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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 89 of 2,344 notable people

0021 PRIEST

Jacobus da Varagine

1228 - 1298

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0075 PRIEST

Mauro Piacenza

Born 1944

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0076 PRIEST

Guido Marini

Born 1965

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0110 PRIEST

Innocenzo Cybo

1491 - 1550

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0126 PRIEST

Giovanni Paolo Oliva

1600 - 1681

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0161 PRIEST

Gaetano Alimonda

1818 - 1891

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0172 PRIEST

Ettore Balestrero

Born 1966

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0188 PRIEST

Tommaso Reggio

1818 - 1901

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0219 PRIEST

Antonio Pallavicini Gentili

1441 - 1507

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0224 PRIEST

Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni

1597 - 1685

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0229 PRIEST

Federigo Fregoso

1480 - 1541

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0230 PRIEST

Giacomo Filippo Fransoni

1775 - 1856

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0236 PRIEST

Paolo di Campofregoso

1428 - 1498

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0267 PRIEST

Giovanni Doria (bishop)

1573 - 1642

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0278 PRIEST

Lorenzo Cybo de Mari

1450 - 1503

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0281 PRIEST

Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicino

1719 - 1785

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0286 PRIEST

Giorgio Fieschi

1395 - 1461

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0290 PRIEST

Agustín de Spínola Basadone

1597 - 1649

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0298 PRIEST

Antonmaria Sauli

1541 - 1623

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0314 PRIEST

Augustine Grimaldi

1482 - 1532

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0318 PRIEST

Agostino Rivarola

1758 - 1842

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0322 PRIEST

Giacomo Luigi Brignole

1797 - 1853

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0323 PRIEST

Giorgio Spinola

1667 - 1739

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0329 PRIEST

Placido Maria Schiaffino

1829 - 1889

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0335 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Pallavicino

1480 - 1524

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0354 PRIEST

Niccolò Fieschi

1456 - 1524

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0362 PRIEST

Domenico Pinelli

1541 - 1611

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0367 PRIEST

Bandinello Sauli

1494 - 1518

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0376 PRIEST

Giambattista Spínola Jr.

1646 - 1719

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0384 PRIEST

Benedetto Lomellini

1517 - 1579

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0394 PRIEST

Filippo Spinola

1535 - 1593

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0401 PRIEST

Girolamo Grimaldi (1674–1733)

1674 - 1733

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0404 PRIEST

Giovanni Stefano Donghi

1608 - 1669

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0440 PRIEST

Mario Revollo Bravo

1919 - 1995

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0464 PRIEST

Lorenzo Raggi

1615 - 1687

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0465 PRIEST

Girolamo Doria

1495 - 1558

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0472 PRIEST

Lorenzo Imperiali

1612 - 1673

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0492 PRIEST

Luigi Palletti

Born 1956

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0514 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Cicala

1510 - 1570

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0518 PRIEST

Guido Gallese

Born 1962

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0519 PRIEST

Giacomo Franzoni

1612 - 1697

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0523 PRIEST

Girolamo Grimaldi (died 1543)

Died 1543

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0529 PRIEST

Simone Pasqua

1492 - 1565

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0531 PRIEST

Carlo Maria Marini

1667 - 1747

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0567 PRIEST

Giandomenico Spinola

1580 - 1646

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0589 PRIEST

Orazio Spínola

1547 - 1616

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0594 PRIEST

Guglielmo Fieschi

1210 - 1256

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0624 PRIEST

Syrus of Genoa

Died 381

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0643 PRIEST

Lorenzo Fieschi

1642 - 1726

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0649 PRIEST

Alessandro Giustiniani

1778 - 1843

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0660 PRIEST

Giuseppe Migone

1875 - 1951

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0663 PRIEST

Opizio Pallavicini

1632 - 1700

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0699 PRIEST

Marcello Durazzo

1634 - 1710

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0714 PRIEST

Gianfrancesco Negroni

1629 - 1713

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0746 PRIEST

Giacomo Serra

1570 - 1623

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0748 PRIEST

Sinibaldo Doria

1664 - 1733

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0784 PRIEST

Giovanni da Carignano

1250 - 1329

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0809 PRIEST

Niccolò Serra

1706 - 1767

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0839 PRIEST

Ludovico Gavotti

1868 - 1918

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0926 PRIEST

Emilio Guano

1900 - 1970

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0953 PRIEST

Alessandro Piazza

1915 - 1995

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0964 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Died 1590

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0970 PRIEST

Bartolomeo Ferrari

1911 - 2007

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1002 PRIEST

Giovanni Fieschi

Died 1384

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1363 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Salvago

1560 - 1632

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1385 PRIEST

Angelo Cambiaso

1865 - 1946

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1460 PRIEST

Giacomo Campora

1401 - 1459

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1484 PRIEST

Stefano Usodimare

Died 1557

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1501 PRIEST

Nicolò Anselmi

Born 1961

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1514 PRIEST

Ange Justiniani

1520 - 1596

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1529 PRIEST

Paul Fieschi

1600 - 1645

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1610 PRIEST

Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani

1621 - 1682

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1628 PRIEST

Angelo Cibo

Died 1404

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1630 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Paggi (bishop)

1615 - 1663

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1659 PRIEST

Colombino Bassi

1660 - 1732

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1680 PRIEST

Angelo Raimondo Verardo

1913 - 1999

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1757 PRIEST

Gaudentius Rossi

1817 - 1891

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1804 PRIEST

Giacomo Filippo Gentile

1809 - 1875

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1815 PRIEST

Ridolfo Brignole Sale (évêque)

1784 - 1832

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1842 PRIEST

Antonio Bottis

1618 - 1679

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1856 PRIEST

Alberico Tomacelli

Died 1130

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1868 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Costa

1650 - 1714

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1911 PRIEST

Girolamo Curlo

1692 - 1749

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2026 PRIEST

Timoteo Berardi

1540 - 1616

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2080 PRIEST

Aloysius Masnata

1823 - 1886

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2169 PRIEST

Pierre de Valetariis

1461 - 1514

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2181 PRIEST

Pio Dellepiane

1904 - 1976

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2217 PRIEST

Ugone della Volta

Died 1188

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2332 PRIEST

Filippo (vescovo di Noli)

Died 1262

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