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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Genoa during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Genoa Is Known For
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Politician is Genoa's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (358).
Genoa over-indexes on pallanuotista — 156.2× the global rate.
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.
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Francesco Queirolo
1704 - 1762
Filippo Parodi
1630 - 1702
Agostino Carlini
1718 - 1790
Santo Varni
1807 - 1885
Angelo de Rossi
1671 - 1715
Francesco Maria Schiaffino
1688 - 1763
Giovanni Prini
1877 - 1958
Niccolò Roccatagliata
1570 - 1636
Pasquale Bocciardo
1719 - 1790
Alfredo Ravasco
1873 - 1958
Giuseppe Gaggini
1791 - 1867
Giovanni Battista Tassara
1841 - 1916
Carlo Rubatto
1810 - 1891
Lorenzo Garaventa
1913 - 1999
Vittorio Lavezzari
1864 - 1938
Nicolò Traverso
1745 - 1823
Edoardo De Albertis
1874 - 1950
Pasquale Navone
1746 - 1791
Lorenzo Orengo
1838 - 1909
Giovanni Scanzi
1840 - 1915
Giovanni Battista Cevasco
1817 - 1891
Demetrio Paernio
1851 - 1912
Carlo D’Aprile
1621 - 1668
Giuseppe Benetti
1825 - 1914
Alfonso Gialdini
Born 1948
Anita Brusewitz-Hansson
Born 1927
Tommaso Orsolino
1587 - 1675
Francesco Ravaschio
1743 - 1820
Bernardo Mantero
1713 - 1798
Filippo Silvestro Giulianotti
1851 - 1903
Juan Azzarini
1853 - 1924
Angelo Lualdi
1881 - 1979
Daniello Solaro
1649 - 1726
Tullio Salvatore Quinzio
1858 - 1918
Alberto Cavalieri
1927 - 2011
Luigi Venzano
1885 - 1962
Tommaso Carlone
1600 - 1667
Giuseppe Navone
1855 - 1917
Giambattista Bissone
1597 - 1657
Ignazio Peschiera
1777 - 1839
Luigi Navone
1910 - 1983
Alberto Giacomasso
1887 - 1970
Adolfo Lucarini
1890 - 1959
Andrea Casaregi
1741 - 1799
Roberto Molinelli (scultore)
Born 1961
Domenico Razeti
1870 - 1926
Francesco Biggi
1676 - 1736