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 119 of 2,344 notable people

0011 SINGER

Fabrizio De André

1940 - 1999

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0043 WRITER

Sebastiano Vassalli

1941 - 2015

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0054 ACTOR

George Eastman (actor)

Born 1942

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0057 ACTOR

Delia Boccardo

Born 1948

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0058 ACTOR

Ombretta Colli

Born 1943

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0063 FOOTBALL

Gian Piero Ventura

Born 1948

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0075 PRIEST

Mauro Piacenza

Born 1944

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0088 POLITICIAN

Guido Mantega

Born 1949

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0089 ARTIST

Giulio Paolini

Born 1940

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0095 CURATOR

Germano Celant

1940 - 2020

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0099 ACTOR

Marisa Solinas

1941 - 2019

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0107 SINGER

Luciana Serra

Born 1946

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0158 PHYSICIST

Tomaso Poggio

Born 1947

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0168 ARTIST

Giancarlo Berardi

Born 1949

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0213 CONDUCTOR

Augusto Martelli

1940 - 2014

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0215 ACTOR

Tullio Solenghi

Born 1948

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0216 PHYSICIST

Adalberto Giazotto

1940 - 2017

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0218 MOUNTAINEER

Alessandro Gogna

Born 1946

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0342 TEACHER

Mauro Pesce

Born 1941

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0372 BOXER

Franco Valle

1940 - 2003

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0379 ACTOR

Livia Giampalmo

Born 1941

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0451 POLITICIAN

Marta Vincenzi

Born 1947

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0474 SINGER

Vittorio De Scalzi

Born 1949

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0481 POLITICIAN

Carlo Fatuzzo

Born 1944

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0484 POLITICIAN

Sandro Biasotti

Born 1948

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0510 WRITER

Cesare De Marchi

Born 1949

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0524 POLO

Alessandro Ghibellini

Born 1947

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0528 FILM

Gianluigi Calderone

Born 1944

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0572 COMPOSER

Piero Cassano

Born 1948

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0656 PHYSICIST

Gianni Francesco Mattioli

Born 1940

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0672 ACTOR

Enzo Braschi

Born 1949

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0691 POLITICIAN

Pietro Marcenaro

Born 1946

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0698 FOOTBALL

Carlo Volpi

Born 1941

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0728 WRITER

Laura Toscano

1944 - 2009

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0751 WRITER

Sergio Campailla

Born 1945

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0753 ACTOR

Maria Sole

Born 1943

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0772 SINGER

Nico Di Palo

Born 1947

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0785 ESSAYIST

Antonio Caronia

1944 - 2013

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0803 ECONOMIST

Luigi Paganetto

Born 1940

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0805 FOOTBALL

Franco Ferrari (calciatore)

1946 - 2016

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0812 HISTORIAN

Antonio Gibelli

Born 1942

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0816 WRITER

Maria Masella

Born 1948

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0829 DRUMMER

Gianni Belleno

Born 1949

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0846 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giorgio Luraschi

1942 - 2011

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0855 WRITER

Carlo Panella

Born 1948

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0881 WRITER

Enzo Catania

Born 1940

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0883 POLITICIAN

Divino Otelma

Born 1949

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0946 ATHLETIC

Laura Nappi

Born 1949

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0969 PHILOSOPHER

Carlo Penco

Born 1948

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0996 ACTOR

Flavio Bonacci

Born 1948

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1018 SAXOPHONIST

Gianni Oddi

Born 1946

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1034 ACTOR

Roby Carletta

Born 1946

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1057 FOOTBALL

Rosario Di Vincenzo

Born 1941

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1089 POLITICIAN

Mariella Bocciardo

Born 1949

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1109 MANAGER

Claudio Andrea Gemme

Born 1948

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1120 JOURNALIST

Franco Carlini

1944 - 2007

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1125 ARTIST

Fabio De Poli

Born 1947

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1159 JOURNALIST

Giuliano Naria

1947 - 1997

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1170 PUBLISHER

Giorgio Devoto

Born 1941

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1204 WRITER

Carlo Repetti

Born 1947

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1213 FENCER

Natalina Sanguinetti

Born 1940

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1243 WRITER

Annamaria Fassio

Born 1941

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1266 POLITICIAN

Antonio Enrico Canepa

1940 - 1983

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1267 BASKET

Vittorio Dal Pozzo

Born 1940

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1276 ARTIST

Enzo Marciante

Born 1946

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1283 ARTIST

Franco Aloisi

Born 1943

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1318 ACTOR

Enzo Bottesini

Born 1942

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1327 JOURNALIST

Flavio Merkel

1942 - 2004

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1332 POLITICIAN

Alberto Cecchetti

Born 1944

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1349 HISTORIAN

Gianni Bono

Born 1949

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1388 SINGER

Bambi Fossati

1949 - 2014

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1390 POET

Paola Casoli

Born 1946

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1391 SCULPTOR

Alfonso Gialdini

Born 1948

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1423 ACTOR

Mimma Di Terlizzi

Born 1942

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1448 POLITICIAN

Alberto Gagliardi

Born 1946

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1458 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cappanera

Born 1947

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1485 POLITICIAN

Aleandro Longhi

Born 1947

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1486 WRITER

Giulio Cesare Giacobbe

Born 1941

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1505 DRIVER

Sergio Barbasio

Born 1940

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1521 JOURNALIST

Mino Vignolo

Born 1945

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1541 ACTOR

Alberto Canepa

Born 1946

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1562 MISSING

Francesca Vacca Agusta

1942 - 2001

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1576 MILITANTE

Livio Baistrocchi

Born 1945

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1580 POLITICIAN

Paolo Vigevano

Born 1948

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1596 JOURNALIST

Ennio Remondino

Born 1945

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1604 FOOTBALL

Marco Fazzi

1941 - 2017

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1616 TERRORISTA

Mario Rossi (terrorista)

Born 1942

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1625 ARTIST

Agostino Origone

Born 1946

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1627 POLITICIAN

Giuliano Boffardi

Born 1946

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1636 ENGINEER

Edoardo Benvenuto

1940 - 1998

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1652 LYRICIST

Roberto Arnaldi

1941 - 2012

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1662 SWIMMER

Giampiero Fossati

Born 1944

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1688 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Garbarini

Born 1944

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1710 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Morelli

Born 1946

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1718 PLAYER

Agostino Puppo

1948 - 2010

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1730 FOOTBALL

Domenico Arnuzzo

Born 1947

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1733 FOOTBALL

Rocco Fotia

Born 1947

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1739 DIRIGENTE

Carlo Pernat

Born 1948

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1754 WRITER

Anna Maria Carassiti

Born 1948

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1756 FOOTBALL

Giovan Battista Benvenuto

Born 1942

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1786 FOOTBALL

Enrico Dordoni

Born 1941

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1798 WRESTLER

Osvaldo Ferrari

Born 1942

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1818 ENTREPRENEUR

Gianni Scerni

Born 1944

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1839 MODEL

Franca Cattaneo

Born 1940

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1884 GUITAR

Giorgio Benacchio

Born 1941

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1894 JOURNALIST

Mauro Coppini

Born 1944

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1919 FOOTBALL

Carlo Campora

Born 1944

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1921 FOOTBALL

Angelo Colletta

Born 1948

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1952 FOOTBALL

Massimo Berta

1949 - 2020

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1963 GYMNAST

Gabriella Pozzuolo

Born 1946

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1990 SINGER

Dino Cabano

Born 1945

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2043 JOURNALIST

Maria Luisa Magagnoli

Born 1948

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2077 TEACHER

Attilio Mauro Caproni

Born 1941

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2149 PLAYER

Pasquale Bruzzone

Born 1946

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2209 HISTORIAN

Paride Rugafiori

Born 1949

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2242 POLITICIAN

Mauro Sanguineti

Born 1946

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2297 ARCHER

Leandro De Nardi

1948 - 2000

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2317 CHESS

Claudio Cangiotti

1947 - 2012

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2319 NUOTATORE

Franco Drago

Born 1940

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