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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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  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
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Showing 35 of 1,092 notable people

0015 FOOTBALL

Andrea Petagna

Born 1995

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0119 SHOWGIRL

Eleonora Cortini

Born 1992

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0223 FOOTBALL

Luca Forte (footballer)

Born 1994

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0238 SPORT

Beatrice Bartelloni

Born 1993

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0242 BASKET

Michele Ruzzier

Born 1993

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0257 SKIER

Massimiliano Valcareggi

Born 1995

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0271 PLAYER

Elia Bossi

Born 1994

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0307 GYMNAST

Federica Macrì

Born 1990

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0322 SPORT

Elisa Di Lazzaro

Born 1998

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0357 GYMNAST

Tea Ugrin

Born 1998

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0358 PLAYER

Alessandro Blasi

Born 1992

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0504 FOOTBALL

Pietro Beruatto

Born 1998

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0577 PLAYER

Noura Mabilo

Born 1996

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0605 BASKET

Marco Spanghero

Born 1991

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0649 FOOTBALL

Demetrio Steffè

Born 1996

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0672 FOOTBALL

Alessio Codromaz

Born 1994

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0692 BASKET

Stefano Crotta

Born 1990

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0726 PATTINATRICE

Silvia Stibilj

Born 1993

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0731 VELISTA

Giovanni Coccoluto

Born 1993

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0754 FOOTBALL

Luisa Usenich

Born 1992

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0763 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Calò

Born 1997

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0769 BASKET

Stefano Bossi

Born 1994

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0813 BASKET

Marco Contento

Born 1991

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0825 ROWER

Federico Duchich

Born 1993

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0833 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Forte

Born 1999

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0841 PLAYER

Andrea Bulfon

Born 1996

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0856 MODEL

Angelica Zacchigna

Born 1994

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0872 BASKET

Alice Richter

Born 1991

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0945 FOOTBALL

Tommaso Pobega

Born 1999

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0961 COMPETITOR

Nicholas Anziutti

Born 1992

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1001 VELISTA

Martha Faraguna

Born 1995

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1004 COMPETITOR

Lorenzo Martini

Born 1994

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1008 TUFFATORE

Gabriele Auber

Born 1994

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1045 CESTISTA

Andrea Coronica

Born 1993

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1089 CANOE

Francesca Genzo

Born 1993

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