picasso

1907 - 1996

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1987 SAILOR

Francesco Giovanelli

Born 1901

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1996 SAILOR

Guido Giovanelli

Born 1901

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1997 HOCKEY

Decio Trovati

Born 1906

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1999 WRESTLER

Enrico Bonassin

Born 1901

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2017 FOOTBALL

Domenico Oliva (calciatore)

Born 1904

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2021 FOOTBALL

Stefano Santamaria

Born 1904

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2025 PAINTER

Aldo Cigheri

1909 - 1995

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2029 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Zucchi

1904 - 1985

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2030 FOOTBALL

Dario Pratoverde

1903 - 1930

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2039 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Bergamino

1901 - 1960

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2044 FOOTBALL

Quinto Rosso

Born 1905

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2049 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Ansaldo (calciatore 1907)

Born 1907

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2064 FOOTBALL

Ettore Fontana

1903 - 1978

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2067 FOOTBALL

Giulio Cesare Cusano

Born 1901

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2072 FOOTBALL

Guido Aycard

1903 - 1993

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2075 FOOTBALL

Luigi Tabacco

1901 - 1933

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2084 ARCHITECT

Ernesto Puppo

1904 - 1987

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2094 FOOTBALL

Angelo Cadeddu

Born 1903

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2099 FOOTBALL

Bartolomeo Poggi

Born 1901

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2100 FASCISTA

Ottavio Ferraretto

1906 - 1944

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2108 GUERRILLA

Giovanni Sissa

1909 - 1985

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2116 DIRIGENTE

Massimo Poggi

1908 - 1976

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2118 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cusano

Born 1904

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2129 WRITER

Carlo Marcello Rietmann

1905 - 1981

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2131 FOOTBALL

Luigi Scappini

Born 1902

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2141 FOOTBALL

Piero Bottaro

1904 - 1976

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2143 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Spigno

Born 1906

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2166 LIUTAIO

Lorenzo Bellafontana

1906 - 1979

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2168 FOOTBALL

Luigi Boer

1904 - 1971

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2181 PRIEST

Pio Dellepiane

1904 - 1976

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2186 FOOTBALL

Ferdinando Seriolo

1902 - 1970

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2188 FOOTBALL

Romano Rinesi

1907 - 1968

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2189 MILITAR

Costanzo Casana

1900 - 1942

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2195 FOOTBALL

Italo Righetti

Born 1904

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2204 FOOTBALL

Francesco Pescia

1907 - 1986

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2208 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Delvai

Born 1907

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2212 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Pavanello

Born 1906

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2222 MUSIC

Anselmo Bersano

1903 - 1998

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2227 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Bergamino

1907 - 1995

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2259 WRITER

Enrico Terracini

1909 - 1991

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2261 ENGRAVER

Teresa Gazzo

1901 - 1994

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2264 FOOTBALL

Lino Gallino

Born 1908

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2274 FOOTBALL

Rinaldo Morchio

1900 - 1960

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2278 GUERRILLA

Eros Lanfranco

1906 - 1944

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2294 FOOTBALL

Mario Seghesio

1903 - 1926

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2318 FOOTBALL

Arturo Michelin

Born 1904

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