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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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Francesco Guardi
1712 - 1793
Francesco Algarotti
1712 - 1764
Domenico Alberti
1710 - 1746
Gasparo Gozzi
1713 - 1786
Michele Marieschi
1710 - 1743
Paolo Renier
1710 - 1789
Giammaria Ortes
1713 - 1790
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
1714 - 1795
Francesco Griselini
1717 - 1787
Domenico Maggiotto
1713 - 1794
Angelo Maria Amorevoli
1716 - 1798
Francesco Capella
1714 - 1784
David Pardo (Italian rabbi)
1718 - 1792
Jacopo Marieschi
1711 - 1794
Giuseppe Camerata
1718 - 1793
Apollonio Domenichini
1715 - 1770
Anselmo Costadoni
1714 - 1785
Andrea Urbani
1711 - 1798
Francesco Zoppis
1715 - 1780
Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo
Born 1715
Paolo Francesco Giustinian
1715 - 1789
Cornelia Barbaro Gritti
1719 - 1808
Cesare D'Arbes
1710 - 1778
Nicolò Antonio Giustinian
1712 - 1796