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 117 of 1,092 notable people

0008 WRITER

Boris Pahor

Born 1913

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0010 ART CRITIC

Gillo Dorfles

1910 - 2018

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0020 FOOTBALL

Nereo Rocco

1912 - 1979

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0040 POLITICAL

Mitja Ribičič

1919 - 2013

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0043 ACTOR

Laura Solari

1913 - 1984

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0052 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gaetano Kanizsa

1913 - 1993

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0072 SINGER

Alda Noni

1916 - 2011

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0073 DRAMA

Pietro Garinei

1919 - 2006

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0091 PHYSICIST

Eugenio Curiel

1912 - 1945

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0104 FOOTBALL

Pietro Pasinati

1910 - 2000

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0107 HISTORIAN

Luciano Petech

1914 - 2010

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0108 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Grezar

1918 - 1949

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0112 ATHLETIC

Giorgio Oberweger

1913 - 1998

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0147 MATHEMATICIAN

Ivan Vidav

1918 - 2015

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0150 SPORT

Giordano Cottur

1914 - 2006

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0164 TECHNICIAN

Antoine Prioré

1912 - 1983

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0165 ACTOR

Enrico Luzi

1919 - 2011

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0173 COMPOSER

Giulio Viozzi

1912 - 1984

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0180 ACTOR

Nino Crisman

1911 - 1983

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0209 FOOTBALL

Ferruccio Valcareggi

1919 - 2005

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0220 POLITICIAN

Paolo Barbi

1919 - 2011

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0262 BASKET

Livio Franceschini

1913 - 1975

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0269 ACTOR

Lia Franca

1912 - 1988

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0276 COXSWAIN

Alberto Radi

1919 - 1989

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0280 ACTOR

Karlo Bulić

1910 - 1986

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0286 POLITICIAN

Bruno Vasari

1911 - 2007

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0299 SAILOR

Luigi De Manincor

1910 - 1986

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0305 ARTIST

Stanislav Rapotec

1913 - 1997

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0333 LAWYER

Sergij Vilfan

1919 - 1996

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0341 ACTOR

Jole Silvani

1910 - 1994

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0345 POLITICIAN

Manlio Cecovini

1914 - 2010

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0356 LAWYER

Rado Bordon

1915 - 1992

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0364 GEOGRAPHER

Josef Breu

1914 - 1998

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0366 EDUCATION

Aldo Visalberghi

1919 - 2007

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0381 LAWYER

Edith Anrep

1912 - 2012

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0387 WRITER

Francesco Burdin

1919 - 2003

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0400 PRESBYTER

Lado Piščanc

1914 - 1944

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0412 GUERRILLA

Tone Tomšič

1910 - 1942

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0417 WRITER

Umbro Apollonio

1911 - 1981

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0419 COMPOSER

Oscar De Mejo

1911 - 1992

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0423 CHESS

Cherubino Staldi

1911 - 2002

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0426 WRITER

Heinz von Sauter

1910 - 1988

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0431 BASKET

Ambrogio Bessi

Born 1915

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0436 ASTROPHYSICIST

Livio Gratton

1910 - 1991

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0448 SPRINT

Derna Polazzo

Born 1912

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0466 WRITER

Franco Vegliani

1915 - 1982

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0472 ACTOR

Ettore Geri

1914 - 2003

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0482 JOURNALIST

Massimo Della Pergola

1912 - 2006

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0501 WRITER

Stelio Crise

1915 - 1991

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0536 WRITER

Yvon De Begnac

1913 - 1983

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0542 SWIMMER

Draško Vilfan

1914 - 1996

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0559 FENCER

Silvia Strukel

1916 - 1997

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0564 OFFICER

Giacomo Metellini

1912 - 2012

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0568 ART HISTORIAN

Decio Gioseffi

1919 - 2007

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0595 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Trevisan

1918 - 2003

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0609 GENETICIST

Paul Polani

1914 - 2006

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0611 PHYSICIST

Renato Ricamo

1914 - 1994

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0613 ACTOR

Milena Penovich

Born 1915

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0629 POLITICIAN

Helmut Breymann

1911 - 1944

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0639 SPRINT

Maria Apollonio

1919 - 1990

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0641 SINGER

Vittorio Belleli

1911 - 1996

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0667 BASKET

Ezio Varisco

1914 - 1942

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0736 FASCISTA

Ada Buffulini

1912 - 1991

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0737 BASKET

Giuseppe Bernini

Born 1915

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0744 FILM

Vlasta Lah

1918 - 1979

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0761 MILITAR

Carlo Miani

1914 - 1994

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0762 PHYSICIST

Carlo Morelli (Geophysiker)

1917 - 2007

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0771 ASTRONOMER

Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia

1910 - 1996

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0777 BASKET

Bruno Caracoi

Born 1915

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0782 BASKET

Bruno Renner

Born 1913

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0804 ATHLETIC

Giuseppe Kressevich

1916 - 1994

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0812 COMPOSER

Emilio Busolini

1910 - 2010

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0846 ACTOR

Franca Boni

1910 - 1967

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0854 CHEMIST

Ugo Croatto

1914 - 1993

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0864 FOOTBALL

Deo Baldi

Born 1911

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0873 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Coverlizza

Born 1914

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0879 FOOTBALL

Arduino Ferrari

Born 1912

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0884 OBOIST

Eli Freud

1914 - 2010

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0888 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Fornasaris

1911 - 2008

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0893 MEMBRO DELLA RESISTENZA

Carlo Dell'Antonio

1913 - 1945

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0921 FOOTBALL

Carlo Kaffenigg

Born 1917

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0922 FOOTBALL

Ermanno Englaro

1919 - 1981

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0923 MILITAR

Giuliano Dell'Antonio

1912 - 2006

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0924 AVIATORE

Guido Presel

1913 - 1937

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0930 FOOTBALL

Ettore Brossi

Born 1910

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0932 FOOTBALL

Marčelo Kufersin

1910 - 1983

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0935 FOOTBALL

Arturo Presselli

1919 - 1971

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0956 FOOTBALL

Mario Polak

Born 1919

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0957 FOOTBALL

Silvano Pipan

Born 1919

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0964 FOOTBALL

Edos Barbini

Born 1919

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0965 PAINTER

Vittorio Schweiger

1910 - 2005

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0969 FOOTBALL

Marino Bon

Born 1910

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0971 FOOTBALL

Marcello Pellarin

Born 1911

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0972 POLITICIAN

Max Herzele

1911 - 1989

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0973 MILITAR

Gustav Hauck (Pilot)

1910 - 1983

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0975 MILITAR

Silvano Buffa

1914 - 1941

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0986 ARCHITECT

Romano Boico

1910 - 1995

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0990 BASKET

Pia Punter

1915 - 1984

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1000 FOOTBALL

Pietro Svageli

1911 - 1985

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1005 FOOTBALL

Alfieri Sacchetti

1919 - 1976

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1009 KOMMUNIST

Ferdinando Zidar

1915 - 2003

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1016 FOOTBALL

Mario De Bartoli

Born 1912

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1035 COMPOSER

Astore Pittana

1912 - 2010

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1042 GUERRILLA

Gastone Piccinini

1915 - 1994

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1043 FOOTBALL

Egidio Umer

1912 - 1992

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1047 FOOTBALL

Rodolfo Puttar

Born 1910

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1050 FOOTBALL

Angelo Scapin

1914 - 1999

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1052 ENTREPRENEUR

Ugo Lanza

1918 - 1998

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1054 FOOTBALL

Marino Renner

1914 - 1996

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1055 SWIMMER

Bianca Lokar

1915 - 2012

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1063 FOOTBALL

Italo Famea

Born 1919

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1067 BASKET

Maria Jermanis

1919 - 2011

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1068 PAINTER

Avrelij Lukežič

1912 - 1980

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1075 POLITICIAN

Cornelio Vinay

1913 - 2009

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1077 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Colombani

Born 1912

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1078 BASKET

Albino Cuppo

Born 1910

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1079 ARCHITECT

Bruno Beer

1913 - 1994

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