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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 70 of 2,344 notable people

0034 ACTOR

Arisa

Born 1982

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0097 FOOTBALL

Christian Puggioni

Born 1981

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0111 OPERA

Francesco Meli

Born 1980

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0143 ATHLETIC

Silvia Salis

Born 1985

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0151 ATHLETIC

Emanuele Abate

Born 1985

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0155 ACTOR

Giorgia Würth

Born 1981

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0173 RACER

Niccolò Canepa

Born 1988

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0204 PLAYER

Valentina Arrighetti

Born 1985

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0254 SPORT

Pierpaolo De Negri

Born 1986

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0276 FOOTBALL

Federico Moretti

Born 1988

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0301 FOOTBALL

Fabio Concas

Born 1986

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0341 ACTOR

Davide Iacopini

Born 1984

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0359 RUNNER

Emma Quaglia

Born 1980

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0408 POLO

Arianna Garibotti

Born 1989

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0461 POLO

Teresa Frassinetti

Born 1985

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0494 POLITICIAN

Sergio Battelli

Born 1982

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0498 BASKET

Andrea Renzi (basketball)

Born 1989

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0499 RAPPER

Moreno (singer)

Born 1989

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0503 FOOTBALL

Angelo Iorio

Born 1982

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0521 FOOTBALL

Gianluigi Bianco

Born 1989

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0522 SNOWBOARD

Raffaella Brutto

Born 1988

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0596 SPRINT

Enrico Demonte

Born 1988

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0665 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Amirante

Born 1984

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0758 SKIER

Camilla Alfieri

Born 1985

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0761 SWIMMER

Elisa Bozzo

Born 1987

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0822 POLO

Niccolò Figari

Born 1988

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0854 KARATE

Viviana Bottaro

Born 1987

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0895 PLAYER

Annalisa Bona

Born 1982

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0957 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Brichetto

Born 1983

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0994 POLO

Federico Mistrangelo

Born 1981

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1052 FOOTBALL

Carlo Sciarrone

Born 1983

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1112 POLITICIAN

Mattia Mor

Born 1981

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1115 FILM

Nina Breeder

Born 1982

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1150 SAILOR

Silvia Sicouri

Born 1987

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1184 FOOTBALL

Michele Russo

Born 1986

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1209 ACTOR

Francesca Cuttica

Born 1983

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1227 FOOTBALL

Alessandra Barreca

Born 1989

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1274 GYMNAST

Arianna Rusca

Born 1981

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1320 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Formiconi

Born 1989

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1321 FOOTBALL

Davide Ghersini

Born 1985

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1373 SKIER

Anna Marconi

Born 1985

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1397 WRITER

Sara Boero

Born 1985

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1409 POLO

Tommaso Negri

Born 1986

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1413 SWORDSMAN

Giacomo Falcini

Born 1981

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1420 COREOGRAFA

Martina Nadalini

Born 1982

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1430 ACTOR

Giulia Ottonello

Born 1984

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1433 RACER

Claudio Cipriani

Born 1980

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1456 ACTOR

Elena Ballerini

Born 1984

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1477 PLAYER

Valeria Papa

Born 1989

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1482 ACTOR

Federico Galliano

Born 1980

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1539 FOOTBALL

Carola Librandi

Born 1989

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1573 FOOTBALL

Paolo Carbone

Born 1982

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1612 FOOTBALL

Serena Coppolino

Born 1985

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1647 FOOTBALL

Simone Bracalello

Born 1985

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1759 FOOTBALL

Pietro Arnulfo

Born 1988

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1788 PLAYER

Giada Gorini

Born 1988

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1799 JOURNALIST

Matteo Sacco

Born 1986

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1801 PATTINATRICE

Paola Fraschini

Born 1984

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1847 PLAYER

Rocco Palumbo

Born 1988

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1851 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Cotellessa

Born 1987

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1857 PALLANUOTISTA

Marco Capanna

Born 1981

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1860 ACTOR

Carlo Sciaccaluga

Born 1987

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1944 PALLANUOTISTA

Alessandro Di Somma

Born 1988

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1947 PALLANUOTISTA

Michele Luongo

Born 1986

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1977 PALLANUOTISTA

Luca Fondelli

Born 1988

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2000 PALLANUOTISTA

Roman Di Somma

Born 1986

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2037 PALLANUOTISTA

Fabio Gambacorta

Born 1983

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2047 POLO

Simone Mina

Born 1982

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2079 PALLANUOTISTA

Alessandro Caliogna

Born 1984

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2167 PALLANUOTISTA

Samuele Avallone

Born 1986

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