45.6501° N, 13.7705° E

TRIESTE

Most Famous People Born in Trieste, Italy

Notable people
1,092
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Basket 3.9×

The last Habsburg seaport, Italian only since 1918, and the bench still reads Mitteleuropäisch — a polyglot Adriatic city where Austro-Hungarian science and Triestine modernism meet the rowing club. The thick Physicist, Mathematician, and Architect clusters belong to the Habsburg intelligentsia, the outsized Composer count is the Verdi-adjacent operatic tradition, and the surprising Basket bench is a quieter Cold War artifact anchored by Rower and Swimmer counts from the maritime clubs.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Trieste during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 133 notable births.

What Trieste Is Known For

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Football is Trieste's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (123).

Trieste over-indexes on basket3.9× the global rate.

Trieste under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football123
  2. Politician80
  3. Writer72
  4. Actor64
  5. Painter56
  6. Basket53
  7. Composer32
  8. Journalist28
  1. Basket533.9×
  2. Rower112.7×
  3. Swimmer142.6×
  4. Physicist112.4×
  5. Mathematician132.4×
  6. Architect232.4×
  7. Composer322.2×
  8. Writer722.0×
  1. Politician800.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Trieste's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 102 of 1,092 notable people

0002 FILM

Paul Henreid

1908 - 1992

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0012 POLITICIAN

Odilo Globočnik

1904 - 1945

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0016 WRITER

Vladimir Bartol

1903 - 1967

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0023 SCREENWRITER

Sergio Amidei

1904 - 1981

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0025 ART DEALER

Leo Castelli

1907 - 1999

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0030 ARCHITECT

Ernesto Nathan Rogers

1909 - 1969

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0046 WRITER

Lucia Joyce

1907 - 1982

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0049 MOUNTAIN GUIDE

Emilio Comici

1901 - 1940

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0065 FILM

Giacomo Gentilomo

1909 - 2001

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0068 ACTOR

George Dolenz

1908 - 1963

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0075 CHESS

Enrico Paoli

1908 - 2005

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0084 COMPOSER

Bruno Bjelinski

1909 - 1992

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0092 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wanda Wulz

1903 - 1984

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0095 LITERARY

Roberto Bazlen

1902 - 1965

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0096 SINGER

Elsa Merlini

1903 - 1983

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0102 CONDUCTOR

Fausto Cleva

1902 - 1971

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0132 PAINTER

Louis Toffoli

1907 - 1999

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0136 SURGEON

Pietro Valdoni

1900 - 1976

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0146 WRITER

Giorgio Voghera

1908 - 1999

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0162 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Boaga

1902 - 1961

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0174 ACTOR

Carlo Rizzo (Schauspieler)

1907 - 1979

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0199 MATHEMATICIAN

Fabio Conforto

1909 - 1954

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0212 POLITICIAN

Otokar Keršovani

1902 - 1941

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0227 MATHEMATICIAN

Giulio Krall

1901 - 1971

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0244 MATHEMATICIAN

Ugo Morin

1901 - 1968

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0250 PAINTER

Bruno Premiani

1907 - 1984

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0284 HISTORIAN

Fabio Cusin

1904 - 1955

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0288 POET

Bruno Giordano Sanzin

1906 - 1994

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0294 SINGER

Hans Herbert Fiedler

1907 - 2004

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0298 PAINTER

Lojze Spacal

1907 - 2000

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0317 LIBRARIAN

Eva Verona

1905 - 1996

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0321 PHYSICIAN

Hans Kraus

1905 - 1996

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0332 WRITER

Piero Rismondo

1905 - 1989

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0337 BASKET

Emilio Giassetti

Born 1906

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0338 PSYCHOLOGIST

Fabio Metelli

1907 - 1987

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0395 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Seppilli

1902 - 1995

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0398 LAWYER

Erich Rajakowitsch

1905 - 1988

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0403 SKIER

Irma Schmidegg

1901 - 1991

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0410 HISTORIAN

Carlo Schiffrer

1902 - 1970

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0415 ACTOR

Luigi Malipiero (Regisseur)

1901 - 1975

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0418 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Massi

1909 - 1997

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0446 STATISTICIAN

Pierpaolo Luzzatto Fegiz

1900 - 1989

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0455 ARCHITECT

Hinko Bauer

1908 - 1986

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0456 PHILOSOPHER

Marino Gentile

1906 - 1991

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0461 BASKET

Egidio Premiani

1909 - 2002

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0462 FOOTBALL

Carlo Rigotti

1906 - 1983

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0463 POET

Carolus Cergoly

1908 - 1987

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0471 POLITICIAN

Giusto Tolloy

1908 - 1987

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0480 SAILOR

Manfred Metzger

1905 - 1986

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0481 GEODESIST

Antonio Marussi

1908 - 1984

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0490 PAINTER

Dyalma Stultus

1901 - 1977

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0492 POLITICIAN

Fausto Pecorari

1902 - 1966

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0517 LAWYER

František Skorkovský

1909 - 1939

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0534 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Luciano Laurenzi

1902 - 1966

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0560 PHYSICIAN

Bruno Pincherle

1903 - 1969

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0569 CHESS

Giulio De Nardo

1901 - 1975

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0581 POLITICIAN

Aurelia Gruber Benco

1905 - 1995

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0588 PAINTER

Giorgio Carmelich

1907 - 1929

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0614 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Ieralla

1903 - 1982

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0619 ESSAYIST

Giuseppe Gaddi

1909 - 1982

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0622 STUDIOSO

Diego de Henriquez

1909 - 1974

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0623 FOOTBALL

Renato De Manzano

1907 - 1968

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0626 POLITICIAN

Porfirio Smerdou

1905 - 2002

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0632 VIOLIN

Karel Rupel

1907 - 1968

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0648 SCULPTOR

Franco Asco

1903 - 1970

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0652 PENCILLER

Athos Cozzi

1909 - 1989

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0660 ACTOR

Vittorio Cramer

1908 - 2004

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0662 PAINTER

Guido Fulignot

1900 - 1986

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0663 ACADEMIC

Slavomir Condanari-Michler

1902 - 1974

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0670 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Cudicini

Born 1903

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0675 BALLET

Gizela Bravničar

1908 - 1990

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0685 TENENTE

Giuseppe Verginella

1908 - 1945

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0688 ENGINEER

Hans Molly

1902 - 1994

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0691 COMPOSER

Silvio Mix

1900 - 1927

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0725 ART HISTORIAN

Egon Braun

1906 - 1993

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0727 JOURNALIST

Ekkehard Tertsch

1906 - 1989

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0739 ARTIST

Egidio Gherlizza

1909 - 1995

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0778 PSYCHIATRIST

Gastone Canziani

1904 - 1986

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0798 SKIPPER

Tito Nordio

1908 - 1959

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0818 MILITAR

Franco Tosoni Pittoni

1904 - 1941

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0823 FOOTBALL

Cesare Jones

1908 - 1995

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0853 ACTOR

Bruno Zelik

1903 - 1942

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0875 POLITICIAN

Filippo Artelli

1900 - 1977

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0895 WRESTLER

Giorgio Calza

1900 - 1970

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0897 WRITER

Ilo De Franceschi

1903 - 1985

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0904 POLITICIAN

Carlo Colognatti

1904 - 1961

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0928 FOOTBALL

Valerio Gravisi

1907 - 1971

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0933 POLITICIAN

Maria Bernetic

1902 - 1993

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0951 OFFICER

Milton F. Pavlic

1909 - 1942

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0974 FOOTBALL

Giordano Piciga

1909 - 1969

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0987 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Pitacco (calciatore)

Born 1901

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0988 POLITICIAN

Giordano Pratolongo

1905 - 1953

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0989 ARTIST

Maria Lupieri

1901 - 1961

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0994 PHYSICIAN

Geppino Micheletti

1905 - 1961

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0996 FOOTBALL

Guido Rigotti

Born 1904

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1036 PAINTER

Federico Righi (artista)

1908 - 1986

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1038 FOOTBALL

Mario Olenich

Born 1908

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1039 ARCHITECT

Aldo Cervi

1901 - 1972

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1053 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Gravisi

Born 1905

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1061 ENGINEER

Vittorio Frandoli

1902 - 1978

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1064 BASKET

Luciano Antonini

Born 1906

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1091 DIPLOMAT

Giuseppe Puri Purini

Born 1908

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