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VENICE
Most Famous People Born in Venice, Italy
- Notable people
- 2,075
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1814
- Most distinctive
- Doge 444.3×
A thousand-year republic whose distinctive professions are still doges and patriarchs at literally hundreds of times the global rate. Venice's bench runs from Marco Polo through Vivaldi, Casanova, and Canaletto, and its 15th- through 17th-century share is the heaviest of any European city in the dataset — the great age of the Serenissima, when the city was simultaneously a trading empire, a papal election ground, and the printing capital of Europe. Almost a seventh of the bench is painters.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Venice during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Venice Is Known For
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Painter is Venice's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (263).
Venice over-indexes on doge — 444.3× the global rate.
Venice under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Venice's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Religion
- Other
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Elena Cornaro Piscopia
1646 - 1684
Giovanni II Cornaro
1647 - 1722
Giovanni Antonio Fumiani
1645 - 1710
Cristoforo Caresana
1640 - 1709
Antonia Bembo
1643 - 1715
Matteo Noris
1640 - 1714
Marcantonio Barbarigo
1640 - 1706
Giambattista Rubini
1642 - 1707
Giovanni Alberto Badoer
1649 - 1714
Antonio Ottoboni
1646 - 1720
Giuseppe Sala (éditeur)
1643 - 1727
Francesco Pittoni
1645 - 1724
Tommaso Giusti
1644 - 1729
Giovanni Battista Sanudo
1642 - 1709
Antonio Vaira
1649 - 1732
Groppelli
1640 - 1714
Giuseppe Maria Bottari
1646 - 1729
Marcantonio Agazzi
1646 - 1710
Giorgio Emo
1644 - 1705
Petrus Draghi Bartoli
1646 - 1695
Giovanni Vusich
1647 - 1689