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.

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 126 of 2,344 notable people

0003 ARCHITECT

Renzo Piano

Born 1937

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0008 COMEDIAN

Paolo Villaggio

1932 - 2017

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0017 ASTRONOMER

Riccardo Giacconi

1931 - 2018

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0022 SINGER

Nino Ferrer

1934 - 1998

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0024 POET

Edoardo Sanguineti

1930 - 2010

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0031 FILM

Giuliano Montaldo

Born 1930

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0032 ACTOR

Rosanna Schiaffino

1939 - 2009

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0064 PIANIST

Gian Piero Reverberi

Born 1939

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0086 ACTOR

Ugo Fangareggi

1938 - 2017

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0123 SINGER

Edda Dell'Orso

Born 1935

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0147 COMPOSER

Gian Franco Reverberi

Born 1934

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0152 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Pericu

Born 1937

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0163 ACTOR

Liliana Ross

1939 - 2018

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0182 BOTANIST

Werner Greuter

Born 1938

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0195 BOXER

Aureliano Bolognesi

1930 - 2018

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0196 WRITER

Francesca Duranti

Born 1935

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0222 MATHEMATICIAN

Piero Villaggio

1932 - 2014

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0240 CHOREOGRAPHER

Paolo Bortoluzzi

1938 - 1993

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0262 SWIMMER

Eraldo Pizzo

Born 1938

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0274 ARTIST

Ugo Carrega

1935 - 2014

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0289 POLITICIAN

Rainer Offergeld

Born 1937

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0311 ACTOR

Elizabeth Seal

Born 1933

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0325 POET

Franco Loi

Born 1930

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0327 SINGER

Celestina Casapietra

Born 1938

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0337 JOURNALIST

Mino Carta

Born 1933

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0343 PAINTER

Gianfranco Zappettini

Born 1939

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0356 ACTOR

Gino Lavagetto

Born 1938

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0368 OPERA

Ugo Benelli

Born 1935

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0437 OPERA

Ottavio Garaventa

1934 - 2014

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0438 PHILOSOPHER

Aldo Gargani

1933 - 2009

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0454 ACTOR

Enzo Doria

Born 1936

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0530 ARCHITECT

Gianfranco Franchini

1938 - 2009

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0532 ENTREPRENEUR

Riccardo Garrone (entrepreneur)

1936 - 2013

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0536 ACTOR

Mauro Vestri

1938 - 2015

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0560 ACTOR

Franca Sciutto

Born 1939

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0575 SKIER

Carla Marchelli

Born 1935

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0580 SINGER

Eugenia Ratti

1933 - 2020

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0655 CARTOONIST

Marco Biassoni

1930 - 2002

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0673 POLITICIAN

Maria Magnani Noya

1931 - 2011

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0695 POLITICIAN

Agostino Gambino

Born 1933

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0715 POLITICIAN

Sergio Castellaneta

1932 - 2018

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0726 LAWYER

Giovanni Tarello

1934 - 1987

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0727 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Tosatti

1937 - 2007

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0742 POLITICIAN

Marcello Staglieno (giornalista)

1938 - 2013

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0752 PUBLISHER

Andrea Canevaro

Born 1939

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0755 POLITICIAN

Piero Pierantoni Cámpora

1932 - 2009

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0787 SPRINT

Bruno Bianchi (athlete)

Born 1939

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0810 MATHEMATICIAN

Emilio Gagliardo

1930 - 2008

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0830 PUBLISHER

Rosellina Archinto

Born 1933

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0852 PAINTER

Giancarlo Bargoni

Born 1936

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0898 LAWYER

Sergio Bartole

Born 1936

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0914 SKIER

Maria Grazia Marchelli

1932 - 2006

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0918 SINGER

Luisa Maragliano

Born 1931

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0955 LITERARY

Angelo Marchese

1937 - 2000

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0965 COMPOSER

Elvio Monti

Born 1934

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0967 POET

Roberto Giannoni

1934 - 2016

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0989 WRITER

Adriano Mazzoletti

Born 1935

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1042 ACTOR

Alessandro Sperlì

Born 1934

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1073 WRITER

Sergio Grea

Born 1935

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1082 WRITER

Marco Aurelio Rivelli

1935 - 2010

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1093 WRITER

Eric Rhode

Born 1934

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1103 ZOOLOGIST

Luigi Cagnolaro

1934 - 2014

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1132 ACTOR

Alba Cardilli

Born 1939

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1156 ACTOR

Dino Emanuelli

1931 - 2017

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1172 WEIGHTLIFTER

Luciano De Genova

1931 - 2019

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1187 ACADEMIC

Valentin Crastan

Born 1932

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1211 POLITICIAN

Francesco Cattanei

1931 - 1993

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1223 PHILOSOPHER

Furio Cerutti

Born 1938

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1226 ARTIST

Luigi Tola

1930 - 2014

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1228 SINGER

Aura D'Angelo

Born 1939

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1240 PAINTER

Elisa Montessori

Born 1931

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1246 ACTOR

Armando Celso

Born 1934

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1290 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Bruno

1933 - 2015

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1300 AUTHOR

Michele Pellerey

Born 1935

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1323 POLITICIAN

Enrico Serra

1934 - 2017

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1324 ARTIST

Renata Boero

Born 1936

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1333 HISTORIAN

Giulio Vignoli

Born 1938

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1337 PHYSICIAN

Pier Augusto Gemignani

1930 - 1997

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1338 RELIGIOUS

Antonio Balletto

1930 - 2008

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1343 PUBLISHER

Carlo Papini

1933 - 2020

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1387 ACTOR

Franca Lumachi

Born 1932

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1393 FOOTBALL

Mario Corti (Fußballspieler)

1931 - 2020

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1450 WRITER

Alex Carozzo

Born 1932

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1509 WRITER

Camillo Arcuri

Born 1930

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1525 ENTREPRENEUR

Gian Marco Moratti

1936 - 2018

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1565 COMPOSER

Piero Parodi

Born 1935

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1566 PILOTA

Giovanni Burlando

1939 - 2017

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1581 JOURNALIST

Alfredo Provenzali

1934 - 2012

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1674 WRITER

Gian Luigi Falabrino

1930 - 2010

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1687 FOOTBALL

Andreino Repetti

Born 1932

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1689 POLITICIAN

Stefano Zara

Born 1937

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1692 COMPOSER

Agostino Dodero

Born 1935

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1709 FOOTBALL

Dalmazio Cuttica

1933 - 1998

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1713 COMPOSER

Dino Siani

1936 - 2017

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1734 ENTREPRENEUR

Renzo Fossati

1931 - 2016

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1753 PHYSICIST

Giorgio Frossati

Born 1939

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1769 FILM

Remo Romeo

Born 1934

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1773 PHYSICIST

Giorgio Eugenio Oscare Giacaglia

Born 1935

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1790 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Magnani

1930 - 2006

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1806 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Mori

1938 - 2019

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1812 SINGER

Marisa Brando

Born 1936

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1833 SPORT

Silvio De Florentiis

Born 1935

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1838 ROWER

Giancarlo Casalini

Born 1934

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1848 AUTHOR

Anna Tortora

1935 - 2003

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1850 SINGER

Luciana Gonzales

Born 1935

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1888 POLITICIAN

Alfio Lamanna

1939 - 2008

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1889 FOOTBALL

Ermanno Righetto

Born 1932

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1909 ANNOUNCER

Graziella Antonioli

Born 1939

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1957 GYMNAST

Elena Lagorara

Born 1939

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1965 PHYSICIAN

Lucio Luzzatto

Born 1936

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1988 FOOTBALL

Carlo Cervetto

Born 1939

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2009 FOOTBALL

Emiliano Giordano

Born 1937

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2048 GYMNAST

Luciana Lagorara

Born 1936

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2058 MANAGER

Fausto Cereti

Born 1931

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2066 FOOTBALL

Stelvio Della Casa

1930 - 2011

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2107 PLAYER

Luciano Winderling

1938 - 2006

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2111 FOOTBALL

Manlio Vigna

1939 - 2017

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2112 JOURNALIST

Mariarosa Schiaffino

Born 1938

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2124 PHYSICIST

Luigi Stringa

1939 - 2000

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2200 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Bagliani

1930 - 2001

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2228 POLITICIAN

Roberto Di Rosa

1939 - 2010

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2248 ARCHITECT

Robby Scodnik

1938 - 2010

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2251 POLITICIAN

Antonio Montessoro

1938 - 2002

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2266 ENTRENADOR

Lino Repetto

1931 - 2006

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2284 ARTIST

Rolando Mignani

1937 - 2006

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2292 POLITICIAN

Francesco Marenco

Born 1939

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